Researchers launch major study to unravel mysteries of chronic GVHD
NCT ID NCT00092235
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 09, 2026 · Updated 22 times
Summary
This study follows 650 people with chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD), a complication after stem cell transplants. Researchers aim to track the disease over time, identify biological markers, and improve how it is diagnosed and managed. Participants undergo regular check-ups and tests to help doctors better understand and treat this condition.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 650 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2004
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients will be selected via referrals or from patients who were on companion clinical protocols at the NIH.
- Ages
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1 year to 120 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
* INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. Any patient age 1 and older referred by the primary transplant physician for the evaluation of chronic graft-versus-host disease independently of age or underlying diagnosis 2. Patient or the patient's legal representative is able and willing to provide consent. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. Significant medical condition or any other significant circumstance that could in the PIs assessment affect the patient's ability to tolerate, comply, or complete the study 2. Patients who in the PIs assessment have a life expectancy \<3 months. Note: Because it is not always possible to make a clear clinical distinction between acute and chronic GVHD, patients with acute GVHD are not a-priori excluded until the possibility of chronic GVHD is reliably excluded on the basis of the clinical assessments in the cGVHD clinic. 3. Pregnant women are excluded from this study because multiple tests would need to be excluded for safety of the patient and the fetus. Inclusion Criteria for control subjects without cGVHD: * Age 1 and older * Patient has undergone Allo-HSCT * Patient or the patient's parent/guardian is able and willing to provide consent Exclusion Criteria for control subjects without cGVHD: * Active GVHD * In the previous three months have received systemic immunosuppressant therapy for the treatment of GVHD * In the previous three months have received therapy for malignancy
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
RECRUITINGBethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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