Lab-Grown lymph node model reveals how CLL cells resist treatment
NCT ID NCT05610228
First seen Jun 29, 2026 · Last updated Jun 30, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study investigates how chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells change their energy use when they are in the lymph node environment, which may help them resist standard treatments. Researchers are building a lab model using patient leukemia cells and normal lymph node cells to mimic this environment. They aim to understand why some CLL patients relapse and to test whether combining current drugs with metabolism-blocking therapies could be more effective.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this research could identify new drug targets for CLL patients who relapse or become resistant to current treatments.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage lab study using patient cells in a dish, not a clinical treatment trial. Findings may not translate to real patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2018
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
CLL patient
- Ages
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18 to 90 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: * Patients for whom the diagnosis of CLL has been established cytologically and phenotypically (Matutes score) * Patients over 18 years old * Patients who have signed the non-objection form * Untreated patients Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with a solid cancer that is progressive or in remission for less than 3 years * HIV positive patients * Patients with chronic active hepatitis B or C * History of allogeneic transplant
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Nice University Hospital
RECRUITINGNice, 06000, France
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