Cord blood hope for elderly blood cancer patients
NCT ID NCT07441967
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a special chemotherapy combination followed by a single umbilical cord blood transplant in 44 patients aged 60-69 with blood cancers. The goal is to see if this approach is safe and reduces the risk of cancer returning within 180 days. Participants receive several drugs before the transplant to prepare their bodies, then are monitored for recovery and side effects.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- umbilical cord blood transplant plus chemotherapy (thiotepa, fludarabine, G-CSF, cytarabine, busulfan)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a safer transplant option for elderly patients with blood cancers, potentially improving survival without relapse.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 44 participants. Risks include infection, graft-versus-host disease, and organ damage from the strong chemotherapy.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 44 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Feb 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
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.
- Ages
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60 to 69 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: * Aged between 60 and 69 years old (inclusive), gender not restricted. * Patients with hematological malignancies who plan to receive a single unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation treatment * The liver and kidney functions, as well as the heart and lung functions, must meet the following requirements: 1. Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 × ULN 2. Cardiac function: Ejection fraction \> 50% 3. Baseline oxygen saturation \> 92% 4. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN; ALT and AST ≤ 2.5 × ULN 5. Pulmonary function: DLCO (hemoglobin-corrected) \> 65% and FEV1 \> 65% * ECOG PS≤2 * HCT-CI≤2 * Expected survival period ≥ 6 months * By signing the informed consent form, one voluntarily participates in this study and is willing and able to cooperate with the data collection in this research. Exclusion Criteria: * For those who are allergic to the drugs and their related metabolites * Any unstable systemic diseases: including but not limited to stable angina pectoris, cerebrovascular accident or transient cerebral ischemia (within 3 months before screening), myocardial infarction (within 3 months before screening), congestive heart failure (NYHA classification ≥ 3), severe arrhythmias requiring drug treatment, liver, kidney or metabolic diseases; patients with pulmonary hypertension; or diseases that, in the judgment of the investigator, pose a serious threat to the safety of the patient or affect the patient's ability to complete the study. * Active and uncontrolled infection: Hemodynamic instability related to the infection, or new symptoms or signs of infection appear, or new infection lesions are found on imaging, or persistent fever without symptoms or signs that cannot rule out the presence of an infection. * The patient is currently involved in a clinical intervention study * The patient is unable to understand the nature of the study or has not given informed consent * Other circumstances where the researcher deems the patient unsuitable for inclusion in this study
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Conditions
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