Fitness test could guide safer stem cell transplants for seniors
NCT ID NCT04761770
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a geriatric assessment—looking at thinking, mobility, mood, nutrition, and medications—can help doctors choose the right transplant intensity for patients aged 60 and older with myeloid blood cancers. The goal is to reduce deaths from transplant complications and improve quality of life. Thirty-three participants will receive a stem cell transplant with a conditioning regimen tailored to their frailty level.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- geriatric assessment and risk-adapted conditioning regimen
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help doctors personalize transplant intensity for older patients, potentially reducing deaths from transplant complications and improving quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase study (33 participants) without a control group, so results may not apply broadly. The geriatric assessment may not reliably predict outcomes, and transplant still carries serious risks like infection and graft-versus-host disease.
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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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33 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2021
- Expected to finish
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Feb 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.
- Ages
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60 years and older
- 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: * are 60 years or older * have a pathologically confirmed myeloid malignancies including acute myeloid leukemia, ,myelodysplastic syndrome, myeloproliferative neoplasms, or related blood disorders including chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, atypical chronic myeloid leukemia, and myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative overlapping syndrome * have \<10% blasts in bone marrow prior to transplant * have a matched related or unrelated donor, mismatched unrelated donor, or haploidentical donor * Meet institutional standard criteria for allogeneic transplantation as determined by the primary transplant physician * Undergoes transplantation using the allocated conditioning regimen intensity defined by the protocol-specified criteria below: * HCT-CI/Age \<5 and IADL normal = myeloablative regimen * HCT-CI/Age ≥5 and/or IADL impairment = RIC/NMA regimen Exclusion Criteria: * Prior hematopoietic cell transplantation * Cord blood donors * Persons with active, refractory disease defined by ≥10% blasts in bone marrow prior to transplant
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Consent Only)
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Consent Only)
Montvale, New Jersey, 07645, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack (Consent only)
Commack, New York, 11725, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Consent Only)
Middletown, New Jersey, 07748, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Consent Only)
Uniondale, New York, 11553, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent Only)
Harrison, New York, 10604, United States
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