New drug cocktail aims to tame deadly transplant complication
NCT ID NCT02891603
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether adding pacritinib to standard immune-suppressing drugs (sirolimus and tacrolimus) could prevent graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in 40 patients receiving stem cell transplants for blood cancers. GVHD occurs when donor immune cells attack the recipient's body. The trial measured immune cell activity and tracked how many patients developed GVHD. Results could lead to safer transplant procedures.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Pacritinib and Sirolimus
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could reduce the risk of serious GVHD after stem cell transplants, making the procedure safer for patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with only 40 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The drug combo also carries risks like infection or side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2017
- Finished
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Apr 2022
- 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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18 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: * Must have an available 8/8 HLA-A, -B, -C, and -DRB1 matched-related or unrelated donor allogeneic hematopoietic peripheral blood stem cell graft. * Signed informed consent. * Acute myeloid leukemia, myelodysplasia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, myeloproliferative neoplasms, Hodgkin lymphoma, or non-Hodgkin lymphoma requiring a matched allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Acute Leukemia (AML or ALL) must be in complete remission defined as: \<5% marrow blasts with no morphologic evidence of leukemia, no peripheral blasts, marrow \>20% cellular, and peripheral absolute neutrophil count \>1000/uL (platelet recovery is not required). Myelodysplasia (MDS) and chronic myeloid leukemia (CML): Must have \<5% marrow blasts. Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN): Must have \<5% peripheral / marrow blasts. Note: Prior use of a JAK2 inhibitor is allowed up to 4 weeks before day 0 of alloHCT. Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma: Must have chemosensitive disease. * Adequate vital organ function. * Performance status: Karnofsky Performance Status Score ≥ 80%. Donor Eligibility: * Eligible donors will include healthy sibling, relative or unrelated donors that are matched with the patient at HLA-A, B, C, and DRB1 by high resolution typing as defined by the Collaborative Trials Network. Exclusion Criteria: * Active infection not controlled with appropriate antimicrobial therapy. * History of HIV, hepatitis B, or active hepatitis C infection. * Anti-thymocyte globulin, alemtuzumab, bortezomib, or post-transplant cyclophosphamide as part of GVHD prophylaxis. * Sorror's co-morbidity factors with total score \>4. * Any patient anticipating or scheduled to receive a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, FLT3 inhibitor, or JAK2 inhibitor (outside of this study) post-HCT. * QTc\>450ms per Fridericia's correction. * Thrombin time (TT), prothrombin time (PT), or partial thromboplastin time (PTT) \>2x upper limit of normal (ULN). * Grade 3 or higher recent (within the past 6 months) or ongoing non-QTc cardiac adverse events/comorbidities. * Grade 3 or higher recent or ongoing cardiac dysrhythmias, family history of long QT. syndrome, or serum potassium \<3.0 mEq/L that is persistent and refractory to correction. * Grade 3 or higher recent or ongoing bleeding events. * Symptomatic or uncontrolled cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction or severe/unstable angina within the past 6 months, or New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV congestive heart failure.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States
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