Scientists probe why interferon works for some blood cancer patients but not others
NCT ID NCT05850273
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to understand exactly how the drug interferon attacks cancer stem cells in people with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), a group of blood cancers. Researchers will analyze blood samples from 80 adults to see why some patients respond well while others do not. The goal is to improve treatment and predict who will benefit most from interferon therapy.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2023
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2033
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
The studied population will be all men and women of legal age who were not vulnerable and whose diagnosis of MPN had been previously established by the referring physician. They are therefore voluntary patients of legal age who are not vulnerable and who suffer from PV, ET or MF. The selection of patients is according to the availability of the caregivers for this study but with a preference for this second study towards CALRm patients (rarer) rather than JAK2V617F. Our wish is to integrate a maximum of 50 patients (10/year) knowing that the limitation is the capacity (personnel and finance) of our INSERM laboratory to study this high number of patients.
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Adult male or female 18 years of age or older 2. Diagnosis of MPN has been previously established by the referring physician and that physician will have decided to treat with pegylated IFN. Patients will be treated or untreated at the time of inclusion and may be newly diagnosed patients. 3. These patients will be affiliated with or benefit from a social security plan 4. For all these patients an additional 20-40 mL will be collected except for some PV patients who are treated conventionally by phlebotomy. In this case, we will collect blood bags from these patients. The volumes vary between 300 and 450 mL of blood depending on the weight and size of the patients. 5. We will also include in this protocol any patient whose MPN, either PV, TE or MF, will have progressed to acute leukemia (AL) during treatment. These will be patients with AP of MPN (MPN can also progress to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) by acute transformation (AT) of MPN). 6. Patient with signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: 1. The non-inclusion criterion concerns the anemia that some MF patients may suffer from. Therefore, patients with anemia (Hb\<10g) or transfusion dependency (≥ 1 packed red blood cell per month) at the time of the referral monitoring visit are not included in the research. 2. Persons under court protection, guardianship or curatorship
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Locations
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Inserm U1287
RECRUITINGVillejuif, Île-de-France Region, 94805, France
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