Immune booster shot aims to speed recovery after cord blood transplant
NCT ID NCT04707300
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Aug 13, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This early-phase trial tests whether injecting special immune progenitor cells (HTLPs) can help the immune system recover faster after a cord blood transplant in adults with blood cancers. Ten participants will receive the injection alongside their transplant. The goal is to see if it is safe and if it speeds up T-cell recovery, which could lower infection risk and improve outcomes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Human T Lymphoid Progenitor (HTLP) cells
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to faster immune recovery after cord blood transplants, reducing infection risk and improving outcomes for blood cancer patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early-phase trial (only 10 participants) testing safety and feasibility. The approach may not work or could cause severe 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 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 10 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2022
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2029
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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18 to 66 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: * Adult patients (≥ 18 years old and \<66 years old) at the time of inclusion and eligible for an allogeneic stem cells transplantation and fit to receive the specified conditioning regimen * Patients with hematologic malignancies * Absence of a matched - related sibling donor (MSD) or a matched unrelated donor (MUD) 10/10 * Presence of two UCB units with the following criteria\*: HLA- matched 4/8, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8 or 8/8 for HLA- A, -B, -C and DRB1 loci AND • Presence of at least one UCB unit with the following criteria\*: ≥ 3 x 10e7 TNC/kg or ≥ 1.5 10e5 CD34+/kg pre- freezing \* For the UCB taken into HTLP culture, the CD34+ content does not need to meet the above cellularity criteria, as expansion during HTLP culture has been proven to ensure the appropriate number of CD7+ needed for each dose. The non- cultured UCB will be chosen to have a higher CD34+ cell content in order to enable long- term hematopoietic engraftment * Absence of Donor Specific Antibodies (DSA) with a MFI \> 5000 * Patient affiliated to social security * Written, informed consent of the patient Exclusion Criteria: * Any of the standard contraindications to allogeneic transplant * Left ventricular ejection fraction \<50% * Abnormal biochemistry results (ALT/AST\>10xULN, total bilirubin\>2.5xULN, creatinin clearance \<60ml/min) * Inability to understand and provide informed consent * Concomitant infectious disease: HTLV-I, HIV-I or HIV-II * Pregnancy or breastfeeding for women of childbearing potential * Patients with progressive hematologic malignancies * Previous participation within one month before inclusion in another protocol in which drugs may influence immune reconstitution of bone marrow transplantation
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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
5 sites. 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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Hematology department / Necker Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGParis, Île-de-France Region, 75015, France
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Hôpital Saint Louis
RECRUITINGParis, France
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IUCT Oncopole Toulouse
RECRUITINGToulouse, France
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Institut Gustave Roussy
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGVillejuif, France
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Service d'Hématologie et thérapie cellulaire / CHU of Bordeaux
RECRUITINGPessac, 33604, France
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