New study tracks immune cell function after stem cell transplants to personalize care
NCT ID NCT04635397
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed study looked at how immune cells recover in 61 adults who received a stem cell transplant for blood cancers. Researchers measured the function of T and NK cells by testing their cytokine profiles after stimulation. The goal was to see if these measurements could help predict and manage complications like infections, relapse, and graft-versus-host disease (GvHD).
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors personalize post-transplant care by adjusting immune-suppressing drugs or anti-infection treatments based on a patient's immune recovery.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It aims to gather information, not test a new therapy, so it won't directly improve outcomes for participants.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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61 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2021
- Finished
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Sep 2024
- 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.
Who is studied
Patients receiving an allogeneic stem cell transplantation for an hematological malignancy
- 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: * Patient over 18 years old * Suffering from a malignant hemopathy * Allogeneic bone marrow or hematopoietic stem cells * Identical geno-, pheno- and haplo donors * Informed consent signed by the patient or the person of trust in case of impossibility (deferred consent of the patient when his condition allows it) * Affiliated with a social security scheme Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with a clinical or biological contraindication to performing an allogeneic transplant * Patient with progressive solid cancer or in remission for less than 3 years * HIV-positive patients * Patients with chronic active hepatitis B or C * Allogeneic cord blood transplant * Allograft with sequential conditioning * Post-allograft preemptive treatment other than injections of donor lymphocytes Withdrawal of informed consent * Inability to undergo medical monitoring of the study for geographical, social or psychological reasons Non-inclusion criteria: * Minor patient * Pregnant woman * Patient with congenital or previously acquired immune deficiency * Patient on prior immunosuppressive treatment * Patient under guardianship or guardianship or placed in detention
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Nice
Nice, CHU de NICE, 06003, France
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