New hope for leukemia patients: drug targets hidden cancer cells after transplant
NCT ID NCT05940961
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests the drug inotuzumab ozogamicin in 42 adults with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia who have minimal residual disease (MRD) after a stem cell transplant. MRD means a few cancer cells remain undetectable by standard tests but can cause relapse. The drug aims to turn MRD negative, which is linked to better long-term survival. Participants receive up to two 21-day cycles of the drug, and the study measures how well it clears MRD and improves survival.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- inotuzumab ozogamicin
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a way to eliminate leftover leukemia cells after transplant, potentially preventing relapse and improving survival.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 42 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The drug can cause serious side effects like liver damage or infections.
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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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About 42 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2022
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2026
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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15 to 65 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: 1. Patients aged ≥ 15 and ≤ 65 years. 2. Patients diagnosed with CD22+ B-ALL according to 2023 NCCN Acute Lymphoblasts Leukaemias diagnosis standard. 3. CD22+ B-ALL patients with MRD recurrence after HSCT. Ph+ ALL patients were eligible if treatment with 1 or more second-generation BCR::ABL1 tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) had failed, 4. ECOG performance status score less than 3. 5. Expected survival time #3 months. 6. Patients without serious heart, lung, liver, or kidney disease. 7. Ability to understand and voluntarily provide informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who are allergic to the study drug or drugs with similar chemical structures. 2. Pregnant or lactating women, and women of childbearing age who do not want to practice effective methods of contraception. 3. Active infection. 4. Active bleeding. 5. Patients with new thrombosis, embolism, cerebral hemorrhage, or other diseases or a medical history within one year before enrollment. 6. Patients with mental disorders or other conditions whereby informed consent cannot be obtained and where the requirements of the study treatment and procedures cannot be met. 7. Liver function abnormalities (total bilirubin \> 1.5 times the upper limit of the normal range, ALT/AST \> 2.5 times the upper limit of the normal range or patients with liver involvement whose ALT/AST \> 1.5 times the upper limit of the normal range), or renal anomalies (serum creatinine \> 1.5 times the upper limit of the normal value). 8. Patients with a history of clinically significant QTc interval prolongation (male \> 450 ms; female \> 470 ms), ventricular heart tachycardia and atrial fibrillation, II-degree heart block, myocardial infarction attack within one year before enrollment, and congestive heart failure, and patients with coronary heart disease who have clinical symptoms and requiring drug treatment. 9. Surgery on the main organs within the past six weeks. 10. Drug abuse or long-term alcohol abuse that would affect the evaluation results. 11. Patients who have received organ transplants (excepting bone marrow transplantation). 12. Patients not suitable for the study according to the investigator's assessment.
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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
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
RECRUITINGSuzhou, Jiangsu, 215006, China
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Experimental antibody GNR-084 tested against Hard-to-Treat leukemia
- Experimental therapy SNC116 put to the test against Hard-to-Treat leukemia
- Gentler transplant prep aims to cure tough blood cancers
- Can a bone drug plus immune signal stop blood cancer from returning after transplant?
- Can a Pre-Transplant drug keep leukemia from returning?
- Can tailored drug dosing make stem cell transplants safer?