New blood treatment aims to make transfusions safer
NCT ID NCT07015437
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 21, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a device called the INTERCEPT Blood System that treats red blood cells to kill germs. Researchers want to see if treated red blood cells survive as well as untreated ones after 35 days of storage. About 70 healthy adults will donate blood, have it treated or not, and then get a small amount back to measure how long the cells last. The goal is to ensure the treated blood is safe and effective for future transfusions.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- INTERCEPT Blood System for RBCs (device) and radiolabeled autologous red blood cells
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that INTERCEPT-treated red blood cells are safe and viable for transfusion, potentially reducing infection risks in blood transfusions.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early phase 2 study in healthy volunteers, not patients. The treatment may not perform as well as standard RBCs, and results may not translate to real-world transfusion settings.
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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 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Age ≥18 years * Complete blood count (CBC) and serum chemistry values within normal limits or outside of normal reference range but determined by the Investigator, and consultation with the Sponsor, to be not clinically significant. * Meet FDA, AABB, or institutional guidelines for allogeneic WB donation, including viral marker testing, with the following exceptions: * Meeting allogeneic deferral criteria due to travel, tattoos/piercings and male to male sexual contact would be acceptable, subject to the Investigator's discretion. * Subjects of childbearing potential must agree to use a medically acceptable method of contraception throughout the study. * Signed and dated informed consent form Exclusion Criteria: * History of RBC autoantibodies, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, RBC allo-antibodies, or other autoimmune disease * History of congenital red cell disorders (including self-reported glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase (G- 6PD) deficiency, sickle cell trait and thalassemia minor trait) * Positive DAT or IAT at study entry * Immunosuppressive therapy (e.g., oral or IV prednisone) within the past 28 days * Treatment with any medication known to affect RBC viability * Pregnant or nursing females * Participation in another interventional clinical study currently or has received an investigational drug within the past 28 days * Less than three months from receiving an infusion of a radiolabeled blood component. * Reenrollment in the same treatment group for which the subject previously contributed recovery and survival data in this study. * Non study blood component donation throughout the study * Preexisting antibody specific to INTERCEPT RBCs * History of known hypersensitivity to chromium or technetium
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 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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American Red Cross Research Laboratory
RECRUITINGNorfolk, Virginia, 23510, United States
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Hoxworth Blood Center
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCincinnati, Ohio, 45267, United States
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