New drug may make stem cell transplants safer for older patients
NCT ID NCT05823571
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early-phase trial tests whether the drug itacitinib can prevent cytokine release syndrome (a severe inflammatory reaction) after a mini stem cell transplant in people aged 60 and older with certain blood cancers. The study also aims to see if itacitinib allows doctors to use shorter courses of other immune-suppressing drugs. About 32 participants will receive itacitinib alongside standard transplant care to find the safest and most effective regimen.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- itacitinib
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could lead to safer stem cell transplants with fewer complications and less need for long-term immune-suppressing drugs.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early Phase 1 trial with only 32 participants, so it is primarily testing safety. It may not show clear benefits, and there are risks from the transplant and immune suppression.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 32 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2023
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2030
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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60 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: * Presence of a suitable related, HLA-haploidentical (partially mismatched) stem cell donor. * Eligible diagnoses: 1. Acute leukemias in complete remission with minimal residual disease 2. Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with at least one poor-risk feature 3. Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia with at least one poor-risk feature 4. T-cell PLL in PR or better prior to transplantation. 5. Tyrosine kinase-refractory CML in first chronic phase, TKI-intolerant CML in first chronic phase, or CML in second or subsequent chronic phase. 6. Philadelphia chromosome negative myeloproliferative disease (including myelofibrosis) 7. Multiple myeloma or plasma cell leukemia with a PR or better to the last treatment regimen * Age ≥ 60 years. * Adequate end-organ function as measured by: 1. Left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ 35% or shortening fraction \> 25% 2. Bilirubin ≤ 3.0 mg/dL (unless due to Gilbert's syndrome or hemolysis), and ALT and AST ≤ 5 x ULN 3. FEV1 and FVC ≥ 40% of predicted * ECOG performance status ≤ 2 or Karnofsky score ≥ 60 Exclusion Criteria: * No active extramedullary leukemia or known active CNS involvement by malignancy. * Any previous autologous HSCT must have occurred at least 3 months prior to start of conditioning. * No previous allogeneic HSCT. * Not pregnant or breast-feeding * No uncontrolled infection. * No known HIV infection. * No active replicating HBV or HCV infection detected by PCR that requires treatment or at risk for HBV reactivation (positive HBsAg)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Maryland, 21231, United States
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