15-Year study tracks hidden risks of gene therapy in children
NCT ID NCT02315599
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 17, 2026 · Updated 7 times
Summary
This study follows 500 children and young adults who received gene therapy for cancer as part of earlier trials. Researchers will monitor them for up to 15 years to detect any delayed side effects. Participants have blood tests and health check-ups at regular intervals. No new treatment is given; the goal is to understand long-term safety.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- anti-CD19 CAR
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study will reveal the long-term safety of gene therapy in children, helping future treatments become safer.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational follow-up study, not a treatment trial. It cannot prove that gene therapy works or is safe for everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2014
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2050
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Participants screening for, participating in, or have participated in a POB gene therapy clinical trial and have received/or be scheduled to receive a genetically engineered cellular therapy.
- Ages
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1 year to 99 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: * Participants must be identified eligible for, participating in, or have participated in a POB genetically engineered cellular therapy clinical trial and have received/or be scheduled to receive a genetically engineered cellular therapy. * All monitoring and testing described in this protocol will pertain ONLY to genetically engineered cellular therapy received at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). RCR/RCL monitoring and persistence will NOT be followed for cells administered at another institution.
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
The full official record for this study. This one lists no contact details, but it is the first place any would appear.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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