New hope for young transplant patients: maribavir trial targets CMV
NCT ID NCT05319353
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a drug called maribavir for children and teens who have a CMV infection after a stem cell or organ transplant. About 80 participants will take the drug for 8 weeks and be followed for 12 more weeks. The goal is to find the safest dose and see how well it controls the virus.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jan 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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Up to 17 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Parent/both parents or legally authorized representative (LAR) must provide signature of informed consent and there must be documentation of assent by the participant, as age appropriate, before completing any study-related procedures. * Be a male or female child or adolescent \< 18 years of age at the time of consent. For participants in Cohort 3 only (0 to \<6 years) must have a gestational age of at least 39 weeks and a minimum weight of 5 kg. * Be a recipient of an SOT or an HSCT that is functioning at the time of screening. * Have a documented CMV infection which may be a first episode of post-transplant CMV viremia (primary or reactivation) or refractory to other anti-CMV treatments, with a CMV DNA screening value of \>= 1365 International Units per milliliter (IU/mL) in whole blood or \>= 455 IU/mL in plasma in 2 consecutive assessments separated by at least 1 day, as determined by local laboratory quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) or comparable quantitative nucleic acid amplification test (qNAAT) results. Quantitative assays must be standardized to the World Health Organization (WHO) CMV International Standard. Both samples must be taken within 14 days of first dose of study drug, with the second sample obtained within 5 days prior to first dose of study drug. The same laboratory and same sample type (whole blood or plasma) must be used for both assessments. If documented and verified values are available in medical history that fulfill this criterion entirely, they may be used instead. * Have all the following results as part of screening laboratory assessments: * Absolute neutrophil count \>= 500 per cubic millimeter (/mm\^3) (0.5 × 10\^9 per liter \[/L\]) * Platelet count \>= 15,000/mm\^3 (15 × 10\^9/L) * Hemoglobin \>= 8 grams per deciliter (g/dL) (\>=80 grams per liter \[g/L\]). * Have an estimated glomerular filtration rate (creatinine-based Bedside Schwartz equation) \>= 30 milliliters per minute (mL/min) /1.73 meter square (m\^2). * Be a female of nonchildbearing potential. If a female of childbearing potential, have a negative serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) or beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) pregnancy test at screening. Males, or nonpregnant, nonlactating females who are sexually active must agree to comply with the applicable contraceptive requirements of this protocol during the study treatment administration period and for 90 days after the last dose of study treatment. * Have life expectancy of \>= 8 weeks. * Be willing and have an understanding and ability to fully comply with the study procedures and restrictions defined in the protocol. For younger children, the parent/both parents or LAR must meet this criterion. * Participants must have a confirmed negative human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test result within 3 months of first dose of study drug or, if unavailable, be tested by a local laboratory during the screening period. Exclusion Criteria: * Have CMV tissue invasive disease involving the central nervous system (CNS) or retina as assessed by the investigator at the time of screening. * Have uncontrolled other type of infection as assessed by the investigator on the date of enrollment. * Have a history of clinically relevant alcohol or drug abuse that may interfere with treatment compliance or assessments with the protocol as determined by the investigator. * Be receiving valganciclovir, ganciclovir, cidofovir, foscarnet, leflunomide, letermovir, or artesunate when study treatment is initiated, or anticipated to require one of these agents during the 8-week treatment period. * Have a known hypersensitivity to maribavir or to any excipients. * Have severe vomiting, diarrhea, or other severe gastrointestinal (GI) illness within 24 hours prior to the first dose of study treatment or a GI absorption abnormality that would preclude administration of oral medication. * Require mechanical ventilation or vasopressors for hemodynamic support at baseline (Visit 2/Day 1/Week 0). * Be pregnant (or expecting to conceive) or nursing. * Have previously completed, discontinued, or have been withdrawn from this study. * Have received any investigational agent or device within 30 days before initiation of study treatment (includes CMV specific T-cells) or plan to receive an investigational agent or device during the study. Previously approved agents under investigation for additional indications are not exclusionary. * Have previously received maribavir or CMV vaccine at any time. * Have any clinically significant medical or surgical condition that, in the investigator's opinion, could interfere with interpretation of study results, contraindicate the administration of the study treatment, or compromise the safety or well-being of the participant. * Have severe liver disease (Child-Pugh score of \>= 10). * Have serum aspartate aminotransferase greater than (\>) 5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) at screening, or serum alanine aminotransferase \> 5 times ULN at screening, or total bilirubin \>= 3.0 times ULN at screening (except for documented Gilbert's syndrome), as analyzed by local laboratory. * Have positive results for HIV. * Have active malignancy with the exception of nonmelanoma skin cancer, as determined by the investigator. Participants who experience relapse or progression of their underlying malignancy (for which HSCT or SOT was performed), as determined by the investigator, are not to be enrolled. * Be undergoing treatment for acute or chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C. * Requiring ongoing treatment with or an anticipated need for treatment with a strong cytochrome P450 3A (CYP3A) inducer. * Have a low body weight where total blood volume (TBV) required during study participation will exceed 1 percent (%) TBV per study visit or 3% TBV over a 4-week period.
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Conditions
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The places running it
53 sites in 11 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Study contacts
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Contact
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Locations
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Ann and Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago - PIN
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University - PIN
RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, 100045, China
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Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGBirmingham, West Midlands, B4 6NH, United Kingdom
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CHRU Nantes
RECRUITINGNantes, Loire-Atlantique, 44000, France
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CHU de Grenoble Alpes - Hôpital Michallon
RECRUITINGLa Tronche, Isère, 38700, France
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CHU de Rennes - Hôpital Pontchaillou
RECRUITINGRennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, 35200, France
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Capital Center For Children's Healthy, Capital Medical University
RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, 100020, China
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - PIN
RECRUITINGCincinnati, Ohio, 45229-3026, United States
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Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
RECRUITINGWoluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels Capital, 1200, Belgium
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Cook Children's Health Care System
RECRUITINGFort Worth, Texas, 76104-2733, United States
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Great Ormond Street Hospital
RECRUITINGLondon, WC1N 3JH, United Kingdom
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Hadassah Medical Center- Ein Kerem - PPDS
RECRUITINGPetah Tikva, 4920235, Israel
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Hopital Necker
RECRUITINGParis, 75015, France
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Hospital Do Rim E Hipertensão
RECRUITINGSão Paulo, 04038-002, Brazil
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Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesus - PIN
RECRUITINGMadrid, 28009, Spain
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Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga - Hospital Materno-Infantil
RECRUITINGMálaga, Málaga, 29011, Spain
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Hospital Sant Joan de Deu - PIN
RECRUITINGEspluges de Llobregat, Barcelona, 08950, Spain
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Hospital Universitario La Paz - PPDS
RECRUITINGHorcajo de la Sierra, Madrid, 28755, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Vall d´Hebron- PPDS
RECRUITINGBarcelona, 08035, Spain
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Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo
RECRUITINGPorto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 05403-000, Brazil
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Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA) - PPDS
RECRUITINGPorto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90035-903, Brazil
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Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGChiba, 650-0047, Japan
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Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola (HUDERF)
RECRUITINGBrussels, Brussels Capital, 1020, Belgium
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Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences - PPDS
RECRUITINGTianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300020, China
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Irmandade Da Santa Casa de Misericordia de Porto Alegre
RECRUITINGPorto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90020-090, Brazil
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Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital - Main - PIN
RECRUITINGSt. Petersburg, Florida, 33701, United States
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King's College Hospital
RECRUITINGLondon, Lambeth, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom
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Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
RECRUITINGHanover, 30625, Germany
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Minderoo Children's Comprehensive Cancer Centre
RECRUITINGRandwick, New South Wales, 2031, Australia
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National Center for Child Health and Development
RECRUITINGSetagaya-Ku, Tokyo, 157-8535, Japan
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Nemours Children's Health - Wilmington - PIN
RECRUITINGWilmington, Delaware, 19803-3607, United States
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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
RECRUITINGNottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 1PB, United Kingdom
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Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGIzumi-Shi, Ôsaka, 594-1101, Japan
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Perth Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGNedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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Queensland Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGWoollangabba, Queensland, 4101, Australia
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Rambam Health Care Campus - PPDS
RECRUITINGHaifa, 31096, Israel
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Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne - PIN
RECRUITINGParkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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Royal Manchester Children's Hospital - PIN
RECRUITINGManchester, Lancashire, M13 9WL, United Kingdom
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Saitama Prefectural Children's Medical Center
RECRUITINGSaitama-Shi Chuo-Ku, Saitama, 330-8777, Japan
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Shanghai Children's Medical Center - Zhangjiang Campus
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200127, China
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Shenzhen Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGShenzhen, Guangdong, 518038, China
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Shizuoka Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGAoi-ku, Shizuoka, 420-8660, Japan
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Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Ichilov - PPDS
RECRUITINGTel Aviv, Tel Aviv, 64239, Israel
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Texas Children's Hospital - Wallace Tower - PIN
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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The Chaim Sheba Medical Center - PPDS
RECRUITINGRamat Gan, Tel Aviv, 52394, Israel
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The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University - Main
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China
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UZ Gent
RECRUITINGGhent, Oost-Vlaanderen, 9000, Belgium
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Universitatsklinikum Jena - Am Klinikum 1-Erlanger Allee 101
RECRUITINGJena, Thuringia, 07745, Germany
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University of Nebraska Medical Center -985400 Nebraska Medical Center
RECRUITINGOmaha, Nebraska, 68114-4113, United States
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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - 1515 Holcombe Blvd
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030-4000, United States
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Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf
RECRUITINGHamburg, 20246, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Münster
RECRUITINGMünster, North Rhine-Westphalia, 48149, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Würzburg
RECRUITINGWürzburg, Bavaria, 97080, Germany
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