New cell cocktail aims to prevent transplant complications in kids with leukemia
NCT ID NCT07366801
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a new method to prevent graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in children and young adults with high-risk blood cancers who need a stem cell transplant from a half-matched donor. The approach combines specially enriched donor immune cells with a stem cell graft that has most T cells removed, along with reduced use of immune-suppressing drugs. The goal is to lower the risk of severe GVHD while keeping the immune system strong enough to fight infections.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Donor lymphocytes enriched with regulatory T cells, combined with a stem cell graft that has had most T cells removed
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could reduce the risk of severe graft-versus-host disease while preserving the immune system's ability to fight infections after a stem cell transplant.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early pilot study with only 64 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. There is still a risk of graft-versus-host disease or serious infections.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2/3
Runs two stages together: whether the treatment works, then large-scale confirmation.
- Participants
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About 64 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 2028
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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1 year to 25 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. Informed consent signed by the patient (age 14 to 25 years) and/or his/her legal representative (age 0 to 18 years). 2. The patient has an indication for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) established in accordance with the current regulatory framework 3. Planned HSCT from a haploidentical donor 4. The Karnofsky or Lansky score is more than 70% 5. Life expectancy of at least 8 weeks 6. Heart function: ejection fraction of at least 40% 7. Consent to continue follow-up for 3 years Exclusion Criteria: 1. Acute viral hepatitis or acute HIV infection 2. Hypoxemia with SaO2 \<90% 3. Bilirubin \>3 normal 4. Creatinine \>3 norms 5. Pregnancy and lactation 6. Life-threatening infection 7. Severe (\>?) pathology of the central nervous system (epilepsy, dementia, organic damage to the central nervous system) 8. Karnofsky score or Lansky score \<70%
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National medical research center of pediatric haematology, oncology and immulogy named after Dmytriy Rogachyov, Moscow, 117198
RECRUITINGMoscow, Russia