Immune booster after transplant shows promise for blood cancer patients
NCT ID NCT01853358
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-phase study tested whether giving specially selected donor immune cells (NK cells) soon after a stem cell transplant is safe for people with blood cancers. Seventeen patients received the cells, and researchers monitored for serious side effects within 30 days. The goal was to find a safer alternative to standard donor lymphocyte infusions.
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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 17 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2013
- Finished
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Mar 2018
- 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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18 to 70 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. Patient treated with allogeneic stem cell transplantation * Presenting an hematological malignancy with an intermediate, high or very high risk index according to the disease risk index developed by the Dana Farber Cancer Institute * Donor: HLA matched related or unrelated (10/10) donor * Graft: Peripheral stem cell transplant * Reduced Intensity Conditioning as used in the current transplant program: Fludarabine, IV Busulfan and Thymoglobuline 2. Age above 18 and under 70 3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0-1 or Karnofsky index ≥ 70 % 4. Survival expectation \> 6 months 5. Affiliation to social security 6. Signed informed consent from Donor and Patient Exclusion Criteria: 1. Active grade \>= 2 acute GVHD or corticotherapy ≥ 0.5 mg/kg/day at time of NK cell infusion 2. Active infection 3. Psychiatric disorder occurring after transplant 4. Pregnant or breast-feeding women or without contraception
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Institut Paoli-Calmettes
Marseille, 13009, France
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