New drug cocktail aims to tame deadly transplant side effect
NCT ID NCT07238712
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests whether adding two drugs, ruxolitinib and abatacept, to standard transplant care can prevent graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in 60 patients with high-risk myeloid cancers like AML and MDS. Participants receive a stem cell transplant from a partially matched donor. The goal is to reduce life-threatening complications and improve overall survival.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ruxolitinib and abatacept (Orencia)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could reduce serious complications like graft-versus-host disease after transplant, improving survival for patients with high-risk blood cancers.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 60 participants. The new drug combination may not work better than standard care and could have unexpected side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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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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: * Patients with indication for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation * Patients with \<10/10 HLA-matched related or unrelated donor available. The donor and recipient must be identical by the following genetic loci: HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-Cw, HLA-DRB1, and HLA-DQB1. * Peripheral blood stem cells or bone marrow as a graft source * Diagnosis: Acute myeloid leukemia Chronic myeloid leukemia, Ph+ Myelodysplastic Syndromes Myeloprolipherative neoplasms - High-risk disease defined as: Acute myeloid leukemia: \>5% of clonal blasts in bone marrow despite adequate previous induction therapy or allogeneic stem cell transplantation Myelodysplastic Syndrome: \>5% of blasts despite previous therapy Myeloid malignancy with with -7 or complex karyotype, or p53 mutation regardless of blast count in bone marrow Treatment-related myelodysplastic syndrome Second or subsequent allogeneic HCT after relapse of a myeloid malignancy Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia Myeloprolipherative neoplasms, unclassifiable \- No severe concurrent illness Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with indication for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation * Patients with \<10/10 HLA-matched related or unrelated donor available. The donor and recipient must be identical by the following genetic loci: HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-Cw, HLA-DRB1, and HLA-DQB1. * Peripheral blood stem cells or bone marrow as a graft source * Diagnosis: Acute myeloid leukemia Chronic myeloid leukemia, Ph+ Myelodysplastic Syndromes Myeloprolipherative neoplasms - High-risk disease defined as: Acute myeloid leukemia: \>5% of clonal blasts in bone marrow despite adequate previous induction therapy or allogeneic stem cell transplantation Myelodysplastic Syndrome: \>5% of blasts despite previous therapy Myeloid malignancy with with -7 or complex karyotype, or p53 mutation regardless of blast count in bone marrow Treatment-related myelodysplastic syndrome Second or subsequent allogeneic HCT after relapse of a myeloid malignancy Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia Myeloprolipherative neoplasms, unclassifiable \- No severe concurrent illness
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Pavlov University
RECRUITINGSaint Petersburg, 197022, Russia
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