New stem cell therapy aims to tame transplant complications
NCT ID NCT04013685
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 14, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a new treatment called Orca-T for people with advanced blood cancers like leukemia. It uses a special mix of stem cells and immune cells from a donor to help the body accept the transplant while reducing serious side effects like graft-versus-host disease. The goal is to improve survival and quality of life after a stem cell transplant.
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Study facts
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- 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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155 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2019
- Expected to finish
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Apr 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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18 to 75 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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Key Inclusion Criteria: Recipients must meet all of the following criteria: 1. Patients must be diagnosed with 1 of the following histopathologically confirmed diseases, for which a myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) is planned: A) Acute myeloid, lymphoid, or mixed phenotype/undifferentiated leukemia who are not in CR or CRi (active disease) and/or MDS with \>10% to \<20% bone marrow blast burden (ages 18 to 75 years) B) Acute leukemia in CR/CRi or MDS that is DRI intermediate to high risk (ages 66 to 75 years) C) BPDCN (ages 18 to 65 years) D) Participants aged 18 to 65 who would be eligible for the Phase 3 component of Precision-T except for mild impairments of renal and/or hepatic function as defined by an eGFR of 50 to \<60 mL/min and/or a total bilirubin of \>ULN to ≤2 x ULN and diagnosed with either of the following: i. Acute myeloid, lymphoid, or mixed phenotype/undifferentiated leukemia that is in CR/CRi and DRI intermediate to high risk a) MDS that is DRI intermediate to high risk E) Acute or chronic leukemia in remission that is DRI low risk (ages 18 to 65 years), including the following: i. CML in chronic phase but with a history of accelerated phase or blast crisis or who are resistant to or intolerant of more than 1 first- and second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors ii. Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with inv(16) without accompanying complex cytogenetics 2. Patients must be matched to a 8/8 HLA-matched related or unrelated donor 3. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \>50 mL/minute 4. Cardiac ejection fraction at rest ≥45% or shortening fraction of ≥27% by echocardiogram or radionuclide scan (MUGA) 5. Diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) (adjusted for hemoglobin) ≥50% 6. Total bilirubin \<2 times upper limit of normal (ULN) (patients with Gilbert's syndrome may be included where hemolysis has been excluded) and ALT/AST \<3 times ULN Key Exclusion Criteria: Recipients meeting any of the following exclusion criteria will not be eligible: 1. History of prior allogeneic HCT 2. Currently receiving corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive therapy. Topical corticosteroids or oral systemic corticosteroid doses less than or equal to 10 mg/day are allowed. 3. Pre-planned donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) 4. Planned pharmaceutical in vivo or ex vivo T cell depletion 5. Positive for anti-donor HLA antibodies against an allele in the selected donor 6. Karnofsky performance score \<70% 7. Hematopoietic cell transplantation-specific Comorbidity Index (HCT-CI) \>4 8. Uncontrolled bacterial, viral or fungal infections (currently taking antimicrobial therapy and with progression or no clinical improvement) at time of enrollment 9. Seropositive for HIV-1 or -2 antibody, HTLV-1 or -2 antibody, Hepatitis B sAg, or Hepatitis C antibody 10. Any uncontrolled autoimmune disease requiring active immunosuppressive treatment 11. Concurrent malignancies or active disease within 1 year, except non-melanoma skin cancers that have been curatively resected 12. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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City of Hope
Duarte, California, 91010, United States
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Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
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Colorado Blood Cancer Institute
Denver, Colorado, 80218, United States
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Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States
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Oregon Health & Sciences University - Knight Cancer Institute
Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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Sarah Cannon Research Institute
Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States
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Stanford Health Care
Stanford, California, 94305, United States
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The University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States
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UC Davis
Sacramento, California, 95817, United States
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University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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University of Miami Hospital and Clinics - Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Miami, Florida, 33136, United States
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University of Michigan Health System - Michigan Medicine
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77054, United States
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University of Utah - Huntsman Cancer Institute
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, United States
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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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Weill Cornell Medicine - New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York, 10021, United States
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Winship Cancer Institute - Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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