Could a single cell treatment free liver transplant patients from lifelong drugs?
NCT ID NCT05234190
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 02, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a personalized cell therapy called QEL-001 in 33 liver transplant recipients. The therapy uses a patient's own cells, modified to train the immune system to accept the donated liver. The goal is to see if it is safe and allows patients to stop taking anti-rejection medications without their body rejecting the liver.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 33 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2022
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2040
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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Written informed consent. * Subject who are HLA A2/A28 negative who have received HLA A2-mismatch liver transplant 12 months to 5 years prior to study entry. * Able and willing to use contraception. * Be on stable maintenance of immunosuppression for at least 12 weeks prior to study entry. Exclusion Criteria: * Severe cardiac, respiratory disease or any other major organ dysfunction. * Subjects with prior non-liver solid organ or hematopoietic stem cell transplant. * Known hypersensitivity to study medication ingredients, protocol defined immunosuppressive medications, or a significant allergic reaction to any drug. * Positive serology for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), active or latent tuberculosis (TB) or other clinically active local or systemic infection. * Use of investigational agents within 3 months of screening. * Subjects with history of autoimmune disease requiring use of immunosuppression or biologics within 24 months prior to study entry. * Subject with history of malignancy in the past 5 years. * Medical or social condition that is not compatible with adequate study follow-up and any other reason that, in the opinion of the Site Investigator or Medical Monitor, would render the subject unsuitable for participation in the study. * Protocol defined laboratory value for the following parameters: * Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and either alkaline phosphatase (ALP) or gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), * Kidney function e.g. eGFR, * White blood cells, * Hemoglobin, * Platelets.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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G. Gergorio Maranon
Madrid, Spain
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H. Clinic Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
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H. Saint Luc
Brussels, Belgium
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Hopital Erasme
Brussels, Belgium
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Hospital Reina Sofia
Córdoba, Spain
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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
London, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
London, NW3 2QG, United Kingdom
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UZ Leuven
Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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