Gentler transplant approach aims to beat blood cancers with fewer side effects
NCT ID NCT05417971
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests a reduced-intensity stem cell transplant for people with blood cancers like leukemia or lymphoma. The approach uses lower doses of chemotherapy and radiation before a half-matched donor transplant. Researchers hope this gentler method will help the body accept the new cells while lowering the chance of the cancer coming back. The study is currently recruiting 20 participants.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Fludarabine and total body irradiation followed by stem cell transplant
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a safer transplant option for people with blood cancers, reducing the risk of graft rejection and relapse.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 20 participants. The reduced-intensity approach may still carry risks like infection, graft failure, or relapse.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2022
- 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.
Who is studied
Male or female patients with any hematologic malignancy that requires an allogeneic transplant from a halpo-identical matched related donor
- Ages
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18 years and older
- 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: * Availability of 3/6 - 5/6 matched related donor with a negative HLA-cross match in the host vs. graft direction willing to donate peripheral blood stem cells * KPS \>/= 70% * Hematologic malignancy requiring allogeneic transplantation, with a predicted high risk of relapse following non-myeloablative, low intensity conditioning. Exclusion Criteria: * Poor cardiac function (LVEF \<45%) * Poor pulmonary function (FEV, FVC, DLCO \<60%) * Poor liver function (bilirubin \>/= 2.5mg/dL; AST or ALT \>3xULN) * Poor renal function (creatinine clearance \<40mL/min) * HIV-positive; active HepB or HepC * Uncontrolled infection * Pregnant female or not able to practice adequate contraception * Debilitating medical or psychiatric illness which would preclude their giving informed consent
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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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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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Caitlin Guzowski
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30342, United States
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