New stem cell protocol offers hope for older adults with aplastic anemia
NCT ID NCT06646497
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a stem cell transplant method for adults aged 40 to 60 with severe aplastic anemia that has not improved or has returned after standard drug therapy. The approach uses a special drug after transplant to lower the risk of graft-versus-host disease, a common and serious complication. About 52 participants will receive this optimized transplant to see if it improves survival without severe 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 52 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2030
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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40 to 60 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: * Aged from 40 to 60 years old * Suffering from acquired refractory severe idiopathic aplastic anemia after at least 6 months treatment with anti-thymocyte globulin, cyclosporine with Eltrombopag or in relapse * Allograft validated in the National Multidisciplinary expertise meetings of the French reference centre for aplastic anemia * With an available geno-identical donor or 10/10 matched donor or haploidentical donor * With the absence of donor specific antibody detected in the patient with a MFI \< 1500 (antibodies to the distinct haplotype between donor and recipient) * Usual criteria for HSCT: * ECOG ≤ 2 * No severe and uncontrolled infection * Cardiac function compatible with high dose of cyclophosphamide * With an adequate organ function ASAT and ALAT ≤ 3N, conjugated bilirubin ≤ 2N (or total bilirubin ≤ 2N if not available), clearance creatinine ≥ 50ml / min * With health insurance coverage * Women of childbearing potential and men must use contraceptive methods during their participation to the research and for 12 months and 6 months after the last dose of cyclophosphamide, respectively. * Having signed a written informed consent NB: The authorized contraceptive methods are: For women of childbearing age and in absence of permanent sterilization: * oral, intravaginal or transdermal combined hormonal contraception, * oral, injectable or transdermal progestogen-only hormonal contraception, * intrauterine hormonal-releasing system (IUS), * sexual abstinence (need to be evaluated in relation to the duration of clinical trial and the preferred and usual lifestyle of the participants). For men in absence of permanent sterilization: sexual abstinence, condoms. Individuals must meet all of the inclusion criteria as verified at the screening / inclusion visit to be eligible to participate at the study. Exclusion Criteria: Patients: * With morphologic evidence of clonal evolution (patients with isolated bone marrow cytogenetic abnormalities are also eligible excepted chromosome 7 abnormalities and complex karyotype). * With seropositivity for HIV or HTLV-1-2 or active hepatitis B or C and associated hepatic cytolysis * Cancer in the last 5 years (except basal cell carcinoma of the skin or "in situ" carcinoma of the cervix) * Pregnant (βHCG positive) or breast-feeding * Yellow fever vaccine and all others live virus vaccines within 2 months before transplantation and during the research * With uncontrolled coronary insufficiency, recent myocardial infarction \< 6-month, current manifestations of heart failure according to NYHA (II or more), ventricular ejection fraction \<50% * With renal failure with creatinine clearance \<50ml /min * Any contraindication mentioned in the SmPC and the Investigator's brochure of all medicinal products planned to be used in the trial including conditioning regimen, GVHD prophylaxis, prevention of EBV reactivation, infection prophylaxis * Known allergy or intolerance to all medicinal products and/or excipients planned to be used in the trial including conditioning regimen, GVHD prophylaxis, prevention of EBV reactivation, infection prophylaxis, according to Investigator's brochure and SmPC. * Who have any debilitating medical or psychiatric illness, which precludes understanding the inform consent as well as optimal treatment and follow-up * Under legal protection (tutorship or curatorship) * Under state medical aid * Participation to another interventional trial on a medicinal product or cell therapy Individuals meeting any of the exclusion criteria as verified at the screening / inclusion visit will be ineligible to participate at the study.
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Conditions
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As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
26 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHRU Nancy
RECRUITINGNancy, France
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CHU Amiens
RECRUITINGAmiens, France
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CHU Angers
RECRUITINGAngers, France
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CHU Besançon
RECRUITINGBesançon, France
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CHU Bordeaux
RECRUITINGBordeaux, France
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CHU Caen
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCaen, France
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CHU Grenoble Alpes
RECRUITINGGrenoble, France
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CHU Lille
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLille, France
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CHU Limoges
RECRUITINGLimoges, France
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CHU Lyon Sud
RECRUITINGLyon, France
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CHU Montpellier
RECRUITINGMontpellier, France
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CHU Nantes
RECRUITINGNantes, France
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CHU Nice
RECRUITINGNice, France
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CHU Poitiers
RECRUITINGPoitiers, France
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CHU Rennes
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRennes, France
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CHU Saint Etienne
RECRUITINGSaint-Etienne, France
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CHU Strasbourg
RECRUITINGStrasbourg, France
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CHU Toulouse
RECRUITINGToulouse, France
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HNIA Percy
RECRUITINGClamart, France
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Henri Becquerel
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRouen, France
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Hopital Necker - APHP
RECRUITINGParis, France
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Hôpital Henri Mondor AP-HP
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCréteil, France
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Hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière AP-HP
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGParis, France
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Hôpital d'Estaing
RECRUITINGClermont-Ferrand, France
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Institut Paoli Calmettes
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMarseille, France
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Saint Louis hospital
RECRUITINGParis, France, 75010, France
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