New combo aims to tame deadly transplant complication with fewer steroids
NCT ID NCT05123040
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a combination of three drugs (ruxolitinib, uhCG/EGF, and steroids) in 10 people with a severe form of acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD), a complication that can occur after a stem cell transplant. The goal was to find the lowest effective steroid dose to reduce side effects while still controlling the disease. The study was stopped early, so results are limited.
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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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10 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2023
- Finished
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Feb 2026
- 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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12 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: HCT recipients over 12 years of age within the first 7 days of initial treatment of high-risk aGVHD, defined as: * Newly diagnosed Minnesota high-risk aGVHD -OR- * Newly diagnosed Minnesota standard risk aGVHD with plasma amphiregulin ≥ 33 pg/ml tested at the UMN Cytokine Reference Lab. For amphiregulin lab ordering information, see Fairview Lab Guide: http://labguide.fairview.org/showtest.asp?testid=6766\&format=long -OR- * Newly diagnosed Minnesota standard risk aGVHD Ann Arbor 3 biomarkers tested by Viracor. For ordering information, see: https://www.viracor-eurofins.com/test-menu/403572p-agvhd-symptomatic- onset-algorithm/ * Renal: Serum creatinine ≤2.5x upper limit of normal (ULN) * Cardiac: Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ 35% * Voluntary written consent (adult or parent/guardian with minor assent for 12 through 17-year-olds). Exclusion Criteria: * Progressive malignancy * Uncontrolled bacterial, fungal, parasitic, or viral infection at initiation of protocol treatment * Unwilling or unable to stop supplemental sex hormone therapy (estrogen, progesterone, and/or testosterone preparations) * Unwilling or unable to stop GnRH antagonists, aromatase inhibitors, or anti-androgens * History of a hormone responsive malignancy * Current thromboembolic disease requiring full-dose anticoagulation - patients receiving pharmacologic prophylaxis for thromboembolic disease will be eligible * Active or recent (within prior 3 months) thrombus, irrespective of anticoagulation status * Pregnancy * Women or men of childbearing potential unwilling to take adequate precautions to avoid unintended pregnancy from the start of protocol treatment through 30 days after the last treatment
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Masonic Cancer Center at University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States
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