Can a broccoli compound help leukemia patients recover faster after transplant?
NCT ID NCT07297576
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether sulforaphane, a compound found in broccoli sprouts, can help blood cells recover faster after a cord blood transplant in adults with leukemia or related blood cancers. The trial will involve 36 patients and focus on safety and how quickly neutrophils (a type of white blood cell) return. If successful, it could make long-frozen cord blood a more reliable option for transplant.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- sulforaphane (a dietary supplement found in broccoli sprouts)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could help patients recover blood cells faster after a cord blood transplant, making long-frozen cord blood more usable.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early, small study with only 36 people. It may not show clear benefits, and sulforaphane could cause side effects or not improve recovery at all.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 36 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
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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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: 1. Patients with high-risk haematological malignancies: including AML, ALL, high-risk MDS 2. Age: ≥18 years 3. Karnofsky score ≥70%, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) physical status ≤2 points 4. Selection of non-haematopoietic cord blood: donor-recipient HLA high-resolution compatibility ≥4/6, 7/10 and CD34 cells ≥0.83×105/kg (recipient's body weight), meeting the above criteria, only cord blood with a freezing time of ≥10 years can be found in China's public umbilical cord blood stem cell banks. Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who test positive for the following pathogens: HIV (HIV-1/2), human cytomegalovirus (HCMV-DNA), EBV (EBV-DNA), Hepatitis B (positive for Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg) or Hepatitis B DNA (HBV-DNA)), Hepatitis C Antibody (HCV-Ab), Treponema pallidum Antibody (TP-Ab). 2. Active bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic infections of clinical significance as judged by the investigator at the time of screening 3. Willing donors with full HLA compatibility and eligible for allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation 4. Previous gene therapy or allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients 5. Immediate family members with known or suspected familial cancer syndromes (including but not limited to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndromes, hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndromes, familial adenomatous polyposis, etc.) 6. Confirmed diagnosis of a major mental illness or predisposition to mental illness that would seriously affect the ability to participate in clinical research 7. History of major organ injury, including: Liver lesions: liver function tests suggesting AST or ALT \> 3 × ULN; total serum bilirubin \> 2.5 × ULN; total bilirubin \> 3 × ULN and direct bilirubin \> 2.5 × ULN if consistent with Gilbert's syndrome; history of hepatic pontine fibrosis, cirrhosis, and the presence of active hepatitis; Cardiac lesions: left ventricular ejection fraction ("LVEF") \< 45%; New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV congestive heart failure (see Appendix 1 for classifications of heart failure); severe heart failure requiring treatment. Cardiac pathology: left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \<45%; New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV congestive heart failure (see Appendix 1 for NYHA heart failure classification); severe arrhythmia requiring treatment; uncontrolled hypertension or unstable angina; myocardial infarction or bypass or stent surgery within 12 months prior to enrolment; clinically significant valvular disease; calculated eGFR \<60mL/min/1.73m2 and direct bilirubin \>1.73m2; history of hepatic bridging fibrosis and cirrhosis; and presence of active hepatitis. Lung function: FEV1/FVC \<60% and/or diffusion function \<60% of predicted value; clinically significant evidence of pulmonary hypertension requiring medical intervention. 8. Uncorrectable coagulation disorders or history of severe bleeding disorders 9. Any other condition that, in the opinion of the doctor, makes the subject unsuitable for haematopoietic stem cell transplantation 10. Known allergy to the test drug or ingredients 11. Have participated or are participating in other interventional clinical studies within 3 months prior to screening 12. Live vaccination within 6 weeks prior to screening 13. Pregnant or breastfeeding women 14. Subjects did not follow the study protocol well 15. Any other condition deemed by the investigator to be unsuitable for participation in this clinical trial
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Institute of Hematology, Blood Diseases Hospital
RECRUITINGTianjing, China
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