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Blood DiseasePhase 1NCT04806347

Alpha/Beta T-cell Depleted Blood-forming Stem Cell Transplant From Related or Unrelated Donors for Blood Diseases in Children and Young Adults

A Phase 1 study testing TCRαβ+/CD19+ depleted Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) graft and CliniMACS® System in people with Blood Disease, run by University of Wisconsin, Madison at 1 site in United States.

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Trial summary

This study is being done to see if the investigators can take peripheral blood stem cells from either an adult family member or a closely matched unrelated donor, and run them through a special lab instrument to remove alpha/beta T cells and B cells and then give them to the patient to treat disease. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 3 months to 25 years
Conditions the study is for
Blood Disease
What is being tested?
TCRαβ+/CD19+ depleted Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) graft and CliniMACS® System
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
12 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Nov 2026to Jun 2030
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 3 months to 25 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult

Who may be able to join

  • No Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) identical sibling available AND
  • NO HLA matched unrelated donor available OR urgent need of HSCT precludes time necessary to search for suitable HLA matched unrelated donor AND
  • Haploidentical donor OR closely matched unrelated donor available and willing to undergo mobilization and apheresis
  • If subject has genetically confirmed inherited bone marrow failure, related donor must be evaluated for this disorder and testing must be negative.
  • If subject has sickle cell disease, donor must be unaffected or have only sickle cell trait
  • Patient must be diagnosed with one of the following diseases or disorders:
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  • Hemoglobinopathies
  • Sickle Cell Disease for patients ≤ 21 years of age for whom hydroxyurea has been trialed for at least six months, and failed
  • Thalassemia Major for patients ≤ 21 years of age
  • Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
  • Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria with bone marrow failure
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes (lower risk)
  • Severe acquired aplastic anemia
  • Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
  • Fanconi Anemia
  • Diamond Blackfan Anemia
  • Dyskeratosis Congenita and related telomere disorders
  • Congenital Thrombocytopenia Syndromes
  • Severe Congenital Neutropenia
  • Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome
  • Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEI) or Primary Immune Regulatory Disorders (PIRD)
  • Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS)
  • Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD)
  • Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)
  • Primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
  • Age ≤ 25 years (except patients with hemoglobinopathies)
  • Life Expectancy ≥ 3 months
  • Karnofsky (patients > 16 years)/Lansky (patients ≤ 16 years) index ≥ 60
  • Organ Function Requirements
  • Renal Function
  • Creatinine clearance or radioisotope Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) greater than or equal to 60 ml/min/1.73m^2
  • Liver Function
  • Total bilirubin < 3 mg/dL
  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/ Serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase; synonymous with ALT (SCPT) ≤ 3 x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) for age
  • Cardiac Function
  • Ejection fraction of > 40% by Multiple gated acquisition scan (MUGA) or echocardiogram
  • Pulmonary Function
  • No evidence of dyspnea at rest
  • No supplemental oxygen requirement
  • If measured, carbon monoxide diffusion capacity (DLCO) > 50%
  • Willing to use effective birth control method if patient is of reproductive potential
  • Informed consent obtained (patient or legal representative)

Who cannot join

  • Pregnant
  • HIV infection
  • Uncontrolled, serious active infection at screening
  • Significant serious intercurrent illnesses
  • Enrollment in any other treatment study that would interfere with the endpoints of this study according to judgement of Principal Investigator (or PI designee).

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Celeste Matsushima contact

608-890-8069

United States1 site, 1 recruiting
  • American Family Children's Hospital

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53792

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: TCRαβ+ and CD19+ Depleted Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant From Closely Matched Unrelated Donors or Haploidentical Related Donors for Hematologic Diseases in Children and Young Adults

This study is being done to see if the investigators can take peripheral blood stem cells from either an adult family member or a closely matched unrelated donor, and run them through a special lab instrument to remove alpha/beta T cells and B cells and then give them to the patient to treat disease. This is an experimental way of doing a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). The investigators want to see if the new stem cells will grow without bad graft vs. host disease (GVHD). This treatment approach is experimental in the United States.

Read the detailed description

This single institution, phase I clinical trial will determine the safety and feasibility of employing T-cell receptor (TCR) αβ+ and CD19+ (Cluster of Differentiation) depleted hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) using peripheral blood stem cells (PBMC) from closely matched unrelated donors or haploidentical donors to treat non-malignant hematologic diseases in children and young adults. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation has become a curative option for children and adolescents with a variety of otherwise fatal conditions. To reduce the incidence and severity of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) associated with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, donor grafts are depleted of T cells, either using CD34+ selection or CD3+/CD19+ depletion of grafts. However, these selection processes also deplete the graft of protective cell subsets, such as γδ T cells, natural killer (NK) cells, monocytes and dendritic cells, which play important roles in the immune response to infectious agents. Moreover, the presence of NK cells and γδ T cells in donor grafts is associated with more rapid immune reconstitution after HSCT transplantation. In order to retain these protective immune cell subsets, this trial will use a novel, highly selective graft engineering process using the Miltenyi CliniMACS system that selectively depletes αβ-T cells and B cells that are responsible for GVHD and Epstein Barr Virus (EBV)-related post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder, respectively. Prior to transplantation, patients will be treated with a conditioning regimen, specific for the original disorder.

The primary objective of this study is evaluation of the safety and feasibility of HSCT using TCRαβ+/CD19+ depleted hematopoietic stem cells to treat non-malignant hematologic diseases. This will be assessed by evaluating the incidence of graft failure, grade III-IV acute GVHD and chronic GVHD and TRM.

Secondary objectives include the evaluation of immune reconstitution and incidence of post-transplant infections, adverse events, serious adverse events, overall and disease-free survival and the efficiency of graft processing by the CliniMACS System.

Conditions
Blood Disease
Being tested
TCRαβ+/CD19+ depleted Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) graft, CliniMACS® System
Medical subject headings
Hematologic Diseases

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • TCRαβ+/CD19+ depleted Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) graftBiological

    After undergoing a disease specific conditioning regimen (standard of care), participants will receive peripheral blood stem cell transplant from a haploidentical donor or closely matched unrelated donor, depleted of TCR αβ+ and CD19+ cells using the CliniMACS TCR α/β-biotin and CD19 Systems.

  • CliniMACS® SystemDevice

    The CliniMACS Cell Selection System is based on magnetic-activated cell sorting mechanism. The CliniMACS device is a powerful tool for the isolation of many cell types from heterogeneous cell mixtures.

Study groups in NCT04806347
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Treatment armExperimentalParticipants will undergo a conditioning regimen, specific for the original disease, After that peripheral blood stem cell transplant from a haploidentical donor or closely matched unrelated donor, depleted of TCRαβ+ and CD19+ cells using the CliniMACS TCR α/β-biotin and CD19 Systems will be administered intravenously on Day 0 to all participants.
Receives: Biological: TCRαβ+/CD19+ depleted Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) graft; Device: CliniMACS® System

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Incidence of grade III-IV acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)

    Acute GVHD will be assessed and graded according to the Keystone Consensus Criteria for staging and grading of acute graft-versus-host disease.

    Measured: 100 days post transplantation

  2. Incidence of extensive chronic GVHD

    Chronic GVHD will be assessed according to the current CIBMTR (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research) manual reflecting a grading system published by Sullivan KM (Sullivan 1981).

    Measured: up to 2 years

  3. Incidence of graft failure

    Graft failure - defined as failure to achieve ANC > 500 /µL at Day +28 or initial neutrophil engraftment followed by a decline in ANC < 500 /µL that is unresponsive to growth factor therapy (secondary graft failure).

    Measured: up to 2 years after graft

  4. Incidence of Treatment Related Mortality (TRM)

    TRM - defined as death from any cause other than disease progression.

    Measured: Day +100 post-HSCT

Secondary outcomes (15)
  1. Time to neutrophil engraftment

    The time to neutrophil engraftment is defined as the post-transplant day that is the first of 3 consecutive days with an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) of >500/µL as assessed by CBC.

    Measured: up to 28 days following HSCT

  2. Time to platelet engraftment

    The time to platelet engraftment is defined as the post-transplant day that is the first of 3 consecutive days with a platelet count ≥ 20,000/µL as assessed by complete blood count (CBC), without platelet support (transfusion) for 7 days.

    Measured: up to 28 days following HSCT

  3. Percentage donor chimerism using Short Tandem Repeat (STR)

    Short tandem repeat (STR) analysis will provide the percentage donor chimerism at specific time points post-transplant.

    Measured: up to 12 months following HSCT

  4. Kinetics of lymphocyte reconstitution via immunophenotyping using flow cytometry

    Lymphocyte reconstitution will be assessed at specific time points post-HSCT, expressed as the percentage of white blood cells comprised of T, B and NK cell subsets.

    Measured: up to 12 months following HSCT

  5. CliniMACS system efficiency: Percentage of viable CD34+ cells recovered after the TCRαβ+ and CD19+ depletion procedure

    Measured: up to 12 months following HSCT

  6. CliniMACS system efficiency: log depletion value for CD19/CD20+ B cells after the TCRαβ+ and CD19+ depletion procedure

    Measured: Day 0

  7. CliniMACS system efficiency: log depletion value of TCRαβ+ T cells after the TCRαβ+ and CD19+ depletion procedure

    Measured: Day 0

  8. CliniMACS system efficiency: number of viable blood cell subsets after the TCRαβ+ and CD19+ depletion procedure

    Number of viable CD34+ blood stem cells, CD20+ B cells, CD3-CD56+ NK cells, TCRαβ+ T cells, and TCRγδ+ T cells in the HSC graft after the TCRαβ+ and CD19+ depletion procedure

    Measured: Day 0

  9. Correlation between GVHD incidence and donor killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) haplotype content

    Measured: up to 2 years

  10. Correlation between GVHD incidence and killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR)/KIR-ligand mismatch between donor and recipient.

    Measured: up to 2 years

  11. Event free survival

    An event is defined as death, graft failure or stable mixed chimerism with disease recurrence.

    Measured: up to 1 years

  12. Overall survival (OS)

    Measured: up to 2 years

  13. Incidence of symptomatic bacterial/fungal and viral reactivation requiring therapy

    The incidence of infections (symptomatic bacterial/fungal and viral reactivation requiring therapy) will be used as an additional safety measure

    Measured: up to 1 year

  14. Number of participants with adverse events related to infusion of the HSC graft

    Measured: Day 0

  15. Incidence of serious adverse events

    Measured: up to 2 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted19 Mar 2021
  2. Study startNov 2026 (estimated)
  3. Primary completionJun 2029 (estimated)
  4. Study completionJun 2030 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
12 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04806347
Sponsor's protocol ID
2020-1251
Other IDs
2020-1251, A536755, Protocol Version 6, NCI-2021-02128, UW19113
Status last verified
Sep 2026
First submitted
2 Mar 2021
Last updated
29 Oct 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
Individual data sharing
Yes: The Principal Investigator, Sponsor and funding institutions (if applicable) will ensure that all mechanisms used to share data include proper plans and safeguards to protect the rights and privacy of participants who participate in this research.

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing TCRαβ+/CD19+ depleted Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) graft and CliniMACS® System in people with Blood Disease, run by University of Wisconsin, Madison at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 42 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 29 Oct 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Jenny Weiland (608-890-8070, PedsHemOncResearch@lists.wisc.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Incidence of grade III-IV acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) (time frame: 100 days post transplantation). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 29 Oct 2026.

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