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Primary Immune Regulatory DisorderPhase 2NCT05787574

A Study of Treatment of Inflammation Before Stem Cell Transplant in People With a Primary Immune Regulatory Disorder (PIRD) and/or an Autoinflammatory Condition

A Phase 2 study testing Emapalumab, Fludarabine and Dexamethasone and Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HCT) in people with Primary Immune Regulatory Disorder and Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative, run by Joseph Oved at 13 sites in United States.

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Trial summary

The researchers are doing this study to find out whether emapalumab or a combination of fludarabine and dexamethasone are effective in preparing people with a primary immune regulatory disorder (PIRD) and/or an autoinflammatory condition to receive a stem cell transplant. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any age
What is being tested?
Emapalumab, Fludarabine and Dexamethasone and Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HCT)
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
39 participants
Where
13 sitesUnited States
Study dates
15 Mar 2023to Mar 2027
Phase
Phase 2
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 Any age
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients receiving first allo-HCT for the following immunologic conditions:
  • Primary Immune Regulatory Disorder with or without a genetic lesion as defined by the Primary Immune Deficiency Treatment Consortium (PIDTC)12 - Patients with autoinflammatory disorders evidenced by cytokine or inflammation assays with at least 1.5x ULN of measured cytokines (defined in section 4) and/or an elevated ferritin or ESR > 2 ULN
  • For inclusion on the emapalumab group, the lesion must be related to the IFNγ pathway (or mediators thereof) with an elevated CXCL9 >1.5 ULN OR sIL2R >1.5 ULN (or already controlled on immune modulation, provided that CXCL9 or sIL2R levels were elevated prior to initiation of immune modulation).
  • Inclusion on the Fludarabine/dexamethasone group requires inflammation (as defined above) other than an IFNy pathway defect
  • Able to tolerate cytoreduction (based on adequate organ function as described below)
  • Patients of any age can enroll so long as they meet all other eligibility criteria
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  • Adequate organ function is required, defined as follows:
  • Hepatic: Serum bilirubin ≤ 2 mg/dL, unless benign congenital hyperbilirubinemia. Patients with hyperbilirubinemia related to paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria or other hemolytic disorders related to their PIRD diagnosis are eligible.
  • Hepatic: AST, ALT, and alkaline phosphatase < 2.5 times the upper limit of normal unless thought to be disease-related. Investigator will need to perform clinically indicated evaluations to assess if disease related or intrinsic liver disease. Additional testing may be done if clinically indicated, after the pre-transplant immune prophase and prior to start of conditioning as this will provide additional data to confirm disease related versus intrinsic liver dysfunction.
  • Renal: serum creatinine <1.5x normal for age. If serum creatinine is outside the normal range, then CrCl > 50 mL/min/1.73m^2 (calculated or estimated) or GFR (mL/min/1.72m^2) >30% of predicted normal for age.
  • Cardiac: LVEF ≥ 50% by MUGA or resting echocardiogram.
  • Pulmonary: Pulmonary function testing (FEV1 and corrected DLCO) ≥ 50% predicted (pediatric patients unable to complete PFTs will need oxygen saturation as recorded by pulse oximetry of ≥92% on room air).
  • Adequate performance status:
  • Age ≥ 16 years: ECOG ≤ 1 or Karnofsky ≥ 70%
  • Age < 16 years: Lansky 70%
  • Each patient must be willing to participate as a research subject and must sign an informed consent form or legal guardian with assent as appropriate.
  • Donor Inclusion Criteria:
  • Related Donors:
  • 8/8 or 7/8 HLA matched at A, B, C, and DRB1 loci, as tested by DNA analysis.
  • Haploidentical donors at A, B, C and DRB1 loci, as tested by DNA analysis
  • Unrelated Donors:
  • 8/8 or 7/8 matched at A, B, C, and DRB1 loci, as tested by DNA analysis.
  • Able to provide informed consent for the donation process per institutional standards.
  • Meet standard criteria for donor collection (e.g. National Marrow Donor Program Guidelines or collecting center guidelines as approved by treating physician).

Who cannot join

  • Uncontrolled infection at the time of enrollment.
  • Patients who have undergone previous allo-HCT.
  • Patient seropositivity for HIV I/II and/or HTLV I/II.
  • Females who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
  • Patients unwilling to use contraception during the study period.
  • Patient or parent or guardian unable to give informed consent or unable to comply with the treatment protocol including research tests.

Trial locations and contacts

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

13 sites in 1 country

United States13 sites, 6 recruiting
  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322

    Shanmuganathan Chandrakasan, MD, 404-785-1200

    Recruiting
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge

    Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920

    Active, not recruiting
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk - Commack

    Commack, New York, 11725

    Active, not recruiting
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester

    Harrison, New York, 10604

    Active, not recruiting
  • Texas Children's Hospital

    Houston, Texas, 77030

    Caridad Martinez, MD, 832-822-4242

    Recruiting
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth

    Middletown, New Jersey, 07748

    Active, not recruiting
  • Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226

    Larisa Broglie, MD, 414-266-2420

    Recruiting
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen

    Montvale, New Jersey, 07645

    Active, not recruiting
  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center

    New York, New York, 10032

    Recruiting
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065

    Active, not recruiting
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104

    Susan McClory, MD, PhD, 267-426-0762

    Recruiting
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau

    Rockville Centre, New York, 11553

    Active, not recruiting
  • University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, California, 94143

    Christopher Dvorak, MD, 415-476-2188

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Phase 2 Study Bridging Pre-Transplant Inflammatory Dampening for Primary Immune Regulatory Disorders (BRIDGE Trial)

The researchers are doing this study to find out whether emapalumab or a combination of fludarabine and dexamethasone are effective in preparing people with a primary immune regulatory disorder (PIRD) and/or an autoinflammatory condition to receive a stem cell transplant. The researchers will look at how well the study treatments reduce inflammation and aid in the engraftment process (the process of donated stem cells traveling to the bone marrow, where they begin to make new immune cells.

"Funding Source - FDA OOPD"

Read the detailed description

Defects in the immune cells can hinder the immune system's ability to fight infection. A stem cell transplant can replace non-working immune system cells with a donor's fully functioning immune cells, but if inflammation is present, the immune cells from the donor may not graft successfully. The proposed trial tests whether emapalumab or fludarabine and dexamethasone can help prepare the body to receive a stem cell transplant by reducing inflammation, so that the immune system will be able to produce fully functioning immune cells. Participants will receive emapalumab or a combination of fludarabine and dexamethasone over the course of four days in the hospital prior to a planned transplant procedure.

This study has two study groups:

  1. Participants in Group A have a high CXCL9, a specific cytokine, level and will receive emapalumab on Days -22, -15, -8, and -1.
  2. Participants in Group B have a generalized inflammation and will receive fludarabine and dexamethasone from Days -22 to -18 (5 days).

All study participants are eligible to receive one additional emapalumab 3mg/kg in the first 30 days post-transplant if they begin to have CXCL9 levels that are trending up. Participants will receive personalized rATG dosing. Participants will remain in the hospital according to the usual standard of care guidelines for stem cell transplant. Subject status and follow-up examination/data collection will occur on days 0, 7, 14, 21,30, 45, 60, 7, 100, 180, 270, and 365, then quarterly until 3 years post-transplant.

Being tested
Emapalumab, Fludarabine and Dexamethasone, Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HCT)
Keywords
Stem Cell Transplant, Emapalumab, Fludarabine, Dexamethasone
Medical subject headings
Immune System Diseases

What participants receive

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

  • EmapalumabDrug

    Also called Gamifant

    Emapalumab on Days -22 (22 days before the day of the stem cell transplant), -15, -8, and -1.

  • Fludarabine and DexamethasoneDrug

    Fludarabine and dexamethasone for 5 days in a row on Days -22 through -18.

  • Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HCT)Procedure or surgery

    Also called stem cell transplant

    Participants in both groups will receive their standard-of-care stem cell transplant on Day 0.

Study groups in NCT05787574
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Group A: Emapalumab (for isolated Interferongamma mediated disease)ExperimentalParticipants in this group will receive emapalumab on Days -22 (22 days before the day of the stem cell transplant), -15, -8, and -1.
Receives: Drug: Emapalumab; Procedure: Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HCT)
Group B: Fludarabine and Dexamethasone (for generalized autoinflammation)ExperimentalParticipants in this group will receive fludarabine and dexamethasone for 5 days in a row on Days -22 through -18.
Receives: Drug: Fludarabine and Dexamethasone; Procedure: Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HCT)

What is being measured

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

  1. Engraftment

    Engraftment is defined as the first of three days of absolute neutrophil count >500,000/µL and the first of seven days of platelets >20,000/µL in the absence of transfusional support.

    Measured: Day 100 post-alloHCT

Secondary outcomes (18)
  1. Overall Survival (OS)

    Overall Survival (OS) is defined as the duration of time between allo-HCT and death due to any cause.

    Measured: 1 year

  2. Event Free Survival (EFS)

    Event-Free Survival (EFS) is the length of time from the start of a treatment or study until a patient experiences a defined negative "event" (such as disease recurrence, progression, or death).

    Measured: Up to 2 years post-alloHCT

  3. Non-Relapse Mortality (TRM)

    Participants who die for any reason after disease recurrence are considered to have experienced disease related mortality, and will be counted as competing events. Patients alive will be censored at the day of last follow up.

    Measured: 1 year

  4. GVHD free/relapse free survival (GRFS)

    Duration of time between transplantation and development of grade III-IV GVHD, chronic GVHD requiring systemic therapy, disease relapse, or death, whichever occurs first.

    Measured: 1 year

  5. Chronic graft vs host disease/relapse free survival (CRFS)

    Duration of time between transplantation and development of moderate or severe chronic GVHD (NIH consensus criteria), or death, whichever occurs first.

    Measured: 1 year

  6. All-cause mortality at 1 & 2 years

    Measured: 1 year and 2 years post-alloHCT

  7. Incidence of viral reactivations

    Incidence of viral reactivations including: Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Adenovirus, Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), Human Herpes-6 (HHV6), BK-virus defined as viral reactivations necessitating use of anti-viral treatment.

    Measured: 1 year

  8. Incidence of Acute graft versus host disease (GVHD) at Day 100, 180, and 1-year follow-up

    Measured: Day 100, 180, and 1 year post-alloHCT

  9. Incidence of Chronic GVHD at Day 180 and 1-year follow-up

    Measured: Day 180 and 1 year post-alloHCT

  10. Time to neutrophil engraftment

    Neutrophil engraftment is defined as the first of 3 consecutive days of absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 500 K/µL.

    Measured: 100 days

  11. Time to platelet engraftment

    Platelet engraftment is defined as the first of 7 consecutive days with a platelet count exceeding 20,000/µL without transfusion support.

    Measured: 100 days

  12. Incidence of primary engraftment failure

    Primary engraftment failure is defined as failure to achieve neutrophil engraftment by Day 30 after transplantation.

    Measured: Day 30 post-alloHCT

  13. Incidence of secondary engraftment failure

    Secondary engraftment failure is defined as <500/µL circulating neutrophils at any time after primary engraftment that is not attributed to disease recurrence or drug therapy.

    Measured: 1 year post-alloHCT

  14. Donor Chimerism

    The percentage of donor contribution to hematopoiesis (chimerism) will be determined using short tandem repeat (STR) based analysis of the peripheral blood (Chimerism - all lineages on Day 30, 100, 180, and 365) and bone marrow (all samples obtained post-alloHCT).

    Measured: Day 30, 100, 180, and 1 year post-alloHCT

  15. Incidence of grade ≥ 3 non-hematologic adverse events

    Incidence of grade ≥ 3 non-hematologic adverse events as defined by CTCAE version 5.0 at Day 100, 180, and 1 year post allo-HCT.

    Measured: Day 100, 180, and 1 year post-alloHCT

  16. Lymphocyte Reconstitution

    CD4+ Immune Reconstitution (CD4+IR) is defined at CD4+ > 50u/L at two consecutive measures within 100 days post-alloHCT. Lymphocyte subsets (includes CD3, CD4, CD8, CD19, CD56+16, CD45RA, CD45) will be documented by flow cytometry.

    Measured: Day 30, 60, 100, 180, and 1 year and 2 years post-alloHCT

  17. Quality of Life (PROMIS score)

    Patient-reported outcomes will be self-reported using the PROMIS Profile Measure Scores. Scores are reported as standardized T-scores based on a U.S. general population average of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.

    Measured: up to 3 years post-alloHCT

  18. Percentage of patients who are eligible to proceed to transplant after receiving an immune suppression prophase

    Measured: 30 days

Timeline

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

  1. First posted28 Mar 2023
  2. Study start15 Mar 2023
  3. Primary completionMar 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completionMar 2027 (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 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
This is a two-stage phase 2 study.
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
39 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05787574
Sponsor's protocol ID
AAAV8620
Other IDs
R01FD007829
Status last verified
May 2026
First submitted
15 Mar 2023
Last updated
2 Jun 2026
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: The protocol summary, a statistical summary, and informed consent form will be made available on clinicaltrials.gov when required as a condition of Federal awards, other agreements supporting the research and/or as otherwise required. Requests for deidentified individual participant data can be made beginning 12 months after publication and for up to 36 months post publication. Deidentified individual participant data reported in the manuscript will be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement and may only be used for approved proposals.

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Emapalumab, Fludarabine and Dexamethasone and Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HCT) in people with Primary Immune Regulatory Disorder and Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative, run by Joseph Oved at 13 sites 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 24 inclusion and 6 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 2 Jun 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 13 sites 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 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

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 Joseph Oved, MD (212 305 9770, jho2001@cumc.columbia.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Engraftment (time frame: Day 100 post-alloHCT). 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 2 Jun 2026.

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