Recruiting
Phase 2

Stem Cell Transplant

Sponsor:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Code:

NCT04339777

Conditions

Lymphoproliferative Disorders

Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative

Immune System Diseases

Common Variable Immunodeficiency

Primary T-cell Immunodeficiency Disorders

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 4 - 69

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Busulfan test dose

Fludarabine

Busulfan

Alemtuzumab

Total body Irradiation

Study Details

Brief summary:

Background:

During a transplant, blood stem cells from one person are given to someone else. The cells grow into the different cells that make up the immune system. This can cure people with certain immunodeficiencies. But transplant has many risks and complications.

Objective:

To see if stem cell transplant can be successfully performed in people with primary immunodeficiency disease and cure them.

Eligibility:

People ages 4-69 for whom a primary immunodeficiency (PID) or Primary Immune Regulatory Disorder (PIRD), has caused significant health problems and either standard management has not worked or there are no standard management options, along with their donors

Design:

Donors will be screened under protocol 01-C-0129. They will donate blood or bone marrow.

Participants will be screened with:

Medical history

Physical exam

Blood, urine, and heart tests

CT or PET scans

Before transplant, participants will have dental and eye exams. They will have a bone marrow biopsy. For this, a needle will be inserted through the skin into the pelvis to remove marrow.

Participants will be hospitalized before their transplant. They will have a central catheter put into a vein in their chest or neck. They will get medications through the catheter to prevent complications. Participants will get stem cells through the catheter. They will stay in the hospital for at least 4 weeks. They will give blood, urine, bone marrow, and stool samples. They may need blood transfusions. They may need more scans. They will take more medications.

Participants will have visits on days 30, 60, 100, 180, and 360, and 24 months after the transplant. Then they will have visits once a year for about 5 years

Conditions

Lymphoproliferative Disorders

Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative

Immune System Diseases

Common Variable Immunodeficiency

Primary T-cell Immunodeficiency Disorders

Study ID

NCT04339777

Start date

Sep 22, 2020

Status verified date

Aug 17, 2026

Completion date

Nov 30, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct 1, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 4 - 69

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

  • INCLUSION CRITERIAl:
  • Age >= 4 years and <=69 yo with Weight >=12 kilograms
  • Mutation in a known monogenic (IEI) gene performed by a CLIA certified laboratory, who have failed standard medical management, or when no standard medical management is available.

OR

Patients without a known IEI mutation may be eligible if they have a clinical history that is characteristic of an individual with an immune defect including a history of infections requiring prolonged courses of therapy or evidence of immune dysregulation manifested by autoimmune/autoinflammatory disease, atopy, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, hypogammaglobulinemia, or impaired response to vaccination. A virally-driven malignancy alone will also constitute basis for inclusion.

  • Availability of an 8/8, 7/8, or 6/8 HLA-matched related or unrelated donor (if the mismatch is at DQ this will be considered an 8/8 matched donor), or a haploidentical related donor. Karnofsky or Lansky performance status of >= 40%
  • Adequate end-organ function, as measured by:

--Left ventricular ejection fraction > 40%, preferably by 2-D echocardiogram (ECHO) obtained within 60 days prior to enrollment.
  • Creatinine: Adult patients: <= 2.0 mg/dl and creatinine clearance >= 30 ml/min; Pediatric patients (<18 years old): creatinine < 1.5 mg/dL and a creatinine clearance, using the Schwartz Formula > 30 mL/min/1.73m\^2.

  • Serum conjugated bilirubin < 2.5 mg/dl; serum ALT and AST <= 5 times upper

limit of normal.

--Pulmonary function tests: FEV1 > 30% and DLCO >30%. Children who are unable to have DLCO assessed due to age, are still eligible if no evidence of dyspnea at rest and no need for supplemental oxygen.

  • Ability of subject or parent/guardian to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. For subjects <18 years old, their legal guardian must give informed consent. Pediatric patients will provide assent.
  • As therapeutic agents used in this trial may be harmful to a fetus, women of childbearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for at least one year post-allo HCT. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in the study, she should inform her treating physician immediately.
  • Willingness to remain in the NIH hospital or, if discharged, stay close to the NIH, for a minimum of 100 days after transplant or longer, if there are complications. If outpatient in the first 100 days after transplant, patient must commit to having an adult caregiver with them at all times.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

  • Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents (with the exception of virus-specific therapy e.g. cytotoxic T-cells for the treatment of viral infection/reactivation prior to allo HCT).
  • Patients with known brain metastases should be excluded from this clinical trial because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and other adverse events.
  • HIV-positive patients are ineligible because these patients are at increased risk of lethal infections when treated with marrow-suppressive therapy. Appropriate studies will be undertaken in patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy when indicated.
  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to agents (steroids, cyclophosphamide, busulfan, tacrolimus, sirolimus, MMF, G-CSF, alemtuzumab) used in the study
  • Active psychiatric disorder which is deemed by the PI to have significant risk of compromising compliance with the transplant protocol or which does not allow for appropriate informed consent
  • Pregnant women are excluded from this study because the study agents have the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with the study agents, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with the study agents.
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.

Study Design

Enrollment

66 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Arm A

Low Intensity, Intermediate Intensity and High Intensity Conditioning with or without alemtuzumab

active comparator: Arm B

Intermediate Intensity Conditioning with or without Alemtuzumab

Interventions

Busulfan test dose

0.8 mg/kg IV infusion over 2 hours

Fludarabine

40 mg/m2 IV infusion over 30 min once daily for 4 days

Busulfan

AUC Targeted Dose based on busulfan test dose PKs, IV infusion over 3 hours once daily (3.2 mg/kg IV per day will be the default dose) per the below time frame: For 10/10 Matched Related and Unrelated Donor Recipients For the High Intensity Arm, the busulfan dose will be given for 4 days (-6, -5, -4, and -3).

For Intermediate Intensity Arm, the busulfan dose will be given for 3 days (-6,-5, and -4).

For Low Intensity Arm, the busulfan dose will be given for 2 days on days (-6 and -5). 9/10 HLA Matched Related or Unrelated Donor Recipients For the High Intensity Arm, the busulfan dose will be given for 3 days (-6,

-5, and -4). For the the Intermediate Intensity Arm, the busulfan dose will be given for 2 days (-6 and -5).

For the Low Intensity Arm, the busulfan dose will be given for 1 day on day (-6).

Alemtuzumab

Alemtuzumab will be given if there is evidence of immune dysregulation 10 mg/m2 SC divided over three days (-14, -13, and -12)

Total body Irradiation

200 cGy Transplant Day -1 (Only for 9/10 HLA Matched Related or Unrelated Donor Recipients )

Allogeneic HSCT

Stem cell transplant

Tacrolimus (Tacro)

Tacrolimus 0.02 mg/kg IV continuous infusion over 24 hours starting on day +5

Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF)

Mycophenolate mofetil 15 mg/kg IV over 2 hours three times a day starting on day +5 will continue until Approximately+35 (+/- two days)

Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan)

Cyclophosphamide: 50 mg/kg IV once daily over 2 hours on days +3 and +4, dosed according to ideal body weight

Primary outcome measure

  • Sustained donor engraftment [ Time Frame: baseline to day +100 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

Recruiting

Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892

Contacts

For more information at the NIH Clinical Center contact National Cancer Institute Referral Office

888-624-1937

More Information

Sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Last update posted

Aug 19, 2026

Last verified

Aug 17, 2026

Keywords

  • Autoimmunity
  • Haploidentical
  • Opportunistic Infection
  • Immune Dysregulation
  • Congenital

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by National Cancer Institute (NCI) on 2026-08-19.