Recruiting
Phase 2

Inflammation Treatment

Sponsor:

Joseph Oved

Code:

NCT05787574

Conditions

Primary Immune Regulatory Disorder

Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative

Immune System Diseases

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Emapalumab

Fludarabine and Dexamethasone

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HCT)

Study Details

Brief 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. 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"

Conditions

Primary Immune Regulatory Disorder

Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative

Immune System Diseases

Study ID

NCT05787574

Start date

Mar 15, 2023

Status verified date

May, 2026

Completion date

Mar, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Mar, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion criteria:

1. 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
2. Able to tolerate cytoreduction (based on adequate organ function as described below)
3. Patients of any age can enroll so long as they meet all other eligibility criteria
4. 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).
5. Adequate performance status:

  • Age ≥ 16 years: ECOG ≤ 1 or Karnofsky ≥ 70%
  • Age < 16 years: Lansky 70%
6. 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:

1. 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
2. Unrelated Donors:

  • 8/8 or 7/8 matched at A, B, C, and DRB1 loci, as tested by DNA analysis.
3. Able to provide informed consent for the donation process per institutional standards.
4. Meet standard criteria for donor collection (e.g. National Marrow Donor Program Guidelines or collecting center guidelines as approved by treating physician).

Exclusion Criteria:

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

Study Design

Enrollment

39 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Group A: Emapalumab (for isolated Interferongamma mediated disease)

Participants in this group will receive emapalumab on Days -22 (22 days before the day of the stem cell transplant), -15, -8, and -1.

experimental: Group B: Fludarabine and Dexamethasone (for generalized autoinflammation)

Participants in this group will receive fludarabine and dexamethasone for 5 days in a row on Days -22 through -18.

Interventions

Emapalumab

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

Fludarabine and Dexamethasone

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

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HCT)

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

Primary outcome measure

  • Engraftment [ Time Frame: Day 100 post-alloHCT ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

University of California, San Francisco

Recruiting

San Francisco, California, United States, 94143

Contacts

Christopher Dvorak, MD

415-476-2188

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Recruiting

Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322

Contacts

Shanmuganathan Chandrakasan, MD

404-785-1200

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10032

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Recruiting

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104

Contacts

Susan McClory, MD, PhD

267-426-0762

Texas Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Contacts

Caridad Martinez, MD

832-822-4242

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

Recruiting

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53226

Contacts

Larisa Broglie, MD

414-266-2420

More Information

Sponsor

Joseph Oved

Last update posted

Jun 2, 2026

Last verified

May, 2026

Keywords

  • Stem Cell Transplant
  • Emapalumab
  • Fludarabine
  • Dexamethasone

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Joseph Oved on 2026-06-02.