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Active, not recruitingNCT03773393Updated Oct 21, 2026

A Clinical Trial of CK0801 (a New Drug) in Patients With Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome (BMF)

A Phase 1 interventional study of CK0801 in Bone Marrow Disease, sponsored by Cellenkos, Inc.. Active, not recruiting at 2 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-21.

Sponsored by Cellenkos, Inc. · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
18
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this clinical research study is to determine whether it is safe and practical to give CK0801 (a Cord blood-derived T-regulatory cell product) to patients with bone marrow failure syndrome. Researchers want to determine the highest possible dose that is safe to be given. Researchers also want to learn if CK0801 may improve the symptoms of bone marrow failure syndrome.

Patients enrolled in this study will all have been diagnosed with treatment refractory bone marrow failure syndrome (which includes aplastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, or myelofibrosis). Participants eligible to participate in this study are unable or unwilling to be treated with standard therapy or have failed standard therapy.

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Primary Objective:

To determine dose-limiting toxicity of CK0801 as defined as any of the events each start at the time of CK00801 infusion

  1. Severe (grade 3 or 4) infusion toxicity within 24 hours (NCI-CTCAE V4.0)
  2. Regimen related death within 30 days
  3. Severe (grade 3 or 4) Cytokine Release Syndrome within 30 days

Secondary Objective:

  1. Preliminary assessment of disease-specific response
  2. Duration of disease-specific response
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Conditions studied

  • Bone Marrow Disease

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In context

Bone Marrow Diseases

66 studies on the registry are indexed under Bone Marrow Diseases; 12 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 18 is below the median of 77 across 51 interventional studies indexed under Bone Marrow Diseases.

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Lead sponsor

Cellenkos, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 7 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Subjects who fulfill the diagnostic criteria of bone marrow failure syndrome including: aplastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, or myelofibrosis.
  2. HLA matched (≥ 3/6) cord blood unit available for CK0801 generation.
  3. Subjects age ≥ 18 years.
  4. ≤ 2 x and (ALT) ≤ 2 x ULN (unless Gilbert's syndrome is documented).
  5. Calculated of > 50mL/min using the Cockcroft-Gault equation.
  6. Zubrod performance status ≤ 2.
  7. Female subjects of child bearing potential (FPCP) must have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test. NOTE: FPCP is defined as premenopausal and not surgically sterilized. FPCP must agree to use maximally effective or to abstain from heterosexual activity throughout the study. Effective contraceptive methods include intra-uterine device, oral and/or injectable hormonal; contraception, or 2 adequate barrier methods (e.g., cervical cap with spermicide, diaphragm with spermicide).
  8. Subject has agreed to abide by all protocol required procedures including study-related assessments, visits and long term follow up.
  9. Subject is willing and able to provide written .

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Subject has received an agent within 4 weeks prior to CK0801 infusion.
  2. Subject has received radiation or chemotherapy within 21 days prior to CK0801 infusion.
  3. Subject has received prior cord blood-derived T-regulatory therapy.
  4. seropositivity.
  5. Subject has uncontrolled infection, not responding to appropriate antimicrobial agents after seven days of therapy. The Protocol PI is the final arbiter of eligibility.
  6. Subjects with uncontrolled inter-current illness that in the opinion of the investigator would place the patient at greater risk of severe toxicity and/or impair the activity of CK0801
  7. Subjects is pregnant or breastfeeding.
  8. Bone marrow failure caused by stem cell transplantation.
  9. Subjects who are unable to provide consent or who, in the opinion of the Investigator will be unlikely to fully comply with protocol requirements.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(8)

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Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

Creatinine clearance (CrCl)

How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Informed consent

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You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
18 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    CK0801

    All subjects will receive adoptive therapy with an infusion of unrelated cord blood-derived regulatory T cells: CK0801. Subjects will receive one intravenous dose of CK0801 (Treg cells) on study Day 0.

    Biological: CK0801

Interventions

  • BiologicalCK0801

    CK0801 (a Cord blood-derived T-regulatory cell product)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants with Severe Infusion Toxicity as Assessed by CTCAE v4.0

    Number of Participants with Severe (Grade 3 or 4) Toxicity

    Time frame: 24 hours post-intervention

  2. Number of Participants with Regimen Related Death

    Number of Participants with Regimen Related Death

    Time frame: 30 days post-intervention

  3. Number of Participants with Severe Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS)

    Number of Participants with Severe (Grade 3 or 4) CRS

    Time frame: 30 days post-intervention

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Study locations

2 sites
  • Sarcoma Oncology Research Center, Cancer Center of Southern California
    Santa Monica, California 90403, United States
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Kadia TM, Huang M, Pemmaraju N, Abbas HA, Ly C, Masarova L, Yilmaz M, Lyu MA, Zeng K, Sadeghi T, Cook R, DiNardo CD, Daver N, Issa GC, Jabbour E, Borthakur G, Jain N, Garcia-Manero G, Parmar S, Flowers C, Kantarjian H, Verstovsek S. Phase 1 Study of CK0801 in Treatment of Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes. NEJM Evid. 2024 Jun;3(6):EVIDoa2300362. doi: 10.1056/EVIDoa2300362. Epub 2024 May 28. PubMed 38804782 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

1 registry update since Sep 25, 2026
Publications
1 publication citing this study linked from PubMed, e.g. PubMed 38804782 ↗
Oct 21, 2026
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  1. Oct 21, 2026
    Publications 1 publication citing this study linked from PubMed, e.g. PubMed 38804782 ↗
    + 5 other changes: index terms, verification date, oversight details, contact details and site details

From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03773393
Lead sponsor
Cellenkos, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 12, 2018
Start date
May 30, 2019
Primary completion
May 25, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
May 30, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 21, 2026

Study contacts

Tapan M Kadia, MD
principal investigator · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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