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TRANSPIRE: Lung Injury in a Longitudinal Cohort of Pediatric HSCT Patients

An observational study in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT), Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage and Thrombotic Microangiopathies, sponsored by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati. Recruiting at 9 sites in United States. Open to participants aged Up to 24 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-06-22.

Sponsored by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Sep 2021; still recruiting 5 years 2 months later.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
2,000
Ages
Up to 24 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) is an effective but toxic therapy and pulmonary morbidity affects as many as 25% of children receiving transplant. Early pulmonary injury includes diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH), thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) interstitial pneumonitis (IPS) and infection, while later, bronchiolitis obliterans is a complication of chronic GVHD associated with severe morbidity and mortality. Improved diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary complications are urgently needed as survival after HSCT improves, and as HSCT is increasingly used for non-malignant disorders such as sickle cell disease. Currently, there are large and important gaps in the investigator's knowledge regarding incidence, etiology and optimal treatment of pulmonary complications. Moreover, young children unable to perform spirometry are often diagnosed late, and strategies for monitoring therapeutic response are limited.

This is a prospective multi-institutional cohort study in pediatric patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT). Assembly of a large prospective uniformly screened cohort of children receiving HSCT, together with collection of biological samples, will be an effective strategy to identify mechanisms of lung injury, test novel diagnostic strategies for earlier diagnosis, and novel treatments to reduce morbidity and mortality from lung injury after transplant.

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Conditions studied

  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT)
  • Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage
  • Thrombotic Microangiopathies
  • Interstitial Pneumonitis
  • Bronchiolitis Obliterans
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In context

Thrombotic Microangiopathies

52 studies on the registry are indexed under Thrombotic Microangiopathies; 21 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 2,000 is above the median of 175 across 20 observational studies indexed under Thrombotic Microangiopathies.

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Lead sponsor

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati is the lead sponsor of 673 studies on the registry; 130 are open to participants now.

Of its 57 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 31 (54%) have results posted.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Up to 24 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

The study participants will include eligible patients undergoing allogeneic or autologous HSCT at participating institutions.

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Inclusion criteria

  • Subjects ≤ 24 years of age undergoing or autologous HSCT.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects over 24 years of age.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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Allogeneic and autologous transplant

Stem cell (bone marrow) transplants. Allogeneic uses cells from a donor; autologous uses your own cells, collected earlier and given back.

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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
2,000 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Pediatric and young adult HSCT recipients

    Prospective multi-institutional cohort study in pediatric patients undergoing allogeneic (alloHSCT) or autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (autoHSCT).

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of Lung Injury after HSCT

    Participants will be assessed for lung injury at 24 months after HSCT

    Time frame: 24 months after HSCT

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Study locations

9 of 9 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Koo J, Cooper R, Edwards SL, Lane A, Loveless SK, Strecker L, Lake KE, Myers KC, Towe C, Patti J, Walkup LL, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA, MacMillan ML, Lacher P, Griffin T, Tekman M, Cisneros GS, Wu K, Zinter MS, Urrego FA, Baker KS, Abts MF, Ballard S, Freedman JL, Caraballo A, Young LR, Josephson MB, Allen JL, Camburn DM, Doherty EE, Azamian MS, Arredondo M, Silva-Carmona M, Lehmann LE, Wong W, Gaffin JM, McAlpine W, Li M, Goldfarb SB, Woods JC, Davies SM. High Prevalence of Abnormal Baseline Lung Function in Pediatric and Young Adult Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients: A Report from the TRANSPIRE Study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Oct;72(10):e31916. doi: 10.1002/pbc.31916. Epub 2025 Jul 21. PubMed 40692216 ↗
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Started Sep 2021 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Sep 2033, 144 months after the start.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Sep 19, 2019
First posted
Sep 23, 2019
StartActual
Sep 8, 2021
Primary completionEst.
Sep 2033
CompletionEst.
Sep 2033
Last update
Jun 22, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 22, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04098445
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 23, 2019
Start date
Sep 8, 2021
Primary completion
Sep 2033 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 2033 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 22, 2026

Study contacts

Stephanie Edwards, BSN, RN
Contact
StephanieL.Edwards@cchmc.org
513-636-9292
Stella Davies, MBBS, PhD, MRCP
principal investigator · Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Oversight

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