Budesonide Prophylaxis for Engraftment Syndrome After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

April 29, 2026 updated by: Shatha Farhan, Henry Ford Health System
The purpose of this study is to determine if budesonide prophylaxis starting day 5 after transplant reduces engraftment fever in autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

110

Phase

  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

    • Michigan
      • Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48202
        • Recruiting
        • Henry Ford Health System
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • • Patients 18-80 years of age with a diagnosis of a hematological malignancy

    • Meet the BMT program criteria to undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for hematologi malignancies

Exclusion Criteria:

  • • Patients enrolled in investigational clinical trials

    • Sct for non hematologic malignancies

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Budesonide
budesonide starting day 5 after transplant
No Intervention: nothing

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
non-infectious fever
Time Frame: 30 days post stem cell transplant
non infectious fever defined as fever without identified infection that occurs up to 3 days prior and 10 days after the day of engraftment in patients on budesonide prophylaxis compared to patients who will not receive prophylaxis
30 days post stem cell transplant

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

November 9, 2022

Primary Completion (Estimated)

December 30, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 30, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 19, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 19, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

August 22, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 1, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 29, 2026

Last Verified

April 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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