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. 2022 Dec 23;211(2):122–137. doi: 10.1093/cei/uxac118

Table 1:

ongoing clinical trials adopting regulatory T-cell therapy in solid organ transplantation (search date September 15, 2022)

Study ID Phase Age Title Product Dose Status Location
Renal transplantation—endogenous Treg expansion
NCT02417870 I/II 18-75 (adult, older adult) Ultra-low Dose Subcutaneous IL-2 in Renal Transplantation Low-dose recombinant IL-2 (proleukin) Terminated
(June 2021)
Brigham and Women`s Hospital, Boston, US
Renal transplantation—adoptive Treg therapy
NCT02088931 I 18-50
(adult)
Treg Adoptive Therapy for Subclinical Inflammation in Kidney Transplantation (TASK) CD4 + CD127lo/-CD25 + polyclonally expanded Tregs 3.2 × 108 Completed
(July 2022)
University of California, San Francisco, US
NCT02091232 I >18 (adult, older adult) Infusion of T-Regulatory Cells in Kidney Transplant Recipients (The ONE Study) Tregs (recipient) stimulated with donor PBMCs and belatacept 4-9 × 108 Completed
(Nov 2021)
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, US
NCT04817774 I/II 18-70 (adult, older adult) Safety and Tolerability Study of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Reg Cell Therapy in Living Donor Renal Transplant Recipients CD4 + CD45RA + CD25 + CD127low/- HLA-A*02 specific CAR Tregs Recruiting
(Dec 2021)
University Hospitals Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
(and 3 other centers)
NCT03943238 I 18-65 (adult, older adult) TLI, TBI, ATG & Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Recipient T Regs Therapy in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Autologous polyclonally expanded Tregs starting at 25 × 106/kg Recruiting
(May 2022)
Stanford University
Palo Alto,
Northwestern University
Chicago, US
NCT03284242 n/a 18-65 (adult, older adult) A Pilot Study Using Autologous Regulatory T Cell Infusion Zortress (Everolimus) in Renal Transplant Recipients Autologous polyclonally expanded Tregs n/a Recruiting
(May 2022)
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Lexington, Kentucky, US
NCT02711826 I/II >18 (adult, older adult) Treg Therapy in Subclinical Inflammation in Kidney Transplantation Autologous polyclonally expanded Tregs 5.5 ± 4.5 × 108 Recruiting
(March 2022)
University of California at San Francisco, US (and 5 other centers)
NCT02145325 I 18-65 (adult, older adult) Trial of Adoptive Immunotherapy With TRACT to Prevent Rejection in Living Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients Autologous polyclonal expanded CD4 + CD25 + nTregs 0.5-5 × 106 Completed
(Oct 2019)
Northwestern University Comprehensive Transplant Center
Chicago, Illinois, US
NCT03867617 I/II >18 (adult, older adult) Cell Therapy for Immunomodulation in Kidney Transplantation Autologous polyclonally expanded CD4 + CD127lo/- CD25 + CD45RA Tregs 0.3-1.5 × 107 Recruiting
(Sep 2019)
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
NCT01446484 I/II 1-18 (child) Treatment of Children With Kidney Transplants by Injection of CD4 + CD25 + FoxP3 + T Cells to Prevent Organ Rejection Autologous CD4 + CD25 + CD127low FoxP3 + Tregs 2 × 108 Unknown
(Nov 2011)
Russian state Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
NCT02371434 I/II 18-65 (adult, older adult) The ONE Study nTreg Trial (ONEnTreg13) Autologous polyclonally expanded CD4 + CD25 + FoxP3 + nTregs 0.5-3 × 106 Completed
(Feb 2020)
Charité University Medicine,
Berlin, Germany
NCT02244801 I 18-70 (adult, older adult) Donor-Alloantigen-Reactive Regulatory T Cell (darTreg) Therapy in Renal Transplantation (The ONE Study) Donor alloantigen reactive Tregs (darTregs) 3 × 108; 9 × 108 Completed
(Oct 2018)
University of California San Francisco,
US
NCT02129881 I/II >18 (adult, older adult) The ONE Study UK Treg Trial Autologous polyclonally expanded Tregs 1-10 × 106/kg Completed
(Jan 2019)
Guy’s Hospital
London, UK
 ISRCTN
11038572
II >18 (adult, older adult) TWO study: cell therapy trial in renal transplantation Autologous polyclonally expanded Tregs 5-10 × 106/kg Recruiting
(June 2022)
Oxford Transplant Centre, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
Liver transplantation—endogenous Treg expansion
NCT02739412 II 18-65 (adult, older adult) Efficacy of Low Dose, SubQ Interleukin-2 (IL-2) to Expand Endogenous Regulatory T-Cells in Liver Transplant Recipients Low-dose recombinant IL-2 (proleukin) 0.30 MIU per meter squared body surface area; for 4 weeks Active, not recruiting
(May 2021)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, US
NCT02949492 IV 18-50
(adult)
Low-dose IL-2 for Treg Expansion and Tolerance (LITE) Low-dose recombinant IL-2 (proleukin) Terminated
(Aug 2019)
Kings Collage Hospital London, UK
Liver transplantation—adoptive cell therapy
NCT01624077 I 10-60 (child, adult) Safety Study of Using Regulatory T Cells Induce Liver Transplantation Tolerance Autologous polyclonally TGF-β induced CD4 + CD25 + CD127- Tregs 1 × 106/kg Unknown
(Feb 2015)
Nanjing Medical University
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
NCT03654040 I/II 18-70
(adult, older adult)
Liver Transplantation With Tregs at UCSF Autologous expanded donor alloantigen reactive Tregs (arTregs) 30-90 × 106 total Treg cells Recruiting
(Aug 2021)
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, US
NCT03577431 I/II 18-70
(adult, older adult)
Liver Transplantation With Tregs at MGH Autologous expanded donor alloantigen reactive CD4 + CD25 + CD127- Treg cells (arTregs) 2.5-125 × 106 Recruiting
(Nov 2021)
Massachusetts General Hospital: Transplantation
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
NCT02474199 I/II 18-70
(adult, older adult)
Donor Alloantigen Reactive Tregs (darTregs) for Calcineurin Inhibitor (CNI) Reduction (ARTEMIS) Autologous donor alloantigen reactive Tregs (darTregs) 3-5 × 108 Completed (Feb 2021) University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, US
Northwestern University Comprehensive Transplant Ctr
Chicago, US
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Rochester, US
NCT02188719 I 21-70 (adult, older adult) Donor-Alloantigen-Reactive Regulatory T Cell (darTregs) in Liver Transplantation (deLTa) Autologous donor alloantigen reactive Tregs (darTregs) 2.5-96 × 107 Terminated
(Sep 2020)
- has results
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, US
Northwestern University Comprehensive Transplant Ctr
Chicago, US
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Rochester, US
NCT02166177 I/II 18-70 (adult, older adult) Safety and Efficacy Study of Regulatory T Cell Therapy in Liver Transplant Patients (ThRIL) Autologous polyclonally expanded Tregs 0.5-1; 3-4.5 × 106/kg Completed
(Jan 2019)
Kings College Hospital
London, UK
UMIN-000015789 I/II 18-65 (adult, older adult) Tolerance induction by a regulartory T cell-based cell therapy in living donor liver transplantation Donor-reactive Treg-enriched cell product 0.23-6.37 × 106 Tregs/kg Recruiting (until July 2012)
Data published
2016 [136]
Hokkaidou University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
NCT05234190 I/II 18-70 (adult, older adult) Safety and Clinical Activity of QEL-001 in A2-mismatch Liver Transplant Patients (LIBERATE) Autologous CAR Tregs targeting HLA-A2 (HLA-A2 CAR-Treg) Recruiting
(Feb 2022)
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Cambridge, UK
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
London, UK
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
London, UK