Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT)

Background: Stem cell transplants (called hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, or HSCT) are used to treat various diseases. But when the cells for this procedure are donated by someone other than the person who receives the HSCT ( allogeneic HSCT ), the recipient has an increased risk of lung inflammation and scarring. This happens when their immune cells attack healthy lung cells. In this natural history study, researchers will look for the best ways to detect developing lung inflammations earlier after an HSCT. Objective: To see if certain tests can detect early signs of lung inflammation in people after HSCT. Eligibility: People aged 5 to 70 years who will have HSCT as part of another NIH study. Design: Participants will undergo these tests prior to their HSCT. These tests will then be repeated regularly for 2 years: Ultra-low dose computed tomography (CT) scans. Participants will lie on a table that slides through a machine; the machine uses X-rays to get pictures of the inside of the body. This type of scan uses less radiation than normal CT scans. Bronchoscopy with lavage: Participants will be sedated. A flexible tube will be inserted through the mouth and into the airways. Salt water will be squirted into the lung, then sucked out to collect cells and fluids from the lung. Another tube with a camera may be inserted into the airways to take pictures. Blood tests. Blood will be drawn every 2 to 4 weeks. Pulmonary function tests. Participants will breathe into a machine to test their lung function. They will see how far they can walk in 6 minutes.

Invasive fungal disease (IFD) is one of the serious complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), characterized by high incidence and high mortality. According to the data from a multi-center study in China (CAESAR 2.0), even with the extensive use of antifungal active drugs for prevention, the cumulative incidence of IFD one year after HSCT still reached 6.3%, and the IFD-related mortality rate was 48.28%. In recent years, with the improvement of transplantation techniques, the application of new antifungal drugs and the optimization of diagnostic methods, the pathogen spectrum and clinical characteristics of IFD have undergone significant changes. Compared with ten years ago, the proportion of non-Aspergillus pathogens (such as Candida and Mucophora) has significantly increased, while the proportion of Aspergillus has relatively decreased. In addition, different types of invasive mycosis (such as invasive aspergillosis and invasive fusarium) show significant differences in clinical manifestations, onset time and prognosis. However, at present, large-scale prospective cohort studies on IFD after HSCT in China are still relatively scarce, and the diagnosis and treatment norms and prevention strategies in clinical practice still need to be further optimized. This study intends to conduct a multi-center retrospective and prospective combined longitudinal cohort study to comprehensively register the basic information, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of IFD patients after HSCT, providing evidence-based medical basis for establishing new clinical diagnosis and treatment technologies and improving the long-term survival rate of patients.

This study aims to determine whether the recurrence rate of high-risk acute myeloid leukemia CR1 patients who received allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with the Ruxolitinib, Decitabine combined with Bu/Cy or BuF intensive pretreatment regimen is reduced compared with the traditional Bu/Cy or BuFpretreatment regimen.

Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell (CAR-T) immunotherapy is a rapidly developing novel approach in adoptive immunotherapy for tumors in recent years. Its main characteristic lies in genetically engineering T cells to express tumor antigen-specific receptors, thereby endowing them with targeting capability, cytotoxicity, and persistence. This approach has demonstrated remarkable efficacy in relapsed/refractory hematologic malignancies. Research on multiple myeloma (MM)-specific CAR-T cells has also been progressively conducted with promising outcomes, establishing CAR-T cell therapy as an effective new treatment strategy for MM. Notably, targets such as B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) and GPRC5D have emerged as prominent therapeutic targets for CAR-T cell therapy. Therefore, we propose to evaluate the efficacy and safety of sequential CAR-T therapy following autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in newly diagnosed MM patients who achieve partial response (PR) or better after four cycles of first-line chemotherapy but fail to attain complete response (CR), or those who achieve CR but present with high-risk factors. The clinical data from this study will provide evidence-based support for novel treatment strategies in this subset of MM patients.

The goal of this study is to calculate pharmacokinetic parameters and to evaluate the trough levels of posaconazole reached in patients with different stages of mucositis, due to chemotherapy and total body irradiation.