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Hematological MalignanciesPhase 3NCT02730299

Stem Cell Transplantation With NiCord® (Omidubicel) vs Standard UCB in Patients With Leukemia, Lymphoma, and MDS

A Phase 3 study testing NiCord® (omidubicel) and Cord Blood Unit in people with Hematological Malignancies and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), run by Gamida Cell ltd at 52 sites in 10 countries.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

This study is an open-label, controlled, multicenter, international, Phase III, randomized study of transplantation of NiCord® versus transplantation of one or two unmanipulated, unrelated cord blood units in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia or acute myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, chronic… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 12 to 65 years
What is being tested?
NiCord® (omidubicel) and Cord Blood Unit
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
125 participants
Where
52 sitesin 10 countries
Study dates
16 Dec 2016to 7 Feb 2025
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 12 to 65 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Applicable disease criteria
  • Patients must have one or two partially HLA-matched CBUs
  • Back-up stem cell source
  • Adequate Karnofsky/Lansky Performance score
  • Sufficient physiological reserves
  • Signed written informed consent

Who cannot join

  • HLA-matched donor able to donate
  • Prior allogeneic HSCT
  • Other active malignancy
  • Active or uncontrolled infection
  • Active/symptoms of central nervous system (CNS) disease
  • Pregnancy or lactation

Trial locations and contacts

52 sites in 10 countries.

52 sites in 10 countries

United States21 sites
  • The University of Maryland Medicine Center

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21201

  • Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215

  • University of Virginia Cancer Center

    Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903

  • Cleveland Clinic Children's

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195

  • Children's Medical Center of Dallas

    Dallas, Texas, 75235

  • Children's Hospital Colorado

    Denver, Colorado, 80045

  • Henry Ford Medical Center

    Detroit, Michigan

  • Duke University Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710

  • Northwestern University

    Evanston, Illinois, 60208

  • West Cancer Clinic

    Germantown, Tennessee, 38138

  • UCLA

    Los Angeles, California, 90095

  • City of Hope

    Los Angeles, California, 91010

  • Loyola University, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center

    Maywood, Illinois, 60153

  • University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455

  • Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901

  • Stanford University Cancer Institute

    Palo Alto, California

  • UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224

  • Oregon Health & Science University

    Portland, Oregon, 97239

  • UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center

    San Diego, California, 92093

  • University of Kansas Cancer Center

    Westwood, Kansas, 66205

Other trials in United States

Spain8 sites
  • Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron pediatrics

    Barcelona, 08035

  • University Hospital Vall d'Hebron

    Barcelona, 08035

  • ICO Bellvitge

    Barcelona, 08908

  • Sant Joan de Deu

    Barcelona, 08950

  • Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

    Barcelona

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío

    Seville

  • Hospital Universitario La Fe

    Valencia, 46009

  • Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe (pediatric)

    Valencia

Other trials in Spain

Israel6 sites
  • Rambam

    Haifa

  • Hadassah Medical Center

    Jerusalem

  • Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital

    Petah Tikva

  • Dana-Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

    Tel Aviv

  • Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

    Tel Aviv

  • Chaim Sheba Medical Center, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children's hospital

    Tel Litwinsky

Other trials in Israel

Brazil5 sites
  • Instituto Nacional de Câncer José Alencar Gomes da Silva - INCA

    Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 20230-130

  • Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo Pediatrics

    São Paulo, São Paulo, 05403-010

  • Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, São Paulo, 05403-010

  • Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, São Paulo, 14048-900

  • Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein

    São Paulo

Other trials in Brazil

United Kingdom4 sites
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital

    Birmingham, B15 2GW

  • St James Hospital

    Leeds, LS9 7TF

  • Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

    Manchester, M13 9WL

  • The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

    Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5PT

Other trials in United Kingdom

Italy2 sites
  • Careggi University Hospital

    Florence, 50134

  • Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù

    Rome, 00165

Other trials in Italy

Netherlands2 sites
  • University Medical Center Utrecht

    Utrecht, 3503 AB

  • Prinses Maxima Centrum voor Kinderoncologie B.V.

    Utrecht, 3584 CS

Other trials in Netherlands

Singapore2 sites
  • National University Cancer Institute

    Singapore, 119074

  • Singapore General Hospital

    Singapore, 169608

Other trials in Singapore

France1 site
  • Robert Debré

    Paris, 75019

Other trials in France

Portugal1 site
  • Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil

    Lisbon, 1099-023

Other trials in Portugal

About this study

Official title: A Multicenter, Randomized, Phase III Registration Trial of Transplantation of NiCord®, Ex Vivo Expanded, UCB-derived, Stem and Progenitor Cells, vs. Unmanipulated UCB for Patients With Hematological Malignancies

This study is an open-label, controlled, multicenter, international, Phase III, randomized study of transplantation of NiCord® versus transplantation of one or two unmanipulated, unrelated cord blood units in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia or acute myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, chronic myeloid leukemia or lymphoma, all with required disease features rendering them eligible for allogeneic transplantation.

Read the detailed description

Successful blood and marrow transplantation (BMT) requires the infusion of a sufficient number of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs), capable of both homing to the bone marrow and regenerating a full array of hematopoietic cell lineages with early and late repopulating ability in a timely fashion.

A major drawback of Umbilical Cord Blood (UCB) is the low stem cell dose available for transplantation, compared to mobilized peripheral blood (PB) or bone marrow. This low stem cell dose can compromise the chances of engraftment and contributes to delayed kinetics of neutrophil and platelet recovery, as well as other transplant outcomes.

The aim of ex vivo expansion of cord blood is to provide a graft with sufficient numbers of cells that have rapid and robust in vivo neutrophil and platelet producing potential to enable successful transplantation.

NiCord® is a stem/progenitor cell-based product composed of ex vivo expanded allogeneic cells from one entire unit of UCB. NiCord® utilizes the small molecule nicotinamide (NAM), as an epigenetic approach to inhibit differentiation and to increase the migration, bone marrow (BM) homing and engraftment efficiency of Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells (HPC) expanded in ex vivo cultures. The chief aim of the study is to compare the safety and efficacy of NiCord® single ex-vivo expanded cord blood unit transplantation to unmanipulated cord blood unit transplantation in patients with hematological malignancies following conditioning therapy.

Being tested
NiCord® (omidubicel), Cord Blood Unit
Medical subject headings
Hematologic Neoplasms, Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Lymphoma

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • NiCord® (omidubicel)Drug

  • Cord Blood UnitOther

    Cord blood unit

Study groups in NCT02730299
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
NiCord® (omidubicel)ExperimentalNiCord® is a cryopreserved stem/progenitor cell based product comprised of: 1. ex vivo expanded, umbilical cord blood-derived hematopoietic CD34+ progenitor cells (NiCord® cultured fraction (CF)) 2. the non-cultured cell fraction of the same Cord Blood Unit (CBU) (NiCord® Non-cultured Fraction (NF)) consisting of mature myeloid and lymphoid cells. Both fractions, i.e. NiCord® CF and NiCord® NF, will be kept frozen until they are thawed and infused on the day of transplantation.
Receives: Drug: NiCord® (omidubicel)
Unmanipulated CBU(s)Active comparatorNot described
Receives: Other: Cord Blood Unit

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Time to Neutrophil Engraftment

    The time to engraftment of neutrophils >500/μl was defined as per Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) standards, requiring donor chimerism for neutrophil engraftment.

    Measured: post-transplant up to 42 days

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. First Grade 2/3 Bacterial or Invasive Fungal Infections by 100 Days Following Transplantation

    First Bacterial Infection Grades 2-3 or Invasive Fungal Infection by 100 Days following Transplantation for the Intent to Treat Population

    Measured: 100 days post-transplant

  2. Days Alive and Out of Hospital in the First 100 Days Post-transplantation

    Days alive and out of hospital in the first 100 Days post-transplantation for the Intent to Treat Population

    Measured: 100 days post-transplantation

  3. Number of Participants With Platelet Engraftment by 42 Days Post-transplantation

    Platelet engraftment defined as the first day of a minimum of three consecutive measurements on different days such that the patient has achieved a platelet count > 20 × 10^9/L with no platelet transfusions during the preceding seven days (counting day of engraftment as one of the preceding seven days) for the Intent to Treat Population

    Measured: 42 days post-transplantation

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted6 Apr 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study start16 Dec 2016
  3. Primary completion29 Apr 2021
  4. Study completion7 Feb 2025

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
125 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02730299
Sponsor's protocol ID
GC P#05.01.020
Status last verified
Feb 2026
First submitted
28 Mar 2016
Last updated
25 Feb 2026
Data monitoring committee
Yes
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Majhail NS, Miller B, Dean R, Manghani R, Shin H, Sivaraman S, Maziarz RT. Hospitalization and Healthcare Resource Utilization of Omidubicel-Onlv versus Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancies: Secondary Analysis from a Pivotal Phase 3 Clinical Trial. Transplant Cell Ther. 2023 Dec;29(12):749.e1-749.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jtct.2023.09.004. Epub 2023 Sep 12.

    PubMed 37703995
  • Szabolcs P, Mazor RD, Yackoubov D, Levy S, Stiff P, Rezvani A, Hanna R, Wagner J, Keating A, Lindemans CA, Karras N, McGuirk J, Hamerschlak N, Lopez-Torija I, Sanz G, Valcarcel D, Horwitz ME. Immune Reconstitution Profiling Suggests Antiviral Protection after Transplantation with Omidubicel: A Phase 3 Substudy. Transplant Cell Ther. 2023 Aug;29(8):517.e1-517.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.jtct.2023.04.018. Epub 2023 Apr 28.

    PubMed 37120136
  • Horwitz ME, Stiff PJ, Cutler C, Brunstein C, Hanna R, Maziarz RT, Rezvani AR, Karris NA, McGuirk J, Valcarcel D, Schiller GJ, Lindemans CA, Hwang WYK, Koh LP, Keating A, Khaled Y, Hamerschlak N, Frankfurt O, Peled T, Segalovich I, Blackwell B, Wease S, Freedman LS, Galamidi-Cohen E, Sanz G. Omidubicel vs standard myeloablative umbilical cord blood transplantation: results of a phase 3 randomized study. Blood. 2021 Oct 21;138(16):1429-1440. doi: 10.1182/blood.2021011719.

    PubMed 34157093
  • Del Pozo Martin Y. 47th Annual Meeting of the EBMT. Lancet Haematol. 2021 May;8(5):e317-e318. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(21)00104-6. Epub 2021 Mar 31. No abstract available.

    PubMed 33811823

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing NiCord® (omidubicel) and Cord Blood Unit in people with Hematological Malignancies and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), run by Gamida Cell ltd at 52 sites in 10 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 25 Feb 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 52 sites in United States, Spain, Israel, Brazil, United Kingdom and 5 more countries. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 25 Oct 2022). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Time to Neutrophil Engraftment (time frame: post-transplant up to 42 days). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02730299, which also lists 4 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 25 Feb 2026; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 26 Oct 2026.

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