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Investigating infection risk and the microbiome in blood cancer patients treated with CD19 CAR-T therapy

Investigating molecular microbiology and infectious disease in blood cancer patients following CD19 CAR-T therapy

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN89448306
Enrollment
120
Registered
2026-05-08
Start date
2026-06-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-15

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Adult patients with high-grade B-cell lymphoma undergoing treatment with CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells. Cancer

Interventions

This multi-centre observational study has two components: (1) prospective recruitment of a cohort of patients with high grade B-cell lymphoma undergoing CD19 CAR-T therapy for sampling and longitudina
(2) retrospective data collection on patients who have previously undergone CD19 CAR-T therapy for treatment of high grade B-cell lymphoma from participating centres. (1) Prospective cohort A prospec
all patients will receive standard of care in the UK National Health Service (NHS). Participants will be recruited from haematology clinics when they agree to undertake CAR-T therapy and will provide

Sponsors

University of Cambridge
Lead Sponsor
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 120 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Male or female sex 2. Age 18 years or older to no upper limit 3. Has mental capacity to give informed consent 4. Has a confirmed diagnosis of high-grade B-cell lymphoma 5. Planned to undertake therapy with CAR-T cells targeting CD19 as a treatment for their lymphoma (any CD19 targeting CAR T-cell product can be included)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Age below 18 years 2. Not able to provide informed consent eg lacks capacity 3. Patient is a prisoner 4. Patient is pregnant 5. Previous receipt of an allogeneic bone marrow transplant (allo-HSCT) 6. A history of recurrent or serious nosebleeds, or nasal polyps, or any other abnormalities or on-going medical conditions affecting the nose that would contra-indicate taking nasal swabs 7. Having undergone nasal surgery in the last year 8. Having had a broken nose in the last year 9. Any defects of the skull base or hard palate

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactWilliam Hamilton
micro-cart@medschl.cam.ac.uk+44 01223 331664

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 21, 2026