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Infusion of Conventional and Regulatory T-Cells for the Treatment of Patients with Hematologic Malignancies Undergoing Reduced Intensity Donor Stem Cell Transplant

Trial Status: active

This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of conventional T cells and regulatory T cells and to see how well they work in treating patients with hematologic malignancies that are undergoing T cell-depleted donor stem cell transplant. Giving chemotherapy and total body irradiation before a donor stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer cells. It may also stop the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells. When the healthy stem cells from a donor are infused into the patient they may help the patient's bone marrow make stem cells, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Sometimes the transplanted cells (conventional T cells) from a donor can make an immune response against the body's normal cells called graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Removing the conventional T cells from the donor cells before transplant may stop this from happening, but may also increase the risk of infections and cancer relapse. Regulatory T cells are a type of T cell that inhibits the activity of the conventional T cells so the conventional T cells that are given to are less likely to cause severe GVHD. Giving an infusion of the donor's conventional and regulatory T cells may reduce the risk of GVHD and relapse of the cancer.