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Clinical trials corner

Children's Hospital Boston won full accreditation in June from the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, recognizing the hospital's commitment to safeguarding the rights and welfare of research participants. Below is this month's featured clinical trial now open for recruitment. For a longer list, visit www.childrenshospital.org/research/ clinical/Search.cfm. Families can learn more about clinical trial participation by visiting the interactive Parent's Guide to Medical Research at www. bostonchild.vitalconsent.com.

Hematopoietic stem-cell transplant from partially-matched donors
Eva Guinan, MD, of Children's and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is enrolling children and adults who need a stem cell transplant for acute leukemia or myelodysplasia, but have an incompletely matched family stem-cell donor. The transplant procedure will combine two novel strategies to improve recovery of the immune system while avoiding graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Patients will first receive donor stem cells that have been purified to remove specific immune cells likely to trigger GVHD. If the cells engraft without complication, patients will receive donor immune cells pretreated to dampen their immune response to the patient's antigens.

For more information, call Dr. Guinan at (617) 632-4932.

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