Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in mature T- or NK-lymphomas: a phase II clinical trial

K Kamil A. Rechache N Natalia S. Nunes J Jennifer Sponaugle E Elisabetta Xue A Amy Chai R Rebecca Combs J Jessenia Campos X Xingmin Feng F Francis A. Flomerfelt K Kalpana Upadhyaya W William Telford B Brian Dawson T Thomas E. Hughes S Syed Muhammad Salman Shah A Alicia Peluso C Christi McKeown A Anita Stokes S Scott Napier R Ruby Sabina J Jennifer Wilder K Kristen Cole J Judy Baruffaldi J Jennifer Cuellar-Rodriguez J Juan Gea-Banacloche M Mary M. Czech M Mustafa A. Hyder C Christopher G. Kanakry D Dimana Dimitrova J Jennifer A. Kanakry

Abstract

Abstract Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is a potential cure for patients with peripheral T-/NK-cell lymphomas (PTCL), but its application is understudied. This prospective trial evaluates a unique reduced-intensity (RIC) transplantation platform in 31 patients with PTCL (NCT03922724). One-year progression-free survival, the primary endpoint, is 53% (95% CI 29-72%) on the RIC arm and 60% (95% CI 25-83%) on the modified-RIC arm. The 3-year overall survival is 61% (95% CI 42-76%), with relapse estimated at 18% (95% CI 6-34%) at 3 years. Transplant-related mortality was 24% (95% CI 10-41%) at 1-year, low at 11% (95% CI 2-29%) for patients ≤60 years but 56% (95% CI 17-82%) for patients >60 years, p  = 0.01. There was no grade III-IV acute graft-versus-host disease, while chronic graft-versus-host disease was estimated at 23% (95 CI 10-38%) at 2 years. This study demonstrates a benefit regardless of pre-transplantation disease status, challenging the requirement of remission for HCT.

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 17, Issue 1
Published April 23, 2026
ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher Nature Portfolio

Journal Info

Nature Communications

Nature Portfolio

ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Life Sciences

Authors (29)

K

Kamil A. Rechache

N

Natalia S. Nunes

J

Jennifer Sponaugle

E

Elisabetta Xue

A

Amy Chai

R

Rebecca Combs

J

Jessenia Campos

X

Xingmin Feng

F

Francis A. Flomerfelt

K

Kalpana Upadhyaya

W

William Telford

B

Brian Dawson

T

Thomas E. Hughes

S

Syed Muhammad Salman Shah

A

Alicia Peluso

C

Christi McKeown

A

Anita Stokes

S

Scott Napier

R

Ruby Sabina

J

Jennifer Wilder

K

Kristen Cole

J

Judy Baruffaldi

J

Jennifer Cuellar-Rodriguez

J

Juan Gea-Banacloche

M

Mary M. Czech

M

Mustafa A. Hyder

C

Christopher G. Kanakry

D

Dimana Dimitrova

J

Jennifer A. Kanakry