Baylor and Children's bone marrow transplant and cell therapy program
BMT CTN Core: Baylor College of Medicine Consortium
This program provides donor bone marrow/stem cell transplants and immune cell therapies for children and adults who need allogeneic transplantation.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Baylor College of Medicine NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Houston, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11160632 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
This program runs high-volume allogeneic bone marrow and stem cell transplants for both children and adults and manages infusions of investigational and commercial immune effector cell products. The consortium links Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C., serving as a Core Clinical Center within the BMT CTN network to support multicenter trials. The centers have performed hundreds of transplants and sponsored many cell and gene therapy studies under investigator INDs. If you qualify, they can provide transplant care, access to experimental cell or gene therapies, and opportunities to join multicenter clinical trials.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Children and adults who need allogeneic (donor) bone marrow or stem cell transplants, including those with malignant and non-malignant blood, immune, or metabolic disorders, or those eligible for immune effector cell or gene-therapy trials.
Not a fit: People who do not need or are not eligible for donor transplantation or cell/gene therapy would not benefit from this program.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, patients could gain broader access to allogeneic transplants and cutting-edge cell or gene therapy trials at these experienced centers.
How similar studies have performed: These centers have already run many successful transplant and cell/gene therapy trials, so this work builds on established clinical experience rather than a wholly untested approach.
Where this research is happening
Houston, United States
- Baylor College of Medicine — Houston, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Heslop, Helen E — Baylor College of Medicine
- Study coordinator: Heslop, Helen E
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.