FDA grants fast track designation to dilanubicel

Dilanubicel is currently under investigation in a phase 2b trial (NCT01690520) that has enrolled 160 patients with hematologic malignancies. The goal of the trial is to determine whether adding dilanubicel to standard donor cord blood transplant decreases the time to hematopoietic recovery, thereby reducing associated morbidities and mortality.

Another phase 2 trial, called LAUNCH (NCT03301597), is currently enrolling patients who have acute myeloid leukemia and chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression. The goals of this trial are to evaluate dilanubicel’s ability to reduce the rate of grade 3 or higher infections associated with chemotherapy-induced neutropenia and to identify the lowest effective cell dose of dilanubicel.