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NCT05675930RecruitingPhase 2

A Study of Photobiomodulation (PBM) Therapy in People With Oral Graft-Versus-Host Disease (GVHD) After Stem Cell Transplant

A Multi-Center, Phase II, Randomized Double-Blind Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Photobiomodulation for the Treatment of Oral Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation (the LIGHT Trial)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 2 Nov 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The purpose of this study is to find out whether photobiomodulation/PBM therapy using the Thor LX2.3 therapy system is a safe and effective treatment for oral Graft-Versus-Host Disease/GVHD.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
44 (estimated)
First submitted
22 Dec 2022
Start date
22 Dec 2022
Primary completion date
22 Dec 2026
Lead sponsor
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
NCT number
NCT05675930

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Planned participants: 44
  • From 22 Dec 2022 to the primary completion date, 22 Dec 2026
  • 9 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Presence of an active uncontrolled infection. Subjects with a controlled infection receiving definitive therapy for 48 hours prior to enrollment are eligible.

Other illness

  • Personal history of mucosal head and neck cancer in the past 5 years.
  • Any serious medical or psychiatric illness that could, in the Investigator's opinion, potentially interfere with the completion of treatment according to this protocol.

Other

  • Pregnant or breastfeeding.
  • The subject or guardian is unable to give informed consent or unable to comply with the treatment protocol including appropriate supportive care, follow-up, and research tests.

Who the study is looking for

  • Allo-HCT recipients
  • Age ≥ 4 years-old
  • Oral cGvHD with NIH-modified OMRS score ≥ 3 who have failed ≥ 1 line of therapy, including topical corticosteroids..
  • No change in systemic immunosuppressive therapy (type or intensity level) within 2 weeks prior to enrollment.
  • If a patient is currently using another oral topical treatment for mouth lesions/symptoms, patient must be stable on this treatment for ≥2 weeks prior to study enrollment. Patient may continue same topical dose/frequency during the study period.

Age in the registry: 4 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (9)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
Memorial Sloan Kettering at Basking Ridge (Consent Only)
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Basking RidgeUnited StatesRecruiting
National Institute of Health (Data Collection AND Specimen Analysis)
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BethesdaUnited StatesRecruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center @ Commack (Consent Only)
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CommackUnited StatesRecruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent only)
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HarrisonUnited StatesRecruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Consent Only)
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MiddletownUnited StatesRecruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center @ Bergen (Consent only)
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MontvaleUnited StatesRecruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)
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New YorkUnited StatesRecruiting
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Data Collection Only)
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PittsburghUnited StatesRecruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center @ Nassau (Consent only)
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UniondaleUnited StatesRecruiting

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