INDIANAPOLIS -- A 14-year-old with leukemia at Indiana University Health's Riley Hospital for Children became the world's first pediatric patient to receive a successful bone marrow stem cell transplant from a deceased donor in February.

Riley Children's Health physicians performed this first pediatric procedure on Noah Britt, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in August 2025.

When neither chemotherapy nor a stem cell transplant from a living donor were successful, Noah's physicians determined his best option was to receive a deceased donor bone marrow stem cell transplant through the HOPE Program.

An expanded-access part of the PRESERVE I clinical trial, the HOPE Program connects patients who urgently need a transplant but can't find a living donor match with cryopreserved bone marrow stem cells.

Now in remission and continuing follow-up care, Noah joins 27 other patients who have received transplants through the HOPE Program.