Clinical trial NCT00580034
Conditions: Lymphoma Myeloma Leukemia Myelodysplasia Solid Tumors
Keywords: Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, Campath, HLA-Matched
Sponsor: David Rizzieri, MD
Start date: 2003-02-01; Completion date: 2013-04-01
Enrollment: 176 participants; Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED; Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP

Brief summary:
Allogeneic transplantation is used to treat many malignant and non-malignant diseases, though the potential toxicities of the procedure remain high. We and others have shown that a less toxic preparative regimen allows reliable allogeneic engraftment for allogeneic transplantation.

The primary purpose of this treatment trial is to follow patients undergoing allogeneic transplantation for long term outcomes. The regimen used has been tested in our prior phase I / II trial which has completed accrual. The issues of engraftment and rate of graft versus host disease have been answered and our success has led to this regimen being a standard approach for less toxic allogeneic therapy.

Detailed description:
Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation may cure or ameliorate illnesses of many types; however the toxicity of the procedure limits its broad applicability. Hematologic malignancies of all types have shown responses. Those with marrow failure, such as aplasia, and hemoglobinopathies have further shown responses in multiple trials as well. Even patients with certain solid tumors, such as breast, renal cell, and melanoma have shown partial or complete responses to allogeneic therapy. The limiting effect of the historical methods of aggressive induction for allogeneic therapy were extremely toxic, requiring limiting those offered allogeneic therapy to the healthiest of the ill patients. Work over the last decade has shown that less toxic agents targeting the immune system effectively allowed engraftment with less effects on the patient's liver, lungs, and other vital organs. We and others have completed multiple trials showing the effective use of these less toxic, non-myeloablative, regimens for allogeneic therapy. Trials with fludarabine and cyclophosphamide at standard doses (patients are not ablated and recover blood counts in 2 weeks) allow for 80% of patients to engraft donor cells. Some groups have added low doses of radiation to this combination, with 80-100% allogeneic engraftment. The lessened toxicity of this approach has been confirmed in multiple studies, including our own data with the specific schema in this treatment plan reviewed below. Phase I results with this combination: Our group has combined the above combination of fludarabine and cyclophosphamide with the antibody CAMPATH 1H. This antibody is given to the patient to purge the immune system and prevent rejection. It also purges the T cells in the donated stem cells to minimize graft versus host disease (GVHD). This approach has been proven successful in multiple trials using standard more toxic ablative procedures. Our approach over the last 3 years has been very successful using this antibody with the less toxic non-myeloablative procedure and our trials have completed.

The primary purpose of this treatment trial is to follow patients undergoing allogeneic transplantation for long term outcomes. The regimen used has been tested in our prior phase I / II trial which has completed accrual. The issues of engraftment and rate of graft versus host disease have been answered and our success has led to this regimen being a standard approach for less toxic allogeneic therapy.

Arms: arm 1: Campath Purged Non-myeloablative Allo Stem Cell Transplant (ASCT) in lymphoma, myeloma, or marrow failure: leukemia or myelodysplasia; and solid tumors arm 2: Donor must be a sibling, half sibling, parent, child or first cousin familial relationship and 3-5/6 Human Leukocyte Antigen matched related to subject. They must not have any medical condition which would make apheresis and G-CSF administration more than a minimal risk, and should have the following:

1. Adequate cardiac function by history and physical examination
2. bilirubin and hepatic transaminases \< 2.5 x upper limit of normal
3. normal hematologic parameters Females should have a negative serum pregnancy test.
Interventions: intervention 1: Campath Purged Non-myeloablative ASCT intervention 2: Donor Apheresis
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Preparative regimen: Begins on day -5 and consist of 4 days of daily fludarabine at 30 mg/m2/d infused over 30 minutes, cyclophosphamide 500 mg/m2/d infused over 1 hour, 5 days of Campath-1H at 20 mg/d in 250 ml of D5 normal saline or normal saline infused over 3 hours.

Patient Evaluation: Will occur 2-3 times per week by physical exam for toxicity through day 45. intervention 2: Donor will receive Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) 10-16 mcg/kg/d subcutaneously (dose will be rounded to the nearest whole vial size and may be divided into twice daily dosing). Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) 15 mcg/kg/d subcutaneous or similar growth factor for donor mobilization. Donors will receive at least 3-6 doses of daily growth factor until adequate cells are mobilized.

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