Clinical trial NCT00096460: Autologous or Donor Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Recurrent Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (BMT CTN 0202)
Official title: Autologous Versus Non-Myeloablative Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) for Patients With Chemosensitive Follicular Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Beyond First Complete Response or First Partial Response (BMT CTN #0202)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: TERMINATED
Phase: PHASE2
PHASE3
Conditions: Recurrent Grade 1 Follicular Lymphoma
Recurrent Grade 2 Follicular Lymphoma
Recurrent Grade 3 Follicular Lymphoma
Follicular Lymphoma
Lead sponsor: Medical College of Wisconsin
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
name: Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network
name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
name: National Marrow Donor Program
First posted: 2004-11-10
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Maximum age (years): 75
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study is designed as a Phase II/III, multi-center trial, comparing two transplant strategies to determine whether non-myeloablative allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) will improve long-term progression-free survival compared to autologous HSCT. Recipients will be biologically assigned to the appropriate treatment arm depending on the availability of a Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) matched sibling.

Detailed description: BACKGROUND:

Although patients with follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) typically experience a relatively indolent course, the disease is rarely curable with conventional chemotherapy. Patients with follicular NHL are usually treated only when symptoms require palliation or if bulky disease exists since no survival advantage has been shown as compared to administering conventional treatment at initial diagnosis. While most patients achieve a remission with initial chemotherapy, a continuous pattern of relapse occurs, resulting in progressively shorter remission durations. Additionally, the increased response rates conferred by anthracycline-containing regimens have not translated into improved survival and thus the median survival time of 6 to 10 years has not been significantly impacted over the last decade.

DESIGN NARRATIVE:

The overall study design is a comparison of two treatment arms determined by biologic assignment, based on the availability of an HLA-matched sibling, in patients diagnosed with relapsed follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Patients without an HLA-matched sibling will receive an autologous HSCT. Patients with an HLA-matched sibling will receive a non-myeloablative allogeneic HSCT.

The overall study design is that of biologic assignment, based on the availability of an HLA-matched sibling, to one of two strategies to improve the outcome for follicular lymphoma patients with chemosensitive disease. All patients will undergo cytoreduction with cyclophosphamide 4 gm/m\^2 and rituximab 375 mg/m\^2 x 2 doses. Rituximab will be given in two doses, approximately 1 week apart, with the cyclophosphamide administered the day after the first dose of rituximab. Patients assigned to the autologous arm will have their hematopoietic stem cells mobilized from this cytoreductive regimen. Patients with an HLA-matched sibling will undergo a non-myeloablative allogeneic HSCT. Pre-transplant conditioning will consist of fludarabine 30 mg/m\^2/day and cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m\^2/day x 3 days with rituximab 375 mg/m\^2/day on Days -13 and -6 pre-HSCT and on Days +1 and +8 post-HSCT. The immunosuppressive regimen will consist of tacrolimus and methotrexate (MTX) to control graft-versus-host and host-versus-graft reactions. Patients without an HLA-matched sibling who have collected an adequate autologous hematopoietic cell graft, defined as at least 2.0 \* 10\^6 CD34+ cells/kg, will receive a preparative regimen of total body irradiation (TBI) 1200 cGy or Carmustine (BCNU) 15 mg/kg. In addition, VP-16 60 mg/kg and cyclophosphamide 100 mg/kg will be given for both autologous preparative regimens. Post-autologous HSCT therapy with rituximab 375 mg/m\^2 weekly x 4 doses will commence between Days 42-75 post-HSCT.

Eligibility criteria: Initial Patient Inclusion Criteria:

* Histologically confirmed recurrent Revised European American Lymphoma (REAL) classification follicle center lymphoma, follicular grades I and II, OR histologically confirmed World Health Organization (WHO) classification follicular lymphoma grades 1, 2, 3a or 3b; for either classification, the diffuse component or presence of large cleaved cells (if present) cannot be more than 50% of high power field; patients do not have to express t(14;18) to be eligible
* Received three or fewer prior regimens of chemotherapy; monoclonal antibody therapy and involved field radiation therapy will not be counted as a prior therapy
* Beyond first Complete Remission (CR) or first Partial Remission (PR) AND demonstrate chemosensitive disease; chemosensitive disease will be defined as less than 20% bone marrow involvement in the aspirate or core biopsy with follicular lymphoma AND lymph node size in axial diameter of less than 3 cm or a greater than 50% reduction in estimated lymph node volume to be measured as product of bi-dimensional measurements; Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanning will not be used for staging or response purposes

  * Patients with adequate organ function as measured by:

    1. Cardiac: left ventricular ejection fraction at rest at least 45%
    2. Hepatic: bilirubin less than 2 times the upper limit of normal and alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) less than 3 times the upper limit of normal
    3. Renal: creatinine clearance greater than 40 mL/min
    4. Pulmonary: Diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO), Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), and Forced vital capacity (FVC) greater than 50% of predicted (corrected for hemoglobin)
  * If the patient is younger than 18 years of age and they have reached the age of assent, then they must have completed the local Institutional Review Board (IRB) assent process.
  * Able to receive cyclophosphamide and rituximab mobilization chemotherapy no earlier than 3 weeks from the beginning of the most recent cycle of salvage chemotherapy and no later than 6 weeks from enrollment

Patient Inclusion Criteria for Proceeding to Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT):

* Collection of an autologous or allogeneic graft of at least 2.0 \* 10\^6 CD34+ cells/kg
* Blood count recovery defined as Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) greater than 1000/mm3 and platelets greater than 100 \* 10\^9/L

Patient Inclusion Criteria for Maintenance Therapy:

* Liver and renal function tests within the inclusion criteria for initial autograft
* Off intravenous antibiotics and off amphotericin B formulations for proven, probable or possible fungal infections
* No active Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections or for patients with CMV infection post-autograft, treated with ganciclovir, valganciclovir, or foscarnet per institutional guidelines and CMV antigenemia negative
* Mucositis resolved and off hyperalimentation

Exclusion Criteria:

* Karnofsky performance score less than 70%
* Follicular lymphoma that show histologic evidence of transformation
* Uncontrolled hypertension
* Patients with uncontrolled bacterial, viral or fungal infection (currently taking medication and progression without clinical improvement).
* Prior malignancies except resected basal cell carcinoma or treated cervical carcinoma in situ; cancer treated with curative intent more than 5 years previously will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis by a Protocol Chair or Medical Monitor.
* Pregnant (positive Beta Human chorionic gonadotropin (β-HCG)) or breastfeeding
* Seropositive for Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
* Unwilling to use contraceptive techniques during treatment
* Prior autologous or allogeneic HSCT
* Known anaphylactic reaction to rituximab

Primary outcomes:
measure: Lymphoma Progression-free Survival
timeFrame: Three years post-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT)
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Duarte
country: United States
facility: City of Hope National Medical Center
state: California
city: La Jolla
country: United States
facility: Scripps Clinic
state: California
city: La Jolla
country: United States
facility: UCSD Medical Center
state: California
city: Stanford
country: United States
facility: Stanford Hospital and Clinics
state: California
city: Gainesville
country: United States
facility: University of Florida College of Medicine (Shands)
state: Florida
city: Tampa
country: United States
facility: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
state: Florida
city: Atlanta
country: United States
facility: Emory University
state: Georgia
city: Atlanta
country: United States
facility: BMT Group of Georgia
state: Georgia
city: Atlanta
country: United States
facility: Loyola University
state: Georgia
city: Beech Grove
country: United States
facility: Indiana BMT at Beech Grove
state: Indiana
city: Boston
country: United States
facility: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
state: Massachusetts
city: Ann Arbor
country: United States
facility: University of Michigan Medical Center
state: Michigan
city: Detroit
country: United States
facility: Karmanos Cancer Institute/BMT
state: Michigan
city: Minneapolis
country: United States
facility: University of Minnesota
state: Minnesota
city: Kansas City
country: United States
facility: Kansas City Cancer Centers
state: Missouri
city: Saint Louis
country: United States
facility: Washington University/Barnes Jewish Hospital
state: Missouri
city: Omaha
country: United States
facility: University of Nebraska Medical Center
state: Nebraska
city: Hackensack
country: United States
facility: Hackensack University Medical Center
state: New Jersey
city: Durham
country: United States
facility: Duke University Medical Center
state: North Carolina
city: Cleveland
country: United States
facility: University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western
state: Ohio
city: Portland
country: United States
facility: Providence Portland Medical Center
state: Oregon
city: Portland
country: United States
facility: Oregon Health Sciences University
state: Oregon
city: Philadelphia
country: United States
facility: University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
state: Pennsylvania
city: Pittsburgh
country: United States
facility: University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
state: Pennsylvania
city: Nashville
country: United States
facility: Vanderbilt University
state: Tennessee
city: Dallas
country: United States
facility: Baylor University Medical Center
state: Texas
city: Houston
country: United States
facility: University of Texas/MD Anderson CRC
state: Texas
city: Richmond
country: United States
facility: Virginia Commonwealth University MCV Hospitals
state: Virginia
city: Madison
country: United States
facility: University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
state: Wisconsin
city: Milwaukee
country: United States
facility: Medical College of Wisconsin
state: Wisconsin
Study officials:
affiliation: Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research
name: Mary Horowitz, MD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Tomblyn MR, Ewell M, Bredeson C, Kahl BS, Goodman SA, Horowitz MM, Vose JM, Negrin RS, Laport GG. Autologous versus reduced-intensity allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for patients with chemosensitive follicular non-Hodgkin lymphoma beyond first complete response or first partial response. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2011 Jul;17(7):1051-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2010.11.004. Epub 2010 Nov 10.