Clinical trial NCT02241018: MSCs Combined With CD25 Monoclonal Antibody and Calcineurin Inhibitors for Treatment of Steroid-resistant aGVHD
Official title: Mesenchymal Stem Cells Combined With CD25 Monoclonal Antibody and Calcineurin Inhibitors for Treatment of Steroid-resistant Acute Graft-versus-host Disease After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: PHASE2
PHASE3
Conditions: Acute Graft-versus-host Disease
Keywords: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Mesenchymal Stem Cells
CD25 Monoclonal Antibody
Acute Graft-versus-host disease
Lead sponsor: Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital
name: Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University
name: Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command
name: Guangzhou First People's Hospital
name: Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University
name: Southern Medical University, China
name: Peking University People's Hospital
name: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
name: Sun Yat-sen University
name: Academy Military Medical Science, China
First posted: 2014-09-16
Enrollment: 200
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 14
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of CD25 monoclonal antibody and calcineurin inhibitors with or without mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in treating patients with steroid-resistant acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Detailed description: Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is an effective therapy for several hematological disorders. Although good progress has been made in the prevention and treatment of side effects associated with transplantation, aGVHDremains a common and life-threatening complication with poor prognosis. Corticosteroids are still acted as the first-line treatments of aGVHD, with a response rate of 50-80. However, those who failed to initial therapy only have 10-30% long-term survival.

Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are a form of multipotent adult stem cells that can be isolated from many tissues, such as bone marrow (BM), adipose tissue and umbilical cord. Such cells possess the capacity to suppress immunological responses, support hematopoiesis and repair tissues. Clinical applications of human MSCs are evolving rapidly for preventing and treating GVHD. Although the results are still controversy, most prospective and retrospective data suggest that MSCs are effective to aGVHD.

In the present study, the investigators will prospectively evaluate the efficacy and safety of ex-vivo-expanded BM-derived MSCs from third-party donors combined with CD25 monoclonal antibody and calcineurin inhibitors in treating patients with aGVHD.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* age of 14-65 years
* steroid-resistant aGVHD
* subjects (or their legally acceptable representatives) must have signed an informed consent document

Exclusion Criteria:

* Any abnormality in a vital sign (e.g., heart rate, respiratory rate, or blood pressure)
* Patients with any conditions not suitable for the trial (investigators' decision)

Primary outcomes:
measure: The efficacy of treatment for steroid-resistant aGVHD
timeFrame: 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Incidence of infections
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Incidence of primary underlying disease relapse
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Incidence of chronic GVHD
timeFrame: 1 year
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Guangzhou
country: China
facility: Department of Hematology,Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University
state: Guangdong
Study officials:
affiliation: Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University
name: Qifa Liu, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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