Clinical trial NCT00004485: Bone Marrow Transplantation in Treating Children With Sickle Cell Disease
Official title: Phase I/II Study of Induction of Stable Mixed Chimerism After Bone Marrow Transplantation From HLA-Identical Donors in Children With Sickle Cell Disease
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE1
PHASE2
Conditions: Sickle Cell Anemia
Keywords: genetic diseases and dysmorphic syndromes
hematologic disorders
rare disease
sickle cell anemia
Lead sponsor: Office of Rare Diseases (ORD)
Sponsor class: NIH
First posted: 1999-10-19
Enrollment: 50
Sex: ALL
Maximum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: RATIONALE: Sickle cell disease is an inherited disorder in which abnormal, crescent-shaped red blood cells interfere with the ability of the blood to carry oxygen through the body and can cause severe pain, stroke, and organ damage. Bone marrow transplantation, is a procedure in which the soft, sponge-like tissue in the center of bones producing white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets is replaced by bone marrow from a another person. Bone marrow transplantation may be an effective treatment in relieving the symptoms of sickle cell disease.

PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of bone marrow transplantation in treating children who have sickle cell disease.

Detailed description: PROTOCOL OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients undergo total body irradiation on day 0, followed by allogeneic bone marrow transfusion. Patients also receive fludarabine IV daily and cyclosporine IV twice a day on days -1 to 1. Patients then receive oral cyclosporine on days 1-90, and oral mycophenolate mofetil twice a day on days 0-27.

Patients are followed for 100 days, monthly for 6 months and then annually for 2 years.

Eligibility criteria: PROTOCOL ENTRY CRITERIA:

--Disease Characteristics--

Diagnosis of sickle cell anemia with clinically severe disease manifestations defined by: Recurrent painful events (at least 2 painful events in past year) which cannot be explained by other causes Pain lasts at least 4 hours Requires treatment with parenteral narcotics, equianalgesic dose of oral narcotics, or parenteral nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs Acute chest syndrome (ACS) with at least 2 episodes within past 2 years that required hospitalization, oxygen, and RBC transfusion Any combination of painful events and ACS episodes that total 2 events within the past year Abnormal cerebral MRI, abnormal angiography (MR or conventional), and abnormal neuropsychologic testing performance

No stage III or IV sickle cell lung disease

Genotypically HLA identical sibling donor available

--Prior/Concurrent Therapy--

No prior transfusions with greater than 5 units RBC

--Patient Characteristics--

Performance status: Karnofsky 70-100%

Hepatic:

* No active hepatitis
* No moderate/severe portal fibrosis

Renal: Glomerular filtration rate at least 30% predicted for age

Neurologic:

* No severe residual functional neurologic impairment
* Hemiplegia alone allowed

Other:

* HIV negative
* Not pregnant or nursing
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception

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Locations:
city: Oakland
country: United States
facility: Children's Hospital of Oakland
state: California
city: Seattle
country: United States
facility: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
state: Washington
Study officials:
affiliation: Children's Hospital of Oakland
name: Mark Walters
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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