Clinical trial NCT03608059: ATG/PTCy in Haplo-PBSCT Randomized Controlled,Multi-center
Official title: Shanghai General Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE4
Conditions: Myeloid Tumor
Keywords: ATG
PTCy
haplo-PBSCT
GVHD
Lead sponsor: Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-07-31
Enrollment: 418
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 14
Maximum age (years): 70
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: ATG+PTCy
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: A novel regimen, which is composed of a low dose of ATG (5 mg/kg) and low-dose PTCy (one dose of PTCy, 50mg/kg) for GvHD prophylaxis in Haplo-PBSCT for patients with hematologic malignancies, was designed to decrease the risk of aGvHD and lower the incidence of virus reactivation.

Detailed description: Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGvHD) is the most important obstacle of haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (Haplo-HSCT) for treatment of patients with hematologic malignancies. In the last two decades, the results of Haplo-HSCT have been conspicuously improved due to effective prophylaxis strategies for aGvHD, such as in vivo T cell depletion (TCD) with anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) or post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy).

The regimens for prophylaxis of GvHD based on rabbit anti-human thymocyte immunoglobin (ATG 10mg/kg, Thymoglobin®, Genzyme Polyclonals S.A.S) effectively prevented the occurrence of grade II-IV aGvHD with an incidence of 33.4%-46%, grade III-IV aGvHD 12%-14.9%, but the reactivation incidences of cytomegalovirus (CMV) and EB virus (EBV) were higher due to a slower immune reconstitution(2-4). The 100-day CIs of CMV and EBV viremia were 61%-64%and over 50%, respectively. Although ATG-based regimens have achieved excellent results, the incidences of aGvHD and the post-transplant virus reactivation are still higher, affecting the long-term survival of the patients.

The regimen of PTCy for prevention of GvHD was developed in 1999 by St. Johns Hopkin's group in Baltimore (1) and had outstanding results with the CIs of 34% grades II-IV and of 6% grades III-IV aGvHD by day 200 in haplo-bone marrow transplantation (Haplo-BMT) (7), respectively. The incidences of viral and fungal infection in Haplo-HSCT with PTCy for GvHD prophylaxis were much lower than ATG based regimens. Ruggeri A（8）et al retrospectively analyzed the effects of different stem cell source (BM vs PBSC) on the transplant results in Haplo-HSCT with PTCy. The results showed that BM was associated with a lower incidence of grades II-IV and grades III-IV acute GVHD (21% vs 38%, P ≤ .01; and 4% vs 14%, P \< .01, respectively), which was further confirmed by Bashey A et al' study（9）. These data indicated that PTCy regimen don't have the same effects for GvHD prophylaxis with PBSC graft as compared with BM graft in Haplo-HSCT.

A novel regimen, which is composed of a low dose of ATG (5 mg/kg) and low-dose PTCy (one dose of PTCy, 50mg/kg) for GvHD prophylaxis in Haplo-PBSCT for patients with hematologic malignancies, was designed to decrease the risk of aGvHD and lower the incidence of virus reactivation. A prospective, phase II clinical trial (Clinicaltrials.org NCT03395860) was performed to evaluate the efficacy with low dose ATG followed by low dose PTCy as GvHD prophylaxis.Thirty-two patients diagnosed with hematological malignancies were enrolled in this trial. All patients received myeloablative conditioning regimens except for three patients. The cumulative incidences (CIs) of grades II-IV and III-IV acute GvHD were 19.4% (95% CI, 5.5-33.3%) and 6.9% (95% CI 0-16.3%) by day 100, respectively. The one-year probability of relapse was 25.1% (95% CI, 7.3-42.9%). The one-year probabilities of disease free-survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) was 59% (95% CI, 33.3%-84.7%) and 78.4% (95% CI, 63%-93.8%), respectively. The CIs of CMV reactivation and EBV reactivation by day 180 were 37.5% (95% CI, 19.8-55.2%) and 40.6% (95% CI, 22.6-58.6%), respectively. The results suggested that low dose ATG with low dose PTCy as GvHD prophylaxis in Haplo-PBSCT had promising activity. A prospective randomized trial is required to compare the efficacies of this regimen with ATG-based or PTCy-based regiments in Haplo-PBSCT.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Clinical diagnosis of hematologic malignancies (AML CR/blast cell≤20% high-risk MDS) were enrolled in this study. Diagnosis was according to the criteria of 2008 World Health Organization (WHO) classification of myeloid tumors.
2. Family members selected as donors were typed at the HLA-A, -B, -DQB1, -C and -DRB1 locus at high-resolution level. Haplotype was defined as recipient-donor number of HLA mismatches \> 3.

3.14 to 70 years old. 4.Performance status scores no more than 2 (ECOG criteria). 5.Adequate organ function as defined by the following criteria: alanine transaminase （ALT）, aspartate transaminase（AST） and total serum bilirubin \<2×ULN (upper limit of normal). Serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) \<1.25×ULN.

6.Adequate cardiac function without acute myocardial infarction, arrhythmia or atrioventricular block, heart failure, active rheumatic heart disease and cardiac dilatation(the patients has been improved after treatment of the disease and are not expected to affect transplant can include in the study).

7.Absence of any other contraindications of stem cell transplantation. Willingness and ability to perform HSCT.

8.Signed and dated informed consent document indicating that the patient (or legally acceptable representative) has been informed of all pertinent aspects of the trial prior to enrollment. Willingness and ability to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plans, laboratory tests, and other study procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. DSA strong positive (titer \>10000MFI)
2. Life expectancy \< 3 months because of other severe diseases.
3. Presence of any fatal disease, including respiratory failure, heart failure, liver or kidney function failure.
4. Uncontrolled infection.
5. Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
6. Has enrolled in another clinical trials.
7. Other severe acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk associated with study participation or study drug administration, or may interfere with the interpretation of study results, and in the judgment of the investigator would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: The cumulative incidences of acute GVHD
timeFrame: 100 days after transplantation
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Leukocyte engraftment
timeFrame: 1 month
measure: Platelet engraftment
timeFrame: 1 month
measure: Donor chimerism
timeFrame: 2 years
measure: Relapse incidence (RI)
timeFrame: 2 YEARS]
measure: chronic GVHD
timeFrame: 2 years
measure: infection
timeFrame: 2 years
measure: OS
timeFrame: 2 years
measure: DFS
timeFrame: 2 years
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Qinan
country: China
facility: General Hospital of Jinan Military Command.
state: Shandong
city: Shanghai
country: China
facility: Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, affiliated with the Medical School of Shanghai Jiaotong University,
state: Shanghai
city: Shanghai
country: China
facility: Changhai Hospital
state: Shanghai
city: Shanghai
country: China
facility: Xianmin Song
state: Shanghai
city: Shanghai
country: China
facility: Shanghai Xinghua Hospital, affiliated with the Medical School of Shanghai Jiaotong University,
state: Shanghai
city: Shanghai
country: China
facility: Shanghai tongji hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
name: xinpeng wang
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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