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Donor Lymphocyte Infusion in Treating Patients With Persistent, Relapsed, or Progressing Cancer After Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplant

Donor Lymphocyte Infusion for the Treatment of Malignancy After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Using Nonmyeloablative Conditioning - A Multi-center Trial

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 1Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00068718
Enrollment
35
Registered
2003-09-11
Start date
2003-05-31
Completion date
2013-04-30
Last updated
2020-01-31

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Blast Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Positive, Recurrent Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Recurrent Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Recurrent Hodgkin Lymphoma, Recurrent Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Recurrent Plasma Cell Myeloma

Brief summary

This phase I/II trial studies the side effects of donor lymphocyte infusion and to see how well it works in treating patients with persistent, relapsed (disease that has returned), or progressing cancer after donor hematopoietic cell transplantation. White blood cells from donors may be able to kill cancer cells in patients with cancer that has come back (recurrent) after a donor hematopoietic cell transplant.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess the safety of donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) as adoptive immunotherapy for persistent or relapsed malignant diseases in patients after related or unrelated nonmyeloablative transplantation. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine disease response, progression free and overall survival, chimerism, grade of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), and infections. OUTLINE: Patients undergo unirradiated DLI over 15-30 minutes on day 0. Patients then undergo restaging on day 28 and may undergo a second DLI after at least 4 weeks if no significant GVHD develops and disease status worsens or after at least 8 weeks if disease status is unchanged and persistent donor T-cells are documented. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up periodically.

Interventions

BIOLOGICALTherapeutic Allogeneic Lymphocytes

Given IV

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CollaboratorNIH
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Only patients having received a preceding nonmyeloablative allogeneic transplantation with fludarabine/2 Gy total-body irradiation (TBI) - 4 Gy TBI or 2 Gy TBI - 4 Gy TBI conditioning from either a related or unrelated donor are eligible for this protocol * Patients with persistent, relapsed or progressing malignancy after nonmyeloablative allogeneic transplantation; persistent disease will be defined as a failure to achieve a response as compared to baseline * Patients with rapidly progressing malignancies (acute myeloid leukemia \[AML\], acute lymphocytic leukemia \[ALL\], blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia \[CML-BC\] intermediate-high-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma \[NHL\], Hodgkin's lymphoma or aggressive multiple myeloma \[MM\]) should receive salvage chemotherapy or radiation before DLI according to the recommendation made in this protocol; any form of salvage chemotherapy should be discontinued no less than 3 weeks before DLI; therapy with Gleevec or interferon (IFN)-alpha should be discontinued prior to DLI; after salvage chemotherapy restaging is performed, patients with progressive disease and patients not meeting the inclusion criteria of the study after chemotherapy will be excluded from the study; patients are allowed to receive further doses of chemotherapy after DLI administration if they are scheduled for further DLI; after additional therapy the patients must be restaged and must again meet inclusion criteria to receive further DLI * Patients must be able to tolerate a taper of systemic steroids to a dosage of less than or equal to 0.25 mg/kg/day; all other immunosuppressive therapy must have been discontinued for at least two weeks without significant flares in GVHD (i.e., increase of acute GVHD by one or more grades) * Patients must have persistent donor cluster of differentiation (CD)3 cells (\> 5% donor CD3 cells by a deoxyribonucleic acid \[DNA\]-based assay that compares the profile of amplified fragment length polymorphisms \[ampFLP\] \[or fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) studies or variable number tandem repeat (VNTR)\]) * DONOR: Alternatively to a fresh unmodified leukapheresis product, previously collected cryopreserved peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) after mobilization with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) or cryopreserved unmodified leukapheresis product from the original donor can be used; if cryopreserved product is not available, the DLI product must be from the original donor of hematopoietic cell transplantation * DONOR: Original donor of hematopoietic cell transplantation * DONOR: Donor must give consent to leukapheresis * DONOR: Donor must have adequate veins for leukapheresis or agree to placement of central venous catheter (femoral or subclavian) * DONOR: Donor must be medically fit to undergo the apheresis procedure (institutional guidelines for apheresis)

Exclusion criteria

* Current grade II to IV acute GVHD or extensive chronic GVHD * Karnofsky score \< 50% * Lansky Play-Performance Score \< 40 for pediatric patients * DONOR: Donors who are not suitable for medical reasons to donate peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) by continuous centrifugation according to the criteria of the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) * DONOR: Pregnancy * DONOR: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or human T-lymphotrophic virus (HTLV) infection * DONOR: Recent immunization may require a delay

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Safety of DLI Following a Non-myeloablative Transplant, Defined as Incidence of Grade IV Acute GVHD100 days after DLIPercentage of Participants with Grade IV Acute GVHD

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Incidence of Relapse/Progression1 year after DLICML New cytogenetic abnormality and/or development of accelerated phase or blast crisis. The criteria for accelerated phase will be defined as unexplained fever \>38.3°C, new clonal cytogenetic abnormalities in addition to a single Ph-positive chromosome, marrow blasts and promyelocytes \>20%. CMML, AML, ALL \>30% BM blasts w/ deteriorating performance status, or worsening of anemia, neutropenia, or thrombocytopenia. CLL ≥1 of: Physical exam/imaging studies ≥50% increase or new, circulating lymphocytes by morphology and/or flow cytometry ≥50% increase, and lymph node biopsy w/ Richter's transformation. NHL \>25% increase in the sum of the products of the perpendicular diameters of marker lesions, or the appearance of new lesions. MM ≥100% increase of the serum myeloma protein from its lowest level, or reappearance of myeloma peaks that had disappeared w/ treatment; or definite increase in the size or number of plasmacytomas or lytic bone lesions.
Incidence of Grade II-IV GVHD in Patients Undergoing DLI Following a Non-myeloablative Transplant100 days after DLIPercentage of Participants with II-IV Acute GVHD
Incidence of Graft Rejection100 days after DLIPercentage patients with graft rejection.
Overall Survival1 year after DLIPercentage patients surviving 1 year post-transplant.
Progression-free Survival1 year after DLIPercentage of patients with progression-free survival
Incidence of Infections in Patients Undergoing DLI Following a Non-myeloablative Transplant100 days after DLIPercentage of Participants with infections.

Countries

Germany, Italy, United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Treatment (DLI)
Patients undergo unirradiated DLI over 15-30 minutes on day 0. Patients then undergo restaging on day 28 and may undergo a second DLI after at least 4 weeks if no significant GVHD develops and disease status worsens or after at least 8 weeks if disease status is unchanged and persistent donor T-cells are documented. Therapeutic Allogeneic Lymphocytes: Given IV
35
Total35

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicTreatment (DLI)
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
7 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
28 Participants
Age, Continuous59.2 years
Region of Enrollment
Italy
9 participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
26 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
15 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
20 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
7 / 35
serious
Total, serious adverse events
6 / 35

Outcome results

Primary

Safety of DLI Following a Non-myeloablative Transplant, Defined as Incidence of Grade IV Acute GVHD

Percentage of Participants with Grade IV Acute GVHD

Time frame: 100 days after DLI

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Treatment (DLI)Safety of DLI Following a Non-myeloablative Transplant, Defined as Incidence of Grade IV Acute GVHD5.7 percentage of participants
Secondary

Incidence of Grade II-IV GVHD in Patients Undergoing DLI Following a Non-myeloablative Transplant

Percentage of Participants with II-IV Acute GVHD

Time frame: 100 days after DLI

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Treatment (DLI)Incidence of Grade II-IV GVHD in Patients Undergoing DLI Following a Non-myeloablative Transplant14.3 percentage of participants
Secondary

Incidence of Graft Rejection

Percentage patients with graft rejection.

Time frame: 100 days after DLI

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Treatment (DLI)Incidence of Graft Rejection5.7 percentage of participants
Secondary

Incidence of Infections in Patients Undergoing DLI Following a Non-myeloablative Transplant

Percentage of Participants with infections.

Time frame: 100 days after DLI

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Treatment (DLI)Incidence of Infections in Patients Undergoing DLI Following a Non-myeloablative Transplant88.6 percentage of participants
Secondary

Incidence of Relapse/Progression

CML New cytogenetic abnormality and/or development of accelerated phase or blast crisis. The criteria for accelerated phase will be defined as unexplained fever \>38.3°C, new clonal cytogenetic abnormalities in addition to a single Ph-positive chromosome, marrow blasts and promyelocytes \>20%. CMML, AML, ALL \>30% BM blasts w/ deteriorating performance status, or worsening of anemia, neutropenia, or thrombocytopenia. CLL ≥1 of: Physical exam/imaging studies ≥50% increase or new, circulating lymphocytes by morphology and/or flow cytometry ≥50% increase, and lymph node biopsy w/ Richter's transformation. NHL \>25% increase in the sum of the products of the perpendicular diameters of marker lesions, or the appearance of new lesions. MM ≥100% increase of the serum myeloma protein from its lowest level, or reappearance of myeloma peaks that had disappeared w/ treatment; or definite increase in the size or number of plasmacytomas or lytic bone lesions.

Time frame: 1 year after DLI

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Treatment (DLI)Incidence of Relapse/Progression71.4 percentage of participants
Secondary

Overall Survival

Percentage patients surviving 1 year post-transplant.

Time frame: 1 year after DLI

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Treatment (DLI)Overall Survival71.4 percentage of participants
Secondary

Progression-free Survival

Percentage of patients with progression-free survival

Time frame: 1 year after DLI

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Treatment (DLI)Progression-free Survival28.6 percentage of participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026