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Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant vs Bone Marrow Transplant in Individuals With Hematologic Cancers (BMT CTN 0201)

A Phase III Randomized, Multicenter Trial Comparing G-CSF Mobilized Peripheral Blood Stem Cell With Marrow Transplantation From Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Compatible Unrelated Donors (BMT CTN #0201)

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00075816
Enrollment
551
Registered
2004-01-13
Start date
2004-01-31
Completion date
2014-04-30
Last updated
2023-01-04

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Conditions

Leukemia, Myelodysplastic-Myeloproliferative Diseases, Myeloproliferative Disorders

Brief summary

The study is designed as a Phase III, randomized, open label, multicenter, prospective, comparative trial of granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF)-mobilized peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) versus marrow from unrelated donors for transplantation in patients with hematologic malignancies. Recipients will be stratified by transplant center and disease risk and will be randomized to either the PBSC or marrow arm in a 1:1 ratio.

Detailed description

BACKGROUND: Many studies of allogeneic marrow transplantation have shown that a higher dose of marrow cells correlates with more robust hematopoietic engraftment and lower mortality from infectious complications. Peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) collected after mobilization with granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) contain a larger number of CD34-positive (CD34) progenitors and total cells than bone marrow. These observations led to the hypothesis that transplantation of PBSC would lead to lower mortality compared to transplantation of marrow. In addition, PBSC grafts have a higher T cell content, predicting a possibly more powerful anti-leukemia effect. However, the higher T cell content of PBSC may also lead to increased incidence and severity of acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). This concern is especially serious when the donor is unrelated to the recipient. This prospective, randomized, multicenter clinical trial of unrelated donor transplantation will test the hypothesis that transplantation of PBSC leads to similar patient survival compared to transplantation of marrow. DESIGN NARRATIVE: This is a Phase III randomized, open label, multicenter clinical trial sponsored by the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The objective of the trial is to test the null hypothesis that there is no difference in overall survival after PBSC versus marrow transplants from HLA compatible unrelated donors. The study will compare G-CSF-mobilized PBSC transplantation with bone marrow transplantation from HLA-compatible unrelated donors for patients with leukemia, myelodysplastic or myeloproliferative syndromes. Conditioning and GVHD prophylaxis regimens will vary by center and within centers, however, the center must declare before randomization what regimens will be used for each patient. The primary endpoint of this trial is 2-year survival following randomization. Secondary analyses will consider neutrophil and platelet recovery, acute and chronic GVHD, time off all immunosuppressive therapy, relapse, infections, adverse events and immune reconstitution. The trial will include evaluation of patient and donor quality of life, composition of the graft, and immune reconstitution. Accrual is anticipated for 3 years with a follow-up period of 3 years.

Interventions

BIOLOGICALAllogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Bone marrow transplant from HLA compatible unrelated donors.

BIOLOGICALPeripheral blood stem cell transplantation

Peripheral blood transplant from HLA compatible unrelated donors.

Sponsors

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
CollaboratorNIH
Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network
CollaboratorNETWORK
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CollaboratorNIH
National Marrow Donor Program
CollaboratorOTHER
Medical College of Wisconsin
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 66 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Patient Inclusion Criteria: One of the following diagnoses: * Acute myelogenous leukemia at the following stages: first remission, second remission, third or subsequent remission, or not in remission * Acute lymphoblastic leukemia at the following stages: first remission, second remission, third or subsequent remission, or not in remission * Chronic myelogenous leukemia at the following stages: chronic phase, accelerated phase, or blast phase * Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) at the following stages: refractory anemia; refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts; refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia; refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia and ringed sideroblasts; refractory anemia with excess blasts-1 (5-10% blasts); refractory anemia with excess blasts-2 (10-20% blasts); myelodysplastic syndrome, unclassified; or MDS associated with isolated del (5q) * Myeloproliferative diseases: chronic myelomonocytic leukemia; agnogenic myeloid metaplasia with myelofibrosis (idiopathic myelofibrosis); juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia * Therapy-related acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) or MDS with prior malignancy that has been in remission for at least 12 months. If the remission is less than 12 months, Medical Monitor or Protocol Chair approval is required for eligibility Patient

Exclusion criteria

* Prior allogeneic or autologous transplants using any hematopoietic stem cell source; patients with secondary malignancies who have had a prior autologous transplant will be eligible; the prior autologous transplant must have been performed for the primary malignancy (such as lymphoma) and must have occurred 12 or more months prior to enrollment * Lymphoma (11% of 2001 NMDP transplants), other malignant disorders (6%), and non-malignant disorders (9%) Donor Inclusion Criteria: * Matched for HLA-A, B, and DRB1 antigens 1. One antigen mismatch at HLA-A, B, or DRB1 is acceptable with or without mismatch at HLA-C 2. Typing is by DNA techniques: intermediate resolution for A, B, and C, and high resolution for DRB1. HLA-C typing is mandatory but will not count in the match. * Willing to undergo both bone marrow harvest and G-CSF administration with apheresis * Willing to be randomly assigned to either marrow or PBSC collection * Adequate peripheral venous access for leukapheresis or willing to undergo placement of a central catheter * Donor center affiliation with NMDP * Additional donor inclusion criteria can be found in the Donor Companion Manual Donor

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Two-year Overall SurvivalMeasured at 2 yearsOverall survival rate at 2 years according to an intention-to-treat analysis.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Platelet EngraftmentMeasured at Day 180
Graft FailureMeasured at 28 and 100 days
Extensive Chronic Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD)Measured at 730 days
Chronic GVHDMeasured at 2 years
RelapseMeasured at 2 yearsAnalysis restricted to patients who received the transplant.
InfectionsMeasured at 1 and 2 yearsNumber of infection reports per patient.
Grades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsMeasured by 2 years
Neutrophil EngraftmentMeasured at Day 28
Acute GVHD Grade III-IV100 days, 180 days
Current Immunosuppressive (IS) Free SurvivalMeasured at 2 yearsThis outcome measure takes into account subsequent immunosuppressive therapy that may occur following discontinuation of initial immunosuppressive therapy.
Immune ReconstitutionMeasured at 100 days, 6 months, and 1 and 2 years
Donor Recovery of Baseline Complete Blood Count (CBC) and White Blood Cell Count (WBC) DifferentialMeasured at 1, 6, and 12 months
Donor Recovery to Baseline Toxicity ScoresMeasured at 1, 6, and 12 months
Donor Quality of LifeMeasured at 1, 6, and 12 months
Patient Quality of LifeMeasured at baseline, 6 months, and 1, 2, and 5 years
Acute GVHD Grade II-IV100 days, 180 days

Countries

Canada, United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Bone Marrow
Bone marrow transplant from HLA compatible unrelated donors
278
Peripheral-Blood Stem Cells
Peripheral blood stem cell transplant from HLA compatible unrelated donors
273
Total551

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001
Overall StudyDid not undergo transplantation1411

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicBone MarrowPeripheral-Blood Stem CellsTotal
Age, Customized
0-10 years
9 participants9 participants18 participants
Age, Customized
11-20 years
26 participants11 participants37 participants
Age, Customized
21-30 years
42 participants45 participants87 participants
Age, Customized
31-40 years
42 participants49 participants91 participants
Age, Customized
41-50 years
52 participants55 participants107 participants
Age, Customized
51-60 years
69 participants75 participants144 participants
Age, Customized
>=61 years
38 participants29 participants67 participants
Antithymocyte globulin treatment
Antithymocyte globulin treatment
65 participants72 participants137 participants
Antithymocyte globulin treatment
No Antithymocyte globulin treatment
193 participants183 participants376 participants
Antithymocyte globulin treatment
Unknown
20 participants18 participants38 participants
CD34+ cell dose per kilogram (x10^-6)2.75 cell dose per kilogram (x10^-6)7.70 cell dose per kilogram (x10^-6)5.23 cell dose per kilogram (x10^-6)
Conditioning regimen
Cyclophosphamide and busulfan
90 participants75 participants165 participants
Conditioning regimen
Cyclophosphamide and total-body irradiation
133 participants133 participants266 participants
Conditioning regimen
Fludarabine and melphalan
16 participants25 participants41 participants
Conditioning regimen
Fludarabine, busulfan, and antithymocyte globulin
39 participants40 participants79 participants
Cytomegalovirus serologic testing
Seronegativity for CMV
121 participants138 participants259 participants
Cytomegalovirus serologic testing
Seropositivity for CMV
142 participants123 participants265 participants
Cytomegalovirus serologic testing
Unknown
15 participants12 participants27 participants
Diagnosis
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
61 participants56 participants117 participants
Diagnosis
Acute myeloid leukemia
130 participants131 participants261 participants
Diagnosis
Chronic myeloid leukemia
29 participants37 participants66 participants
Diagnosis
Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
4 participants4 participants8 participants
Diagnosis
Myelodysplastic syndrome
52 participants41 participants93 participants
Diagnosis
Myelofibrosis
2 participants4 participants6 participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
10 Participants13 Participants23 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
258 Participants244 Participants502 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
10 Participants16 Participants26 Participants
GVHD prophylaxis
Cyclosporine and methotrexate
67 participants59 participants126 participants
GVHD prophylaxis
Other
28 participants18 participants46 participants
GVHD prophylaxis
Tacrolimus and methotrexate
183 participants196 participants379 participants
Karnofsky performance-status score
<90%
68 participants74 participants142 participants
Karnofsky performance-status score
90-100%
172 participants154 participants326 participants
Karnofsky performance-status score
Unknown
38 participants45 participants83 participants
Number of donor mismatches at HLA-A, B, C, and DRB1
0
200 participants209 participants409 participants
Number of donor mismatches at HLA-A, B, C, and DRB1
1
55 participants50 participants105 participants
Number of donor mismatches at HLA-A, B, C, and DRB1
2
7 participants3 participants10 participants
Number of donor mismatches at HLA-A, B, C, and DRB1
3
2 participants0 participants2 participants
Number of donor mismatches at HLA-A, B, C, and DRB1
Missing
14 participants11 participants25 participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
1 Participants0 Participants1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
4 Participants4 Participants8 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
12 Participants10 Participants22 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
5 Participants0 Participants5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
6 Participants11 Participants17 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
250 Participants248 Participants498 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
110 Participants127 Participants237 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
168 Participants146 Participants314 Participants
Transplantation patients
Did not undergo transplantation
14 participants11 participants25 participants
Transplantation patients
Underwent transplantation
264 participants262 participants526 participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 2600 / 261
serious
Total, serious adverse events
13 / 26010 / 261

Outcome results

Primary

Two-year Overall Survival

Overall survival rate at 2 years according to an intention-to-treat analysis.

Time frame: Measured at 2 years

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Bone MarrowTwo-year Overall Survival46 percentage of patients
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsTwo-year Overall Survival51 percentage of patients
Secondary

Acute GVHD Grade III-IV

Time frame: 100 days, 180 days

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
Bone MarrowAcute GVHD Grade III-IV100 days from transplantation13.8 percentage of patients
Bone MarrowAcute GVHD Grade III-IV180 days from transplantation14.9 percentage of patients
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsAcute GVHD Grade III-IV100 days from transplantation16.4 percentage of patients
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsAcute GVHD Grade III-IV180 days from transplantation18.8 percentage of patients
Secondary

Acute GVHD Grade II-IV

Time frame: 100 days, 180 days

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
Bone MarrowAcute GVHD Grade II-IV100 days from transplantation45.6 percentage of patients
Bone MarrowAcute GVHD Grade II-IV180 days from transplantation50 percentage of patients
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsAcute GVHD Grade II-IV100 days from transplantation46.7 percentage of patients
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsAcute GVHD Grade II-IV180 days from transplantation51 percentage of patients
Secondary

Chronic GVHD

Time frame: Measured at 2 years

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Bone MarrowChronic GVHD41 percentage of participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsChronic GVHD53 percentage of participants
Secondary

Current Immunosuppressive (IS) Free Survival

This outcome measure takes into account subsequent immunosuppressive therapy that may occur following discontinuation of initial immunosuppressive therapy.

Time frame: Measured at 2 years

Population: No data collected.

Secondary

Donor Quality of Life

Time frame: Measured at 1, 6, and 12 months

Population: No data collected

Secondary

Donor Recovery of Baseline Complete Blood Count (CBC) and White Blood Cell Count (WBC) Differential

Time frame: Measured at 1, 6, and 12 months

Population: No data collected

Secondary

Donor Recovery to Baseline Toxicity Scores

Time frame: Measured at 1, 6, and 12 months

Population: No data collected

Secondary

Extensive Chronic Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD)

Time frame: Measured at 730 days

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Bone MarrowExtensive Chronic Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD)32 percentage of patients
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsExtensive Chronic Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD)48 percentage of patients
Secondary

Grades III-V Unexpected Adverse Events

Time frame: Measured by 2 years

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsElevated LFT S0 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsAltered mental status1 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsBlindness1 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsConfusion1 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsIntra-abdominal hemorrhage1 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsDeath1 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsHypertensive crisis0 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsHemolytic transfusion reaction0 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsRetinal tear0 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsPulmonary/dyspnea1 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsPericarditis with pericardial effusion1 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsMyocardial infarction1 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsMalignancy: skin squamous cell CA1 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsAcute renal failure1 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsR portal vein obstruction1 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsRight side pulmonary embolus1 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsFacial trauma - fractured L lamina1 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsPulmonary embolism1 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsPneumonia1 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsVascular: pulmonary embolus0 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsSudden death0 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsConfusion, dehydration, hygroma0 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsRespiratory decompensation0 participants
Bone MarrowGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsRetinopathy both eyes0 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsAltered mental status0 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsMalignancy: skin squamous cell CA0 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsConfusion, dehydration, hygroma1 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsBlindness0 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsAcute renal failure0 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsConfusion0 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsRetinopathy both eyes1 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsIntra-abdominal hemorrhage0 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsR portal vein obstruction0 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsSudden death1 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsVascular: pulmonary embolus1 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsHypertensive crisis1 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsDeath0 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsElevated LFT S1 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsRight side pulmonary embolus1 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsHemolytic transfusion reaction1 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsRespiratory decompensation1 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsPneumonia0 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsFacial trauma - fractured L lamina0 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsPulmonary/dyspnea0 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsRetinal tear1 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsPericarditis with pericardial effusion0 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsPulmonary embolism1 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGrades III-V Unexpected Adverse EventsMyocardial infarction1 participants
Secondary

Graft Failure

Time frame: Measured at 28 and 100 days

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Bone MarrowGraft Failure9 percentage of patients
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsGraft Failure3 percentage of patients
Secondary

Immune Reconstitution

Time frame: Measured at 100 days, 6 months, and 1 and 2 years

Population: No data collected

Secondary

Infections

Number of infection reports per patient.

Time frame: Measured at 1 and 2 years

Population: Analysis restricted to patients who received the transplant.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
Bone MarrowInfections0 infections49 participants
Bone MarrowInfections1 infection52 participants
Bone MarrowInfections2 infections46 participants
Bone MarrowInfections3 infections30 participants
Bone MarrowInfections4 infections26 participants
Bone MarrowInfections5 infections18 participants
Bone MarrowInfections6 infections11 participants
Bone MarrowInfections>6 infections32 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsInfections>6 infections30 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsInfections0 infections68 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsInfections4 infections17 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsInfections1 infection50 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsInfections6 infections8 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsInfections2 infections48 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsInfections5 infections16 participants
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsInfections3 infections25 participants
Secondary

Neutrophil Engraftment

Time frame: Measured at Day 28

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Bone MarrowNeutrophil Engraftment87 percentage of patients
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsNeutrophil Engraftment97 percentage of patients
Secondary

Patient Quality of Life

Time frame: Measured at baseline, 6 months, and 1, 2, and 5 years

Population: No data collected

Secondary

Platelet Engraftment

Time frame: Measured at Day 180

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
Bone MarrowPlatelet EngraftmentPlatelet engraftment >20K from time of transplant85.8 percentage of patients
Bone MarrowPlatelet EngraftmentPlatelet engraftment >50K from time of transplant80.3 percentage of patients
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsPlatelet EngraftmentPlatelet engraftment >20K from time of transplant91.6 percentage of patients
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsPlatelet EngraftmentPlatelet engraftment >50K from time of transplant86.7 percentage of patients
Secondary

Relapse

Analysis restricted to patients who received the transplant.

Time frame: Measured at 2 years

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Bone MarrowRelapse28.9 percentage of patients
Peripheral-Blood Stem CellsRelapse27.5 percentage of patients

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 25, 2026