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Combination Chemotherapy, Bone Marrow Transplant, and Post Transplant Cyclophosphamide for Hematologic Cancer

HLA Matched Related and Unrelated Bone Marrow Transplantation With Busulfan/Cyclophosphamide and Post Transplantation Cyclophosphamide for Hematological Malignancies

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00134017
Enrollment
142
Registered
2005-08-24
Start date
2004-06-30
Completion date
2010-02-28
Last updated
2018-08-31

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Conditions

Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm, Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Keywords

adult acute myeloid leukemia in remission, refractory anemia with excess blasts, adult acute myeloid leukemia with 11q23 (MLL) abnormalities, adult acute myeloid leukemia with inv(16)(p13;q22), adult acute myeloid leukemia with t(15;17)(q22;q12), adult acute myeloid leukemia with t(16;16)(p13;q22), adult acute myeloid leukemia with t(8;21)(q22;q22), childhood acute myeloid leukemia in remission, recurrent adult acute myeloid leukemia, recurrent childhood acute myeloid leukemia, secondary acute myeloid leukemia, de novo myelodysplastic syndromes, adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission, childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission, recurrent adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia, recurrent childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, childhood chronic myelogenous leukemia, chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, relapsing chronic myelogenous leukemia, stage III chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage IV chronic lymphocytic leukemia, chronic eosinophilic leukemia, chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis, chronic neutrophilic leukemia, stage III adult Hodgkin lymphoma, stage IV adult Hodgkin lymphoma, stage II multiple myeloma, stage III multiple myeloma, extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue, nodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma, splenic marginal zone lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II adult Burkitt lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II adult diffuse large cell lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II adult lymphoblastic lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II grade 1 follicular lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II grade 2 follicular lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II grade 3 follicular lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II mantle cell lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II marginal zone lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II small lymphocytic lymphoma, previously treated myelodysplastic syndromes, recurrent adult Burkitt lymphoma, recurrent adult diffuse large cell lymphoma, recurrent adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma, recurrent adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma, recurrent adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma, recurrent adult lymphoblastic lymphoma, recurrent childhood large cell lymphoma, recurrent childhood lymphoblastic lymphoma, recurrent grade 1 follicular lymphoma, recurrent grade 2 follicular lymphoma, recurrent grade 3 follicular lymphoma, recurrent mantle cell lymphoma, recurrent childhood small noncleaved cell lymphoma, recurrent/refractory childhood Hodgkin lymphoma, recurrent adult Hodgkin lymphoma, recurrent small lymphocytic lymphoma, recurrent marginal zone lymphoma, stage III adult Burkitt lymphoma, stage III adult diffuse large cell lymphoma, stage III adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma, stage III adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma, stage III adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma, stage III adult lymphoblastic lymphoma, stage IV adult Burkitt lymphoma, stage IV adult diffuse large cell lymphoma, stage IV adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma, stage IV adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma, stage IV adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma, stage III grade 1 follicular lymphoma, stage III grade 2 follicular lymphoma, stage III grade 3 follicular lymphoma, stage IV grade 1 follicular lymphoma, stage IV grade 2 follicular lymphoma, stage IV grade 3 follicular lymphoma, stage III mantle cell lymphoma, stage III marginal zone lymphoma, stage IV mantle cell lymphoma, stage IV marginal zone lymphoma, stage III small lymphocytic lymphoma, stage IV small lymphocytic lymphoma, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia, refractory multiple myeloma, secondary myelodysplastic syndromes, stage IV adult lymphoblastic lymphoma, childhood myelodysplastic syndromes

Brief summary

RATIONALE: Giving chemotherapy before a donor bone marrow transplant helps stop the growth of cancer and abnormal cells and helps stop the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells. When the healthy stem cells from a donor are infused into the patient they may help the patient's bone marrow make stem cells, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Sometimes the transplanted cells from a donor can make an immune response against the body's normal cells. Giving cyclophosphamide, mycophenolate mofetil, or tacrolimus after transplant may stop this from happening. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well giving combination chemotherapy together with tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil works in treating patients who are undergoing a donor bone marrow transplant for hematologic cancer.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the optimal dose of post-transplant immunosuppression comprising high-dose cyclophosphamide, tacrolimus, and mycophenolate mofetil administered after myeloablative conditioning chemotherapy comprising busulfan and cyclophosphamide followed by allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in patients with high-risk hematologic malignancies. * Determine the incidence and severity of acute graft-versus-host disease in patients treated with this regimen. * Determine other toxic effects of this regimen in these patients. Secondary * Determine immune reconstitution in patients treated with this regimen. * Determine disease control in patients treated with this regimen. OUTLINE: This is a pilot study. Patients are stratified according to age (≤ 19 years old vs \> 19 years old). * Myeloablative conditioning chemotherapy: Patients receive busulfan IV or orally 4 times daily on days -7 to -4 OR days -6 to -3 and cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour once daily on days -3 to -1 OR days -2 and -1. * Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: Patients undergo allogeneic bone marrow transplantation on day 0. * Immunosuppression therapy: Patients receive high-dose cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on days 3 and 4. After completion of study transplantation, patients are followed at 30 and 60 days, 6 months, 1 year, and then annually thereafter.

Interventions

DRUGBusulfan

Days -7 to -4: 4 mg/kg PO daily OR 3.2 mg/kg IV daily OR 160 mg/m\^2 daily (for pediatric recipients)

DRUGCyclophosphamide

Days -3, -2, +3, +4: 50 mg/kg IV daily

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CollaboratorNIH
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Months to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Diagnosis of 1 of the following hematologic malignancies: * Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), meeting 1 of the following criteria: * AML beyond first complete remission (CR1) * Refractory AML * AML arising from myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) * Secondary AML * MDS * Refractory anemia with excess blasts with \> 10% blasts in bone marrow * Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), meeting 1 of the following criteria: * ALL in CR1 with 1 of the following high-risk features: * Philadelphia chromosome (Ph)-positive disease * Less than 1 year of age at diagnosis * Cytogenetic abnormalities involving chromosome 11q23 * ALL beyond CR1 * Refractory ALL * Chronic myeloid leukemia beyond first chronic phase * Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia * Chronic lymphocytic leukemia * Stage III-IV disease * Does not meet criteria for other bone marrow transplantation (BMT) studies * Myeloproliferative disorders * Ph-negative disease * Hodgkin's or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma * Chemotherapy-resistant disease * Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria with life-threatening thrombosis * Multiple myeloma * Stage II or III disease * Very high-risk disease * Having an unrelated donor is considered a high-risk condition * Meets medical criteria for myeloablative BMT for the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center * Bone marrow donor available, meeting 1 of the following criteria: * Genotypically HLA-identical sibling * Phenotypically matched first-degree relative * Unrelated donor molecularly matched at HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, and -DQB1 PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age * 6 months to 65 years Performance status * Not specified Life expectancy * Not specified Hematopoietic * See Disease Characteristics Hepatic * Not specified Renal * Not specified Other * Not pregnant or nursing * Negative pregnancy test * Fertile patients must use effective contraception PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy * Not specified Chemotherapy * See Disease Characteristics Endocrine therapy * No concurrent dexamethasone as an antiemetic during immunosuppression therapy Radiotherapy * Not specified Surgery * Not specified Other * No concurrent immunosuppressants until ≥ 24 hours after the completion of cyclophosphamide (post-transplantation)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of Participants Who Develop Acute Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD)Day 100Percentage of participants who developed grades II-IV and grades III-IV acute GVHD. Acute GVHD is defined by the Przepiorka criteria, which stages the degree of organ involvement in the skin, liver, and gastrointestinal (GI) tract, based on severity, with Stage 1+ being least severe and stage 4+ being the most severe. Grading of acute GVHD is as follows: Grade I (skin involvement stages 1+ to 2+, with no liver or GI involvement), Grade II (skin involvement stages 1+ to 3+, liver 1+, GI tract 1+), Grade III (skin involvement stages 2+ to 3+, liver 1+, GI tract 2+ to 4+), Grade IV (skin involvement stages 4+, Liver 4+).

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Days to EngraftmentUp to one yearMedian number of days to neutrophil and platelet engraftment.
ChimerismDay 30, Day 60Number of patients who achieved 100% donor chimerism.
Non-relapse MortalityDay 100, 2 yearsPercentage of participants who died for BMT-related reasons.
Relapse2 yearsPercentage of participants who developed relapse or progressive disease.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Bone Marrow Transplant
Myeloablative bone marrow transplant with a busulfan (Bu), cyclophosphamide (Cy), preparative regimen and post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) as GVHD prophylaxis.
142
Total142

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicBone Marrow Transplant
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
16 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
3 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
123 Participants
Age, Continuous47 years
Sex: Female, Male
Female
66 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
76 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
66 / 142
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 142
serious
Total, serious adverse events
20 / 142

Outcome results

Primary

Percentage of Participants Who Develop Acute Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD)

Percentage of participants who developed grades II-IV and grades III-IV acute GVHD. Acute GVHD is defined by the Przepiorka criteria, which stages the degree of organ involvement in the skin, liver, and gastrointestinal (GI) tract, based on severity, with Stage 1+ being least severe and stage 4+ being the most severe. Grading of acute GVHD is as follows: Grade I (skin involvement stages 1+ to 2+, with no liver or GI involvement), Grade II (skin involvement stages 1+ to 3+, liver 1+, GI tract 1+), Grade III (skin involvement stages 2+ to 3+, liver 1+, GI tract 2+ to 4+), Grade IV (skin involvement stages 4+, Liver 4+).

Time frame: Day 100

Population: The study data was analyzed early after 117 participants had been treated. This was done in order to publish the data and establish a new local standard of care at our institution. GVHD data was collected on 15 additional participants for a total of 132. GVHD data was not collected on the remaining 10 participants.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Bone Marrow TransplantPercentage of Participants Who Develop Acute Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD)Grades II-IV acute GVHD49 Participants
Bone Marrow TransplantPercentage of Participants Who Develop Acute Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD)Grades III-IV acute GVHD10 Participants
Secondary

Chimerism

Number of patients who achieved 100% donor chimerism.

Time frame: Day 30, Day 60

Population: The study data was analyzed early after 117 participants had been treated. This was done in order to publish the data and establish a new local standard of care at our institution. Chimerism data was not collected on the remaining 25 participants. One participant died prior to Day 30 and was not analyzed for this outcome.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Bone Marrow TransplantChimerismDay 3099 Participants
Bone Marrow TransplantChimerismDay 60101 Participants
Secondary

Days to Engraftment

Median number of days to neutrophil and platelet engraftment.

Time frame: Up to one year

Population: The study data was analyzed early after 117 participants had been treated. This was done in order to publish the data and establish a new local standard of care at our institution. Engraftment data was not collected on the remaining 25 participants. Recipients of related-donor (n=78) and unrelated-donor (n=39) transplants were reported separately.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (MEDIAN)
Bone Marrow TransplantDays to EngraftmentNeutrophil engraftment, related donors23 days
Bone Marrow TransplantDays to EngraftmentNeutrophil engraftment, unrelated donors25 days
Bone Marrow TransplantDays to EngraftmentPlatelet engraftment, related donors31 days
Bone Marrow TransplantDays to EngraftmentPlatelet engraftment, unrelated donors35 days
Secondary

Non-relapse Mortality

Percentage of participants who died for BMT-related reasons.

Time frame: Day 100, 2 years

Population: The study data was analyzed early after 117 participants had been treated. This was done in order to publish the data and establish a new local standard of care at our institution. NRM data was not collected on the remaining 25 participants.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
Bone Marrow TransplantNon-relapse MortalityDay 1006 percentage of participants
Bone Marrow TransplantNon-relapse Mortality2 years15 percentage of participants
Secondary

Relapse

Percentage of participants who developed relapse or progressive disease.

Time frame: 2 years

Population: The study data was analyzed early after 117 participants had been treated. This was done in order to publish the data and establish a new local standard of care at our institution. Relapse data was not collected on the remaining 25 participants.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Bone Marrow TransplantRelapse44 percentage of participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Apr 1, 2026