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Partially Matched Stem Cell Transplantation for Patients With Refractory Severe Aplastic Anemia or Refractory Cytopenias

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) From Partially Matched Family Donors for Patients With Refractory Severe Aplastic Anemia or Refractory Cytopenias: A Pilot Study

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00244010
Enrollment
4
Registered
2005-10-25
Start date
2005-10-31
Completion date
2009-02-28
Last updated
2017-05-30

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

Conditions

Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia, Anemia, Aplastic, Diamond-Blackfan Anemia, Kostmann Syndrome

Keywords

Aplastic anemia, Amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia, Diamond-Blackfan Anemia, Kostmann syndrome, Allogeneic stem cell transplantation, Haploidentical stem cell transplant, T-cell depletion, Partially matched family member donor transplant, Refractory cytopenia

Brief summary

Due to an overall and disease free survival of 85% to 100%, allogeneic blood or bone marrow stem cell transplantation using an HLA matched sibling donor is the therapy of choice for patients with severe aplastic anemia (SAA). Unfortunately, only about 25% of patients have such a donor. For patients with SAA lacking a matched sibling donor, immunosuppressive therapy is the current treatment of choice. Approximately 70% of these patients have a complete or partial response to immunosuppressive therapy, achieving transfusion independence and/or growth factor independence. For the approximately 30% of patients who do not respond to immunosuppressive therapy or experience recurrence, alternative donor (matched unrelated, partially matched family member) transplantation is a treatment option. However, graft rejection and graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) are significant barriers to success, decreasing event-free survival to 30% to 50%. This study offers stem cell transplantation using a partially matched family member (haploidentical) donor to those patients with no available HLA-matched sibling or matched unrelated donor. In an attempt to reduce GVHD and regimen-related toxicity while maintaining adequate engraftment, we plan to infuse a highly purified stem cell graft. The Miltenyi Biotec CliniMACS CD3 depletion system will be used to derive a defined allogeneic graft highly enriched for CD34+ hematopoietic cells and depleted of CD3+ T-lymphocytes from G-CSF mobilized, donor-derived peripheral blood stem cells. Patients 21 years of age and younger with refractory cytopenias are also eligible for this protocol as there are no other potentially curative therapies currently available for these conditions. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety of transplantation using a haploidentical donor product engineered to targeted cell counts using the investigational CliniMACS device for patients with refractory severe aplastic anemia (SAA) or refractory cytopenias. The treatment plan would be considered unsafe if we can find this type of procedure is associated with a significantly higher treatment failure rate. Treatment failure is defined as any occurrence of the following events, overall grade III-IV acute GVHD, graft failure or death due to any cause within 100 days after transplant.

Detailed description

Secondary objectives for this protocol include the following: * To observe the degree of hematopoietic chimerism in T-cells during the first year posttransplant. * To observe the relative proportions of donor/host T-regulatory cells during the first year posttransplant. * To monitor rates of acute and chronic GVHD during the first year posttransplant.

Interventions

DEVICEAllogeneic stem cell transplant

Participants will receive a reduced intensity conditioning regimen consisting of fludarabine, thiotepa, melphalan, and OKT3 followed by an infusion of haploidentical stem cells. Rituximab will be administered within 24 hours of the infusion in an effort to prevent posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder LPD. In addition to T-cell depletion of the donor product, participant will receive mycophenolate mofetil for prophylaxis of GVHD.

Sponsors

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 21 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* One of the following diagnoses: * Refractory severe aplastic anemia * Refractory Kostmann syndrome * Refractory Diamond-Blackfan anemia * Refractory amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia * Absence of a suitable HLA-matched sibling donor and absence of a 10/10 allele matched unrelated donor. * Life expectancy of greater than six weeks as per the judgment of the principal investigator. * Karnofsky or Lansky Performance Status score of greater than or equal to 70%. * Creatinine clearance is greater than or equal to 40 cc/min/1.73 m2. * FVC greater than or equal to 40% of predicted or pulse oximetry greater than or equal to 92% on room air. * Does not have a known allergy to murine products.

Exclusion criteria

* Ejection fraction or shortening fraction below the lower limit of normal for age. * Lactating (female patient). * Pregnant or lactating * Diagnosis of Fanconi Anemia. * Positive HLA crossmatch with donor

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Treatment Failures100 days post transplantThe primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety of HAPLO HSCT for patients with refractory severe aplastic anemia (SAA) or refractory cytopenias. The treatment plan would be considered unsafe if we can demonstrate that it is associated with a significantly higher treatment failure rate. The treatment failure is defined as any occurrence of the following events, overall grade III-IV acute GVHD, graft failure or death due to any cause within 100 days post HSCT or after the last cellular product infusion, if required.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Recruitment details

Two patients and two donors were enrolled between 10/24/2005 and 2/24/2009 when the study was closed. The study was terminated due to the PI leaving St. Jude.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Patients
Patients were enrolled to treat refractory severe aplastic anemia.
2
Donors
Parents of patients were enrolled onto the SAAHAP study to provide hematopoietic stem cells.
2
Total4

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicPatientsDonorsTotal
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
2 Participants0 Participants2 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
0 Participants2 Participants2 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
2 Participants1 Participants3 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
0 Participants1 Participants1 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
2 / 20 / 0
serious
Total, serious adverse events
2 / 20 / 0

Outcome results

Primary

Treatment Failures

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety of HAPLO HSCT for patients with refractory severe aplastic anemia (SAA) or refractory cytopenias. The treatment plan would be considered unsafe if we can demonstrate that it is associated with a significantly higher treatment failure rate. The treatment failure is defined as any occurrence of the following events, overall grade III-IV acute GVHD, graft failure or death due to any cause within 100 days post HSCT or after the last cellular product infusion, if required.

Time frame: 100 days post transplant

Population: Enrollment was terminated due to the PI leaving the institution. Insufficient data was generated to answer the objective.

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