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Helical Tomotherapy, Fludarabine Phosphate, and Melphalan Followed By Allo-HSCT in Hematological Malignancies

Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant With a Novel Conditioning Therapy Using Helical Tomotherapy, Melphalan, and Fludarabine in Hematological Malignancies

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 1Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00544466
Enrollment
75
Registered
2007-10-16
Start date
2006-07-31
Completion date
2026-12-02
Last updated
2026-02-19

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

Conditions

Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Keywords

acute myeloid leukemia with multilineage dysplasia following myelodysplastic syndrome, adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission, adult acute myeloid leukemia in remission, adult acute myeloid leukemia with 11q23 (MLL) abnormalities, adult acute myeloid leukemia with del(5q), 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), untreated adult acute myeloid leukemia, recurrent adult acute myeloid leukemia, childhood acute myeloid leukemia in remission, recurrent childhood acute myeloid leukemia, untreated childhood acute myeloid leukemia and other myeloid malignancies, de novo myelodysplastic syndromes, previously treated myelodysplastic syndromes, secondary myelodysplastic syndromes, secondary acute myeloid leukemia, childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission, recurrent adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia, recurrent childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, untreated adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia, untreated childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, childhood myelodysplastic syndromes

Brief summary

RATIONALE: Giving chemotherapy drugs, such as fludarabine phosphate and melphalan, and HT before a donor stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer cells. It also 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 HT together with fludarabine phosphate and melphalan before a transplant may stop this from happening. PURPOSE: This clinical trial studies helical tomotherapy (HT), fludarabine phosphate, and melphalan followed by donor stem cell transplant in treating patients with hematologic malignancies.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess the feasibility in terms of toxicity and safety of HT in combination with Fludarabine (fludarabine phosphate) and Melphalan as a preparative regimen for allogeneic stem cell transplantation in patients with Hematological Malignancies: acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate within the confines of this pilot study, incidence of neutrophil and platelet engraftment, survival on day +180, the overall survival, and disease free survival in patients with Hematological Malignancies: ALL, AML, and MDS. II. To evaluate incidence of primary and secondary engraftment failure, incidence of relapse, incidence of acute and chronic transplant related complications, including veno-occlusive disease of the liver (VOD), organ toxicity, secondary malignancies, including treatment-related myelodysplastic syndrome, and acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), as well as post-transplant chimerism. OUTLINE: PREPARATIVE REGIMEN\*: Patients receive fludarabine phosphate intravenously (IV) on days -7 to -3 and melphalan IV on day -2. Patients also undergo HT twice daily on days -7 to -4. TRANSPLANTATION: Patients undergo allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation on day 0. NOTE: \*Treatment begins 2 days earlier in patients receive tacrolimus and/or sirolimus for GVHD prophylaxis. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up periodically for 2 years.

Interventions

DRUGfludarabine phosphate

25 mg/m2 day -7 through day -3 prior to transplant

DRUGmelphalan

140 mg/m2 day -2 prior to transplant

PROCEDUREallogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Cells infused on Day 0 of transplant regimen

RADIATIONintensity-modulated radiation therapy

Each fraction is 150 cGy, 2 fractions each day on day -7 through day -4 prior to transplant

Sponsors

City of Hope Medical Center
Lead SponsorOTHER
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CollaboratorNIH

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
7 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Recipient, or recipient's parents, or recipient's legal guardians must have signed a voluntary, informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines * Must have histopathologically confirmed diagnosis in one of the followed categories: * AML * MDS with intermediate or high-risk disease * ALL * Children and adults at any age with significant morbidity, as determined by the primary bone marrow transplant (BMT) doctor (MD), and approved by the principal investigator (PI) * Able to lie supine in a full body cast for approximately 30 minutes, the anticipated duration of each treatment session; for younger patients deep conscious sedation may be required * Performance status evaluated by Zubrod or Karnofsky (KPS) Performance Scales in patients \> 16 years or Lanksy Performance Scale in children =\< 16 years must have a score \>= 70% * Adequate cardiac function: cardiac ejection fraction \> 50% by multi gated acquisition scan (MUGA) scan and/or by echocardiogram * Adequate pulmonary function: adults (older than 16 years): diffusing capacity of carbon monoxide (DLCO) \> 50%; for young children in whom pulmonary function tests (PFT) are not applicable: assessment by a pediatrician or pulmonary consult * Adequate renal function as demonstrated by: creatinine clearance or glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \> 60 cc/min (24 hour urine collection) * Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) and serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) =\< 5.0 times the institutional upper limits of normal * Patients must have less than 15% peripheral blasts * Pre-treatment tests must have been preformed within 30 days prior to initiation of high-dose chemotherapy * No other medical and/or psychosocial problems, which in the opinion of the primary physician or principle investigator would place the patient at unacceptable risk from this regimen

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia (AUL), i.e. no lymphoid or myeloid markers * Previous radiation therapy to more than 20% of bone marrow containing areas, or to any area exceeding 2000 cGy * Patients with Fanconi Anemia * Major medical or psychiatric disorders that would seriously compromise patient tolerance of this regimen * Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection * Evidence of Hepatitis B or C infection or evidence of cirrhosis * Uncontrolled viral, bacterial or fungal infection * Patients with recent (within 4 weeks) serious viral, fungal, or bacterial infection are excluded * Patients with radiographic changes indicating pulmonary disease, including but not limited to: pulmonary nodules, infiltrates, pleural effusion are excluded unless cleared by pulmonary biopsy showing no evidence for active pulmonary disease

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Grade 3 and Above Toxicities of Helical Tomotherapy (HT) in Combination With Fludarabine and Melphalan Followed by Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation.100 days post treatmentToxicities (adverse events) were evaluated using the modified Bearman Scale and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 3.0.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Overall Survival on Day 180 Days Post-transplantUp to 180 days post-transplantOverall survival (OS) was measured from peripheral stem cell infusion to death from any cause. It was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method; the 95% confidence interval was calculated using Greenwood's formula. Participants were followed up to 180 days after transplant and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was used to generate the Overall Survival estimate at 180 days.

Countries

United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORJoseph Rosenthal, MD

City of Hope Medical Center

Participant flow

Recruitment details

Among the 75 patients, who consented to the study, 13 of them became ineligible after screening. So only 62 patients received the study treatment.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Treatment (Enzyme Inhibitor, Radiation Therapy, Transplant)
PREPARATIVE REGIMEN\*: Patients receive fludarabine phosphate IV on days -7 to -3 and melphalan IV on day -2. Patients also undergo helical tomotherapy twice daily on days -7 to -4. TRANSPLANTATION: Patients undergo allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation on day 0. NOTE: \*Treatment begins 2 days earlier in patients receive tacrolimus and/or sirolimus for GVHD prophylaxis. fludarabine phosphate: 25 mg/m2 day -7 through day -3 prior to transplant melphalan: 140 mg/m2 day -2 prior to transplant allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Cells infused on Day 0 of transplant regimen intensity-modulated radiation therapy: Each fraction is 150 cGy, 2 fractions each day on day -7 through day -4 prior to transplant
75
Total75

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicTreatment (Enzyme Inhibitor, Radiation Therapy, Transplant)
Age, Continuous55 years
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
7 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
6 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
62 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
75 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
40 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
35 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
43 / 62
other
Total, other adverse events
61 / 62
serious
Total, serious adverse events
13 / 62

Outcome results

Primary

Number of Grade 3 and Above Toxicities of Helical Tomotherapy (HT) in Combination With Fludarabine and Melphalan Followed by Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation.

Toxicities (adverse events) were evaluated using the modified Bearman Scale and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 3.0.

Time frame: 100 days post treatment

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Treatment (Enzyme Inhibitor, Radiation Therapy, Transplant)Number of Grade 3 and Above Toxicities of Helical Tomotherapy (HT) in Combination With Fludarabine and Melphalan Followed by Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation.793 events
Secondary

Overall Survival on Day 180 Days Post-transplant

Overall survival (OS) was measured from peripheral stem cell infusion to death from any cause. It was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method; the 95% confidence interval was calculated using Greenwood's formula. Participants were followed up to 180 days after transplant and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was used to generate the Overall Survival estimate at 180 days.

Time frame: Up to 180 days post-transplant

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Treatment (Enzyme Inhibitor, Radiation Therapy, Transplant)Overall Survival on Day 180 Days Post-transplant81 Percent Probability

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 20, 2026