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Busulfan, Melphalan, and Fludarabine With Peri-transplant Palifermin, Followed by a T-Cell Depleted Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant From HLA Matched or Mismatched Related or Unrelated Donors in Patients With Advanced Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) and Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

A Phase II Trial of Busulfan, Melphalan, and Fludarabine With Peri-transplant Palifermin, Followed by a T-Cell Depleted Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant From HLA Matched or Mismatched Related or Unrelated Donors in Patients With Advanced Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) and Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00629798
Enrollment
64
Registered
2008-03-06
Start date
2008-02-12
Completion date
2020-10-20
Last updated
2021-09-24

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Conditions

Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Advanced Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Keywords

Busulfan, Melphalan, Fludarabine, 08-008

Brief summary

This study will see if the researchers can lower that risk by giving the patient Palifermin. This drug helps protect the lining of the mouth, throat, and stomach. These areas typically get sores or ulcers while the blood cell counts are very low. The patient can get infections in or from these sores. Palifermin might also help the immune system recover faster. It is currently approved for patients who receive their own stem cells. That is called an autologous transplant. This study will test the use of Palifermin for T-cell depleted allogeneic stem cell transplants.

Interventions

DRUGBusulfan, Melphalan, Fludarabine, Anti-Thymocyte Globulin, Palifermin, Stem cell transplant

Patients will receive Palifermin 60 mcg/kg/day IV on three consecutive days with the last dose administered no less than 24 and no more than 48 hr prior to start of cytoreduction. The preparative regimen to be used for transplants will consist: of busulfan administered in 12 doses over three days of 0.8 mg/kg IV for patients \> or = to 4 years of age or 1.0 mg/kg IV for patients \< 4 years of age; melphalan 70 mg/m2 IV x 2 days; and, fludarabine 25 mg/m2 IV x 5 days

Sponsors

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients should be \< 65 years. Patients \> or equal to 65 years will be accrued on a case by case basis after discussion and approval by the BMT Service. * Patients may be of either gender or any ethnic background. * Patients must have a Karnofsky or Lansky Performance Status \> or equal to 70%. * Patients must have adequate organ function measured by: \* Cardiac: asymptomatic or if symptomatic then LVEF at rest must be \> or equal to 50% and must improve with exercise. * Hepatic: \< 3x ULN ALT and \< 1.5 total serum bilirubin, unless there is congenital benign hyperbilirubinemia. * Renal: serum creatinine \< than or equal to 1.2 mg/dl or if serum creatinine is outside the normal range, then CrCl \> 60-ml/min/1.73 m2 * Pulmonary: asymptomatic or if symptomatic, DLCO \> 50% of predicted (corrected for hemoglobin) * Each patient must be willing to participate as a research subject and must sign an informed consent form. * Parent or legal guardians of patients who are minors will sign the informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

* Active CNS or skin leukemic involvement * Female patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding * Active viral, bacterial or fungal infection * Patient seropositive for HIV-I/II; HTLV -I/II * Patients who have undergone a prior allogeneic or autologous stem cell transplant within the previous six months. * Patients who have had a previous malignancy that is not in remission.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To Reduce the Early Transplant-related Mortality.conclusion of study

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To Improve the Quality of Immune Reconstitution Following Transplantation.conclusion of study
To Reduce the Incidence Rate of Fatal Post Transplant Infectious Complications.conclusion of study

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Palifermin
This is a single arm phase II trial to assess the efficacy (decrease the transplant related mortality) and safety of peri-transplant Palifermin in combination with a preparative regimen with busulfan, melphalan, fludarabine, and anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG), and a T cell depleted stem cell transplant from a histocompatible related or unrelated donor in patients with advanced MDS and AML evolved from MDS. The addition of Palifermin is to decrease the toxicity and the infection rate associated with this regimen and transplant type and to foster earlier immune reconstitution. Busulfan, Melphalan, Fludarabine, Anti-Thymocyte Globulin, Palifermin, Stem cell transplant: Patients will receive Palifermin 60 mcg/kg/day IV on three consecutive days with the last dose administered no less than 24 and no more than 48 hr prior to start of cytoreduction. The preparative regimen to be used for transplants will consist: of busulfan administered in 12 doses over three days of 0.8 mg/kg IV for patients \> or = to 4 years of age or 1.0 mg/kg IV for patients \< 4 years of age; melphalan 70 mg/m2 IV x 2 days; and, fludarabine 25 mg/m2 IV x 5 days
64
Total64

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyNot Treated4

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicPalifermin
Age, Continuous60 years
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
3 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
61 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
0 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
1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
58 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
64 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
34 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
30 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
38 / 64
other
Total, other adverse events
28 / 64
serious
Total, serious adverse events
28 / 64

Outcome results

Primary

To Reduce the Early Transplant-related Mortality.

Time frame: conclusion of study

Population: Data were not collected

Secondary

To Improve the Quality of Immune Reconstitution Following Transplantation.

Time frame: conclusion of study

Population: Data were not collected

Secondary

To Reduce the Incidence Rate of Fatal Post Transplant Infectious Complications.

Time frame: conclusion of study

Population: Data were not collected

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