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Treosulfan, Fludarabine Phosphate, and Total-Body Irradiation in Treating Patients With Hematological Cancer Who Are Undergoing Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant

Transplantation of Umbilical Cord Blood in Patients With Hematological Malignancies Using a Treosulfan Based Preparative Regimen

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00796068
Enrollment
130
Registered
2008-11-24
Start date
2009-02-24
Completion date
2021-12-14
Last updated
2023-02-17

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

Conditions

Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Remission, Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Remission, Blasts Under 5 Percent of Bone Marrow Nucleated Cells, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Positive, Chronic Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Positive, Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)

Brief summary

This phase II trial studies how well giving treosulfan together with fludarabine phosphate and total-body irradiation (TBI) works in treating patients with hematological cancer who are undergoing umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT). Giving chemotherapy, such as treosulfan and fludarabine phosphate, and TBI before a donor UCBT helps stop the growth of cancer cells and helps stop the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells. When the stem cells from a related or unrelated donor, that do not exactly match the patient's blood, 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 also make an immune response against the body's normal cells. Giving cyclosporine (CsA) and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) after the transplant may stop this from happening.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Graft failure/rejection and secondary graft failure. II. Day -200 non-relapse mortality. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Platelet engraftment by six months. II. Grade II-IV and III-IV acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) at day 100 and one year. III. Chronic GVHD. IV. Clinically significant infections. V. Overall survival. VI. Relapse or disease progression. VII. Immune reconstitution (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center \[FHCRC\] only). VIII. Emergence of a dominant unit (FHCRC only). OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 arms. ARM I (low risk for graft failure): Patients receive a conditioning regimen comprising fludarabine phosphate intravenously (IV) over 1 hour once daily (QD) on days -6 to -2 and treosulfan IV over 120 minutes on days - 6 to -4. Patients undergo TBI on day -1. Patients then undergo donor UCBT on day 0. Patients receive GVHD prophylaxis comprising cyclosporine IV over 1 hour or orally (PO) 2-3 times daily on days -3 to 100, followed by a taper in the absence of GVHD. Patients also receive mycophenolate mofetil IV 3 times daily on days 0 to 40, followed by a taper in the absence of GVHD. ARM II (high risk for graft failure): Patients receive a conditioning regimen, TBI, donor UCBT, GVHD prophylaxis, and mycophenolate mofetil as in Arm I. After completion of the study treatment, patients are followed up at 6 months and 1 and 2 years.

Interventions

DRUGCyclosporine

Given IV or PO

DRUGFludarabine Phosphate

Given IV

OTHERLaboratory Biomarker Analysis

Correlative studies

DRUGMycophenolate Mofetil

Given IV

RADIATIONTotal-Body Irradiation

TBI administered day -1: 200 cGy (or escalated to 300 cGy, 400 cGy, or 450 cGy per protocol statistical section)

DRUGTreosulfan

Given IV

PROCEDUREUmbilical Cord Blood Transplantation

Undergo single or double unit UCBT

Sponsors

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Acute myeloid leukemia/acute lymphoblastic leukemia, including biphenotypic acute leukemia or mixed-lineage leukemia: Must have \< 5% morphologic marrow blasts in an evaluable marrow sample (\> 25% of normal cellularity for age collected less than one month prior to start of conditioning; patients in which adequate marrow/biopsy specimens cannot be obtained to determine remission status by morphologic assessment, but have fulfilled criteria of remission by flow cytometry, recovery of peripheral blood counts with no circulating blasts, and/or normal cytogenetics (if applicable) may still be eligible; reasonable attempts must be made to obtain an adequate specimen for morphologic assessment, including possible repeat procedures; these patients must be discussed with the principal investigator prior to enrollment; patients persistently aplastic for greater than one month since completing last chemotherapy are also eligible with principal investigator (PI) approval * Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS): Any 2001 World Health Organization (WHO) classification subtype; refractory anemia with excess blasts (RAEB)-2 patients may proceed directly to transplant, but may also be considered for induction chemotherapy before transplant; patients with \>= 20% morphologic marrow blasts require induction therapy to reduce morphologic marrow blasts below 5% before transplant * Chronic myelogenous leukemia: All types, except refractory blast crisis; chronic phase patients must have failed or been intolerant to Gleevec or other tyrosine kinase inhibitors * Patients =\< 50 must have performance status score: Karnofsky (for adults) \>= 70 or Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0-1; Lansky (for children) score \>= 50 * Patients \> 50 must have Karnofsky performance score \>= 70 or ECOG 0-1 and comorbidity index \< 5 * Adequate cardiac function defined as absence of decompensated congestive heart failure or uncontrolled arrhythmia AND left ventricular ejection fraction \>= 35% OR fractional shortening \> 22% * Adequate pulmonary function defined as absence of oxygen (O2) requirements and one of the following: * Diffusion lung capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO) corrected \>= 70% mm Hg * DLCO corrected between 60% - 69% mm Hg and partial pressure of oxygen (pO2) \>= 70 mm Hg * DLCO corrected between 50% - 59% mm Hg and pO2 \>= 80 mm Hg * Pediatric patients unable to perform pulmonary function tests must have O2 saturation \> 92% on room air; may not be on supplemental oxygen * Adequate hepatic function; patients with clinical or laboratory evidence of liver disease will be evaluated for the cause of liver disease, its clinical severity in terms of liver function, histology, and the degree of portal hypertension; patients with fulminant liver failure, cirrhosis with evidence of portal hypertension or bridging fibrosis, alcoholic hepatitis, esophageal varices, a history of bleeding esophageal varices, hepatic encephalopathy, or correctable hepatic synthetic dysfunction evidenced by prolongation of the prothrombin time, ascites related to portal hypertension, bacterial or fungal abscess, biliary obstruction, chronic viral hepatitis with total serum bilirubin \> 3 mg/dL, and symptomatic biliary disease will be excluded * Adequate renal function defined as creatinine =\< 2.0 mg/dl (adults) or estimated creatinine clearance \> 40 ml/min (pediatrics); all adults with a creatinine \> 1.2 or a history of renal dysfunction must have estimated creatinine clearance \> 40 ml/min * If recent mold infection, e.g., Aspergillus, must be cleared by infectious disease to proceed * Prior hematopoietic cell transplant: must be \>= 3 months after previous transplant * DONOR: Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) matching: * Minimum requirement: The cord blood (CB) graft(s) must be matched at a minimum at 4/6 HLA-A, B, DRB1 loci with the recipient; therefore 0-2 mismatches at the A or B or DRB1 loci based on intermediate resolution A, B antigen and DRB1 allele typing for determination of HLA-match is allowed * HLA-matching determined by high resolution typing is allowed per institutional guidelines as long as the minimum criteria (above) are met * DONOR: Selection of two CB units is mandatory when a single cord blood unit does not meet the following criteria in the table below * Match grade * 6/6 * Single unit allowed for total nucleated cell (TNC) dose \>= 2.5 x 10\^7/kg * 5/6, 4/6 * Single unit allowed for TNC dose \>= 4.0 (+/- 0.5) x 10\^7/kg * If two CB units are used, the total cell dose of the combined units must be at least 3.0 x 10\^7 TNC per kilogram recipient weight based on pre-cryopreservation numbers, with each CB unit containing a MINIMUM of 1.5 x 10\^7 TNC/kg * DONOR: The minimum recommended CD34/kg cell dose should be 2 x 10\^5 CD34/kg, total dose from a single or combined double * DONOR: The unmanipulated CB unit(s) will be Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed or will be obtained under a separate investigational new drug (IND), such as the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) Protocol 10-CBA conducted under BB IND-7555 or another IND sponsored by (1) a participating institution or (2) an investigator at FHCRC or one of the participating institutions * DONOR (FHCRC only): Up to 5% of the unmanipulated cord blood product (s), when ready for infusion, may be withheld for research purposes as long as thresholds for infused TNC dose are met; these products will be used to conduct studies involving the kinetics of engraftment and immunobiology of double cord transplantation

Exclusion criteria

* Pregnancy or breastfeeding * Evidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or known HIV positive serology * Uncontrolled viral or bacterial infection at the time of study enrollment * Active or recent (prior 6 month) invasive fungal infection without infectious diseases (ID) consult and approval * Central nervous system (CNS) leukemic involvement not clearing with intrathecal chemotherapy and/or cranial radiation prior to initiation of conditioning (day -6) * DONOR: Any cord blood units with \< 1.5 x 10\^7 total nucleated cells per kilogram recipient weight * DONOR: Any cord blood units that have not passed donor screening for infectious disease markers as recommended by NMDP will not be used unless a waiver is signed by the clinical attending allowing use of CB unit. Cord blood units are presumed to be cytomegalovirus (CMV) negative regardless of serologic testing due to passive transmission of maternal CMV antibodies

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Participants With Graft Failure/RejectionUp to 100 daysPatients will be considered primary graft failure provided they meet any criteria listed below, in the absence of documented disease persistence/recurrence or active bone marrow infection (ex. Cytomegalovirus (CMV)): i. Absence of 3 consecutive days with neutrophils \>500/u1 combined with host CD3+ peripheral blood chimerism ≥50% at day 42 ii. Absence of 3 consecutive days with neutrophils \>500/u1 under any circumstances at day 55 iii. Death after day 28 with neutrophil count \<100/u1 without any evidence of engraftment (\< 5% donor CD3+) iv. Primary autologous count recovery with \< 5% donor CD3+ peripheral blood chimerism at count recovery and without relapse
Number of Participants With Secondary Graft FailureUp to 2 yearsSecondary graft failure is defined as decline of neutrophil count to \<500/ul with loss of donor chimerism after day 55
Number of Patients With Non-relapse Mortality (NRM)At day -200Defined as death from any cause without sign of disease progression or relapse. Loss to follow up are censored, whereas disease relapse or progression are considered competing risks.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Duration (Days) Until Participants Obtained Platelet EngraftmentAt 6 monthsSummarized using a range and median of measure in days until participants reached platelet engraftment. Platelet engraftment was defined as the first of 7 consecutive days when the platelet count exceeded 20 x 109/L (untransfused).
Number of Participants With Acute Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD) Grade II-IV by Day 100Day 100Grade I GVHD is characterized as mild disease, grade II GVHD as moderate, grade III as severe, and grade IV life-threatening. Diagnosing and grading acute GVHD is based on clinical findings (the organ stage, response to treatment and whether GVHD was a major cause of death) and frequently varies between transplant centers and independent reviewers.
Incidence of Acute or Chronic Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD)At 1 yearOverall GVHD is determined based on the organ stage, response to treatment and whether GVHD was a major cause of death. Chronic GVHD will be defined according to the National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Project on Criteria for Clinical Trials in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease. Described as mild, moderate, or severe as graded according to the attached Organ Scoring Sheet. Symptoms consistent with both chronic and acute GVHD occurring after day 100 will be considered overlap chronic GVHD syndrome.
Number of Participants Surviving by 1 YearAt 1 yearOverall survival was measured from the first day of CBT infusion until death from any cause.
Number of Participants Surviving up to 2 Years Without Disease ProgressionUp to 2 yearsProgression-free survival is the time interval from start of treatment to documented evidence of disease progression. Disease progression was defined by European LeukemiaNet 2017 criteria and International Working Group (IWG) within 3 years of transplant.
Incidence of Clinically Significant InfectionsAt 6 monthsCollected and graded according to the modified National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria.
Incidence of Relapse or Disease ProgressionUp to 2 yearsCumulative incidence estimates using non-relapse mortality as competitive event.
The Number of Participants Alive at Two-years Follow up.Up to 2 yearsOverall survival of participants after two-years of follow up.
Non-relapse MortalityUp to 2 yearsDeath of any cause other than relapse or disease progression was considered.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Recruitment details

Between February 2009 and October 2019, 130 cord blood transplant (CBT) recipients were enrolled in this prospective multi-center phase II study.

Pre-assignment details

All participants who signed consent were assigned to one of two arms and all completed enrollment.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Arm I (Low Risk for Graft Failure)
Patients receive a conditioning regimen comprising fludarabine phosphate IV over 1 hour every day (QD) on days -6 to -2 and treosulfan IV over 120 minutes on days - 6 to -4. Patients undergo total body irradiation (TBI) on day -1. Patients then undergo donor umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT) on day 0. Patients receive graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis comprising cyclosporine IV over 1 hour or by mouth (PO) 2-3 times daily on days -3 to 100, followed by a taper in the absence of GVHD. Patients also receive mycophenolate mofetil IV 3 times daily on days 0 to 40, followed by a taper in the absence of GVHD. Cyclosporine: Given IV or PO Fludarabine Phosphate: Given IV Laboratory Biomarker Analysis: Correlative studies Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF): Given IV Total-Body Irradiation: TBI administered day -1: 200 cGy (or escalated to 300 cGy, 400 cGy, or 450 cGy per protocol statistical section) Treosulfan: Given IV Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation: Undergo single or double unit UCBT
66
Arm II (High Risk for Graft Failure)
Patients receive a conditioning regimen, TBI, donor UCBT, GVHD prophylaxis, and mycophenolate mofetil as in Arm I. Cyclosporine: Given IV or PO Fludarabine Phosphate: Given IV Laboratory Biomarker Analysis: Correlative studies Mycophenolate Mofetil: Given IV Total-Body Irradiation: TBI administered day -1: 200 cGy (or escalated to 300 cGy, 400 cGy, or 450 cGy per protocol statistical section) Treosulfan: Given IV Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation: Undergo single or double unit UCBT
64
Total130

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicArm I (Low Risk for Graft Failure)Arm II (High Risk for Graft Failure)Total
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
18 Participants13 Participants31 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
2 Participants0 Participants2 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
46 Participants51 Participants97 Participants
Age, Continuous47 years43 years45 years
Diagnosis
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
24 Participants13 Participants37 Participants
Diagnosis
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
38 Participants25 Participants63 Participants
Diagnosis
Biphenotypic
1 Participants1 Participants2 Participants
Diagnosis
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)
3 Participants22 Participants25 Participants
Diagnosis
Myeloproliferative
0 Participants3 Participants3 Participants
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation-Comorbidity Index (HCT-CI)2 units on a scale2 units on a scale2 units on a scale
Human leukocyte antigens (HLA) matching to recipients
4/6
38 Participants45 Participants83 Participants
Human leukocyte antigens (HLA) matching to recipients
5/6
25 Participants17 Participants42 Participants
Human leukocyte antigens (HLA) matching to recipients
6/6
3 Participants2 Participants5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
1 Participants2 Participants3 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
7 Participants12 Participants19 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
1 Participants4 Participants5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
2 Participants1 Participants3 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
4 Participants4 Participants8 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
13 Participants5 Participants18 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
38 Participants36 Participants74 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
66 Participants64 Participants130 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
36 Participants33 Participants69 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
30 Participants31 Participants61 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
16 / 6620 / 64
other
Total, other adverse events
63 / 6659 / 64
serious
Total, serious adverse events
27 / 6623 / 64

Outcome results

Primary

Number of Participants With Graft Failure/Rejection

Patients will be considered primary graft failure provided they meet any criteria listed below, in the absence of documented disease persistence/recurrence or active bone marrow infection (ex. Cytomegalovirus (CMV)): i. Absence of 3 consecutive days with neutrophils \>500/u1 combined with host CD3+ peripheral blood chimerism ≥50% at day 42 ii. Absence of 3 consecutive days with neutrophils \>500/u1 under any circumstances at day 55 iii. Death after day 28 with neutrophil count \<100/u1 without any evidence of engraftment (\< 5% donor CD3+) iv. Primary autologous count recovery with \< 5% donor CD3+ peripheral blood chimerism at count recovery and without relapse

Time frame: Up to 100 days

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Arm I (Low Risk for Graft Failure)Number of Participants With Graft Failure/Rejection2 Participants
Arm II (High Risk for Graft Failure)Number of Participants With Graft Failure/Rejection5 Participants
Primary

Number of Participants With Secondary Graft Failure

Secondary graft failure is defined as decline of neutrophil count to \<500/ul with loss of donor chimerism after day 55

Time frame: Up to 2 years

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Arm I (Low Risk for Graft Failure)Number of Participants With Secondary Graft Failure0 Participants
Arm II (High Risk for Graft Failure)Number of Participants With Secondary Graft Failure0 Participants
Primary

Number of Patients With Non-relapse Mortality (NRM)

Defined as death from any cause without sign of disease progression or relapse. Loss to follow up are censored, whereas disease relapse or progression are considered competing risks.

Time frame: At day -200

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Arm I (Low Risk for Graft Failure)Number of Patients With Non-relapse Mortality (NRM)7 Participants
Arm II (High Risk for Graft Failure)Number of Patients With Non-relapse Mortality (NRM)6 Participants
Secondary

Duration (Days) Until Participants Obtained Platelet Engraftment

Summarized using a range and median of measure in days until participants reached platelet engraftment. Platelet engraftment was defined as the first of 7 consecutive days when the platelet count exceeded 20 x 109/L (untransfused).

Time frame: At 6 months

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Arm I (Low Risk for Graft Failure)Duration (Days) Until Participants Obtained Platelet Engraftment31 days
Arm II (High Risk for Graft Failure)Duration (Days) Until Participants Obtained Platelet Engraftment31 days
Secondary

Incidence of Acute or Chronic Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD)

Overall GVHD is determined based on the organ stage, response to treatment and whether GVHD was a major cause of death. Chronic GVHD will be defined according to the National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Project on Criteria for Clinical Trials in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease. Described as mild, moderate, or severe as graded according to the attached Organ Scoring Sheet. Symptoms consistent with both chronic and acute GVHD occurring after day 100 will be considered overlap chronic GVHD syndrome.

Time frame: At 1 year

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Arm I (Low Risk for Graft Failure)Incidence of Acute or Chronic Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD)7 Participants
Arm II (High Risk for Graft Failure)Incidence of Acute or Chronic Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD)6 Participants
Secondary

Incidence of Clinically Significant Infections

Collected and graded according to the modified National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria.

Time frame: At 6 months

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Arm I (Low Risk for Graft Failure)Incidence of Clinically Significant Infections53 Participants
Arm II (High Risk for Graft Failure)Incidence of Clinically Significant Infections61 Participants
Secondary

Incidence of Relapse or Disease Progression

Cumulative incidence estimates using non-relapse mortality as competitive event.

Time frame: Up to 2 years

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Arm I (Low Risk for Graft Failure)Incidence of Relapse or Disease Progression17 Participants
Arm II (High Risk for Graft Failure)Incidence of Relapse or Disease Progression11 Participants
Secondary

Non-relapse Mortality

Death of any cause other than relapse or disease progression was considered.

Time frame: Up to 2 years

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Arm I (Low Risk for Graft Failure)Non-relapse Mortality8 Participants
Arm II (High Risk for Graft Failure)Non-relapse Mortality10 Participants
Secondary

Number of Participants Surviving by 1 Year

Overall survival was measured from the first day of CBT infusion until death from any cause.

Time frame: At 1 year

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Arm I (Low Risk for Graft Failure)Number of Participants Surviving by 1 Year51 Participants
Arm II (High Risk for Graft Failure)Number of Participants Surviving by 1 Year47 Participants
Secondary

Number of Participants Surviving up to 2 Years Without Disease Progression

Progression-free survival is the time interval from start of treatment to documented evidence of disease progression. Disease progression was defined by European LeukemiaNet 2017 criteria and International Working Group (IWG) within 3 years of transplant.

Time frame: Up to 2 years

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Arm I (Low Risk for Graft Failure)Number of Participants Surviving up to 2 Years Without Disease Progression37 Participants
Arm II (High Risk for Graft Failure)Number of Participants Surviving up to 2 Years Without Disease Progression41 Participants
Secondary

Number of Participants With Acute Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD) Grade II-IV by Day 100

Grade I GVHD is characterized as mild disease, grade II GVHD as moderate, grade III as severe, and grade IV life-threatening. Diagnosing and grading acute GVHD is based on clinical findings (the organ stage, response to treatment and whether GVHD was a major cause of death) and frequently varies between transplant centers and independent reviewers.

Time frame: Day 100

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Arm I (Low Risk for Graft Failure)Number of Participants With Acute Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD) Grade II-IV by Day 10036 Participants
Arm II (High Risk for Graft Failure)Number of Participants With Acute Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD) Grade II-IV by Day 10037 Participants
Secondary

The Number of Participants Alive at Two-years Follow up.

Overall survival of participants after two-years of follow up.

Time frame: Up to 2 years

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Arm I (Low Risk for Graft Failure)The Number of Participants Alive at Two-years Follow up.50 Participants
Arm II (High Risk for Graft Failure)The Number of Participants Alive at Two-years Follow up.44 Participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 18, 2026