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Donor Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Hematologic Malignancies

Nonmyeloablative Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) for Patients With Hematologic Malignancies Using Related, HLA-Haploidentical Donors: A Phase II Trial of Peripheral Blood Stem Cells (PBSC) as the Donor Source

Status
Terminated
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01028716
Enrollment
46
Registered
2009-12-09
Start date
2010-05-19
Completion date
2021-10-07
Last updated
2023-01-23

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

Conditions

Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia, Acute Erythroid Leukemia in Remission, Acute Leukemia in Remission, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Remission, Acute Myeloid Leukaemia With Prior Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Remission, Acute Myeloid Leukemia With FLT3/ITD Mutation, Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Inv(3)(Q21Q26.2); RPN1-EVI1, Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Multilineage Dysplasia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(6;9), Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia, Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Complete Remission, B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia With T(1;19)(Q23;P13.3); E2A-PBX1 (TCF3-PBX1), Blasts Under 5 Percent of Bone Marrow Nucleated Cells, Burkitt Lymphoma, Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Complete Remission, DS Stage III Plasma Cell Myeloma, DS Stage II Plasma Cell Myeloma, Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipient, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Ph+ ALL, Recurrent Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, Recurrent Follicular Lymphoma, Recurrent Hodgkin Lymphoma, Recurrent Mantle Cell Lymphoma, Recurrent Marginal Zone Lymphoma, Recurrent Plasma Cell Myeloma, Refractory Plasma Cell Myeloma, Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia, T Lymphoblastic Lymphoma

Brief summary

This phase II trial studies how well donor peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) transplant works in treating patients with hematologic malignancies. Cyclophosphamide when added to tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil is safe and effective in preventing severe graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in most patients with hematologic malignancies undergoing transplantation of bone marrow from half-matched (haploidentical) donors. This approach has extended the transplant option to patients who do not have matched related or unrelated donors, especially for patients from ethnic minority groups. The graft contains cells of the donor's immune system which potentially can recognize and destroy the patient's cancer cells (graft-versus-tumor effect). Rejection of the donor's cells by the patient's own immune system is prevented by giving low doses of chemotherapy (fludarabine phosphate and cyclophosphamide) and total-body irradiation before transplant. Patients can experience low blood cell counts after transplant. Using stem cells and immune cells collected from the donor's circulating blood may result in quicker recovery of blood counts and may be more effective in treating the patient's disease than using bone marrow.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To demonstrate that use of PBSC in place of marrow as the source of lymphocytes and stem cells for nonmyeloablative transplants from related, haploidentical donors will not result in unacceptable rates of high-grade acute or chronic GVHD, non-relapse mortality or relapse compared to historical data on nonmyeloablative transplants from unrelated donors. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Estimates of the rates of neutrophil and platelet recovery, number of red blood cell (RBC) and platelet transfusions, incidences of graft failure, transplant-related toxicities, disease-free survival and overall survival. OUTLINE: Patients receive fludarabine intravenously (IV) over 30-60 minutes daily on days -6 through -2 and cyclophosphamide IV over 1-2 hours on days -6, -5, and 3-4. Patients undergo total-body irradiation on day -1. Patients undergo donor peripheral blood stem cell transplant on day 0. Patients then receive tacrolimus IV once daily or orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 5-180 (may be continued if active GVHD is present), mycophenolate mofetil IV or PO thrice daily (TID) on days 5-35 (may be continued if GVHD present), and filgrastim IV beginning on day 5 until the absolute neutrophil count (ANC) is \>= 1,000/mm\^3 for three consecutive days. Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Interventions

DRUGCyclophosphamide

Given IV

BIOLOGICALFilgrastim

Given SQ

DRUGFludarabine Phosphate

Given IV

DRUGMycophenolate Mofetil

Given PO

PROCEDURENonmyeloablative Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Undergo PBSC

PROCEDUREPeripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation

Undergo PBSC

DRUGTacrolimus

Given IV or PO

RADIATIONTotal-Body Irradiation

Undergo total-body irradiation (TBI)

Sponsors

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Molecular based human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing will be performed for the HLA-A, -B, -Cw, -DRB1 and -DQB1 loci to the resolution adequate to establish haplo-identity; a minimum match of 5/10 is required; an unrelated donor search is not required for a patient to be eligible for this protocol if the clinical situation dictates an urgent transplant; clinical urgency is defined as 6-8 weeks from referral or low-likelihood of finding a matched, unrelated donor * Acute leukemias (includes T lymphoblastic lymphoma); remission is defined as \< 5% blasts with no morphological characteristics of acute leukemia (e.g., Auer rods) in a bone marrow with \> 20% cellularity, peripheral blood counts showing ANC \> 1000/ul, including patients in complete remission with incomplete platelet recovery (CRp); if the marrow has \< 20% cellularity due to treatment related cytotoxicity, but still has \< 5% blasts, an exception may be made to include this patient up to principal investigator (PI) discretion * Acute lymphoblastic leukemia in high risk first complete remission (CR1) as defined by at least one of the following: * Adverse cytogenetics including but not limited to t(9;22), t(1;19), t(4;11), mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) rearrangements * White blood cell counts \> 30,000/mcL * Patients over 30 years of age * Time to complete remission \> 4 weeks * Presence of extramedullary disease * Minimal residual disease * Other risk factors determined by the patient's attending physician to be high risk features requiring transplantation * Acute myelogenous leukemia in high risk CR1 as defined by at least one of the following: * Greater than 1 cycle of induction therapy required to achieve remission * Preceding myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) * Presence of fms-like tyrosine kinase receptor-3 (Flt3) abnormalities * French-American-British (FAB) M6 or M7 leukemia, or * Adverse cytogenetics for overall survival such as: * Those associated with MDS * Complex karyotype (\>= 3 abnormalities); or * Any of the following: inv(3) or t(3;3), t(6;9), t(6;11), + 8 \[alone or with other abnormalities except for t(8;21), t(9;11), inv(16) or t(16;16)\], t(11;19)(q23;p13.1)\] * Other risk factors determined by the patient's attending physician to be high risk features requiring transplantation * Acute leukemias in second (2nd) or subsequent remission * Biphenotypic/undifferentiated leukemias in first (1st) or subsequent complete remission (CR) * High-risk MDS status-post cytotoxic chemotherapy * Burkitt's lymphoma: second or subsequent CR * Chemotherapy-sensitive (at least stable disease) large cell, mantle cell or Hodgkin's lymphomas that have failed at least 1 prior regimen of multi-agent chemotherapy and are ineligible for an autologous transplant * Marginal zone B-cell lymphoma or follicular lymphoma that has progressed after at least two prior therapies (excluding single agent Rituxan) * Multiple myeloma (MM) stage II or III patients who have progressed after an initial response to chemotherapy or autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) or MM patients with refractory disease who may benefit from tandem autologous-nonmyeloablative allogeneic transplant * Left ventricular ejection fraction at rest must be \>= 35% * Bilirubin =\< 2.5 mg/dL * Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \< 5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) * Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \< 5 x ULN * Alkaline phosphatase \< 5 x ULN * Serum creatinine within normal range for age, or if serum creatinine outside normal range for age, then renal function (creatinine clearance or glomerular filtration rate \[GFR\]) \> 40 mL/min/1.73m\^2 * Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), diffusion capacity of carbon monoxide (DLCO) (diffusion capacity) \>= 40% predicted (corrected for hemoglobin); if unable to perform pulmonary function tests, then oxygen (O2) saturation \> 92% on room air * Karnofsky/Lansky score \>= 60% * Patients who have received a prior allogeneic HSCT and who have either rejected their grafts or who have become tolerant of their grafts with no active GVHD requiring immunosuppressive therapy * Patients will undergo standard pre-transplant work-up as dictated by standard practice guidelines the results of which may be used for screening for this study * DONOR: Donors must be HLA-haploidentical first-degree relatives of the patient; eligible donors include biological parents, siblings, or children, or half-siblings * DONOR: Age \>= 12 years * DONOR: Weight \>= 40 kg * DONOR: Ability of donors \< 18 years of age to undergo apheresis without use of a vascular access device; vein check must be performed and verified by an apheresis nurse prior to arrival at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) * DONOR: Donors must meet the selection criteria as defined by the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cell Therapy (FACT) and will be screened per the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) guidelines

Exclusion criteria

* HLA-matched or single allele-mismatched donor able to donate * Pregnancy or breast-feeding * Current uncontrolled bacterial, viral or fungal infection (currently taking medication with evidence of progression of clinical symptoms or radiologic findings) * Patients with primary idiopathic myelofibrosis * DONOR: Positive anti-donor HLA antibody

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Non-relapse Mortality at 1 YearUp to 1 yearCumulative incidence of death without evidence of disease progression at 1 year
Percentage of Participants With Chronic Graft Versus Host DiseaseUp to 2 years post-transplantScored according to the National Cancer Institute criteria. Mild-to-severe chronic GVHD at 2 years.
Incidence of Grades III/IV Acute Graft Versus Host DiseaseAt day 84Grading determined by organ system stages. Grade III/IV acute graft versus host disease is defined as skin: stage IV, liver: stages II-IV, and/or gastrointestinal tract: stages II-IV.
Relapse of Malignancy After TransplantationUp to 7 yearsDefined by either morphological or cytogenetic evidence of acute leukemia consistent with pre-transplant features, or radiologic evidence of lymphoma progression. When in doubt, the diagnosis of recurrent or progressive lymphoma should be documented by tissue biopsy.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Toxicity of Treatment Regimen Determined by Number of Adverse Events Per Organ SystemUp to day 90Assessed by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 3.0. The incidence of all adverse events greater or equal to grade 3 was determined.
Number of Red Blood Cell TransfusionsDay 0-100Number of units of RBCs given to the patient between day 0 and day 100 post transplant
Time to Neutrophil RecoveryUp to day 84 post-transplantAchievement of an absolute neutrophil count greater or equal to 500/mm\^3 for three consecutive measurements on different days. The first of the three days will be designated the day of neutrophil recovery.
Point Estimate of Overall Survival at 3 Years3 yearsKaplan Meier estimate of the percentage of participants with overall survival at 3 years
Number of Platelet TransfusionsDay 0-100Number platelet transfusions given to the patient between day 0 and day 100 post transplant
Time to Platelet RecoveryUp to day 84 post-transplantThe first day of a sustained platelet count \> 20,000/mm\^3 with no platelet transfusions in the preceding seven days.
Incidence of Primary Graft FailureAt day 84Defined as \< 5% donor CD3 chimerism. Chimerism will be measured by short tandem repeat-polymerase chain reaction on peripheral blood sorted into CD3 and CD33 cell fractions.
Disease-free Survival3 years from the date of transplantDefined as being alive and in remission by \< 5% blasts by bone marrow morphology for patients with myeloid malignancies and CT or PET imaging for patients with lymphoid malignancies at the time of the assessment

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)
Patients receive fludarabine IV over 30-60 minutes daily on days -6 through -2 and cyclophosphamide IV over 1-2 hours on days -6, -5, and 3-4. Patients undergo total-body irradiation on day -1. Patients undergo donor peripheral blood stem cell transplant on day 0. Patients then receive tacrolimus IV once daily or PO BID on days 5-180 (may be continued if active GvHD is present), mycophenolate mofetil IV or PO TID on days 5-35 (may be continued if GvHD present), and filgrastim IV beginning on day 5 until the ANC is \>= 1,000/mm\^3 for three consecutive days.
45
Total45

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyPhysician Decision1

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicTreatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)
Age, Continuous52 years
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
4 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
29 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
12 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
7 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
4 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
32 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
19 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
26 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
21 / 45
other
Total, other adverse events
44 / 45
serious
Total, serious adverse events
4 / 45

Outcome results

Primary

Incidence of Grades III/IV Acute Graft Versus Host Disease

Grading determined by organ system stages. Grade III/IV acute graft versus host disease is defined as skin: stage IV, liver: stages II-IV, and/or gastrointestinal tract: stages II-IV.

Time frame: At day 84

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Incidence of Grades III/IV Acute Graft Versus Host Disease82 percent
Primary

Non-relapse Mortality at 1 Year

Cumulative incidence of death without evidence of disease progression at 1 year

Time frame: Up to 1 year

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Non-relapse Mortality at 1 Year22 percent of participants
Primary

Percentage of Participants With Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease

Scored according to the National Cancer Institute criteria. Mild-to-severe chronic GVHD at 2 years.

Time frame: Up to 2 years post-transplant

Population: Patients who were alive greater than day 100 were included

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Percentage of Participants With Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease26 percentage of participants
Primary

Relapse of Malignancy After Transplantation

Defined by either morphological or cytogenetic evidence of acute leukemia consistent with pre-transplant features, or radiologic evidence of lymphoma progression. When in doubt, the diagnosis of recurrent or progressive lymphoma should be documented by tissue biopsy.

Time frame: Up to 7 years

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Relapse of Malignancy After Transplantation29 percent
Secondary

Disease-free Survival

Defined as being alive and in remission by \< 5% blasts by bone marrow morphology for patients with myeloid malignancies and CT or PET imaging for patients with lymphoid malignancies at the time of the assessment

Time frame: 3 years from the date of transplant

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Disease-free Survival40 percent of participants
Secondary

Incidence of Primary Graft Failure

Defined as \< 5% donor CD3 chimerism. Chimerism will be measured by short tandem repeat-polymerase chain reaction on peripheral blood sorted into CD3 and CD33 cell fractions.

Time frame: At day 84

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Incidence of Primary Graft Failure0 Participants
Secondary

Number of Platelet Transfusions

Number platelet transfusions given to the patient between day 0 and day 100 post transplant

Time frame: Day 0-100

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Number of Platelet Transfusions6 transfusions
Secondary

Number of Red Blood Cell Transfusions

Number of units of RBCs given to the patient between day 0 and day 100 post transplant

Time frame: Day 0-100

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Number of Red Blood Cell Transfusions8 transfusions
Secondary

Point Estimate of Overall Survival at 3 Years

Kaplan Meier estimate of the percentage of participants with overall survival at 3 years

Time frame: 3 years

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Point Estimate of Overall Survival at 3 Years45.3 percent
Secondary

Time to Neutrophil Recovery

Achievement of an absolute neutrophil count greater or equal to 500/mm\^3 for three consecutive measurements on different days. The first of the three days will be designated the day of neutrophil recovery.

Time frame: Up to day 84 post-transplant

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Time to Neutrophil Recovery16 days
Secondary

Time to Platelet Recovery

The first day of a sustained platelet count \> 20,000/mm\^3 with no platelet transfusions in the preceding seven days.

Time frame: Up to day 84 post-transplant

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Time to Platelet Recovery23 days
Secondary

Toxicity of Treatment Regimen Determined by Number of Adverse Events Per Organ System

Assessed by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 3.0. The incidence of all adverse events greater or equal to grade 3 was determined.

Time frame: Up to day 90

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Toxicity of Treatment Regimen Determined by Number of Adverse Events Per Organ SystemCMV Reactivation26 events
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Toxicity of Treatment Regimen Determined by Number of Adverse Events Per Organ SystemFebrile Neutropenia25 events
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Toxicity of Treatment Regimen Determined by Number of Adverse Events Per Organ SystemCardiac13 events
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Toxicity of Treatment Regimen Determined by Number of Adverse Events Per Organ SystemFever9 events
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Toxicity of Treatment Regimen Determined by Number of Adverse Events Per Organ SystemRash4 events
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Toxicity of Treatment Regimen Determined by Number of Adverse Events Per Organ SystemGastrointestinal17 events
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Toxicity of Treatment Regimen Determined by Number of Adverse Events Per Organ SystemInfections55 events
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Toxicity of Treatment Regimen Determined by Number of Adverse Events Per Organ SystemMetabolic/laboratory24 events
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Toxicity of Treatment Regimen Determined by Number of Adverse Events Per Organ SystemMusculoskeletal3 events
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Toxicity of Treatment Regimen Determined by Number of Adverse Events Per Organ SystemNeurologic5 events
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Toxicity of Treatment Regimen Determined by Number of Adverse Events Per Organ SystemPain6 events
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Toxicity of Treatment Regimen Determined by Number of Adverse Events Per Organ SystemPulmonary10 events
Treatment (Nonmyeloablative HCT, TBI)Toxicity of Treatment Regimen Determined by Number of Adverse Events Per Organ SystemRenal/Genitourinary10 events

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