Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia
Conditions
Keywords
Sickle Cell Disease, Thalassemia
Brief summary
The design of the study incorporates the following features: 1. This is a phase II study to determine the safety and therapeutic potential of a new transplant approach (disease-free survival, graft versus myeloma effect) and to evaluate its toxicity profile (immediate toxicity, graft-versus-host disease, graft rejection, mortality) in a patient population with severe congenital anemias. 2. The patient cohort to be studied: Those patients with severe sickle cell disease and thalassemia who have risk factors for high mortality and morbidity related to their disease 3. Transplant Conditioning Regimen - Immunosuppression without myeloablation: Patients will receive conditioning sufficient to allow donor lympho-hematopoietic engraftment without complete marrow ablation. If the graft is rejected, the patient will reconstitute autologous marrow function. We will use a combination of low dose irradiation, Alemtuzumab (Campath®), and sirolimus. 4. Peripheral blood hematopoietic progenitor cell (PBPC) transplant: An unmanipulated peripheral blood stem cell collection from a filgrastim (G-CSF) stimulated HLA-matched donor should improve the chance of engraftment because of the high stem cell dose (5 x 106/kg CD34+ cells) and the presence of donor lymphocytes. To reduce the risk of GVHD, patients will receive sirolimus before and after the transplant. The sirolimus will be tapered as necessary to minimize any graft versus host disease while still maintaining adequate chimerism.
Detailed description
A human lymphocyte antigen (HLA)-matched sibling donor will receive filgrastim (G-CSF) 10 to16 µg/kg/d subcutaneously or intravenously for up to 6 days with apheresis collections of PBPC on day 5 (and day 6 if required). The product will be collected by leukophoresis with a goal of ≥ 10 x 106 CD34+ cells/kg, with a minimum of 5 x 106 CD34+ cells/kg. The patient will receive a preparative regimen of Alemtuzumab to be infused on days -7 to -3, followed by 300 cGy TBI given as a single dose on day -2. Sirolimus at a dose of 5mg/day to maintain trough levels between 10-15ng/ml will be started on day -1. The PBPC graft targeted to deliver 10 x 106 CD34+ cells/kg (at minimum, 5 x 106 CD34+ cells/kg) will be infused on day 0 On days +14, +30, +60 and +100 the chimeric status of patients will be assessed by microsatellite analysis of the peripheral blood. More frequent monitoring may be required. Sickle cell patients with pulmonary hypertension will meet with a Pulmonary Medicine Consult to determine appropriate management prior to SCT. Patients with fever or suspected minor infection should await resolution of symptoms before starting the conditioning regimen. Iron chelation must be discontinued \> 48 hours before initiating the conditioning regimen. Hydroxyurea must be discontinued one day prior to initiating the conditioning regimen.
Interventions
BIOLOGICALDonor Stem Cell Transplantation
One day after they complete their radiation and Campath-1H treatments and have begun their Sirolimus, the donor blood stem cells described above are transfused through the central line. This process takes approximately 30 minutes to 2 hours and is normally completely without side effects.
Sponsors
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Inclusion criteria - Recipient Disease specific: Sickle Cell Disease - Patients with sickle cell disease at high risk for disease related morbidity or mortality, defined by having irreversible end-organ damage (A, B, C,D, or E) or potentially reversible complication(s) not ameliorated by hydroxyurea (F): A. Stroke defined as a clinically significant neurologic event that is accompanied by an infarct on cerebral MRI OR an abnormal trans-cranial Doppler examination (≥200m/s); OR B. Sickle cell related renal insufficiency defined by a creatinine level ≥1.5 times the upper limit of normal and kidney biopsy consistent with sickle cell nephropathy OR nephrotic syndrome OR creatinine clearance \< 50mL/min OR requiring peritoneal or hemodialysis. OR C. Pulmonary hypertension as defined by tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity (TRV) of ≥ 2.5m/s at least 3 weeks after a vaso-occlusive crisis; OR D. Recurrent tricorporal priapism defined as at least two episodes of an erection lasting ≥4 hours involving the corpora cavernosa and corpus spongiosa; OR E. Sickle hepatopathy defined as EITHER ferritin \>1000mcg/L OR direct bilirubin \>0.4 mg/dL at baseline; OR F. Any one of the below complications 1. Vaso-occlusive crises 2. Acute chest syndrome 3. Osteonecrosis of 2 or more joints 4. Red cell alloimmunization Thalassemia - Patients with thalassemia who have grade 2 or 3 iron overload, determined by the presence of 2 or more of the following: • portal fibrosis by liver biopsy inadequate chelation history (defined as failure to maintain adequate compliance with chelation with desferroxamine initiated within 18 months of the first transfusion and administered subcutaneously for 8-10 hours at least 5 days each week) hepatomegaly of greater than 2 cm below the costochondral margin Non-disease specific: Ages ≥ 18 but ≤ 45 6/6 HLA matched family donor available Ability to comprehend and willing to sign an informed consent, assent obtained from minors Negative serum pregnancy test Inclusion criteria - Donor 6/6 HLA identical family donor Weight \> 20 kg (in so far that the weight difference between recipient and donor does not exceed a reasonable likelihood of being able to obtain an adequate cell dose from the donor within two aphereses) Fit to receive G-CSF and give peripheral blood stem cells (normal blood counts, normotensive, and no history of stroke) Ability to comprehend and willing to sign an informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment Success at One Year | Treatment Success at one year | This is defined as full donor type hemoglobin on hemoglobin electrrophoresis for patients with sickle cell disease and transfusion-independence for patients with thalassemia. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Level of chierism required to maintain Graft Survival and hematologic normalcy | Measured on days 14, 30, 60 and 100 | The chimeric status of patients will be measured on days +14, +30, +60, and +100 by microsatellite analysis of the peripheral blood. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed