Patients with high-risk hematological malignancies (acute myeloid leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome with high-risk characteristics
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age 18-65 years inclusive. 2. Meeting the criteria for a MUD allo SCT and high risk disease. 3. Lacking a sufficiently matched volunteer unrelated donor or lacking such a donor within the required time period of =< 2 months in case of urgently needed allo SCT. 4. Availability of 2 sufficiently matched UCB grafts with a total nucleated cell count of at least 4x10.7/kg. 5. WHO performance status =< 2. 6. Written informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Relapse APL. 2. Primary myelofibrosis. 3. Bilirubin and/or transaminases > 2.5 x normal value. 4. Creatinine clearance < 40 ml/min. 5. Cardiac dysfunction as defined by: - reduced left ventricular function with an ejection fraction < 45% as measured by MUGA scan or echocardiogram - unstable angina or unstable cardiac arrhythmias. 6. Pulmonary function test with VC, FEV1 and/ or DCO < 50%. 7. Active, uncontrolled infection. 8. History of high dose total body irradiation. 9. HIV positivity.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The cumulative incidence of graft failure. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Time to engraftment of different cell subset'; 2. time to platelet transfusion independence; 3. time to red blood cell transfusion independence; 4. incidence and grade of acute GVHD; 5. incidence of chronic GVHD; 6. incidence of infections; 7. transplant related mortality (TRM); 8. progression free survival and overall survival. | — |
Contacts
Erasmus MC-Daniel den Hoed Room G-350 P.O. Box 2040