Reducing the Risk of Transplant Rejection: Simultaneous Kidney and Bone Marrow Transplant

Renal Allograft Tolerance Through Mixed Chimerism (ITN010ST)

This study will examine the safety and effectiveness of a combination kidney and bone marrow transplant from a relative with the same (or nearly the same) blood cell type as the transplant recipient. An investigational medication will be given prior to and after the transplant to help protect the transplanted kidney from attack by the body's immune system.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Kidney Transplantation; End-stage Renal Disease; Renal Transplantation
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Conditioning Regimen

Detailed Description

Of the two currently available treatments for kidney failure, long-term dialysis and kidney transplantation, only kidney transplantation provides a potential cure. After a kidney transplant, the body's immune system recognizes the kidney as foreign and tries to attack and destroy it in a process called rejection. To avoid rejection, participants must take medications called immunosuppressants or anti-rejection drugs. It is believed that by transplanting bone marrow at the same time as a solid organ such as a kidney, a state of "mixed chimerism" (a mixing of the donor and recipient's immune system) can be achieved. Mixed chimerism may prevent rejection without the need for anti-rejection drugs.

Participants in this study will receive a simultaneous bone marrow and kidney transplant from the same living related donor in an attempt to establish mixed chimerism. Prior to transplantation, participants will undergo a "conditioning regimen" involving cyclophosphamide chemotherapy, radiation to the thymus gland, and four immunosuppressive medications: cyclosporine A, a man-made antibody known as rituximab to suppress B cells, a short course of steroids, and a T-cell depleting antibody known as MEDI-507. MEDI-507 is an investigational medication that has not been approved by the FDA. The primary goal of the study is to investigate the safety of the conditioning regimen and its ability to promote mixed chimerism so that the transplanted kidney is not destroyed. The study will also determine whether participants with mixed chimerism can eventually be safely removed from long-term immunosuppressive therapy following transplantation.

Participants will be assessed before and after transplantation and will be followed ≤36 months.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 5
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Massachusetts
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
      • Massachusetts General Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 55 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• End-stage renal disease (ESRD) without prior sensitization (defined as Panel Reactive Antibody [PRA] greater than 20%) within the 60 days prior to transplant as measured by cytotoxicity assays, ELISA, and flow cytometry;
• Undergoing a first or second transplant;
• Receiving a transplant from a living related donor who is ABO (blood type) compatible and haploidentical (3, 4, or 5 antigen match by serologic typing);
• Cardiac ejection fraction greater than 40%;
• Forced expiratory volume (FEV1) greater than 50%;
• Liver function tests, bilirubin, and coagulation studies less than 2 X normal;
• White blood cells greater than 2000/mm^3; abd
• Platelets greater than 100,000/mm^3

Exclusion Criteria:

• Positive donor lymphocyte cross-match;
• HIV-1 infected;
• Positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg);
• Hepatitis C virus infected;
• History of cancer;
• Prior dose-limiting radiation therapy;
• Pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning pregnancy within the time frame of the study;
• Enrolled in another investigational drug study within 30 days prior to study entry; or
• Receiving maintenance immunosuppression within 3 months before the conditioning regimen begins

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: Conditioning Regimen; Cyclophosphamide intravenously (IV) on days -5 and -4 with respect to transplantation; MEDI-507 on days -1, 0, and 1 (after a test dose of 0.1 mg per kg on day -2); and cyclosporine A IV and thymic irradiation on day -1. Hemodialysis was performed before and 14 hours after each dose of cyclophosphamide.Kidney transplantation was followed by IV infusion of donor bone marrow. Oral cyclosporine A was administered daily postoperatively, with target trough blood levels of 250 to 350 ng per milliliter; the dose was tapered and discontinued over a period of several months. Amendment applicable to the 4th and 5th participant: rituximab on days -7 and -2; and prednisone, 2 mg per kg per day starting on the day of transplantation with tapering over the next 10 days.

Drug: Conditioning Regimen; Cyclophosphamide 60 mg per kilogram (kg) of body weight per day intravenously (IV) on days -5 and -4 with respect to transplantation; humanized anti-CD2 monoclonal antibody (MEDI-507) 0.6 mg per kg on days -1, 0, and 1 (after test dose of 0.1 mg per kg on day -2); and cyclosporine A 5 mg per kg IV and thymic irradiation (700 cGy) on day -1. Hemodialysis was performed before and 14 hours after each dose of cyclophosphamide.Kidney transplantation was followed by IV infusion of donor bone marrow. Oral cyclosporine A was administered postoperatively, 8 to 12 mg per kg per day, with target trough blood levels of 250 to 350 ng per milliliter; the dose was tapered and discontinued over a period of several months. Protocol amendment that applied to participant 4 and 5: rituximab, 375 mg per square meter of body-surface area days -7 and -2; and prednisone, 2 mg per kg per day starting on the day of transplantation with tapering over the next 10 days.; Other Names: nonmyeloablative preparative regimen

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Graft Survival Twenty-Four Months Post Transplantation	Defined by kidney transplant survival at month 24 post transplantation with successful withdrawal of cyclosporine following transplantation, in the absence of maintenance immunosuppression.	24 months (2 Years) Post Transplantation

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Participant Survival	During the three-year post-transplant follow-up period for enrolled participants.	Up to thirty-six months (3 Years) Post Transplantation
Graft Survival	During the three-year post-transplant follow-up period for enrolled participants.	Up to thirty-six months (3 Years) Post Transplantation
Change from Baseline in Renal Function Using Serum Creatinine	Changes in serum creatinine levels from baseline through post transplantation follow-up period.	Up to thirty-six months (3 Years) Post Transplantation
Number of Episodes of Acute or Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD)	Evaluations for suspected GVHD, including biopsies as appropriate, during routine and/or for cause assessments.	From Week 1 through thirty-six months (3 Years) Post Transplantation
Number of Adverse Events	As defined by protocol.	Participant enrollment through <=thirty-six months (3 Years) Post Transplantation

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
• Collaborators: Immune Tolerance Network (ITN)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: David H. Sachs, MD, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Principal Investigator: A. Benedict Cosimi, MD, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Kawai T, Cosimi AB, Spitzer TR, Tolkoff-Rubin N, Suthanthiran M, Saidman SL, Shaffer J, Preffer FI, Ding R, Sharma V, Fishman JA, Dey B, Ko DS, Hertl M, Goes NB, Wong W, Williams WW Jr, Colvin RB, Sykes M, Sachs DH. HLA-mismatched renal transplantation without maintenance immunosuppression. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jan 24;358(4):353-61. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa071074.

Helpful Links

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases website
• Click here for the Immune Tolerance Network website

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: June 1, 2003
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 1, 2009
• Study Completion (Actual): July 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 7, 2003
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 7, 2003
• First Posted (Estimate): July 8, 2003

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 27, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 22, 2017
• Last Verified: December 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: End-stage renal disease; Bone Marrow Transplant; Renal Transplant; nonmyeloablative conditioning regimen
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Urologic Diseases; Renal Insufficiency; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic; Kidney Diseases; Kidney Failure, Chronic
• Other Study ID Numbers: DAIT ITN010ST; DAIT NKD03 (Other Identifier: Immune Tolerance Network)