Partially Matched Stem Cell Transplantation for Patients With Refractory Severe Aplastic Anemia or Refractory Cytopenias

April 24, 2017 updated by: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) From Partially Matched Family Donors for Patients With Refractory Severe Aplastic Anemia or Refractory Cytopenias: A Pilot Study

Due to an overall and disease free survival of 85% to 100%, allogeneic blood or bone marrow stem cell transplantation using an HLA matched sibling donor is the therapy of choice for patients with severe aplastic anemia (SAA). Unfortunately, only about 25% of patients have such a donor. For patients with SAA lacking a matched sibling donor, immunosuppressive therapy is the current treatment of choice. Approximately 70% of these patients have a complete or partial response to immunosuppressive therapy, achieving transfusion independence and/or growth factor independence.

For the approximately 30% of patients who do not respond to immunosuppressive therapy or experience recurrence, alternative donor (matched unrelated, partially matched family member) transplantation is a treatment option. However, graft rejection and graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) are significant barriers to success, decreasing event-free survival to 30% to 50%.

This study offers stem cell transplantation using a partially matched family member (haploidentical) donor to those patients with no available HLA-matched sibling or matched unrelated donor. In an attempt to reduce GVHD and regimen-related toxicity while maintaining adequate engraftment, we plan to infuse a highly purified stem cell graft. The Miltenyi Biotec CliniMACS CD3 depletion system will be used to derive a defined allogeneic graft highly enriched for CD34+ hematopoietic cells and depleted of CD3+ T-lymphocytes from G-CSF mobilized, donor-derived peripheral blood stem cells.

Patients 21 years of age and younger with refractory cytopenias are also eligible for this protocol as there are no other potentially curative therapies currently available for these conditions.

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety of transplantation using a haploidentical donor product engineered to targeted cell counts using the investigational CliniMACS device for patients with refractory severe aplastic anemia (SAA) or refractory cytopenias. The treatment plan would be considered unsafe if we can find this type of procedure is associated with a significantly higher treatment failure rate. Treatment failure is defined as any occurrence of the following events, overall grade III-IV acute GVHD, graft failure or death due to any cause within 100 days after transplant.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

Secondary objectives for this protocol include the following:

  • To observe the degree of hematopoietic chimerism in T-cells during the first year posttransplant.
  • To observe the relative proportions of donor/host T-regulatory cells during the first year posttransplant.
  • To monitor rates of acute and chronic GVHD during the first year posttransplant.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

4

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

    • Tennessee
      • Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38105
        • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

No older than 21 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • One of the following diagnoses:
  • Refractory severe aplastic anemia
  • Refractory Kostmann syndrome
  • Refractory Diamond-Blackfan anemia
  • Refractory amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia
  • Absence of a suitable HLA-matched sibling donor and absence of a 10/10 allele matched unrelated donor.
  • Life expectancy of greater than six weeks as per the judgment of the principal investigator.
  • Karnofsky or Lansky Performance Status score of greater than or equal to 70%.
  • Creatinine clearance is greater than or equal to 40 cc/min/1.73 m2.
  • FVC greater than or equal to 40% of predicted or pulse oximetry greater than or equal to 92% on room air.
  • Does not have a known allergy to murine products.

Exclusion criteria:

  • Ejection fraction or shortening fraction below the lower limit of normal for age.
  • Lactating (female patient).
  • Pregnant or lactating
  • Diagnosis of Fanconi Anemia.
  • Positive HLA crossmatch with donor

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: 1
Participants will receive a reduced intensity conditioning regimen consisting of fludarabine, thiotepa, melphalan, and OKT3 followed by an infusion of haploidentical stem cells. Rituximab will be administered within 24 hours of the infusion in an effort to prevent posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder LPD. In addition to T-cell depletion of the donor product, participant will receive mycophenolate mofetil for prophylaxis of GVHD.
Other Names:
  • Allogeneic stem cell transplantation
  • Haploidentical stem cell transplant
  • T-cell depletion
  • Partially matched family member donor transplant
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplant

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Treatment Failures
Time Frame: 100 days post transplant
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety of HAPLO HSCT for patients with refractory severe aplastic anemia (SAA) or refractory cytopenias. The treatment plan would be considered unsafe if we can demonstrate that it is associated with a significantly higher treatment failure rate. The treatment failure is defined as any occurrence of the following events, overall grade III-IV acute GVHD, graft failure or death due to any cause within 100 days post HSCT or after the last cellular product infusion, if required.
100 days post transplant

Collaborators and Investigators

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2005

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 1, 2008

Study Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 24, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 24, 2005

First Posted (Estimate)

October 25, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 30, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 24, 2017

Last Verified

February 1, 2009

More Information

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