Donor Mesenchymal Stem Cell Infusion in Treating Patients With Acute or Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease After Undergoing a Donor Stem Cell Transplant

November 4, 2010 updated by: Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Donor Mesenchymal Stem Cell Infusion for Treatment of Graft Versus Host Disease: A Phase I Trial

RATIONALE: Donor mesenchymal stem cell infusion may be an effective treatment for acute or chronic graft-versus-host disease caused by a donor stem cell transplant.

PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of donor mesenchymal stem cells in treating patients with acute or chronic graft-versus-host disease after undergoing a donor stem cell transplant.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the safety of donor mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) infusion in patients with acute or extensive chronic graft-vs-host disease (GVHD) after undergoing HLA-identical sibling donor stem cell transplant.

Secondary

  • Describe the rates of complete and partial resolution of GVHD when MSCs are used in addition to the standard GVHD therapy.
  • Determine inflammatory cytokine levels, lymphocyte subsets, and donor-reactive lymphocyte numbers in blood of patients with acute GVHD prior to therapy and at 7 and 14 days post-MSC therapy.
  • Determine if donor MSCs engraft in tissues inflamed by GVHD in patients who have undergone gender-mismatched transplantation.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter, dose-escalation study of donor mesenchymal stem cells (MSC).

Within 72 hours after the initiation of medical therapy (e.g., corticosteroids, cyclosporine) for graft-vs-host disease, patients undergo donor MSC infusion over 10-15 minutes.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of donor MSCs until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.

Blood samples are obtained periodically and examined by immunoenzyme techniques for mixed lymphocyte reaction (as a surrogate marker for alloreactivity) and cytokine levels (TH1 [i.e., interleukin (IL)-2 and interferon-gamma], TH2 [i.e., IL-10 and IL-4], and inflammatory cytokines [i.e., tumor necrosis factor-alpha and IL-1]). Tissue specimens are examined by CD45 immunohistochemistry and fluorescent in situ hybridization to detect hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic cells.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for 1 year.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 24 patients will be accrued for this study.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

49

Phase

  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Ohio
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44024
        • Geauga Regional Hospital
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44060
        • Lake/University Ireland Cancer Center
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106-5065
        • Ireland Cancer Center at University Hosptials Case Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44121
        • University Suburban Health Center
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44122
        • UHHS Chagrin Highlands Medical Center
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44130
        • Southwest General Health Center
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44145
        • UHHS Westlake Medical Center
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44708
        • Mercy Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Developed acute graft-vs-host disease (GVHD) of clinical grade II-IV or extensive chronic GVHD after undergoing HLA-identical sibling donor hematopoietic stem cell transplant for any indication, malignant or nonmalignant

    • Requires systemic immunosuppressive therapy with systemic corticosteroids (methylprednisone dose 2 mg/kg/day or equivalent) and concurrent cyclosporine or tacrolimus
  • May have been enrolled on an institutional allogeneic stem cell transplant protocol using either ablative or nonmyeloablative preparative regimens
  • No evidence of relapsed or progressive malignant disease at the time of GVHD

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Not pregnant
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 20 mL/min
  • Oxygen saturation ≥ 90% on room air
  • No severe or symptomatic restrictive or obstructive lung disease or respiratory failure requiring ventilator support
  • No uncontrolled hypertension or congestive heart failure, active angina pectoris requiring the use of nitrates, myocardial infarction within the past 6 months, or major ventricular arrhythmia or cardiac failure requiring active treatment
  • No significant organ dysfunction
  • No active severe infections, including sepsis, pneumonia with hypoxemia, persistent bacteremia, or meningitis

    • Fever without a source is allowed

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • See Disease Characteristics

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)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Safety
Time Frame: Monitored for 6 hours for infusion related toxicity. Temperature, blood pressure, pulse and O2 saturation will be measured at baseline and every 10 minutes x 2, every 30 minutes x 2, and every hour x 3.
Monitored for 6 hours for infusion related toxicity. Temperature, blood pressure, pulse and O2 saturation will be measured at baseline and every 10 minutes x 2, every 30 minutes x 2, and every hour x 3.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Complete and partial resolution of graft-vs-host disease (GVHD)
Time Frame: Patients will be evaluated for clinical signs and symptoms of GVHD weekly for up to 28 days.
Patients will be evaluated for clinical signs and symptoms of GVHD weekly for up to 28 days.
Cytokine levels, lymphocyte subsets, and donor-reactive lymphocyte numbers in patients with acute GVHD
Time Frame: Pre-transplant, at diagnosis, 7 and 14 days after MSC infusion
Pre-transplant, at diagnosis, 7 and 14 days after MSC infusion

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Hillard M. Lazarus, MD, Ireland Cancer Center at University Hosptials Case Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2004

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

November 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 3, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 3, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

August 7, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

November 5, 2010

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 4, 2010

Last Verified

November 1, 2010

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CWRU3Y03
  • P30CA043703 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • CASE-CWRU-3Y03 (Other Identifier: Case Comprehensive Cancer Center)

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