Tissue Repair in Stem Cell Transplant Recipients

July 31, 2012 updated by: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

RhG-CSF (Filgrastim) Treatment of Severe Epithelial/Endothelial or Solid Organ-Specific Tissue Damage In Stem Cell Transplant Recipients

Primary Objective:

1. To determine whether rhG-CSF treatment will increase the frequency of donor-derived cells contributing to repair of damaged epithelial/endothelial or solid organ-specific tissue caused by graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in patients who underwent sex-mismatched stem cell transplantation.

Secondary Objective:

1. To determine whether rhG-CSF treatment can alleviate GVHD-induced damage to epithelial/endothelial or solid organ-specific tissue.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

It has been found that cells circulating in the blood are capable of forming cells lining the oral cavity, skin cells, and/or cells of various organs. RhG-CSF is used to support cell recovery after stem cell transplantation and is commercially available.

Before treatment starts, participants will have at least one (and up to three) biopsy(ies) of damaged tissue performed to find out about the severity of tissue damage. A biopsy is taken with a large needle. Women able to have children must have a negative blood pregnancy test.

Participants in this study will receive rhG-CSF as an injection under the skin once a day over one week. This will be repeated every other week for a total of 4 weeks. Blood tests (about 2 teaspoons each) will be performed 3 times while at M. D. Anderson or once a week while outpatient to make sure that the white blood count stays in a safe range. Participants will have at least one (and up to three) biopsy(ies) again performed about 8 weeks after the start of rhG-CSF treatment. An additional biopsy at 3 months after the start rhG-CSF treatment will only be performed in case your regular treatment follow up requires it, and not for research purposes only.

Participants will be taken off study if severe side effects occur. The study will end after the last biopsy or biopsies are taken, about 3 months after the start of rhG-CSF treatment.

This is an investigational study. RhG-CSF is FDA approved and commercially available, though its use in this study is investigational. A maximum of 5 patients will be treated on this protocol. All will be enrolled at M. D. Anderson.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

2

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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

  • United States
    • Texas
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
        • U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer 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

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients who underwent allogeneic bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.
  2. Patients should have engrafted with WBC concentration >3000/ul. Patients should have acute GVHD overall > grade 2 or chronic GVHD.
  3. Patients with acute GVHD or chronic GVHD including patients refractory to steroid treatment.
  4. Donors and patients must be of different gender.
  5. Patients must sign an informed consent indicating that they are aware of the investigational nature of this study in keeping with the policies of the hospital.
  6. The only acceptable consent form is the one attached at the end of this protocol.
  7. Patients agree to biopsy tissue areas unaffected by GVHD for only research purposes.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients who are allergic to rhG-CSF.
  2. Patients who had any prior allogeneic stem cell transplantation using a sex mismatched donor other than the donor used for the previous stem cell allotransplantation.

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: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Filgrastim Injections
Drug: Filgrastim
5 mg/kg ID Once Daily x 1 Week
Other Names:
  • RhG-CSF

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of Donor Derived Cells After G-CSF Therapy
Time Frame: Baseline + 8 Weeks post transplant
In each patient, the number of donor derived (dd) cells in solid organ tissue specimens measured by biopsy of relevant tissue at initiation of rhG-CSF treatment (baseline) and at eight weeks post allogeneic transplant.
Baseline + 8 Weeks post transplant

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Collaborators

Amgen

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Martin J. Korbling, MD, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

February 1, 2003

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2008

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2008

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 12, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 13, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

July 16, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 7, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 31, 2012

Last Verified

July 1, 2012

More Information

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Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • ID02-300

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