Efficacy Study of T Cell Depleted Allogeneic Non-myeloablative Stem Cell Transplant

Efficacy Study of T Cell Depleted Allogeneic Non-myeloablative Stem Cell Transplantation

The central hypothesis of this study is that use of a less toxic chemotherapy preparative regimen for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in combination with T cell depletion with alemtuzumab for patients with high risk hematologic malignancies will allow effective control of disease and improved disease free and overall survival compared with historical expectations. Specifically, the objectives are to estimate toxicity, disease free, progression free, event free, and overall survival rates in patients treated with alemtuzumab T cell depleted, reduced intensity preparative regimen followed by allogeneic hematopoietic transplantation; evaluate immune recovery following this reduced intensity allogeneic immunotherapy; develop an in vitro assay to allow patient individualized targeted dosing.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Leukemia; Myelodysplasia; Myeloma; Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma; Hodgkin's Disease
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Non-myeloablative Stem Cell Transplantation

Detailed Description

The central hypothesis of this study is that use of a less toxic chemotherapy preparative regimen for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in combination with T cell depletion with alemtuzumab for patients with high risk hematologic malignancies will allow effective control of disease and improved disease free and overall survival compared with historical expectations. Specifically, the objectives are to estimate toxicity, disease free, progression free, event free and overall survival rates in patients treated with an alemtuzumab T cell depleted, reduced intensity preparative regimen followed by allogeneic hematopoietic transplantation; evaluate immune recovery following this reduced intensity allogeneic immunotherapy; develop an in vitro assay to allow patient individualized targeted dosing. The study population is HIV negative, adult patients who are not pregnant but have confirmed diagnosis of disease; must have Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) performance status (PS) 0, 1, or 2; must have a 3-6/6 human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched related donor or 8/8 (A, B, C, DRB1, DQ are the primary determinants) or better HLA-matched unrelated donor who is evaluated and deemed able to provide peripheral blood stem cells (PBPCs) and/or marrow by the transplant team. The target population of patients is those with a high chance of progressive lymphoid or myelomatous diseases, progressive myeloid diseases, marrow failure syndromes or myeloproliferative disorders.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 264
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • North Carolina
    • Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
      • Duke University Health System

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Recipient Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects must have their diagnosis confirmed at the transplant center.
• Performance status must be Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) = 0, 1, or 2.
• Subjects must have a 3-6/6 human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched related donor or 8/8 or better allele level match matched unrelated donor (MUD) (at A,B, C, DRB1, DQ).
• HIV negative.
• Women of child bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 1 week of starting therapy.
• Subjects > or equal to 18 years of age are eligible.
• Subjects must have a Multi Gated Acquisition Scan (MUGA) and/or Echocardiography (ECHO) or cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) and or diffusing capacity testing of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) performed before transplant.

• Specific populations:

  • Group A) Subjects with a high chance of progressive lymphoid or myelomatous diseases.
  • Group B) Subjects with a high chance of progressive myeloid diseases, marrow failure syndromes or myeloproliferative disorders

Recipient Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant or lactating women.
• Subjects with other major medical or psychiatric illnesses which the treating physician feels could seriously compromise tolerance to this protocol.
• Subjects with uncontrolled, progressive infections.
• Subjects who are good candidates for long term disease control with standard chemotherapy or radiation or high dose therapy and autologous support.
• Subjects with active central nervous system (CNS) disease.

Donor Inclusion Criteria:

1. Donor must be capable of providing informed consent. If 14-17 years of age, a 'single patient exemption' from the local Institutional Review Board must be obtained.

2. Donor must not have any medical condition which would make mobilization or apheresis more than a minimal risk, and should have the following:

   1. Adequate cardiac function by history and physical examination. Those with a history of cardiac failure or infarction should be evaluated by a cardiologist prior to donation
   2. Adequate hematopoietic function with hematocrit ≥ 30%, white blood cell count of 3000, and platelets 100,000.
3. Females should not be pregnant or lactating and have a negative serum pregnancy test within 1 week of beginning mobilization if of child bearing potential.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Cohort A - Lymphoid Disease; Group A: Patients with a high chance of progressive lymphoid or myelomatous disease undergo Non-myeloablative Stem Cell Transplantation.	Drug: Non-myeloablative Stem Cell Transplantation; The preparative regimen is 4 days of daily fludarabine at 40 mg/m2/d infused over 30 minutes; melphalan 140 mg/m2/d for 1 day administered over 15 minutes; 4 days of Alemtuzumab at 20 mg/d in 250 ml of normal saline infused over 3 hours. Group B's prep regimen will begin on day -5 or day -4 and busulfan 130mg/m2/d for 2 days over 3 hours. The peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs) will be infused over 2-4 days. Patient evaluations will occur 2 times per week by physical exam for toxicity through day 45.; Other Names: Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant
EXPERIMENTAL: Cohort B - Myeloid Disease; Group B: Patients with a high chance of progressive myeloid diseases, marrow failure syndromes or myeloproliferative disorders undergo Non-myeloablative Stem Cell Transplantation.	Drug: Non-myeloablative Stem Cell Transplantation; The preparative regimen is 4 days of daily fludarabine at 40 mg/m2/d infused over 30 minutes; melphalan 140 mg/m2/d for 1 day administered over 15 minutes; 4 days of Alemtuzumab at 20 mg/d in 250 ml of normal saline infused over 3 hours. Group B's prep regimen will begin on day -5 or day -4 and busulfan 130mg/m2/d for 2 days over 3 hours. The peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs) will be infused over 2-4 days. Patient evaluations will occur 2 times per week by physical exam for toxicity through day 45.; Other Names: Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant
NO_INTERVENTION: Donor; Donor priming and apheresis will include filgrastim 8 mcg/kg subcutaneously twice daily for 4 days prior to stem cell collection and continuing until pheresis is completed. Alternative mobilization strategies may be employed at the investigator's discretion.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Disease Free Survival	Estimate disease free survival rates in participants treated with an alemtuzumab T cell depleted, reduced intensity preparative regimen followed by allogeneic hematopoietic transplantation. Disease-free survival (DFS), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS) rates after SCT were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. We performed univariate comparisons by using the log-rank test. DFS was defined as the period of time between the day of transplantation and either disease relapse or death due to the disease. The following variables were considered as confounders: recipient age, recipient sex, disease (myeloid or lymphoid), disease risk (standard or high), and donor type (MRD, MUD, or HAPLO donor). The percentage of participants who were disease free at 2 years is reported by donor type.	2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Immune Recovery	Evaluate immune recovery following this reduced intensity allogeneic immunotherapy. Quantification of CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+ T cells was performed by flow cytometry on fresh peripheral blood at approximately 1 month before transplantation and then 1.5, 3, 6, and 12 months after transplantation. The immune recovery rates of the CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+ T cells in the MRD, MUD, and HAPLO groups were compared by performing an analysis of variance at each time point after transplantation. The median T cell counts at 12 months for each type of cell are reported by donor type.	1 year
Progression Free Survival	Progression-free survival (PFS) rates after stem cell transplant were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. We performed univariate comparisons by using the log-rank test. PFS was defined as the period of time between the day of transplantation and either the day underlying disease progression was documented or death occurred by any cause. The following variables were considered as confounders: recipient age, recipient sex, disease (myeloid or lymphoid), disease risk (standard or high), and donor type (MRD, MUD, or HAPLO donor). The percentage of participants progression free at 2 years is reported by donor type. Progression = > 25% increase of serum M-protein and/or urine M-protein. Also, an absolute increase in bone marrow plasma cells > 10%, new bone lesions or soft tissue plasmacytomas or increase in the size of existing bone lesions or soft tissue plasmacytomas or development of hypercalcemia that can be attributed solely to the plasma cell proliferative disorder.	2 years
Overall Survival	Estimate overall survival rates in participants treated with an alemtuzumab T cell depleted, reduced intensity preparative regimen followed by allogeneic hematopoietic transplantation. Disease-free survival (DFS), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS) rates after SCT were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. We performed univariate comparisons by using the log-rank test. OS was defined as the period of time between the day of transplantation and death. The following variables were considered as confounders: recipient age, recipient sex, disease (myeloid or lymphoid), disease risk (standard or high), and donor type (MRD, MUD, or HAPLO donor). The percentage of participants surviving 2 years by donor type is reported.	2 years
Graft Failure	Estimate toxicity including graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in participants treated with an alemtuzumab T cell depleted, reduced intensity preparative regimen followed by allogeneic hematopoietic transplantation. Bone marrow aspiration and/or biopsy were performed 3-5 weeks after transplant to assess donor-cell engraftment. Primary Graft Failure was defined as a neutrophil count below 500/μL or the absence of donor-derived hematopoiesis (<5%donor cells) before relapse, death, or re-transplantation. Secondary Graft Failure was defined as the achievement of primary engraftment and a subsequent decrease in neutrophils to 3 consecutive counts of less than 100/μL or the absence of donor-derived hematopoiesis (<5% donor cells) before relapse, death, or re-transplantation.	180 days

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Graft Versus Host Disease	Estimate toxicity including graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in participants treated with an alemtuzumab T cell depleted, reduced intensity preparative regimen followed by allogeneic hematopoietic transplantation. Bone marrow aspiration and/or biopsy were performed 3-5 weeks after transplant to assess donor-cell engraftment. Acute or chronic GVHD was diagnosed and graded according to standard criteria. Toxicity was formally graded using the National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria version 3.0.	180 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: David Rizzieri, MD

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Kanda J, Long GD, Gasparetto C, Horwitz ME, Sullivan KM, Chute JP, Morris A, Shafique M, Li Z, Chao NJ, Rizzieri DA. Reduced-intensity allogeneic transplantation using alemtuzumab from HLA-matched related, unrelated, or haploidentical related donors for patients with hematologic malignancies. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2014 Feb;20(2):257-63. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2013.11.010. Epub 2013 Nov 20.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: February 1, 2008
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): July 1, 2013
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): November 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 14, 2008
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 14, 2008
• First Posted (ESTIMATE): January 18, 2008

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE): June 2, 2014
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 2, 2014
• Last Verified: February 1, 2014

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Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Stem Cell Transplantation, Non-myeloablative
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Immune System Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Lymphatic Diseases; Immunoproliferative Disorders; Bone Marrow Diseases; Hematologic Diseases; Precancerous Conditions; Lymphoma; Myelodysplastic Syndromes; Hodgkin Disease; Preleukemia
• Other Study ID Numbers: Pro00003567