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LeukemiaPhase 2NCT00003336

Pilot Study Of Unrelated UCB Transplant for Non-Malignant Hematologic Conditions

A Phase 2 study testing anti-thymocyte globulin, busulfan and cyclophosphamide in people with Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes, run by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Umbilical cord blood transplantation may allow doctors to give higher doses of chemotherapy or radiation therapy and kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well umbilical cord blood transplantation works in treating patients with severe aplastic anemia, malignant thymoma, or… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages Up to 55 years
What is being tested?
anti-thymocyte globulin, busulfan and cyclophosphamide
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
6 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jan 1998to Feb 2006
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages Up to 55 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed diagnosis of severe aplastic anemia based on bone marrow cellularity of less than 20%
  • Must meet at least two of the following criteria:
  • Granulocyte count less than 500/mm^3
  • Platelet count less than 20,000/mm^3
  • Reticulocyte count less than 50,000/mm^3
  • Following etiologies eligible:
  • Fanconi's anemia
  • Hypoplastic leukemia
  • Monosomy 7
  • Drug exposure (chloramphenicol, NSAIDS)
  • Viral exposure (EBV, hepatitis, parvovirus, HIV)
  • Nutritional deficiencies
  • Thymoma
  • Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
  • Amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia OR
  • Histologically confirmed myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) that is refractory to medical management or with cytogenic abnormalities predictive of transformation into acute leukemia, including 5q-, 7q-, monosomy 7, or trisomy 8
  • The following etiologies only are eligible:
  • Refractory anemia
  • Refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts
  • De novo primary MDS
  • Therapy-related secondary MDS OR
  • Confirmed diagnosis of inherited hematopoietic disorder that is refractory to medical management
  • Following etiologies eligible:
  • Severe combined immunodeficiency
  • Familial erythrophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
  • Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
  • Kostmann's syndrome (infantile histiocytosis)
  • Chronic granulomatous disease
  • Leukocytic adhesion deficiency
  • Chediak-Higashi syndrome
  • Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
  • Fanconi's anemia
  • Dyskeratosis congenita
  • Diamond-Blackfan anemia
  • Amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia
  • Osteopetrosis
  • Gaucher's disease
  • Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
  • Mucopolysaccharidoses
  • Lipodoses
  • Autologous or haploidentical related peripheral blood stem cells available as backup
  • Serologically matched umbilical cord blood unit available in the New York Blood Center's Placental Blood Project, or other acceptable umbilical cord blood registry

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 55 and under

Performance status:

  • Zubrod 0-1
  • Karnofsky 80-100%

Life expectancy:

  • At least 3 months

Hematopoietic:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Hepatic:

  • ALT/AST no greater than 4 times normal
  • Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL
  • Creatinine clearance at least 50 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

  • Normal cardiac function by echocardiogram or radionuclide scan
  • Shortening fraction or ejection fraction at least 80% normal for age
  • Non-Fanconi patients with acquired or congenital cardiomyopathy may receive melphalan as a substitute for cyclophosphamide

Pulmonary:

  • FVC and FEV_1 at least 60% of predicted for age
  • DLCO at least 60% of predicted in adult patients

Other:

  • No active concurrent malignancy
  • No active infection
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • HIV negative
  • Must have an available serologic matched Umbilical Cord Blood Unit (UCBU) in the New York Blood Center's Placental Blood Project, or other acceptable Umbilical Cord Blood (UCB) registry

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • No concurrent cytotoxic chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

  • No concurrent immunosuppressive medications

Radiotherapy:

  • No concurrent radiotherapy

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106-7284

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About this study

Official title: A Pilot Study of Unrelated Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation in Patients With Severe Aplastic Anemia, Inborn Errors in Metabolism, or Inherited Hematologic Stem Cell Disorders

RATIONALE: Umbilical cord blood transplantation may allow doctors to give higher doses of chemotherapy or radiation therapy and kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well umbilical cord blood transplantation works in treating patients with severe aplastic anemia, malignant thymoma, or myelodysplasia.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the rates of durable engraftment in patients with severe aplastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, inborn errors of metabolism, or inherited hematopoietic disorders, refractory to medical management, who are undergoing high-dose chemoradiotherapy followed by unrelated cord blood (UCB) transplantation.
  • Evaluate the rate and quality of immunologic reconstitution in this patient population.

OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to weight (under 45 kg vs over 45 kg).

Patients receive high-dose chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy as a conditioning regimen beginning 6-9 days before the umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT). The regimen varies according to the underlying cause of the anemia, but could include busulfan, cyclophosphamide or melphalan, anti-thymocyte globulin or methylprednisolone, and/or radiation therapy. One day after the conditioning regimen is completed, patients receive the UCBT.

Patients are followed weekly for 3 months, at 6 months, then every 6 months for 2.5 years, then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 4-90 patients will be accrued for this study within 5 years.

Being tested
anti-thymocyte globulin, busulfan, cyclophosphamide, melphalan, methylprednisolone
Keywords
refractory anemia, refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts, de novo myelodysplastic syndromes, previously treated myelodysplastic syndromes, secondary myelodysplastic syndromes, atypical chronic myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative disease, unclassifiable, childhood myelodysplastic syndromes
Medical subject headings
Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Myelodysplastic-Myeloproliferative Diseases, Anemia, Refractory, Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic, Atypical, BCR-ABL Negative, Myeloproliferative Disorders

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • anti-thymocyte globulinBiological

    The regimen varies according to the underlying cause of the anemia.Patients receive high-dose chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy as a conditioning regimen beginning 6-9 days before the umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT).

  • busulfanDrug

    The regimen varies according to the underlying cause of the anemia.Patients receive high-dose chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy as a conditioning regimen beginning 6-9 days before the umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT).

  • cyclophosphamideDrug

    The regimen varies according to the underlying cause of the anemia.Patients receive high-dose chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy as a conditioning regimen beginning 6-9 days before the umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT).

  • melphalanDrug

    The regimen varies according to the underlying cause of the anemia.Patients receive high-dose chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy as a conditioning regimen beginning 6-9 days before the umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT).

  • methylprednisoloneDrug

    The regimen varies according to the underlying cause of the anemia.Patients receive high-dose chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy as a conditioning regimen beginning 6-9 days before the umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT).

  • bone marrow ablation with stem cell supportProcedure or surgery

  • umbilical cord blood transplantationProcedure or surgery

    One day after the conditioning regimen is completed, patients receive the UCBT.

  • radiation therapyRadiation

    The regimen varies according to the underlying cause of the anemia.Patients receive high-dose chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy as a conditioning regimen beginning 6-9 days before the umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT).

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Event-free survival by disease assessment

    Measured: at 100 days and at 6, 9, 12, 18, and 24 months

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Umbilical cord blood donor engraftment by chimerism and complete blood count (CBC) at time of myeloid recovery.

    Measured: 100 days and at 6, 9, 12, 18, and 24 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 1998
  3. Primary completionDec 2005
  4. Study completionFeb 2006

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
6 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00003336
Sponsor's protocol ID
CWRU5Y97
Other IDs
P30CA043703, CASE-CWRU-5Y97, NCI-G98-1431, CASE-5Y97
Status last verified
Jun 2010
First submitted
1 Nov 1999
Last updated
11 Jun 2010
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Laughlin MJ, Barker J, Bambach B, Koc ON, Rizzieri DA, Wagner JE, Gerson SL, Lazarus HM, Cairo M, Stevens CE, Rubinstein P, Kurtzberg J. Hematopoietic engraftment and survival in adult recipients of umbilical-cord blood from unrelated donors. N Engl J Med. 2001 Jun 14;344(24):1815-22. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200106143442402.

    PubMed 11407342

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing anti-thymocyte globulin, busulfan and cyclophosphamide in people with Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes, run by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Jun 2010. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Event-free survival by disease assessment (time frame: at 100 days and at 6, 9, 12, 18, and 24 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00003336, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 11 Jun 2010.

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