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Graft vs Host DiseasePhase 2/3NCT00117702

Prevention of the Graft-Versus-Host-Disease in Patients After Stem Cell Transplantation With Tacrolimus and Everolimus

A Phase 2/3 study testing Tacrolimus and Everolimus in people with Graft vs Host Disease, run by Technische Universität Dresden at 1 site in Germany.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this pilot study is to provide preliminary data about the efficacy and the safety of the combination of tacrolimus with everolimus in the prophylaxis of the graft-versus-host-disease (GvHD) in patients after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 70 years
Conditions the study is for
Graft vs Host Disease
What is being tested?
Tacrolimus and Everolimus
How many people
24 participants
Where
1 siteGermany
Study dates
Oct 2005to May 2008
Phase
Phase 2/3
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 18 to 70 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Male and female patients between 18 and 70 years of age
  • Planned allogeneic stem cell transplantation either from a related or an unrelated donor
  • Written informed consent

Who cannot join

  • Previous stem cell transplantation
  • Use of antibody Campath (anti CD-52) or ATG during the conditioning
  • In vitro T-cell depleted graft
  • Known hypersensitivity to everolimus or other constituents of the study medication
  • Symptomatic infectious disease
  • Hepatic disease (ASAT > 2 x ULN)
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  • Renal insufficiency (creatinine > 2 x ULN)
  • HIV infection
  • Life expectancy < 3 months
  • Severe lung disease (FEV1 < 50% of the normal value)
  • Severe psychiatric disorder
  • Subjects unlikely to comply with the requirements of the protocol
  • Known or current alcohol, medication or drug abuse
  • Pregnancy or lactation
  • Women of child-bearing potential without reliable contraception unless they meet the following criteria: postmenopausal (12 months of natural amenorrhea);postoperation status (6 weeks after surgical bilateral oophorectomy with or without hysterectomy);use of highly effective birth control method (defined as one which results in a low failure rate i.e. less than 1% per year when used consistently and correctly such as implants, injectables, combined oral contraceptives, IUDs, sexual abstinence or vasectomized partner)
  • Men that do not use one of the following methods for prevention of conception:sexual abstinence; condom; vasectomy
  • Participation of the subject in another clinical trial within the last 4 weeks

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Germany1 site

  • Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus

    Dresden, 01307

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About this study

Official title: Prophylaxis of the Graft-Versus-Host-Disease in Patients After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation With a Combination of Tacrolimus and Everolimus

The purpose of this pilot study is to provide preliminary data about the efficacy and the safety of the combination of tacrolimus with everolimus in the prophylaxis of the graft-versus-host-disease (GvHD) in patients after allogeneic stem cell transplantation.

Read the detailed description

The allogeneic stem cell transplantation is a successful therapeutic approach in the treatment of a number of hematologic diseases. Nevertheless, it is associated with substantial risks and complications. A major life-threatening complication that occurs in the post transplantation period is the graft versus host disease, especially its severe forms (Grade III and Grade IV). For this reason, a combined immunosuppressive therapy is standard in patients after a stem cell transplantation. In this regard, the combination between cyclosporin A and methotrexate in the prevention of GvHD has been particularly successful. However, the incidence rate of GvHD and consequent mortality are still fairly high. Besides, the therapy itself is accompanied by serious side effects. Therefore, there is a need for a more efficient, less toxic, combined immunosuppressive therapy. The purpose of this pilot study is to test a new combination of immunosuppressives (tacrolimus and everolimus) for the prevention of GvHD after an allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Tacrolimus is a macrolide immunosuppressant that acts as a calcineurin inhibitor, thereby preventing the activation and proliferation of the T-lymphocytes. Everolimus is a semisynthetic macrocyclic lactone that inhibits the activity of a key protein involved in the regulation of the cell cycle, the so called m-TOR protein. Both medicaments act complementary and potently inhibit the proliferation of immune cells. Previous studies have shown that the combination of tacrolimus with everolimus decreases significantly the rejection rate after solid organ transplantation and this combination is generally well tolerated.

This study is designed as a prospective, single-center, non-randomized, open-label non-controlled pilot study. Study related visits are scheduled to take place at regular time intervals and the patients will be followed up to one year after the stem cell transplantation. The study is designed and will be conducted in accordance with the ICH-GCP guidelines and the respective national and international laws.

Being tested
Tacrolimus, Everolimus
Keywords
GvHD, Tacrolimus, Everolimus, Stem cell transplantation
Medical subject headings
Graft vs Host Disease

What participants receive

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

What is being measured

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

  1. Incidence of acute GvHD grade III and IV within the first 100 days after the stem cell transplantation

    Measured: first 100 days

Secondary outcomes (5)

  1. Safety (evaluated after Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events [CTCAE] v 3.0)

    Measured: within 100 days after Tx

  2. Hypersensitivity reactions

    Measured: within 56 days after Tx

  3. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

    Measured: within 56 days after Tx

  4. Hyperlipidemia

    Measured: within 56 days after Tx

  5. Total and relapse-free survival rate one year after the stem cell transplantation

Timeline

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

  1. First posted8 Jul 2005 (estimated)
  2. Study startOct 2005
  3. Primary completionMay 2008
  4. Study completionMay 2008

Why it stopped: safety reasons

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 2/3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
24 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00117702
Sponsor's protocol ID
30
Other IDs
2005-000161-19 (EudraCT Nr.), 2005
Status last verified
Jun 2009
First submitted
30 Jun 2005
Last updated
18 Jun 2009
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Antin JH, Kim HT, Cutler C, Ho VT, Lee SJ, Miklos DB, Hochberg EP, Wu CJ, Alyea EP, Soiffer RJ. Sirolimus, tacrolimus, and low-dose methotrexate for graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis in mismatched related donor or unrelated donor transplantation. Blood. 2003 Sep 1;102(5):1601-5. doi: 10.1182/blood-2003-02-0489. Epub 2003 May 1.

    PubMed 12730113

  • Barten MJ, Streit F, Boeger M, Dhein S, Tarnok A, Shipkova M, Armstrong VW, Mohr FW, Oellerich M, Gummert JF. Synergistic effects of sirolimus with cyclosporine and tacrolimus: analysis of immunosuppression on lymphocyte proliferation and activation in rat whole blood. Transplantation. 2004 Apr 27;77(8):1154-62. doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0000120391.42712.e8.

    PubMed 15114077

  • Bornhauser M, Schuler U, Porksen G, Naumann R, Geissler G, Thiede C, Schwerdtfeger R, Ehninger G, Thiede HM. Mycophenolate mofetil and cyclosporine as graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis after allogeneic blood stem cell transplantation. Transplantation. 1999 Feb 27;67(4):499-504. doi: 10.1097/00007890-199902270-00001.

    PubMed 10071016

  • Cutler C, Kim HT, Hochberg E, Ho V, Alyea E, Lee SJ, Fisher DC, Miklos D, Levin J, Sonis S, Soiffer RJ, Antin JH. Sirolimus and tacrolimus without methotrexate as graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis after matched related donor peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2004 May;10(5):328-36. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2003.12.305.

    PubMed 15111932

  • Eisen HJ, Tuzcu EM, Dorent R, Kobashigawa J, Mancini D, Valantine-von Kaeppler HA, Starling RC, Sorensen K, Hummel M, Lind JM, Abeywickrama KH, Bernhardt P; RAD B253 Study Group. Everolimus for the prevention of allograft rejection and vasculopathy in cardiac-transplant recipients. N Engl J Med. 2003 Aug 28;349(9):847-58. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa022171.

    PubMed 12944570

  • Gratwohl A, Brand R, Apperley J, Biezen Av Av, Bandini G, Devergie A, Schattenberg A, Frassoni F, Guglielmi C, Iacobelli S, Michallet M, Kolb HJ, Ruutu T, Niederwieser D; Chronic Leukemia Working Party of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (CLWP-EBMT). Graft-versus-host disease and outcome in HLA-identical sibling transplantations for chronic myeloid leukemia. Blood. 2002 Dec 1;100(12):3877-86. doi: 10.1182/blood.V100.12.3877.

    PubMed 12433695

  • Hackstein H, Taner T, Zahorchak AF, Morelli AE, Logar AJ, Gessner A, Thomson AW. Rapamycin inhibits IL-4--induced dendritic cell maturation in vitro and dendritic cell mobilization and function in vivo. Blood. 2003 Jun 1;101(11):4457-63. doi: 10.1182/blood-2002-11-3370. Epub 2003 Jan 16.

    PubMed 12531798

  • Hoyer PF, Ettenger R, Kovarik JM, Webb NJ, Lemire J, Mentser M, Mahan J, Loirat C, Niaudet P, VanDamme-Lombaerts R, Offner G, Wehr S, Moeller V, Mayer H; Everolimus Pediatric Study Group. Everolimus in pediatric de nova renal transplant patients. Transplantation. 2003 Jun 27;75(12):2082-5. doi: 10.1097/01.TP.0000070139.63068.54.

    PubMed 12829916

  • Kovarik JM. Everolimus: a proliferation signal inhibitor targeting primary causes of allograft dysfunction. Drugs Today (Barc). 2004 Feb;40(2):101-9. doi: 10.1358/dot.2004.40.2.799422.

    PubMed 15045032

  • Kovarik JM, Kaplan B, Silva HT, Kahan BD, Dantal J, McMahon L, Berthier S, Hsu CH, Rordorf C. Pharmacokinetics of an everolimus-cyclosporine immunosuppressive regimen over the first 6 months after kidney transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2003 May;3(5):606-13. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2003.00107.x.

    PubMed 12752317

  • MacDonald AS. Rapamycin in combination with cyclosporine or tacrolimus in liver, pancreas, and kidney transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2003 May;35(3 Suppl):201S-208S. doi: 10.1016/s0041-1345(03)00231-8.

    PubMed 12742497

  • Monti P, Mercalli A, Leone BE, Valerio DC, Allavena P, Piemonti L. Rapamycin impairs antigen uptake of human dendritic cells. Transplantation. 2003 Jan 15;75(1):137-45. doi: 10.1097/00007890-200301150-00025.

    PubMed 12544886

  • Nash RA, Antin JH, Karanes C, Fay JW, Avalos BR, Yeager AM, Przepiorka D, Davies S, Petersen FB, Bartels P, Buell D, Fitzsimmons W, Anasetti C, Storb R, Ratanatharathorn V. Phase 3 study comparing methotrexate and tacrolimus with methotrexate and cyclosporine for prophylaxis of acute graft-versus-host disease after marrow transplantation from unrelated donors. Blood. 2000 Sep 15;96(6):2062-8.

    PubMed 10979948

  • Panwalkar A, Verstovsek S, Giles FJ. Mammalian target of rapamycin inhibition as therapy for hematologic malignancies. Cancer. 2004 Feb 15;100(4):657-66. doi: 10.1002/cncr.20026.

    PubMed 14770419

  • Qi S, Xu D, Peng J, Vu MD, Wu J, Bekersky I, Fitzsimmons WE, Peets J, Sehgal S, Daloze P, Chen H. Effect of tacrolimus (FK506) and sirolimus (rapamycin) mono- and combination therapy in prolongation of renal allograft survival in the monkey. Transplantation. 2000 Apr 15;69(7):1275-83. doi: 10.1097/00007890-200004150-00012.

    PubMed 10798741

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2/3 study testing Tacrolimus and Everolimus in people with Graft vs Host Disease, run by Technische Universität Dresden at 1 site in Germany.

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

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 17 exclusion criteria. 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 18 Jun 2009. 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 Germany. 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 combined 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.

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

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 was stopped early (reason given: safety reasons). Results are not available in the source record.

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?

Incidence of acute GvHD grade III and IV within the first 100 days after the stem cell transplantation (time frame: first 100 days). 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 NCT00117702, which also lists 21 linked publications.

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 18 Jun 2009.

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