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Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol SpecificPhase 1NCT00436761

Busulfan, Melphalan, and Antithymocyte Globulin Followed By Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant in Treating Young Patients With Refractory or Relapsed Malignant Solid Tumors

A Phase 1 study testing anti-thymocyte globulin, graft-versus-tumor induction therapy and sargramostim in people with Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific, run by Milton S. Hershey Medical Center at 1 site in United States.

Unknown status

Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Giving chemotherapy before a donor umbilical cord blood stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of tumor cells. It also helps stop the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells when they do not exactly match the patient's blood. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages Up to 21 years
What is being tested?
anti-thymocyte globulin, graft-versus-tumor induction therapy and sargramostim
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
20 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
May 2004to not given
Phase
Phase 1
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 21 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Diagnosis of malignant solid tumor
  • Relapsed or refractory disease
  • No isolated local recurrence of disease (in the site of the primary tumor) > 1 year after completing therapy
  • No brain tumors or brain metastases
  • Unrelated cord blood donor available
  • May be HLA 6/6 matched (HLA-A, -B, -DR) OR mismatched for 1, 2, or 3 of these HLA loci, but must be mismatched for HLA-C group as indicated by their following killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) group specificity:
  • KIR2DL1
  • Cw 2
  • Cw 0307
  • Cw 4, 5, 6
  • Cw 0707, 0709
  • Cw 1204, 1205
  • All other Cw 15 alleles
  • Cw 1602
  • Cw 17
  • Cw 18
  • KIR2DL2
  • Cw 1
  • All other Cw 3 alleles
  • All other Cw 7 alleles
  • Cw 8
  • Cw 1202, 1203, 1206
  • Cw 1301
  • Cw 1402, 1403
  • Cw 1507
  • Cw 1601, 1604
  • Cord blood specimen must have ≥ 1 x 10^7 nucleated cells/kg patient ideal body weight

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • ECOG performance status (PS) 0-2 OR Lansky PS 70-100%
  • Cardiac ejection fraction ≥ 50%
  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 50%
  • Bilirubin ≤ 3.0 mg/dL
  • DLCO ≥ 70% OR O_2 saturation ≥ 95% on room air

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • Prior autologous stem cell transplantation allowed

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Penn State Cancer Institute at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033-0850

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About this study

Official title: A Phase I Study to Examine the Toxicity of Killer IG-Like Receptor (KIR) Mismatched Umbilical Cord Blood for Pediatric Patients With Malignant Solid Tumors

RATIONALE: Giving chemotherapy before a donor umbilical cord blood stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of tumor cells. It also helps stop the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells when they do not exactly match the patient's blood. The donated stem cells may replace the patient's immune cells and help destroy any remaining tumor cells (graft-versus-tumor effect). Sometimes the transplanted cells from a donor can also make an immune response against the body's normal cells. Giving cyclosporine and methylprednisolone after the transplant may stop this from happening.

PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects of busulfan, melphalan, and antithymocyte globulin followed by umbilical cord blood transplant in treating young patients with refractory or relapsed malignant solid tumors.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Examine the impact of the use of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR)-mismatched umbilical cord blood as a source of hematopoietic stem cells, after busulfan, melphalan, and anti-thymocyte globulin in pediatric patients with relapsed or refractory solid tumors.
  • Determine the toxicity of this regimen, in terms of incidence of grade 3-4 acute graft-versus-host disease, donor/host chimerism, and cellular immunity against tumor cell lines, in these patients.

OUTLINE:

  • Transplantation: Patients receive busulfan orally or IV every 6 hours on days -8 to -5, anti-thymocyte globulin IV over 6 hours on days -4 to -1, and melphalan IV over 15-20 minutes on days -4 to -2. Patients undergo allogeneic umbilical cord blood stem cell infusion on day 0. Patients receive sargramostim (GM-CSF) subcutaneously beginning on day 7 and continuing until blood counts recover.
  • Graft-vs-host disease prophylaxis: Patients receive cyclosporine IV over 1 hour or orally twice daily on days -1 to 180 and methylprednisolone IV or orally once or twice daily on days 5 - 49.

Blood samples are collected periodically for immunophenotyping and flow cytometric analysis (including interferon gamma and other TH1 and TH2 cytokines).

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 20 patients will be accrued for this study.

Being tested
anti-thymocyte globulin, graft-versus-tumor induction therapy, sargramostim, busulfan, cyclosporine
Keywords
unspecified childhood solid tumor, protocol specific

What participants receive

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

  • anti-thymocyte globulinBiological

  • graft-versus-tumor induction therapyBiological

  • sargramostimBiological

  • busulfanDrug

  • cyclosporineDrug

  • melphalanDrug

  • methylprednisoloneDrug

  • flow cytometryOther

  • immunologic techniqueOther

  • laboratory biomarker analysisOther

  • allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantationProcedure or surgery

  • umbilical cord blood transplantationProcedure or surgery

What is being measured

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

  1. Safety

  2. Incidence of graft-versus-host disease

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Donor/host chimerism status

  2. Immune function post-transplant

Timeline

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

  1. First posted19 Feb 2007 (estimated)
  2. Study startMay 2004

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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 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
20 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00436761
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000529361
Other IDs
PSCI-18589
Status last verified
Jun 2007
First submitted
15 Feb 2007
Last updated
18 Dec 2013
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing anti-thymocyte globulin, graft-versus-tumor induction therapy and sargramostim in people with Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific, run by Milton S. Hershey Medical 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 18 Dec 2013. 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 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

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

Are results available for this study?

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?

Safety. The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 Dec 2013.

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