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Stem Cell TransplantationPhase 1/2NCT00822770

Plerixafor and Granulocyte Colony-stimulating Factor (G-CSF) With Busulfan, Fludarabine and Thymoglobulin

A Phase 1/2 study testing Plerixafor, Filgrastim and Fludarabine in people with Stem Cell Transplantation and Leukemia, run by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Completed

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

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Trial summary

The goal of this clinical research study is to learn about the safety of AMD3100 (plerixafor) and G-CSF (filgrastim) in combination with fludarabine, busulfan, and an allogeneic blood stem cell transplant. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 65 years
Conditions the study is for
Stem Cell Transplantation, Leukemia
What is being tested?
Plerixafor, Filgrastim and Fludarabine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
47 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jan 2009to Oct 2012
Phase
Phase 1/2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

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 65 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients age >/=18 to </= 65 years.
  • Diagnosis of AML in first or greater remission, first or subsequent relapse, or primary induction failure; MDS with intermediate or high risk International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) score having failed to respond or recurred after chemotherapy; in remission or having active disease after treatment; AML arising from MDS; or CML which has failed to respond to imatinib or other tyrosine kinase inhibitor and has had >5% blasts in the blood or bone marrow. Patients receiving second transplants after relapse are considered in the relapse group.
  • White Blood Count (CBC) </= 20 * 10^9/l.
  • Patients should have a histocompatible, related or unrelated volunteer donor available. A histocompatible donor is defined as HLA matched related donor or an unrelated donor matched for HLA- A, B, C, and DR antigens by high-resolution DNA techniques.
  • Zubrod performance status 0 or 1, or Karnofsky performance status 90-100%.
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction >/= 45 %. No uncontrolled arrhythmias or uncontrolled symptomatic cardiac disease.
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  • No symptomatic pulmonary disease. Forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC) and diffusion capacity of carbon monoxide (DLCO) >/= 50 % of expected, corrected for hemoglobin.
  • Serum creatinine </=1.5 mg/dl.
  • Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) </= 200 IU/ml unless related to the malignancy.
  • Total serum bilirubin </=1.5 mg/dl (unless Gilbert's syndrome) and alkaline phosphatase </=2.5 times laboratory standard upper limit of normal (ULN).
  • Patient or patient's legal representative able to sign informed consent.

Who cannot join

  • History of HIV positive.
  • Positive Beta human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) test in a woman with child bearing potential defined as not post-menopausal for 12 months or no previous surgical sterilization.
  • Pleural/pericardial effusion or ascites estimated >/= 1 liter.
  • Uncontrolled infection, not responding to appropriate antimicrobial agents after seven days of therapy.
  • History of acute hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis or cirrhosis.
  • Patients with class 3 or 4 angina (New York Heart Association (NYHA) criteria).

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030

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About this study

Official title: G-CSF and Plerixafor With Busulfan and Fludarabine for Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation for Myeloid Leukemias

The goal of this clinical research study is to learn about the safety of AMD3100 (plerixafor) and G-CSF (filgrastim) in combination with fludarabine, busulfan, and an allogeneic blood stem cell transplant. This treatment will be studied in patients with acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), or Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).

Read the detailed description

The Study Treatment:

Fludarabine is a chemotherapy drug that is designed to make cancer cells less able to repair damaged DNA (the genetic material of cells). This may increase the likelihood of the cells dying.

Busulfan is a chemotherapy drug that is designed to bind to DNA, which may cause cancer cells to die. It is commonly used in stem cell transplants.

Plerixafor and filgrastim are designed to cause cancer cells to move from the bone marrow into the blood stream. This may help to make the cancer cells more sensitive to being killed by the chemotherapy.

An "allogeneic" (from a donor) stem cell transplant is designed to help the recipient's body attack the cancer cells that may remain in the body after chemotherapy.

Study Groups and Plerixafor Dose Levels:

If you are found to be eligible to take part in this study, you will be assigned to a study group based on when you joined this study. Up to 4 groups of 3 participants will be enrolled in the Phase I portion of the study, and up to 48 participants will be enrolled in Phase II.

If you are enrolled in the Phase I portion, the dose of plerixafor you receive will depend on when you joined this study. The first group of participants will receive the lowest dose level of plerixafor. Each new group will receive a higher dose of plerixafor than the group before it, if no intolerable side effects were seen. This will continue until the highest tolerable dose of plerixafor is found.

If you are enrolled in Phase II, you will receive plerixafor at the highest dose that was tolerated in the Phase I portion.

In this study, plerixafor is the only study drug where different dose levels are being tested and compared.

Drug Administration Before the Transplant:

You will receive your first dose of filgrastim on Day -9. (Day -9 means 9 days before the stem cell transplant, which will occur on Day 0).

Filgrastim is injected under the skin once a day from Day -9 through Day -4. Plerixafor is injected under the skin once a day from Day -7 through Day -4. The plerixafor injections will occur 8 hours before the fludarabine and busulfan chemotherapy.

The fludarabine and busulfan will be given by vein through a central venous catheter (CVC). A CVC is a sterile flexible tube that will be placed into a large vein while you are under local anesthesia. Your doctor will explain this procedure to you in more detail, and you will be required to sign a separate consent form for this procedure.

Fludarabine is given once a day from Day -6 through Day -3, over 1 hour each time. On these same days, busulfan will be given after the fludarabine, over 3 hours.

You will also receive tacrolimus in order to lower the risk of graft vs. host disease (GVHD). GVHD is a disease that occurs when the donor's immune cells react against the recipient's body, attacking the recipient's cells and tissues.

Starting on Day -2, tacrolimus will be given as a continuous (non-stop) infusion through the CVC. When the study doctor decides it seems safe, you will begin taking tacrolimus by mouth instead, for as long as the study doctor decides is necessary.

If your stem cell donor is not someone who is related to you, you will receive antithymocyte globulin (ATG) through the CVC once a day from Day -3 through Day -1. On Day -3, it will be given over at least 6 hours. On Days -2 and -1, it will be given over at least 4 hours. This drug is given in order to weaken your immune system in order to lower the risk of your immune system rejecting the transplanted cells.

Blood Tests Before the Transplant:

If you are in the Phase I part of this study, the following blood samples will be drawn and are not optional. Eight total blood samples (about 1 1/2 teaspoons each) will be drawn daily with your routine morning labs beginning before your first dose of study therapy (or Day -9) through Day -3. These samples will be used for research purposes, to study how the chemotherapy drugs and transplant may affect your normal cells and cancerous cells.

If you are in the Phase II part of the study the following blood samples are optional and if you agree, eight total blood samples (about 1 1/2 teaspoons each) will be drawn daily beginning before your first dose of study therapy (or Day -9) through Day -3. These samples will be used for research purposes, to study how the chemotherapy drugs and transplant may affect your normal cells and cancerous cells.

Stem Cell Transplant:

On Day 0, after 2 days of rest from chemotherapy, the donor's stem cells will be given to you by vein (through the CVC). This should take about 30-60 minutes.

Drug Administration After the Transplant:

In addition to continuing to receive tacrolimus to lower the risk of GVHD (as described above), after the transplant you will also receive methotrexate to lower the risk of GVHD. Methotrexate will be given by vein, through the CVC, over 15 minutes on Days 1, 3, and 6. It will also be given on Day 11 if your stem cell donor is someone who is not related to you.

Once a day, starting at 1 week after the transplant, you will receive filgrastim as an injection under your skin. These daily injections will continue until your blood counts recover.

Reasons for Stopping the Study Treatment Early:

If you experience intolerable side effects or the disease gets worse during study treatment, you will be taken off the study treatment.

Other Procedures After the Transplant:

You will remain in the hospital until your blood counts recover (usually about 4 weeks after the transplant). You will continue being monitored for any infections and transplant-related side effects for at least 100 days after the transplant.

At 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after the transplant, you will have blood tests (about 3 tablespoons) and bone marrow biopsies performed to check the status of the disease.

Length of Study Participation:

Your active participation in this study will be over at 12 months after the transplant. The study staff will continue to contact your local doctor regularly from then on. The purpose is to check the status of the disease and see how you are doing.

Up to 72 patients will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at The University of Texas (UT) MD Anderson.

Being tested
Plerixafor, Filgrastim, Fludarabine, Busulfan, Allogeneic blood stem cell transplant
Keywords
Blood Stem Cell Transplantation, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Bone Marrow Cell Transplantation, Stem Cell Transplantation, Allogeneic Hematopoietic Transplantation, Advanced Myeloid Leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, AML, Myelodysplastic syndrome, MDS, Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, CML, Graft Versus Host Disease, GVHD, ATG, Busulfan, Busulfex™, Myleran®, Filgrastim, Neupogen
Medical subject headings
Leukemia, Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive, Graft vs Host Disease

What participants receive

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

  • PlerixaforDrug

    Also called AMD3100

    Phase I: Starting dose of 0 (escalating doses 80, 160, 240 mcg/kg) given daily subcutaneously in abdomen for 4 doses.

    Phase II: Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) as determined in Phase I

  • FilgrastimDrug

    Also called G-CSF, Neupogen

    Dose of 10 mcg/kg subcutaneous injection beginning on day -9 daily for 6 days.

  • FludarabineDrug

    Also called Fludarabine Phosphate, Fludara

    Dose of 40 mg/m^2 beginning on Day -6 for four consecutive days.

  • BusulfanDrug

    Also called Busulfex™, Myleran®

    Dose of 130 mg/m^2 for four consecutive days, immediately after completion of Fludarabine.

  • Allogeneic blood stem cell transplantProcedure or surgery

    Also called Bone Marrow Transplantation, Blood Stem Cell Transplantation

    Stem Cell Infusion (Bone marrow or PBPC)

  • ATG (Thymoglobulin)Drug

    Also called Antithymocyte globulin

    Dose(s) of 0.5 mg/kg on day -3; of 1.5 mg/kg on day -2; and of 2 mg/kg on day -1. Given only to patients with unrelated donors.

Study groups in NCT00822770
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Phase IExperimentalATG + Plerixafor (AMD3100) + G-CSF (Filgrastim) + Fludarabine + Busulfan + Allogeneic blood stem cell transplant
Receives: Drug: Plerixafor; Drug: Filgrastim; Drug: Fludarabine; Drug: Busulfan; Procedure: Allogeneic blood stem cell transplant; Drug: ATG (Thymoglobulin)
Phase IIExperimentalATG + MTD Plerixafor (AMD3100) + G-CSF (Filgrastim) + Fludarabine + Busulfan + Allogeneic blood stem cell transplant
Receives: Drug: Plerixafor; Drug: Filgrastim; Drug: Fludarabine; Drug: Busulfan; Procedure: Allogeneic blood stem cell transplant; Drug: ATG (Thymoglobulin)

What is being measured

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

  1. Number of Participants With Grade 4 Dose Limiting Toxicity to Determine Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) Plerixafor

    Phase I determination of MTD dose of Plerixafor in combination with a fixed dose of Filgrastim where dose limiting toxicity defined as any grade 4 non-hematologic toxicity observed within 28 days from Day 0 (day of transplant).

    Measured: 28 day cycle (Plerixafor Day -7 to Day -4)

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Number of Participants Alive With no Disease Progression at Time of Allo Transplant

    In Phase II portion of study, number of participants with treatment failure defined as either disease recurrence or death, measured from start of treatment to allo transplant at Day 0.

    Measured: Baseline till transplant, Day -9 to Day 0, to 10 days

  2. Engraftment Response Rate: Number of Transplanted Participants With Complete Chimerism at Day 30

    Number of participants with complete chimerism at day 30 where defined as: Engraftment: first day of three (3) consecutive days that Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) exceeds 0.5 X 109/L. Subsequent chimerism studies must demonstrate the presence of donor derived cells. Graft Failure: failure to achieve an ANC >0.5 X 109/L for 3 consecutive days within 28 days after transplantation or a decline of ANC <0.5 x 109/L for three consecutive days after initial documented engraftment unless this is correlated with progression / recurrence of the underlying malignancy.

    Measured: 30 Days post engraftment

Timeline

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

  1. First posted14 Jan 2009 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2009
  3. Primary completionOct 2012
  4. Study completionOct 2012

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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 1/2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
47 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00822770
Sponsor's protocol ID
2007-0772
Status last verified
Sep 2020
First submitted
13 Jan 2009
Last updated
14 Oct 2020
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1/2 study testing Plerixafor, Filgrastim and Fludarabine in people with Stem Cell Transplantation and Leukemia, run by M.D. Anderson 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?

The sponsor lists 11 inclusion and 6 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 14 Oct 2020. 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 combined 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.

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?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 16 Jul 2014). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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?

Number of Participants With Grade 4 Dose Limiting Toxicity to Determine Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) Plerixafor (time frame: 28 day cycle (Plerixafor Day -7 to Day -4)). 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 14 Oct 2020.

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