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Acute Myelogenous LeukemiaPhase 2NCT01745913

Randomized HaploCord Blood Transplantation vs. Double Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancies

A Phase 2 study testing CliniMACS® CD34 Reagent System, Fludarabine and Melphalan in people with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome, run by Weill Medical College of Cornell University at 1 site in United States.

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 study is compare the efficacy of haplo-cord transplant (investigational arm) with that of a more commonly used procedure in which only the cells contained in one or two umbilical cords are infused (standard arm). Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
CliniMACS® CD34 Reagent System, Fludarabine and Melphalan
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
2 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
26 Oct 2012to 29 Apr 2015
Phase
Phase 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 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Subject must have a histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of: Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Myelodysplastic Syndrome Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Lymphoma (Hodgkin's Lymphoma or Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma)
  • Must be > 18 years of age
  • Subject is likely to benefit from allogeneic transplant in the opinion of the transplant physician
  • An human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-identical related or unrelated donor cannot be identified within an appropriate time frame
  • Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) of > 80
  • Subject has acceptable organ and marrow function as defined below: Serum bilirubin < 2.0mg/dL ALT(SGPT) 3 X upper limit of normal Creatinine Clearance > 50 mL/min as estimated by the modified MDRD equation.18
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  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
  • A preliminary search has identified both:
  • Appropriate umbilical cords for a single, or if necessary a double umbilical cord blood (UCB) transplant AND
  • An appropriate single UCB as well as an appropriate haplo donor for haplo-cord transplant

Who cannot join

  • Myeloproliferative disorders, hemoglobinopathies, severe aplastic anemia or any diagnosis not listed under 3.1.1
  • Life expectancy is severely limited by concomitant illness or uncontrolled infection
  • Subjects with severely decreased Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) or impaired pulmonary function tests (PFTs)
  • Subject has evidence of chronic active hepatitis or cirrhosis
  • Subject is HIV-positive
  • Subject is pregnant or lactating. -

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Weill Cornell Medical College

    New York, New York, 10026

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About this study

Official title: A Randomized Study of Combined Haplo-identical Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation vs. Double Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation in Patients With Hematologic Malignancies

The purpose of this study is compare the efficacy of haplo-cord transplant (investigational arm) with that of a more commonly used procedure in which only the cells contained in one or two umbilical cords are infused (standard arm).

We hypothesize that reduced intensity conditioning and haplo-cord transplant results in fast engraftment of neutrophils and platelets, low incidences of acute and chronic graft versus host disease, low frequency of delayed opportunistic infections, reduced transfusion requirements, shortened length of hospital stay and promising long term outcomes. We also hypothesize that umbilical cord blood selection can prioritize matching and better matched donors can be identified rapidly for most subjects.

Read the detailed description

This is a clinical trial for subjects with hematologic malignancies ( acute myelogenous leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, Hodgkin's or Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, or myelodysplastic syndrome) who are in need of a donor stem cell transplant, and for whom an umbilical cord blood transplant is thought to be the best option. For allogeneic transplant donors, we typically try to use related family members, such as brothers or sisters, or volunteer donors who are 'HLA matched', i.e. share similar proteins on their cells. This study is for subjects for whom such a matched sibling donor or a matched unrelated donor is not available.

This study tests a new method of bone marrow transplantation called combined haplo-identical cord (haplo-cord) transplantation. In this procedure, cells from a related donor who shares half of the HLA proteins ( haplo-identical)are collected from the blood, as well as cells from an umbilical cord, and then both are transplanted. It is hoped that by using cells from a haplo-identical relative, subjects will have a faster recovery and require fewer transfusions. Over time the haplo-identical cells from the relative are replaced by the cells from the cord blood. The combined transplantation of haplo-identical stem cells and cord blood has previously been used in approximately 60 subjects with very encouraging results.

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of haplo-cord transplant ( "investigational" arm) with the more commonly used procedure in which only the cells contained in one or two umbilical cords are infused ("standard" arm). Subjects will be randomly assigned into either the haplo-cord group or the umbilical cord group.

If randomized to the haplo-cord group, a family member will undergo a stem cell collection. In both arms, subjects will receive a "conditioning regimen" prior to transplantation. The conditioning regimen consists of chemotherapy, which is meant to destroy the cancer cells and suppress the immune system to allow the transplanted cells to grow. Subjects will remain in the hospital until the stem cells are fully recovered, which is usually 4 to 6 weeks after the transplant. Subjects will have bone marrow aspiration and biopsy at 3 weeks, 4 weeks, 2 months, 6 months and 1 year after the transplant and then yearly thereafter. Participation in the study will continue for up to 5 years after transplantation.

Being tested
CliniMACS® CD34 Reagent System, Fludarabine, Melphalan, Rabbit ATG, Double Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation
Keywords
Leukemia, Lymphoma
Medical subject headings
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, Hodgkin Disease, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin, Leukemia, Lymphoma

What participants receive

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

  • CliniMACS® CD34 Reagent SystemDevice

    Also called Miltenyi CliniMACS® device

    If a subject is randomized to the haplo-cord transplant group, their family member will undergo a stem cell collection. The stem cells from the haplo-identical donor will be purified by a procedure called CD34 selection before they are given to the subject. A special device called the CliniMACS® CD34 Reagent System, which is not FDA approved, will be used for this purpose. The manufacturer of the device, Miltenyi Biotec, is providing the researchers access to the device for use in this research study. Because the stem cells from the haplo-identical donor are treated using the CliniMACS CD34 selection device, they cells are considered investigational.

  • FludarabineDrug

    Fludarabine: 30 mg/m2 /day intravenously x 5 days total dose 150 mg/m2. Fludarabine will be dosed according to actual body weight

  • MelphalanDrug

    Melphalan: 70mg/m2/day intravenously x 2 days. Melphalan will be dosed according to actual body weight. Cryotherapy with ice chips will be administered to prevent mucositis.

  • Rabbit ATGDrug

    Also called rATG

    Rabbit ATG (rATG): 1.5 mg/kg/day intravenously x 4 days, total 6 mg/kg. ATG will be dosed according to actual body weight. The first dose will be infused over at least six hours, and subsequent doses over at least 4 hours. Pre-medications include acetaminophen 650 mg by mouth, diphenhydramine 25-50 mg by mouth or intravenously, and methylprednisolone 2 mg/kg (1 mg/ kg at the initiation and 1 mg/kg half-way through anti-thymocyte globulin administration).

  • Double Umbilical Cord Blood TransplantationProcedure or surgery

    Also called UCB SCT

    All subjects will receive an UCB dose of > 3 x107/kg nucleated blood cells. It is expected that this will require co-infusion of two UCB in the large majority of cases. If two UCB are required, they will be at least 4/5 matched to the recipient.

  • Haplo-Identical Cord TransplantationProcedure or surgery

    Also called Haplo-cord transplant

    If randomized to the haplo-cord group, a family member will undergo a stem cell collection. In both arms, subjects will receive a "conditioning regimen" prior to transplantation. The conditioning regimen utilized in this study incorporates fludarabine-Melphalan and antithymocyte globulin (ATG). This regimen has the advantage of being nearly identical to the regimen utilized for our haplo-cord regimen is based on the experience of the Dana-Farber/Mass-General regimen.

Study groups in NCT01745913
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Haplo-Cord SCTExperimentalThe UCB unit must supply a minimum of 1.0 x107/kg pre-cryopreserved nucleated cell dose. The unit must match at a minimum of 4 of 6 at HLA-A, -B, -DRB1 loci with the recipient. This may include 0-2 antigen mismatches at each A or B (at the antigen level) or DRB1 (at the allele level) loci. All typing will be done using molecular typing. Though molecular level typing will be available, a match is defined at intermediate resolution for HLA-A and -B and at high resolution for -DRB1
Receives: Device: CliniMACS® CD34 Reagent System; Drug: Fludarabine; Drug: Melphalan; Drug: Rabbit ATG; Procedure: Haplo-Identical Cord Transplantation
UCB SCTActive comparatorFor the standard arm, UCB units will be selected using the Minnesota strategy and the strategy followed in a recent CTN study.17;19Each unit must supply a minimum of 1.5 x107/kg pre-cryopreserved nucleated cell dose. Subjects must have two partially HLA-matched UCB units. Each unit must match at a minimum of 4 of 6 at HLA-A, -B, -DRB1 loci with the recipient. This may include 0-2 antigen mismatches at each A or B (at the antigen level) or DRB1 (at the allele level) loci. All typing will be done using molecular typing. Though molecular level typing will be available, a match is defined at intermediate resolution for HLA-A and -B and at high resolution for -DRB1
Receives: Drug: Fludarabine; Drug: Melphalan; Drug: Rabbit ATG; Procedure: Double Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation

What is being measured

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

  1. Rate of Neutrophil Engraftment After Combined Haplo-identical Cord With That of Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation.

    No patients completed this study and are therefore inevaluable. Subject data not evaluable for the outcome measure time frame. Subject data only evaluable up to month 3.

    Measured: estimation of 24 months to determine engraftment rates for all subjects

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. Platelet Recovery After Transplant Regimens

    No patients completed this study and are therefore inevaluable

    Measured: estimation of 24 months to determine platelet recovery for all subjects

  2. Transfusion Requirements After Haplo-identical Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant Versus Double Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant

    Measured: estimation of 24 months to determine transfusion requirements of all subjects

  3. Transplant-related Mortality (TRM), Relapse Rate, Survival and Progression Free Survival

    Measured: estimation of 24 months to obtain survival info between subjects

  4. Incidence of Acute and Chronic GVHD

    Measured: estimation of 24 months to obtain GVHD data on all subjects

  5. Severity of Opportunistic Infections

    Measured: estimation of 24 months to obtain infection data on all subjects

Timeline

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

  1. First posted10 Dec 2012 (estimated)
  2. Study start26 Oct 2012
  3. Primary completion29 Apr 2015
  4. Study completion29 Apr 2015

Why it stopped: Slow accrual

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
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
2 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01745913
Sponsor's protocol ID
1205012374
Status last verified
May 2018
First submitted
6 Dec 2012
Last updated
11 Jul 2018
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing CliniMACS® CD34 Reagent System, Fludarabine and Melphalan in people with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome, run by Weill Medical College of Cornell University 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 10 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Jul 2018. 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?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 9 Aug 2017). 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?

Rate of Neutrophil Engraftment After Combined Haplo-identical Cord With That of Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation. (time frame: estimation of 24 months to determine engraftment rates for all subjects). 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 11 Jul 2018.

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