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Sickle Cell Disease Without CrisisPhase 1NCT02989701

Pilot and Feasibility Trial of Plerixafor for Hematopoietic Stem Cell (HSC) Mobilization in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Pilot and Feasibility Trial of Plerixafor for Hematopoietic Stem Cell (HSC) Mobilization in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease

A Phase 1 study testing Plerixafor in people with Sickle Cell Disease Without Crisis, run by Alessandra Biffi at 1 site in United States.

Completed

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

Official record
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Trial summary

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common genetic diseases in the world. In North America, an estimated 2600 babies are born with SCD each year1, and approximately 70,000 to 100,000 individuals of all ages are affected in the United States2. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 35 years
Conditions the study is for
Sickle Cell Disease Without Crisis
What is being tested?
Plerixafor
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
6 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jan 2017to 11 Dec 2017
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 18 to 35 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Diagnosis of sickle cell disease with genotype HbSS, HbS/ Beta 0 thalassemia, HbSD, or HbSO.
  • Age 18-35 years.
  • Receiving regularly-scheduled blood transfusions as part of existing medical care.
  • Adequate hematologic parameters including:
  • White blood cell (WBC) count within the range of 2.5 - 25.0 x 109 /L
  • Hemoglobin within the range of 5 - 11 g/dL
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  • Platelet count within the range of 150 - 700 x 109 /L
  • Adequate organ function and performance status
  • Karnofsky performance status ≥70%
  • Serum creatinine </= 1.5 times the upper limit of normal for age, and calculated creatinine clearance or GFR >/= 60 mL/min/1.73 m2.
  • Patients who are taking hydroxyurea are allowed to be included in this study. Hydroxyurea will be stopped 14 days prior to planned day of apheresis.

Who cannot join

  • Patients who have uncontrolled illness including, but not limited to:
  • Ongoing or active infection
  • Emergency room admission or hospitalization for SCD-related reason in the past 30 days
  • Major surgery in the past 30 days
  • Medical/psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements as determined by the treating physician.
  • Known myelodysplasia of the bone marrow or abnormal bone marrow cytogenetics.
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  • Receipt of an investigational study drug or procedure within 90 days of study enrollment.
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding.
  • Known acute hepatitis or evidence of moderate or severe portal fibrosis or cirrhosis on prior biopsy.
  • Known left ventricular ejection fraction <40% or known shortening fraction <25%.
  • Known DLCO (corrected for hemoglobin), FEV1, and/or FVC < 50% of predicted.
  • ALT > 2.5 X upper limit of normal or direct bilirubin > 2.0 mg/dL.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Boston Childrens Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

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About this study

Official title: Pilot and Feasibility Trial of Plerixafor for Hematopoietic Stem Cell (HSC) Mobilization in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common genetic diseases in the world. In North America, an estimated 2600 babies are born with SCD each year1, and approximately 70,000 to 100,000 individuals of all ages are affected in the United States2. The clinical manifestations of SCD include acute events, such as recurrent debilitating painful crises, as well as life-threatening pulmonary, cardiovascular, renal, and neurologic complications. The only established curative treatment for SCD patients is allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). Unfortunately, access to this intervention is limited by availability of suitable matched donors, and HSCT is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. For patients who cannot undergo HSCT, treatment of SCD has been limited to one FDA-approved medication, hydroxyurea, and supportive symptomatic care. After decades with very few novel therapeutic options for SCD patients, autologous cell-based genetic therapies, including lentiviral-based gene therapy as well as gene editing, now offer the possibility of innovative curative approaches for patients lacking a matched donor for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Gene therapy for sickle cell disease is increasingly promising, and there are currently open clinical trials at several centers that employ a gene addition strategy.

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Options for autologous HSC collection include bone marrow harvest or peripheral blood HSC mobilization. Bone marrow (BM) harvest is an invasive procedure requiring anesthesia, which is associated with sickle cell-related morbidities, and may not achieve goal CD34+ cell dose, necessitating repeated procedures scheduled over multiple months. In most gene therapy trials, HSCs are obtained through peripheral collection after mobilization with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) followed by peripheral blood (PB) apheresis. However, this approach is contraindicated in SCD because G-CSF has been reported to cause severe adverse effects in sickle cell patients. Even with doses sometimes smaller than standard, G-CSF has been shown to result in vaso-occlusive crises, severe acute chest syndrome, and in one report, massive splenomegaly and death. Alternative options for mobilization are needed.

Plerixafor has been compared to G-CSF in a sickle cell mouse model, and results showed effective mobilization of HSC subsets, without neutrophil or endothelial activation, and with lower total WBC and neutrophil counts compared to G-CSF-treated mice. Plerixafor use has not yet been documented in sickle cell patients. One other trial is currently open to test plerixafor in SCD patients (NCT02193191) but no results have yet been reported. Based on pre-clinical data, the mechanism of action of plerixafor, as well strategies the investigator will employ to mitigate risk, the investigator anticipates that it will be well-tolerated in the SCD patient population.

Read the detailed description

This is a non-randomized pilot safety and feasibility single-center study which will treat subjects with SCD with plerixafor, followed by collection of peripheral HSPCs by apheresis. Accrual is a sample of up to 6 patients, with at least three patients treated with a plerixafor dose of 180 mcg/kg, and potential for escalation to a dose of 240 mcg/kg according to safety and tolerability of the lower dose. Three patients will be treated at the lower dose of 180 mcg/kg. If none of these patients experience a dose limiting toxicity (DLT), the next three patients will be treated with the higher dose of 240 mcg/kg. If one or more of the patients treated at 240 mcg/kg has a DLT, then 180 mcg/kg will be selected as the safe dose level. If no patients at the 240 mcg/kg have a DLT, then 240 mcg/kg will be selected as the safe dose level.

Within 30 days prior to plerixafor administration, subject will undergo laboratory testing, history, and physical exam. In order to retain the possibility for the subject to use his/her autologous cells for a future therapeutic indication, infectious disease testing and suitability for autologous transplant will be assessed per autologous transplant routine procedure.

If the subject is taking hydroxyurea, the medication will be stopped 14 days prior to the planned apheresis.

Between Days -7 and -2 prior to apheresis, the subject will undergo an exchange transfusion. This transfusion will be timed in accordance with the patient's existing chronic transfusion regimen. An exchange transfusion will be performed with post-transfusion hemoglobin electrophoresis confirming a %HbS of </= 30%.

After the exchange transfusion a bone marrow aspirate will be performed under local anesthesia or conscious sedation. The reason for performing the pre-plerixafor bone marrow is that in addition to our primary objective of assessing safety and feasibility of plerixafor in SCD patients, the investigator also aim to increase knowledge of HSPCs and their bone marrow niche in SCD patients - this will be relevant for better understanding basic disease pathophysiology, but also for the possible future use of BM HSPCs (obtained in basal conditions or after plerixafor administration) for gene therapy or gene editing therapies. It will be important to compare these phenotypic features in BM-derived cells versus plerixafor-derived cells. Additionally however, in order to also understand whether the HSPCs from SCD patients differ substantially from healthy donors, having a pre-plerixafor baseline sample of HSPCs from the same SCD subjects will provide important biological information as well.

On Day -1, the subject will be admitted to the Hematology service at Boston Children's Hospital. Confirmation of available, compatible units of packed red blood cells will be confirmed prior to administration of plerixafor (for use in case of an unexpected acute clinical need for transfusion). Labs will be drawn, including CBC, differential, hemoglobin electrophoresis, type and screen, and peripheral CD34+ cell count. The subject will receive a single dose of subcutaneous plerixafor.

On Day 0, prior to apheresis, labs will be drawn, including CBC, differential, and peripheral CD34+ count. Starting 6 hours after plerixafor dose, apheresis will be performed to collect 3-5x blood volumes. If the subject does not already have central venous access, access for apheresis will be obtained peripherally using 2 large bore 16g needles, and blood will be processed in the cell separator. Blood within the instrument will receive acid citrate dextrose formula A (ACD-A) (3%) at a rate of 1 mL/min/L of total blood volume, which is the standard apheresis dose. 2 grams of calcium gluconate is infused over the course of the procedure to prevent hypocalcemia associated with citrate administration. A CBC is drawn at the end of the procedure. Vital signs are monitored every 15 minutes while on the instrument. A second bone marrow aspirate will be performed before apheresis. The subject will remain admitted to the Hematology service overnight.

If excess cellular material is collected, a portion of the collected apheresis product (a minimum of 1 x 106 and a maximum of 3 x 106 unmanipulated CD34+ cells/kg) will be stored in clinically compliant conditions for any possible future use for the patient.

On Day + 1 after apheresis, labs will be drawn again including CBC, differential, and peripheral CD34+ count. The subject will be discharged from the Hematology service unless the subject does not meet standard clinical discharge criteria. On Day + 2 after apheresis, the study team will communicate with the subject via phone to inquire about any symptoms experienced. On Days +3, +7, +14, the subject will return for outpatient visit and labs.

Being tested
Plerixafor
Keywords
Plerixafor

What participants receive

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

  • PlerixaforDrug

    Dose escalation of Plerixafor for Hematopoietic stem cell mobilization in patients with Sickle Cell Disease

Study groups in NCT02989701
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Single armExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: Plerixafor

What is being measured

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

  1. Safety will be assessed by monitoring for the occurrence of any described dose - limiting toxicities (DLTs) within 48 hours after dosing of plerixafor.

    Occurrence of death, ICU admission, stroke, vasoocclusive pain crisis (VOC) requiring continuous or scheduled parenteral opioid analgesia, acute chest syndrome, acute CNS event, or any other disease-related adverse event of grade 3 or higher.

    Measured: 14 days post dose

  2. Feasibility will be estimated by whether apheresis collection of a minimum of 0.5 X 106 CD34+ cells/kg is successful

    Measured: 14 days post dose

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Pre-apheresis peripheral CD34+ cell concentration >/= 5 cells/µL.

    Measured: 24 hours

Timeline

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

  1. First posted12 Dec 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2017
  3. Primary completion11 Dec 2017
  4. Study completion11 Dec 2017

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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
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
6 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02989701
Sponsor's protocol ID
P00023325
Status last verified
Jan 2018
First submitted
8 Dec 2016
Last updated
25 Jan 2018
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Plerixafor in people with Sickle Cell Disease Without Crisis, run by Alessandra Biffi 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 12 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 25 Jan 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 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?

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?

Safety will be assessed by monitoring for the occurrence of any described dose - limiting toxicities (DLTs) within 48 hours after dosing of plerixafor. (time frame: 14 days post dose). 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 25 Jan 2018.

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