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Severe Aplastic Anemia (SAA)Phase 2NCT03520647

Haplo-identical Transplantation for Severe Aplastic Anemia, Hypo-plastic MDS and PNH Using Peripheral Blood Stem Cells and Post-transplant Cyclophosphamide for GVHD Prophylaxis

A Phase 2 study testing Cyclophosphamide and Peripheral Blood Stem Cells in people with Severe Aplastic Anemia (SAA) and Hypo-Plastic Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), run by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at 1 site in United States.

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Trial summary

Background: Severe aplastic anemia (SAA), and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) cause serious blood problems. Stem cell transplants using bone marrow or blood plus chemotherapy can help. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 4 to 75 years
What is being tested?
Cyclophosphamide and Peripheral Blood Stem Cells
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
56 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
19 Feb 2019to 1 Jun 2028
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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 4 to 75 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia with bone marrow cellularity <30% (excluding lymphocytes) associated with RBC or platelet transfusion dependence and/or neutropenia (absolute neutrophil count less than or equal to 1000 cells/ microL or for patients receiving granulocyte transfusions, absolute neutrophil count less than or equal to 1000 cells/microL before beginning granulocyte transfusions).
  • OR
  • --History of severe aplastic anemia transformed to MDS. that meet the following criteria: a) International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) risk category of INT-1 or greater, b) <5% myeloblasts and <30% of cellularity in the bone marrow on screening morphologic analysis.
  • OR
  • PNH that is either refractory to treatment with eculizumab/ravulizumab or occurs in patients who don t have access to treatment with eculizumab associated with either a) life- threatening thrombosis and/or b) cytopenia associated with transfusion dependence and/or c) recurrent and debilitating hemolytic crisis.
  • Subjects with severe aplastic anemia, hypoplastic MDS or PNH with associated bone marrow failure syndromes who have intolerance of or failure to respond to immunosuppressive therapy. This also includes patients who have failed immunosuppressive therapy with ATG and cyclosporine or therapy with cyclosporine combined with eltrombopag in those who are intolerant of or do not have access to treatment with ATG.
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  • Availability of at least one HLA- haploidentical related donor (i.e. >= 5/10 HLA match: HLA-A, B, C, DR, and DQ loci) to serve as a stem cell donor for the allogeneic transplant.
  • Availability of a backup stem cell source in the event of graft rejection:
  • at least one additional haploidentical related alternative donor (i.e. HLA- haploidentical related donor (i.e. >= 5/10 HLA match: HLA-A, B, C, DR, and DQ loci) or >= 9/10 HLA matched unrelated donor who is available to serve as a stem cell donor for a salvage allogeneic transplant in the event that the haplo-transplant has been rejected.
  • umbilical cord blood unit/s that can be used for a salvage cord blood transplant in the event that the haplo-transplant has been rejected
  • The patient does not have any HLA antibodies detectable against any of the mismatched HLA alleles expressed by the haplo-donor.
  • Ages 4-60 years inclusive.
  • Ability to comprehend the investigational nature of the study and provide informed consent. The procedure will be explained to subjects aged 4-17 years with formal consent being obtained from parents or legal guardian.
  • Donor deemed suitable and eligible, and willing to donate, per clinical evaluations who are additionally willing to donate blood for research. Donors will be evaluated in accordance with existing Standard NIH Policies and Procedures for determination of eligibility and suitability for clinical donation. Note that participation in this study is offered to all donors, but is not required for a donor to make a stem cell donation, so it is possible that not all donors will enroll onto this study.

Who cannot join

  • Availability of an HLA identical (12/12) matched related or unrelated donor who is available within optimal timeline and suitable considering graft source and established donor selection factors (e.g. age, sex, viral exposure, ABO compatibility, pregnancy status, etc) per PI discretion.
  • The patient is deemed to be a candidate for a 12/12 HLA matched unrelated stem cell transplant (availability of a donor and resources required for such a transplant).
  • ECOG performance status of 2 or more.
  • Major anticipated illness or organ failure incompatible with survival from transplant.
  • Current pregnancy, or unwillingness to take oral contraceptives or use a barrier method of birth control or practice abstinence to refrain from pregnancy, if of childbearing potential for one year.
  • HIV positive.
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  • Diagnosis of Fanconi s anemia (by chromosome breakage study).
  • Diffusion capacity of carbon monoxide (DLCO) <40% using DLCO corrected for Hgb or lung volumes (patients under the age of 10 may be excluded from this criterion if they have difficulty performing the test correctly and thus are unable to have their DLCO assessed).
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction <40% (evaluated by ECHO)
  • Transaminases > 5x upper limit of normal.
  • Direct bilirubin >3 mg/dl.
  • Creatinine clearance < 50 cc/min/BSAm^2 by 24-hour urine collection adjusted by body surface area.
  • Serum creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl
  • Presence of an active infection not adequately responding to appropriate therapy.
  • History of a malignant disease liable to relapse or progress within 5 years.
  • None

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Jennifer A Farren contact

(301) 318-2095

jennifer.farren@nih.gov

Richard W Childs, M.D. contact

(301) 768-9433

childsr@nhlbi.nih.gov

United States1 site, 1 recruiting
  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20892

    For more information at the NIH Clinical Center contact Office of Patient Recruitment (OPR), 800-411-1222 ext. TTY8664111010, prpl@cc.nih.gov

    Recruiting

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About this study

Background:

Severe aplastic anemia (SAA), and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

Read more

(PNH) cause serious blood problems. Stem cell transplants using bone marrow or blood plus chemotherapy can help. Researchers want to see if using peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs) rather than bone marrow cells works too. PBSCs are easier to collect and have more cells that help transplants.

Objectives:

To see how safely and effectively SAA, MDS and PNH are treated using peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cells from a family member plus chemotherapy.

Eligibility:

Recipients ages 4-60 with SAA, MDS or PNH and their relative donors ages 4-75

Design:

Recipients will have:

  • Blood, urine, heart, and lung tests
  • Scans
  • Bone marrow sample

Recipients will need a caregiver for several months. They may make fertility plans and a power of attorney.

Donors will have blood and tissue tests, then injections to boost stem cells for 5-7 days.

Donors will have blood collected from a tube in an arm or leg vein. A machine will separate stem cells and maybe white blood cells. The rest of the blood will be returned into the other arm or leg.

In the hospital for about 1 month, recipients will have:

  • Central line inserted in the neck or chest
  • Medicines for side effects
  • Chemotherapy over 8 days and radiation 1 time
  • Stem cell transplant over 4 hours

Up to 6 months after transplant, recipients will stay near NIH for weekly physical exams and blood tests.

At day 180, recipients will go home. They will have tests at their doctor s office and NIH several times over 5 years.

Read the detailed description

Severe aplastic anemia (SAA),myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) are life-threatening bone marrow disorders. For SAA patients, long term survival can be achieved with immunosuppressive treatment. However, of those patients treated with immunosuppressive therapy, one quarter to one third will not respond, and about 50% of responders will relapse.

Although allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) offers the opportunity of cure, HLA-matched donors are available for only half the patients needing a transplant. Combined haplo-cord transplantation has recently been shown to be a viable transplant option for those patients lacking an HLA matched donor. In our ongoing protocol 08-H-0046, we have utilized this approach in 29 patients with SAA, and SAA evolving to MDS with 27/29 patients having sustained engraftment and achieving transfusion independence. However, engraftment patterns have varied substantially and, in some patients,, cord engraftment was profoundly delayed or never occurred.

Haploidentical peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (haplo-SCT) has the advantage over cord transplantation of immediate allograft availability, higher stem cell doses, and the feasibility of repeating cell collections if necessary for collecting CD34+ cells for stem cells boosts or lymphocytes to treat or prevent disease relapse or infection. Recently, the use of post-transplant cyclophosphamide (Cy) has been shown to be an effective strategy to prevent GVHD in recipients of haploidentical HSCT, but most reports have focused on patients with hematological malignancies. At present, few data exist on the use of haploidentical transplantation using post-transplant cyclophosphamide for patients with aplastic anemia that have ATG-refractory disease and are heavily-transfused and HLA-alloimmunized. These patients are at an exceedingly high-risk for graft rejection compared to other patient populations.

This research protocol is therefore designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of using an unmanipulated GCSF mobilized peripheral stem cell allograft from a haploidentical donor and post-transplant cyclophosphamide for patients with SAA,SAA evolving to MDS, or PNH that has proven to be refractory to conventional therapy in patients who lack an HLA-matched donor (sibling/ or matched unrelated donor).

The primary endpoint of the study is chronic GVHD-free survival (defined as the percentage of patients who are alive with no evidence of moderate or severe chronic GVHD at 1-year post-transplant). Secondary endpoints will include engraftment, 100 day and 200-day treatment related mortality (TRM), and standard transplant outcome variables such as non-hematologic toxicity, incidence and severity of acute and chronic GVHD, and relapse of disease. Health related quality of life will also be assessed as secondary outcome measure.

Being tested
Cyclophosphamide, Peripheral Blood Stem Cells
Keywords
Haploidentical CD34+cells, Non-Myeloablative
Medical subject headings
Anemia, Aplastic, Hemoglobinuria, Paroxysmal

What participants receive

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

  • CyclophosphamideDrug

    This research protocol is therefore designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of using an unmanipulated G-CSF mobilized peripheral stem cell allograft from a haploidentical donor and post-transplant cyclophosphamide for patients with SAA, or SAA evolving to MDS, or PNH that has proven to be refractory to conventional immunosuppressive therapy (IST) in patients who lack an HLA-matched donor (sibling/ or matched unrelated donor.

  • Peripheral Blood Stem CellsOther

    This research protocol is therefore designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of using an unmanipulated G-CSF mobilized peripheral stem cell allograft from a haploidentical donor and post-transplant cyclophosphamide for patients with SAA, or SAA evolving to MDS, or PNH that has proven to be refractory to conventional immunosuppressive therapy (IST) in patients who lack an HLA-matched donor (sibling/ or matched unrelated donor.

Study groups in NCT03520647
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Treatment ArmExperimentalG-CSF mobilized peripheral stem cells and post haplo-identical transplantation cyclophosphamide
Receives: Drug: Cyclophosphamide; Other: Peripheral Blood Stem Cells

What is being measured

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

  1. Evaluate 1 year chronic GVHD-free survival rate

    evaluate 1 year chronic GVHD-free survival rate (defined by the percentage of patients who are alive with no evidence of moderate or severe chronic GVHD at 1 year) of using G-CSF mobilized peripheral stem cells and post haplo-identical transplantation cyclophosphamide in subjects with severe aplastic anemia or refractory anemia (RA) or SAA subjects

    Measured: one-year

Timeline

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

  1. First posted11 May 2018
  2. Study start19 Feb 2019
  3. Primary completion1 Jun 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completion1 Jun 2028 (estimated)

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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 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
56 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03520647
Sponsor's protocol ID
180090
Other IDs
18-H-0090
Status last verified
28 Oct 2026
First submitted
9 May 2018
Last updated
2 Nov 2026
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Cyclophosphamide and Peripheral Blood Stem Cells in people with Severe Aplastic Anemia (SAA) and Hypo-Plastic Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), run by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) 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 14 inclusion and 16 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Nov 2026. 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?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Jennifer A Farren ((301) 318-2095, jennifer.farren@nih.gov), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Evaluate 1 year chronic GVHD-free survival rate (time frame: one-year). 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 2 Nov 2026.

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