Matched Unrelated or Non-Genotype Identical Related Donor Transplantation For Chronic Granulomatous Disease

Phase 2

Completed

Conditions: Chronic Granulomatous Disease

Interventions: Drug: Busulfan
Biological: Alemtuzumab
Drug: Cyclophosphamide
Drug: Fludarabine
Drug: Cyclosporine
Procedure: Stem Cell Infusion

Registration Number: NCT00578643

Lead Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine

Brief Summary: This study is for patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), which is a disorder of the immune system that puts them at risk for severe infections. CGD is caused by a genetic defect that stops or prevents the white blood cells from killing certain bacteria and fungi. This condition cannot presently be cured by standard treatment with drugs or surgery. Medicine including antibiotics, antifungals, and interferon gamma, may help some patients with CGD; however even with continuous treatment, most patients with CGD will have chronic and recurrent infections. Transfusion of white blood cells may help overcome infection, but white cell transfusions lead to allergic reactions and fever and the benefit of transfusion lasts only a matter of hours. Ultimately, chronic infections can damage or injure the body organs. Injury to the lung or liver can lead to lung or liver failure and death. Medicines used to treat infection can damage body organs too. Infections may become resistant to antibiotic or antifungal treatment, and infections not responding to treatment can be deadly.

It is now known that under specific conditions and with special treatment, blood stem cells (the cells that make blood) can be transplanted from one person to another. Stem cell transplantation has been done for patients with CGD who have a healthy sibling and who share the same immune type (HLA type) as the patient. Stem cell transplantation allows healthy or normal white cells from the stem cell donor to grow or develop in the patient's bone marrow. These healthy white cells can fight infection and prevent future infections for a patient with CGD.

Patients on this study will receive stem cells from a related or unrelated donor. The donor will be closely matched to the patient's immune type but the donor is not a sibling. The reason this treatment is investigational is that we do not know the likelihood of benefit that the patient will receive. It is possible that they will have great benefit, like some of the patients who have been transplanted from a brother or sister. It is possible that the side-effects of treatment may be too severe so that the transplant won't work.

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate whether or not patients with CGD treated with a stem cell transplant from a non-matched and/or non-related donor can have a good outcome from the procedure with an acceptable number of side-effects.

Detailed Description: In order to transplant stem cells we will need to give the patient drugs or high-dose chemotherapy to kill or destroy most of the blood forming and immune cells in the bone marrow. This is necessary to allow the donor stem cells to live and grow (engraft) in the bone marrow space. After the drug treatment is completed, the patient will be given the stem cells from the donor. The drug treatment is as follows:

Day -9 Busulfan

Day -8 Busulfan

Day -7 Busulfan

Day -6 Busulfan

Day -5 Alemtuzumab, Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide

Day -4 Alemtuzumab, Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide

Day -3 Alemtuzumab, Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide

Day -2 Alemtuzumab, Fludarabine, Cyclosporine, Cyclophosphamide

Day -1 REST

Day 0 Stem cell infusion

The day after the chemotherapy treatment is completed, the patient will receive the healthy stem cells by vein, like a blood transfusion. Once in the bloodstream, the marrow cells will go to the bone marrow and grow.

It is also possible that if the marrow takes, it will cause a disease known as graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). To prevent GVHD, we will give the patient cyclosporine and Methotrexate. Methotrexate will be administered on Days 1, 3, 6 and 11 after the transplant. The cyclosporine therapy will continue for a longer period of time, however if the patient does not develop GVHD, it will be discontinued by 6 months after the stem cell transplant.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: COMPLETED

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 15

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Allogeneic unrelated transplant	Cyclophosphamide	Conditioning from Day -9 to Day -1. Stem cells given on Day 0. Busulfan, alemtuzumab, cyclophosphamide, fludarabine, cyclosporine, stem cell infusion.
Allogeneic unrelated transplant	Stem Cell Infusion	Conditioning from Day -9 to Day -1. Stem cells given on Day 0. Busulfan, alemtuzumab, cyclophosphamide, fludarabine, cyclosporine, stem cell infusion.
Allogeneic unrelated transplant	Alemtuzumab	Conditioning from Day -9 to Day -1. Stem cells given on Day 0. Busulfan, alemtuzumab, cyclophosphamide, fludarabine, cyclosporine, stem cell infusion.
Allogeneic unrelated transplant	Busulfan	Conditioning from Day -9 to Day -1. Stem cells given on Day 0. Busulfan, alemtuzumab, cyclophosphamide, fludarabine, cyclosporine, stem cell infusion.
Allogeneic unrelated transplant	Cyclosporine	Conditioning from Day -9 to Day -1. Stem cells given on Day 0. Busulfan, alemtuzumab, cyclophosphamide, fludarabine, cyclosporine, stem cell infusion.
Allogeneic unrelated transplant	Fludarabine	Conditioning from Day -9 to Day -1. Stem cells given on Day 0. Busulfan, alemtuzumab, cyclophosphamide, fludarabine, cyclosporine, stem cell infusion.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of Participants With Engraftment	28 days post transplant	To estimate the engraftment rate for patients with CGD using busulfan, cyclophosphamide, fludarabine and alemtuzumab (Campath 1H) as conditioning therapy for SCT from 5/6 or 6/6 HLA-matched unrelated or 5/6 or 6/6 HLA phenotype-matched related donors.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Patients That Have Complete Donor Chimerism After Transplant.	120 days post transplant	To estimate the likelihood of complete donor chimerism for patients with CGD using busulfan, cyclophosphamide, fludarabine and alemtuzumab (Campath 1H) as conditioning therapy for SCT from 5/6 or 6/6 HLA-matched unrelated or 5/6 or 6/6 HLA phenotype-matched related donors.
Number of Patients That Have Acute GVHD and Regimen Related Morbidity/Mortality Post Transplant.	Assessed between day 0 and day 100 post transplant	To estimate the risk for acute GVHD and regimen related morbidity/mortality for patients with CGD following stem cell transplant from 5/6 or 6/6 HLA matched unrelated or 5/6 or 6/6 HLA phenotype matched related donors.
Number of Patients That Have Chronic GVHD and Regimen Related Morbidity/Mortality Post Transplant.	Assessed between day 100 and day 365 post transplant	To estimate the risk for chronic GVHD and regimen related morbidity/mortality for patients with CGD following stem cell transplant from 5/6 or 6/6 HLA matched unrelated or 5/6 or 6/6 HLA phenotype matched related donors.