A Randomized Trial of Immunosuppression in Aplastic Anemia Patients With Refractory Pancytopenia or Suboptimal Hematologic Response After h-ATG/CsA Treatment
试验速览
- 阶段
- 2 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 54
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Participants no Longer Meeting Criteria for Severe Aplastic Anemia.
研究概览
简要总结
Severe aplastic anemia, characterized by pancytopenia and a hypocellular bone marrow, is effectively treated by immunosuppressive therapy, usually a combination of antithymocyte globulin (ATG) and cyclosporine (CsA). Survival rates following this regimen are equivalent to those achieved with allogeneic stem cells transplantation. However, approximately 1/3 of patients will not show blood count improvement after ATG/CsA. General experience and small pilot studies have suggested that such patients may benefit from further immunosuppression. Furthermore, analysis of our own clinical data suggest that patients with poor blood count responses to a single course of ATG, even when transfusion-independence is achieved, have a markedly worse prognosis than patients with robust hematologic improvement. The management of such cases is uncertain.
This study will enroll patients who are either refractory to h-ATG (continued severe pancytopenia) or who have only modest improvement in blood counts (weak hematologic responders) to receive a further immunosuppressive therapy, delivered either as rabbit ATG (Thymoglobulin, r-ATG) or a humanized monoclonal antibody to T-cells, alemtuzumab (Campath-1H ). Primary endpoint will be response rate at 3 months defined as no longer meeting criteria for severe aplastic anemia. Relapse, robustness of hematopoietic recovery at 3 months, survival and clonal evolution to paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), myelodysplasia and acute leukemia will be the secondary endpoints.
详细描述
Severe aplastic anemia, characterized by pancytopenia and a hypocellular bone marrow, is effectively treated by immunosuppressive therapy, usually a combination of antithymocyte globulin (ATG) and cyclosporine (CsA). Survival rates following this regimen are equivalent to those achieved with allogeneic stem cells transplantation. However, approximately 1/3 of patients will not show blood count improvement after ATG/CsA. General experience and small pilot studies have suggested that such patients may benefit from further immunosuppression. Furthermore, analysis of our own clinical data suggest that patients with poor blood count responses to a single course of ATG, even when transfusion-independence is achieved, have a markedly worse prognosis than patients with robust hematologic improvement. The management of such cases is uncertain.
This study will enroll patients who are either refractory to h-ATG (continued severe pancytopenia) or who have only modest improvement in blood counts (weak hematologic responders) to receive further immunosuppressive therapy, delivered either as rabbit ATG (Thymoglobulin , r-ATG) or a humanized monoclonal antibody to T-cells, alemtuzumab (Campath-1H ). Primary endpoint will be response rate at 6 months defined as no longer meeting criteria for severe aplastic anemia. Relapse, robustness of hematopoietic recovery at 6 months, survival and clonal evolution to paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), myelodysplasia and acute leukemia will be the secondary endpoints.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 2 Years 至 —（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- 未提供
排除标准
- 未提供
研究组 & 干预措施
r-ATG /cyclosporine
A randomized trial of rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (r-ATG)/ cyclosporine (CsA) versus Campath-1H in aplastic anemia patients with refractory pancytopenia or suboptimal hematological response after horse ATG treatment. Subjects who receive rabbit ATG/ CsA will be given rabbit ATG 3.5mg/kg/day for 5 days and CsA 10mg/kg/day orally twice daily for 6 months (15mg/kg/day for children under 12 yrs. Subjects who receive Campath-1H will receive an intravenous infusion for 10 days. Adult subjects will receive 10mg/day (children:0.2mg/kg/day).
干预措施: r-ATG (Drug)
r-ATG /cyclosporine
A randomized trial of rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (r-ATG)/ cyclosporine (CsA) versus Campath-1H in aplastic anemia patients with refractory pancytopenia or suboptimal hematological response after horse ATG treatment. Subjects who receive rabbit ATG/ CsA will be given rabbit ATG 3.5mg/kg/day for 5 days and CsA 10mg/kg/day orally twice daily for 6 months (15mg/kg/day for children under 12 yrs. Subjects who receive Campath-1H will receive an intravenous infusion for 10 days. Adult subjects will receive 10mg/day (children:0.2mg/kg/day).
干预措施: CsA (Drug)
Alemtuzumab (Campath-1H)
A randomized trial of rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG)/ cyclosporine (CsA) versus Campath-1H in aplastic anemia patients with refractory pancytopenia or suboptimal hematological response after horse ATG treatment. Subjects who receive rabbit ATG/ CsA will be given rabbit ATG 3.5mg/kg/day for 5 days and CsA 10mg/kg/day orally twice daily for 6 months (15mg/kg/day for children under 12 yrs. Subjects who receive Campath-1H will receive an intravenous infusion for 10 days. Adult subjects will receive 10mg/day (children:0.2mg/kg/day).
干预措施: Campath-1H (Drug)
结局指标
主要结局
Participants no Longer Meeting Criteria for Severe Aplastic Anemia.
时间窗: 6 months
Number of participants no longer meeting the criteria for severe aplastic anemia as measured by response to treatment at 6 months
次要结局
- Number of Participants With Robust Hematologic Recovery With Reticulocyte or Platelet Count(6 months)
- Percentage of Cumulative Incidence of Relapse in Participants(3 year)
- Percentage of Cumulative Incidence of Clonal Evolution in Participants(3 years)
- Percentage of Participants no Longer Meeting Criteria for Severe Aplastic Anemia.(3 months and 6 months)