Donor Stem Cell Transplant Followed by Cyclophosphamide in Treating Patients With Hematological Diseases

Phase 2

Completed

Conditions: Graft Versus Host Disease
Hematopoietic/Lymphoid Cancer

Interventions: Drug: fludarabine phosphate
Drug: busulfan
Drug: cyclophosphamide
Procedure: allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Drug: tacrolimus
Drug: mycophenolate mofetil

Registration Number: NCT02248597

Lead Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Brief Summary: This pilot clinical trial studies donor stem cell transplant followed by cyclophosphamide in treating patients with hematological diseases. Giving chemotherapy before a donor stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cells in the bone marrow, including normal blood-forming cells (stem cells) and cancer cells. When the healthy stem cells from a donor are infused into the patient they may help the patient's bone marrow make stem cells, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Sometimes the transplanted cells from a donor can make an immune response against the body's normal cells (called graft-versus-host disease). Giving cyclophosphamide after the transplant may stop this from happening.

Detailed Description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine if haploidentical stem cell transplant using post-transplant cyclophosphamide results in 60% or better disease free survival (DFS) at 12 months at our institution.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the rate of acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), non-relapse mortality, and relapse.

OUTLINE:

PREPARATIVE REGIMEN: Patients receive fludarabine phosphate intravenously (IV) once daily (QD) on days -6 to -2. Patients receiving myeloablative conditioning receive busulfan IV every 6 hours for 16 doses on days -7 to -4 and patients receiving reduced intensity conditioning receive busulfan IV every 6 hours for 8 doses on days -5 to -4. Patients also receive cyclophosphamide IV QD on days -3 and -2

TRANSPLANT: Patients undergo stem cell transplant on day 0.

GVHD PROPHYLAXIS: Patients receive cyclophosphamide QD on days 3 and 4, tacrolimus on days 5-180, and mycophenolate mofetil on days 5-35.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up periodically for 2 years.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: COMPLETED

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 27

Inclusion Criteria

Diagnosis of a hematological malignancy requiring an allogeneic stem cell transplant consistent with the standard of care
Remission of any acute hematologic malignancy or adequate disease control for chronic malignancies.
Ages 18-69 years old.
Available familial haploidentical (4 to 6 out of 8 HLA loci-matched) donor

Exclusion Criteria

Significant organ dysfunction defined as: LV EF < 50% (evaluated by echocardiogram or MRI), DLCO or FEV1 < 65% predicted, AST/ALT > 2.5 x ULN, Bilirubin > 1.5 x ULN, Serum creatinine > 2mg/dL, dialysis, or prior renal transplant
HIV positive (Recipients who are positive for hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) or human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV-I/II) are not excluded from participation)
Positive pregnancy test for women of childbearing age.
Major anticipated illness or organ failure incompatible with survival form transplant.
Severe psychiatric illness or mental deficiency sufficiently severe as to make compliance with the transplant treatment unlikely and informed consent impossible.

Study & Design

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Treatment (stem cell transplant with GVHD prophylaxis)	allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation	PREPARATIVE REGIMEN: Patients receive fludarabine phosphate IV QD on days -6 to -2. Patients receiving myeloablative conditioning receive busulfan IV every 6 hours for 16 doses on days -7 to -4 and patients receiving reduced intensity conditioning receive busulfan IV every 6 hours for 8 doses on days -5 to -4. Patients also receive cyclophosphamide IV QD on days -3 and -2 TRANSPLANT: Patients undergo stem cell transplant on day 0. GVHD PROPHYLAXIS: Patients receive cyclophosphamide QD on days 3 and 4, tacrolimus on days 5-180, and mycophenolate mofetil on days 5-35. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Treatment (stem cell transplant with GVHD prophylaxis)	fludarabine phosphate	PREPARATIVE REGIMEN: Patients receive fludarabine phosphate IV QD on days -6 to -2. Patients receiving myeloablative conditioning receive busulfan IV every 6 hours for 16 doses on days -7 to -4 and patients receiving reduced intensity conditioning receive busulfan IV every 6 hours for 8 doses on days -5 to -4. Patients also receive cyclophosphamide IV QD on days -3 and -2 TRANSPLANT: Patients undergo stem cell transplant on day 0. GVHD PROPHYLAXIS: Patients receive cyclophosphamide QD on days 3 and 4, tacrolimus on days 5-180, and mycophenolate mofetil on days 5-35. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Treatment (stem cell transplant with GVHD prophylaxis)	busulfan	PREPARATIVE REGIMEN: Patients receive fludarabine phosphate IV QD on days -6 to -2. Patients receiving myeloablative conditioning receive busulfan IV every 6 hours for 16 doses on days -7 to -4 and patients receiving reduced intensity conditioning receive busulfan IV every 6 hours for 8 doses on days -5 to -4. Patients also receive cyclophosphamide IV QD on days -3 and -2 TRANSPLANT: Patients undergo stem cell transplant on day 0. GVHD PROPHYLAXIS: Patients receive cyclophosphamide QD on days 3 and 4, tacrolimus on days 5-180, and mycophenolate mofetil on days 5-35. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Treatment (stem cell transplant with GVHD prophylaxis)	cyclophosphamide	PREPARATIVE REGIMEN: Patients receive fludarabine phosphate IV QD on days -6 to -2. Patients receiving myeloablative conditioning receive busulfan IV every 6 hours for 16 doses on days -7 to -4 and patients receiving reduced intensity conditioning receive busulfan IV every 6 hours for 8 doses on days -5 to -4. Patients also receive cyclophosphamide IV QD on days -3 and -2 TRANSPLANT: Patients undergo stem cell transplant on day 0. GVHD PROPHYLAXIS: Patients receive cyclophosphamide QD on days 3 and 4, tacrolimus on days 5-180, and mycophenolate mofetil on days 5-35. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Treatment (stem cell transplant with GVHD prophylaxis)	tacrolimus	PREPARATIVE REGIMEN: Patients receive fludarabine phosphate IV QD on days -6 to -2. Patients receiving myeloablative conditioning receive busulfan IV every 6 hours for 16 doses on days -7 to -4 and patients receiving reduced intensity conditioning receive busulfan IV every 6 hours for 8 doses on days -5 to -4. Patients also receive cyclophosphamide IV QD on days -3 and -2 TRANSPLANT: Patients undergo stem cell transplant on day 0. GVHD PROPHYLAXIS: Patients receive cyclophosphamide QD on days 3 and 4, tacrolimus on days 5-180, and mycophenolate mofetil on days 5-35. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Treatment (stem cell transplant with GVHD prophylaxis)	mycophenolate mofetil	PREPARATIVE REGIMEN: Patients receive fludarabine phosphate IV QD on days -6 to -2. Patients receiving myeloablative conditioning receive busulfan IV every 6 hours for 16 doses on days -7 to -4 and patients receiving reduced intensity conditioning receive busulfan IV every 6 hours for 8 doses on days -5 to -4. Patients also receive cyclophosphamide IV QD on days -3 and -2 TRANSPLANT: Patients undergo stem cell transplant on day 0. GVHD PROPHYLAXIS: Patients receive cyclophosphamide QD on days 3 and 4, tacrolimus on days 5-180, and mycophenolate mofetil on days 5-35. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
12 Month Disease Free Survival Probability	At 12 months	The percentage of patients who experience death or disease relapse by one year will be calculated and a corresponding 95% confidence interval will be constructed using the normal approximation for binomial proportions. The survival function will be estimated and plotted using the method of Kaplan and Meier.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Relapse-free Mortality	At 12 months	Non-relapse mortality will be defined as time from registration to death due to anything other than relapse of hematological malignancy. Patients who relapse will be treated as a competing risk.
Rate of Acute GvHD	12 months	Kaplan-Meier estimation of the rate of acute GvHD in the study population at one year with a 95% confidence interval.
Overall Survival	At 12 months	The survival function will be estimated and plotted using the method of Kaplan and Meier.
Progression Free Survival	At 12 months	Kaplan-Meier estimation of the percentage of patients who are alive without progressive disease at one year.