Reduced Intensity Total Body Irradiation + Thymoglobulin Followed by Allogeneic PBSCT

Phase 2

Completed

Conditions: Hodgkin Lymphoma
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Leukemia
Multiple Myeloma
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Interventions: Biological: Thymoglobulin
Radiation: Total-Body Irradiation
Procedure: Allogeneic PBSCT or BMT
Drug: Tacrolimus
Drug: Mycophenolate Mofetil

Registration Number: NCT00709592

Lead Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University

Brief Summary: One of two different doses of thymoglobulin will allow bone marrow engraftment with minimal Graft-versus-Host Disease and allow adequate immune response to allow the transplanted stem cells to replace the tumor cells.

Detailed Description: This randomized phase II trial studies how well giving low dose total-body irradiation (TBI) with anti-thymocyte globulin followed by donor peripheral blood stem cell transplant (PBSCT) works in treating patients with hematologic malignancies. Giving reduced intensity total-body irradiation and anti-thymocyte globulin before a donor peripheral blood stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer cells. It may also stop the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem 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. Giving total-body irradiation together with antithymocyte globulin before transplant may stop this from happening.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: COMPLETED

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 42

Inclusion Criteria

Patients with hematological malignancies for which allogeneic stem cell transplantation indicated including non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), multiple myeloma (MM), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), Hodgkin lymphoma (HD), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)
Patients with HLA compatible related or unrelated stem cell donor, willing and able to serve as an allogenic HSC donor. Unrelated donors have to be matched at HLA-A, B, C and DRB1 loci. A single locus mismatch will be tolerated in the event a more closely matched donor is not available.
Patients age >/=40 to </=70 with an ECOG performance status < 2
Patients between 18 and 40 years of age will be eligible only if they have co-morbidities precluding conventional allogeneic transplantation with full intensity myeloablative conditioning
Adequate cardiac, pulmonary, renal and hepatic function for transplant
Negative serology for HIV
Negative serum pregnancy test
Patients who have received therapeutic radiation to a localized field will be eligible, provided critical structure tolerance doses have not been exceeded
Patients who have had prior myeloablative autologous transplant will be eligible

Exclusion Criteria

Evidence of uncontrolled viral, fungal, bacterial infection
Evidence of active meningeal or CNS disease
Prior therapy with rabbit ATG, prior treatment with equine ATG is allowed if more than 3 months ago
Breast feeding mothers are excluded

Study & Design

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
ATG 2.5 mg/kg/d, TBI, transplant	Allogeneic PBSCT or BMT	(Rabbit-ATG;Thymoglobulin,Genzyme) ATG 7.5 mg/kg in three divided doses (2.5 mg/kg/d) given over three days (day -9 to -7) followed by 450 cGy TBI and tacrolimus plus MMF GVHD prophylaxis. Patients receive higher dose anti-thymocyte globulin intravenously (IV) on days -9 to -7. Patients undergo total-body radiation (TBI) twice daily (BID) on day -1 and once daily (QD) on day 0. Patients then undergo peripheral blood stem cells or bone marrow transplant on day 0. GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE PROPHYLAXIS: patients receive tacrolimus orally (PO) on days -2 to 90-120 with taper for 2 months, and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) PO BID on days 0-30.
ATG 1.7 mg/kg, TBI, transplant	Allogeneic PBSCT or BMT	(Rabbit-ATG;Thymoglobulin,Genzyme) ATG 5.1 mg/kg in three divided doses (1.7 mg/kg/d) given over three days (day -9 to -7) followed by 450 cGy TBI and tacrolimus plus MMF GVHD prophylaxis. Patients receive lower dose anti-thymocyte globulin IV on days -9 to -7. Patients undergo total-body radiation (TBI) twice daily (BID) on day -1 and once daily (QD) on day 0. Patients then undergo peripheral blood stem cells or bone marrow transplant on day 0. GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE PROPHYLAXIS: patients receive tacrolimus orally (PO) on days -2 to 90-120 with taper for 2 months, and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) PO BID on days 0-30.
ATG 1.7 mg/kg, TBI, transplant	Thymoglobulin	(Rabbit-ATG;Thymoglobulin,Genzyme) ATG 5.1 mg/kg in three divided doses (1.7 mg/kg/d) given over three days (day -9 to -7) followed by 450 cGy TBI and tacrolimus plus MMF GVHD prophylaxis. Patients receive lower dose anti-thymocyte globulin IV on days -9 to -7. Patients undergo total-body radiation (TBI) twice daily (BID) on day -1 and once daily (QD) on day 0. Patients then undergo peripheral blood stem cells or bone marrow transplant on day 0. GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE PROPHYLAXIS: patients receive tacrolimus orally (PO) on days -2 to 90-120 with taper for 2 months, and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) PO BID on days 0-30.
ATG 1.7 mg/kg, TBI, transplant	Total-Body Irradiation	(Rabbit-ATG;Thymoglobulin,Genzyme) ATG 5.1 mg/kg in three divided doses (1.7 mg/kg/d) given over three days (day -9 to -7) followed by 450 cGy TBI and tacrolimus plus MMF GVHD prophylaxis. Patients receive lower dose anti-thymocyte globulin IV on days -9 to -7. Patients undergo total-body radiation (TBI) twice daily (BID) on day -1 and once daily (QD) on day 0. Patients then undergo peripheral blood stem cells or bone marrow transplant on day 0. GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE PROPHYLAXIS: patients receive tacrolimus orally (PO) on days -2 to 90-120 with taper for 2 months, and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) PO BID on days 0-30.
ATG 2.5 mg/kg/d, TBI, transplant	Total-Body Irradiation	(Rabbit-ATG;Thymoglobulin,Genzyme) ATG 7.5 mg/kg in three divided doses (2.5 mg/kg/d) given over three days (day -9 to -7) followed by 450 cGy TBI and tacrolimus plus MMF GVHD prophylaxis. Patients receive higher dose anti-thymocyte globulin intravenously (IV) on days -9 to -7. Patients undergo total-body radiation (TBI) twice daily (BID) on day -1 and once daily (QD) on day 0. Patients then undergo peripheral blood stem cells or bone marrow transplant on day 0. GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE PROPHYLAXIS: patients receive tacrolimus orally (PO) on days -2 to 90-120 with taper for 2 months, and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) PO BID on days 0-30.
ATG 2.5 mg/kg/d, TBI, transplant	Thymoglobulin	(Rabbit-ATG;Thymoglobulin,Genzyme) ATG 7.5 mg/kg in three divided doses (2.5 mg/kg/d) given over three days (day -9 to -7) followed by 450 cGy TBI and tacrolimus plus MMF GVHD prophylaxis. Patients receive higher dose anti-thymocyte globulin intravenously (IV) on days -9 to -7. Patients undergo total-body radiation (TBI) twice daily (BID) on day -1 and once daily (QD) on day 0. Patients then undergo peripheral blood stem cells or bone marrow transplant on day 0. GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE PROPHYLAXIS: patients receive tacrolimus orally (PO) on days -2 to 90-120 with taper for 2 months, and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) PO BID on days 0-30.
ATG 1.7 mg/kg, TBI, transplant	Tacrolimus	(Rabbit-ATG;Thymoglobulin,Genzyme) ATG 5.1 mg/kg in three divided doses (1.7 mg/kg/d) given over three days (day -9 to -7) followed by 450 cGy TBI and tacrolimus plus MMF GVHD prophylaxis. Patients receive lower dose anti-thymocyte globulin IV on days -9 to -7. Patients undergo total-body radiation (TBI) twice daily (BID) on day -1 and once daily (QD) on day 0. Patients then undergo peripheral blood stem cells or bone marrow transplant on day 0. GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE PROPHYLAXIS: patients receive tacrolimus orally (PO) on days -2 to 90-120 with taper for 2 months, and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) PO BID on days 0-30.
ATG 1.7 mg/kg, TBI, transplant	Mycophenolate Mofetil	(Rabbit-ATG;Thymoglobulin,Genzyme) ATG 5.1 mg/kg in three divided doses (1.7 mg/kg/d) given over three days (day -9 to -7) followed by 450 cGy TBI and tacrolimus plus MMF GVHD prophylaxis. Patients receive lower dose anti-thymocyte globulin IV on days -9 to -7. Patients undergo total-body radiation (TBI) twice daily (BID) on day -1 and once daily (QD) on day 0. Patients then undergo peripheral blood stem cells or bone marrow transplant on day 0. GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE PROPHYLAXIS: patients receive tacrolimus orally (PO) on days -2 to 90-120 with taper for 2 months, and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) PO BID on days 0-30.
ATG 2.5 mg/kg/d, TBI, transplant	Mycophenolate Mofetil	(Rabbit-ATG;Thymoglobulin,Genzyme) ATG 7.5 mg/kg in three divided doses (2.5 mg/kg/d) given over three days (day -9 to -7) followed by 450 cGy TBI and tacrolimus plus MMF GVHD prophylaxis. Patients receive higher dose anti-thymocyte globulin intravenously (IV) on days -9 to -7. Patients undergo total-body radiation (TBI) twice daily (BID) on day -1 and once daily (QD) on day 0. Patients then undergo peripheral blood stem cells or bone marrow transplant on day 0. GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE PROPHYLAXIS: patients receive tacrolimus orally (PO) on days -2 to 90-120 with taper for 2 months, and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) PO BID on days 0-30.
ATG 2.5 mg/kg/d, TBI, transplant	Tacrolimus	(Rabbit-ATG;Thymoglobulin,Genzyme) ATG 7.5 mg/kg in three divided doses (2.5 mg/kg/d) given over three days (day -9 to -7) followed by 450 cGy TBI and tacrolimus plus MMF GVHD prophylaxis. Patients receive higher dose anti-thymocyte globulin intravenously (IV) on days -9 to -7. Patients undergo total-body radiation (TBI) twice daily (BID) on day -1 and once daily (QD) on day 0. Patients then undergo peripheral blood stem cells or bone marrow transplant on day 0. GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE PROPHYLAXIS: patients receive tacrolimus orally (PO) on days -2 to 90-120 with taper for 2 months, and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) PO BID on days 0-30.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Comparison of Functional Immune Reconstitution at 6-9 Months Following Transplant as Measured by Antibody Response to Vaccination With Inactivated Hepatitis A or B Vaccine.	Up to 9 months following transplant	A positive test result will indicate immune reconstitution, while a negative test results will indicate lack of immune reconstitution. Participants not done (ND) will be counted with the negative (Neg).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Treatment Related Mortality	Day 100
Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease (GVHD)	2 year GVHD rate
Engraftment of Donor Hematopoietic Stem Cells, as Measured by Time in Days to Neutrophil and Platelet Count Recovery Following Allogeneic PBSCT.	Up to 52 weeks post transplant.
Survival	2-year survival rate (%)
Event-free Survival	2 years
Relapse	2 year relapse rate (%)	Patients with different disease relapses was determined according to current clinical standards based on the disease. For example, AML or MDS relapse is determined by a bone marrow biopsy. Multiple myeloma relapse requires a number of labs and/or biopsy to diagnose such as SPEP, UPEP, immunofixation, serum and urine light chains. In lymphoma disease is followed using CT and/or PET scans.
Donor Lymphocyte Infusion	2 year rate of DLI
Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease (GVHD)	2 year rate (%)