A Randomized Trial of Sirolimus-Based Graft Versus Host Disease Prophylaxis After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
- Enrollment
- 146
- Locations
- 50
- Primary Endpoint
- Estimated Percentage of Participants With Event Free Survival
Overview
Brief Summary
This randomized phase III trial is studying tacrolimus, methotrexate, and sirolimus to see how well they work compared to tacrolimus and methotrexate in preventing graft-versus-host disease in young patients who are undergoing donor stem cell transplant for intermediate-risk or high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia in second complete remission and high risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia in first remission. Giving chemotherapy, such as thiotepa and cyclophosphamide, and total-body irradiation before a donor stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer cells. It also helps stop the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells. The donated stem cells may replace the patient's immune cells and help destroy any remaining cancer cells (graft-versus-tumor effect). Sometimes the transplanted cells from a donor can also make an immune response against the body's normal cells. Giving tacrolimus, methotrexate, and sirolimus after the transplant may stop this from happening. It is not yet known whether tacrolimus and methotrexate are more effective with or without sirolimus in preventing graft-versus-host disease.
Detailed Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Compare the post-transplant 2-year event-free survival of pediatric patients with intermediate-risk or high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in second complete remission or high risk ALL in first remission undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation treated with graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis comprising tacrolimus and methotrexate with or without sirolimus.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Compare rates of relapses, transplant-related mortality, and acute and chronic GVHD in these patients.
II. Evaluate the relative contribution of resistance by ALL blasts to cytolytic therapy (e.g., chemotherapy/irradiation) as a cause of relapse post-transplantation by correlating ALL in vivo blast resistance with in vivo sirolimus, inhibition levels of the mTOR pathway in patients treated with sirolimus, and altered resistance pathways in ALL blasts measured by microarray analysis.
III. Evaluate the relative contribution of resistance by ALL blasts to the donor immune response as a cause of relapse post-transplantation by correlating the development of donor anti-ALL T-cell response, the development of acute and/or chronic GVHD, and the detection of altered ALL blast immunogenicity after transplant with increased minimal residual disease, persistent recipient chimerism, and relapse.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, open-label, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to specific combinations of risk (intermediate CR2 vs high CR2 vs high CR1), donor type (matched sibling vs unrelated or other related), and stem cell source (filgrastim [G-CSF]-primed bone marrow vs unprimed bone marrow vs bone marrow vs peripheral blood vs umbilical cord blood).
PREPARATIVE REGIMEN: Patients undergo total-body irradiation twice daily on days -8 to -6 and receive thiotepa IV on days -5 and -4 and cyclophosphamide IV on days -3 and -2.
ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION: Patients undergo allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation on day 0.
GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE (GVHD) PROPHYLAXIS: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
ARM I: (experimental) Patients receive tacrolimus IV continuously or orally (when able) daily beginning on day -2 followed by a taper beginning on day 42 and continuing until day 98 (for patients undergoing matched sibling donor transplantation) OR tacrolimus IV continuously or orally daily beginning on day -2 followed by a taper beginning on day 100 and continuing until day 180 (for patients undergoing related, unrelated, or cord blood donor transplantation) in the absence of GVHD. Patients also receive methotrexate IV on days 1, 3, and 6 (for patients with matched sibling and umbilical cord blood donors) OR days 1, 3, 6, and 11 (for patients with unrelated bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donors) and oral sirolimus daily beginning on day 0 followed by a taper beginning on day 180 and continuing until day 207.
ARM II: (control) Patients receive tacrolimus and methotrexate as in arm I.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for approximately 5 years.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 1 Year to 21 Years (Child, Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Histologically or cytologically confirmed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in second complete remission (CR2) (M1 bone marrow, \< 5% blasts by morphology) meeting the following criteria:
- •Intermediate risk relapsed ALL in CR2 (may receive matched sibling transplantation only) meeting 1 of the following criteria:
- •B-lineage ALL in CR2 after a late first bone marrow (BM) relapse (≥ 36 months after the initiation of primary chemotherapy) with or without associated extramedullary disease
- •B-lineage ALL in CR2 after a very early isolated extramedullary relapse (\<18 months from the initiation of primary chemotherapy)
- •High risk relapsed ALL in CR2 (may receive other related donor, unrelated donor, or matched sibling transplantation) meeting 1 of the following criteria:
- •In CR2 after an early first BM relapse (\< 36 months from initiation of primary chemotherapy)
- •T-lineage ALL in CR2 after a first BM relapse occurring at any time after initiation of primary chemotherapy
- •Philadelphia chromosome-positive ALL in CR2 after a first BM relapse occurring at any time after the initiation of primary chemotherapy
- •T-lineage ALL in CR2 after a very early isolated extramedullary relapse (\<18 months from the initiation of primary chemotherapy)
- •High risk de novo ALL in CR1 (may receive matched sibling, other related/unrelated BM/PBSC or unrelated CB transplantation) meeting 1 of the following criteria:
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Arms & Interventions
Tacro-MTX/Sirolimus GVHD Prophylaxis Regimen
Preparative regimen of total body irradiation (TBI) 200 cGy BID days -8,-7, & -6, Thiotepa IV (dose 5 mg/kg/day on days -5 & -4) & cyclophosphamide IV (dose 60 mg/kg/day on days -3 & -2). Tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally daily on day -2 with a taper starting on day 42 - day 98 (patients undergoing matched sibling donor transplantation) OR tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally daily beginning on day -2 followed by a taper on day 100 through day 180 (patients undergoing other related, unrelated, or cord blood donor transplantation) in the absence of GVHD. Patients also receive methotrexate IV (5 mg/m2/dose) on days 1,3, & 6 (patients with matched sibling and umbilical cord blood donors) OR days 1,3 6, & 11 (patients with other related/unrelated bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donors) and oral sirolimus (dose 2.5mg/m2/day - 4 mg max starting dose) daily starting on day 0 followed by a taper starting on day 180 through day 207.
Intervention: thiotepa (Drug)
Tacro-MTX/Sirolimus GVHD Prophylaxis Regimen
Preparative regimen of total body irradiation (TBI) 200 cGy BID days -8,-7, & -6, Thiotepa IV (dose 5 mg/kg/day on days -5 & -4) & cyclophosphamide IV (dose 60 mg/kg/day on days -3 & -2). Tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally daily on day -2 with a taper starting on day 42 - day 98 (patients undergoing matched sibling donor transplantation) OR tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally daily beginning on day -2 followed by a taper on day 100 through day 180 (patients undergoing other related, unrelated, or cord blood donor transplantation) in the absence of GVHD. Patients also receive methotrexate IV (5 mg/m2/dose) on days 1,3, & 6 (patients with matched sibling and umbilical cord blood donors) OR days 1,3 6, & 11 (patients with other related/unrelated bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donors) and oral sirolimus (dose 2.5mg/m2/day - 4 mg max starting dose) daily starting on day 0 followed by a taper starting on day 180 through day 207.
Intervention: cyclophosphamide (Drug)
Tacro-MTX/Sirolimus GVHD Prophylaxis Regimen
Preparative regimen of total body irradiation (TBI) 200 cGy BID days -8,-7, & -6, Thiotepa IV (dose 5 mg/kg/day on days -5 & -4) & cyclophosphamide IV (dose 60 mg/kg/day on days -3 & -2). Tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally daily on day -2 with a taper starting on day 42 - day 98 (patients undergoing matched sibling donor transplantation) OR tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally daily beginning on day -2 followed by a taper on day 100 through day 180 (patients undergoing other related, unrelated, or cord blood donor transplantation) in the absence of GVHD. Patients also receive methotrexate IV (5 mg/m2/dose) on days 1,3, & 6 (patients with matched sibling and umbilical cord blood donors) OR days 1,3 6, & 11 (patients with other related/unrelated bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donors) and oral sirolimus (dose 2.5mg/m2/day - 4 mg max starting dose) daily starting on day 0 followed by a taper starting on day 180 through day 207.
Intervention: tacrolimus (Drug)
Tacro-MTX/Sirolimus GVHD Prophylaxis Regimen
Preparative regimen of total body irradiation (TBI) 200 cGy BID days -8,-7, & -6, Thiotepa IV (dose 5 mg/kg/day on days -5 & -4) & cyclophosphamide IV (dose 60 mg/kg/day on days -3 & -2). Tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally daily on day -2 with a taper starting on day 42 - day 98 (patients undergoing matched sibling donor transplantation) OR tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally daily beginning on day -2 followed by a taper on day 100 through day 180 (patients undergoing other related, unrelated, or cord blood donor transplantation) in the absence of GVHD. Patients also receive methotrexate IV (5 mg/m2/dose) on days 1,3, & 6 (patients with matched sibling and umbilical cord blood donors) OR days 1,3 6, & 11 (patients with other related/unrelated bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donors) and oral sirolimus (dose 2.5mg/m2/day - 4 mg max starting dose) daily starting on day 0 followed by a taper starting on day 180 through day 207.
Intervention: methotrexate (Drug)
Tacro-MTX/Sirolimus GVHD Prophylaxis Regimen
Preparative regimen of total body irradiation (TBI) 200 cGy BID days -8,-7, & -6, Thiotepa IV (dose 5 mg/kg/day on days -5 & -4) & cyclophosphamide IV (dose 60 mg/kg/day on days -3 & -2). Tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally daily on day -2 with a taper starting on day 42 - day 98 (patients undergoing matched sibling donor transplantation) OR tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally daily beginning on day -2 followed by a taper on day 100 through day 180 (patients undergoing other related, unrelated, or cord blood donor transplantation) in the absence of GVHD. Patients also receive methotrexate IV (5 mg/m2/dose) on days 1,3, & 6 (patients with matched sibling and umbilical cord blood donors) OR days 1,3 6, & 11 (patients with other related/unrelated bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donors) and oral sirolimus (dose 2.5mg/m2/day - 4 mg max starting dose) daily starting on day 0 followed by a taper starting on day 180 through day 207.
Intervention: sirolimus (Drug)
Tacro-MTX/Sirolimus GVHD Prophylaxis Regimen
Preparative regimen of total body irradiation (TBI) 200 cGy BID days -8,-7, & -6, Thiotepa IV (dose 5 mg/kg/day on days -5 & -4) & cyclophosphamide IV (dose 60 mg/kg/day on days -3 & -2). Tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally daily on day -2 with a taper starting on day 42 - day 98 (patients undergoing matched sibling donor transplantation) OR tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally daily beginning on day -2 followed by a taper on day 100 through day 180 (patients undergoing other related, unrelated, or cord blood donor transplantation) in the absence of GVHD. Patients also receive methotrexate IV (5 mg/m2/dose) on days 1,3, & 6 (patients with matched sibling and umbilical cord blood donors) OR days 1,3 6, & 11 (patients with other related/unrelated bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donors) and oral sirolimus (dose 2.5mg/m2/day - 4 mg max starting dose) daily starting on day 0 followed by a taper starting on day 180 through day 207.
Intervention: total body irradiation (Radiation)
Tacro-MTX GVHD Prophylaxis
Preparative regimen of total body irradiation (TBI) 200 cGy BID days -8,-7, & -6, Thiotepa IV (dose 5 mg/kg/day on days -5 & -4) & cyclophosphamide IV (dose 60 mg/kg/day on days -3 & -2). Tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally (when able) daily on day -2 with a taper starting on day 42 - day 98 (patients undergoing matched sibling donor transplantation) OR tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally daily beginning on day -2 followed by a taper on day 100 through day 180 (patients undergoing other related, unrelated, or cord blood donor transplantation) in the absence of GVHD. Patients also receive methotrexate IV (5 mg/m2/dose) on days 1,3, & 6 (patients with matched sibling and umbilical cord blood donors) OR days 1,3 6, & 11 (patients with other related/unrelated bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donors).
Intervention: thiotepa (Drug)
Tacro-MTX GVHD Prophylaxis
Preparative regimen of total body irradiation (TBI) 200 cGy BID days -8,-7, & -6, Thiotepa IV (dose 5 mg/kg/day on days -5 & -4) & cyclophosphamide IV (dose 60 mg/kg/day on days -3 & -2). Tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally (when able) daily on day -2 with a taper starting on day 42 - day 98 (patients undergoing matched sibling donor transplantation) OR tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally daily beginning on day -2 followed by a taper on day 100 through day 180 (patients undergoing other related, unrelated, or cord blood donor transplantation) in the absence of GVHD. Patients also receive methotrexate IV (5 mg/m2/dose) on days 1,3, & 6 (patients with matched sibling and umbilical cord blood donors) OR days 1,3 6, & 11 (patients with other related/unrelated bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donors).
Intervention: cyclophosphamide (Drug)
Tacro-MTX GVHD Prophylaxis
Preparative regimen of total body irradiation (TBI) 200 cGy BID days -8,-7, & -6, Thiotepa IV (dose 5 mg/kg/day on days -5 & -4) & cyclophosphamide IV (dose 60 mg/kg/day on days -3 & -2). Tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally (when able) daily on day -2 with a taper starting on day 42 - day 98 (patients undergoing matched sibling donor transplantation) OR tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally daily beginning on day -2 followed by a taper on day 100 through day 180 (patients undergoing other related, unrelated, or cord blood donor transplantation) in the absence of GVHD. Patients also receive methotrexate IV (5 mg/m2/dose) on days 1,3, & 6 (patients with matched sibling and umbilical cord blood donors) OR days 1,3 6, & 11 (patients with other related/unrelated bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donors).
Intervention: tacrolimus (Drug)
Tacro-MTX GVHD Prophylaxis
Preparative regimen of total body irradiation (TBI) 200 cGy BID days -8,-7, & -6, Thiotepa IV (dose 5 mg/kg/day on days -5 & -4) & cyclophosphamide IV (dose 60 mg/kg/day on days -3 & -2). Tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally (when able) daily on day -2 with a taper starting on day 42 - day 98 (patients undergoing matched sibling donor transplantation) OR tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally daily beginning on day -2 followed by a taper on day 100 through day 180 (patients undergoing other related, unrelated, or cord blood donor transplantation) in the absence of GVHD. Patients also receive methotrexate IV (5 mg/m2/dose) on days 1,3, & 6 (patients with matched sibling and umbilical cord blood donors) OR days 1,3 6, & 11 (patients with other related/unrelated bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donors).
Intervention: methotrexate (Drug)
Tacro-MTX GVHD Prophylaxis
Preparative regimen of total body irradiation (TBI) 200 cGy BID days -8,-7, & -6, Thiotepa IV (dose 5 mg/kg/day on days -5 & -4) & cyclophosphamide IV (dose 60 mg/kg/day on days -3 & -2). Tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally (when able) daily on day -2 with a taper starting on day 42 - day 98 (patients undergoing matched sibling donor transplantation) OR tacrolimus IV (dose 0.02 mg/kg/day) continuously or orally daily beginning on day -2 followed by a taper on day 100 through day 180 (patients undergoing other related, unrelated, or cord blood donor transplantation) in the absence of GVHD. Patients also receive methotrexate IV (5 mg/m2/dose) on days 1,3, & 6 (patients with matched sibling and umbilical cord blood donors) OR days 1,3 6, & 11 (patients with other related/unrelated bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donors).
Intervention: total body irradiation (Radiation)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Estimated Percentage of Participants With Event Free Survival
Time Frame: at 2 years
An event is defined as relapse or transplant-related mortality. Relapse is defined in section 3.3 study protocol.
Secondary Outcomes
- Estimated Rate of Overall Chronic Graft VS Host Disease(At 2 years)
- Estimated Rate of Acute Graft VS Host Disease (GVHD)(At 200 days)
- Rate of Relapses(At 2 years)
- Estimated Transplant Related Mortality Percentage(100 days)
- Relative Contribution of Resistance by Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) Blasts to Cytolytic Therapy (e.g., Chemotherapy/Irradiation) as a Cause of Relapse Post-transplantation(Up to 1 year)
- Relative Contribution of ALL Blasts to the Donor Immune Response as a Cause of Relapse Post Transplantation (Correlating Development of aGVHD With Relapse)(At 1 year)
- Relative Contribution of ALL Blasts to the Donor Immune Response as a Cause of Relapse Pre-Transplantation (MRD)(At 2 months)
- Chimerism(Up to 12 months)