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NCT Number: NCT06646497

Indication of HSCT in Patients With Refractory/Relapse AA After First-line Standard Immunosuppressive Therapy Aged More Than 40 Years

Outcomes for adult patients with Severe Aplastic Anemia (SAA) aged more than 40 years who are refractory or in relapse after first-line IST remain poor. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is the unic valid therapeutic option but results have always been disappointing in patients aged 40 years or older. The first cause of death after HSCT in those refractory/relapse SAA patients is still graft versus host disease (GvHD). Recently, new strategies to prevent GvHD, including T-cell replete grafts with administration of post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy), have revolutionized the field, notably in haplo-identical donor setting. Using marrow as source of stem cells and a PTCy strategy not only in haplo-identical donor setting but also in case of an available matched sibling or unrelated donor might prevent drastically GvHD and eventually be practice changing. Evaluating this new strategy is the main objectives of "APARR".

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Key information

Age range

40 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Saint Louis hospital, Paris, France

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Aged from 40 to 60 years old
  • Suffering from acquired refractory severe idiopathic aplastic anemia after at least 6 months treatment with anti-thymocyte globulin, cyclosporine with Eltrombopag or in relapse
  • Allograft validated in the National Multidisciplinary expertise meetings of the French reference centre for aplastic anemia
  • With an available geno-identical donor or 10/10 matched donor or haploidentical donor
  • With the absence of donor specific antibody detected in the patient with a MFI < 1500 (antibodies to the distinct haplotype between donor and recipient)
  • Usual criteria for HSCT:
  • ECOG ≤ 2
  • No severe and uncontrolled infection
  • Cardiac function compatible with high dose of cyclophosphamide
  • With an adequate organ function ASAT and ALAT ≤ 3N, conjugated bilirubin ≤ 2N (or total bilirubin ≤ 2N if not available), clearance creatinine ≥ 50ml / min
  • With health insurance coverage
  • Women of childbearing potential and men must use contraceptive methods during their participation to the research and for 12 months and 6 months after the last dose of cyclophosphamide, respectively.
  • Having signed a written informed consent

NB: The authorized contraceptive methods are: For women of childbearing age and in absence of permanent sterilization:

  • oral, intravaginal or transdermal combined hormonal contraception,
  • oral, injectable or transdermal progestogen-only hormonal contraception,
  • intrauterine hormonal-releasing system (IUS),
  • sexual abstinence (need to be evaluated in relation to the duration of clinical trial and the preferred and usual lifestyle of the participants).

For men in absence of permanent sterilization: sexual abstinence, condoms.

Individuals must meet all of the inclusion criteria as verified at the screening / inclusion visit to be eligible to participate at the study.

Exclusion criteria

Patients:

  • With morphologic evidence of clonal evolution (patients with isolated bone marrow cytogenetic abnormalities are also eligible excepted chromosome 7 abnormalities and complex karyotype).
  • With seropositivity for HIV or HTLV-1-2 or active hepatitis B or C and associated hepatic cytolysis
  • Cancer in the last 5 years (except basal cell carcinoma of the skin or "in situ" carcinoma of the cervix)
  • Pregnant (βHCG positive) or breast-feeding
  • Yellow fever vaccine and all others live virus vaccines within 2 months before transplantation and during the research
  • With uncontrolled coronary insufficiency, recent myocardial infarction < 6-month, current manifestations of heart failure according to NYHA (II or more), ventricular ejection fraction <50%
  • With renal failure with creatinine clearance <50ml /min
  • Any contraindication mentioned in the SmPC and the Investigator's brochure of all medicinal products planned to be used in the trial including conditioning regimen, GVHD prophylaxis, prevention of EBV reactivation, infection prophylaxis
  • Known allergy or intolerance to all medicinal products and/or excipients planned to be used in the trial including conditioning regimen, GVHD prophylaxis, prevention of EBV reactivation, infection prophylaxis, according to Investigator's brochure and SmPC.
  • Who have any debilitating medical or psychiatric illness, which precludes understanding the inform consent as well as optimal treatment and follow-up
  • Under legal protection (tutorship or curatorship)
  • Under state medical aid
  • Participation to another interventional trial on a medicinal product or cell therapy

Individuals meeting any of the exclusion criteria as verified at the screening / inclusion visit will be ineligible to participate at the study.

Treatment and study plan

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Stem cell source only Bone Marrow

Biological
  • Conditioning regimen Thymoglobulin (0.5/mg/kg à D-9, 2 mg /kg at D-8 and 2.5 mg/kg à D-7), Fludarabine (30mg/m2/day i.v: day -6 to day -2), pre-transplant, Cyclophosphamide (14.5 mg/kg/day i.v: day -6 and day -5), and Total Body Irradiation (2 Gray on day -1).
  • Stem cell source Bone Marrow only. Target of 4 × 10^8 nucleated cells/kg recipient body weight. Granulocyte colony stimulating factor is given subcutaneously starting on day +5 at 5 mg/ kg/day until the absolute neutrophil count is greater than 1.5 × 10^9/L for 3 days.
  • GVHD prophylaxis Cyclophosphamide 50 mg/Kg/day at D+3 and D+4. Tacrolimus (0,2 à 0,3 mg/kg/day per os divided into 2 doses or 0.05 to 0.1 mg/kg/d IVSE) and mycophenolate (MMF) will begin from D+5. In absence of GvHD, MMF will be stopped between D35 and D45 and Tacrolimus at day 365.
  • Prevention of EBV reactivation Rituximab 150mg/m2 intravenously at Day+5 post HSCT (except patients and their donor with EBV serology and EBV PCR negative).

Primary outcomes

  1. GRFS (Graft Versus Host Disease (GvHD) and Relapse/rejection-Free Survival)

    Time frame: 2 years after transplantation

    GRFS is a composite right-censored endpoint, defined as the time from HSCT to the first of the following events:

    • primary graft failure, defined as the absence of engraftment from aplasia at day 60 after graft (D0) (i.e., persistence of neutrophils< 500 AND platelets < 20 Giga/L)
    • secondary graft failure, defined as the reoccurrence of aplasia after engraftment (defined as both occurrence of neutrophils< 500 for 3 days and platelets < 20 Giga/L for 7 consecutive days)
    • grade 3-4 acute GVHD, according to the MAGIC CONSORTIUM 2016
    • severe chronic GVHD, according to the NIH classification
    • death, whatever the cause

Secondary outcomes

  1. Neutrophil engraftment

    Time frame: At day 100

    Neutrophils engraftment will be defined as first day of 3 consecutive days with neutrophils >0.5 G/L.

    With donor chimerism> 85% on the total blood.

  2. Platelets engraftment

    Time frame: At day 100

    Platelets engraftment will be defined as first day of 7 consecutive days with platelets >20 G/L.

    With donor chimerism> 85% on the total blood.

  3. Absolute number of neutrophils

    Time frame: At 1 month

  4. Absolute number of neutrophils

    Time frame: At 3 months

  5. Absolute number of neutrophils

    Time frame: At 6 months

  6. Absolute number of neutrophils

    Time frame: At 12 months

  7. Absolute number of neutrophils

    Time frame: At 24 months

  8. Absolute number of neutrophils

    Time frame: At day of last platelet and red blood cell transfusions (up to 24 months)

  9. Absolute number of platelets

    Time frame: At 1 month

  10. Absolute number of platelets

    Time frame: At 3 months

  11. Absolute number of platelets

    Time frame: At 6 months

  12. Absolute number of platelets

    Time frame: At 12 months

  13. Absolute number of platelets

    Time frame: At 24 months

  14. Absolute number of platelets

    Time frame: At day of last platelet and red blood cell transfusions (up to 24 months)

  15. Acute GvHD incidence grade 2-4

    Time frame: At 3 months

  16. Chronic GvHD incidence

    Time frame: At 24 months

  17. Severe chronic GvHD

    Time frame: At 24 months

  18. Secondary graft failure

    Time frame: At 12 months

  19. Secondary graft failure

    Time frame: At 24 months

  20. Severe infections

    Time frame: At 1 month

    CTCAE grade 3-4

  21. Severe infections

    Time frame: At 3 months

    CTCAE grade 3-4

  22. Severe infections

    Time frame: At 6 months

    CTCAE grade 3-4

  23. Severe infections

    Time frame: At 12 months

    CTCAE grade 3-4

  24. Severe infections

    Time frame: At 24 months

    CTCAE grade 3-4

  25. Incidence of cardiac toxicities

    Time frame: At 12 months

  26. Incidence of Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) infection

    Time frame: At 12 months

  27. Incidence of CytoMegaloVirus (CMV) infection

    Time frame: At 12 months

  28. Mortality

    Time frame: At 12 months

  29. Mortality

    Time frame: At 24 months

  30. Overall survival

    Time frame: At 12 months

  31. Overall survival

    Time frame: At 24 months

  32. Quality Of Life questionnaire

    Time frame: Before transplantation - at baseline day 0

    Quality of life will be evaluated using PedsQL questionnaire. Scores varies from 0 to100, with higher scores associated with better health-related quality of life

  33. Quality Of Life questionnaire

    Time frame: At 6 months

    Quality of life will be evaluated using PedsQL questionnaire. Scores varies from 0 to100, with higher scores associated with better health-related quality of life

  34. Quality Of Life questionnaire

    Time frame: At 12 months

    Quality of life will be evaluated using PedsQL questionnaire. Scores varies from 0 to100, with higher scores associated with better health-related quality of life

  35. Quality Of Life questionnaire

    Time frame: At 24 months

    Quality of life will be evaluated using PedsQL questionnaire. Scores varies from 0 to100, with higher scores associated with better health-related quality of life

  36. Chimerism

    Time frame: At 1 month

    Proportion of patients with a donor chimerism of 85% or more

  37. Chimerism

    Time frame: At 3 months

    Proportion of patients with a donor chimerism of 85% or more

  38. Chimerism

    Time frame: At 6 months

    Proportion of patients with a donor chimerism of 85% or more

  39. Chimerism

    Time frame: At 12 months

    Proportion of patients with a donor chimerism of 85% or more

  40. Chimerism

    Time frame: At 24 months

    Proportion of patients with a donor chimerism of 85% or more

  41. Immune reconstitution

    Time frame: At 1 month

    Immune reconstitution will be done by analyzing T, B, NK, regulatory T cell levels in the peripheral blood. All have the same unit measure namely absolute numbers/microL.

  42. Immune reconstitution

    Time frame: At 3 months

    Immune reconstitution will be done by analyzing T, B, NK, regulatory T cell levels in the peripheral blood. All have the same unit measure namely absolute numbers/microL.

  43. Immune reconstitution

    Time frame: At 6 months

    Immune reconstitution will be done by analyzing T, B, NK, regulatory T cell levels in the peripheral blood. All have the same unit measure namely absolute numbers/microL.

  44. Immune reconstitution

    Time frame: At 12 months

    Immune reconstitution will be done by analyzing T, B, NK, regulatory T cell levels in the peripheral blood. All have the same unit measure namely absolute numbers/microL.

  45. Immune reconstitution

    Time frame: At 24 months

    Immune reconstitution will be done by analyzing T, B, NK, regulatory T cell levels in the peripheral blood. All have the same unit measure namely absolute numbers/microL.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Jérôme Lambert, MD PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

142499742 ext. +33

Régis Peffault de Latour, MD PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

142385073 ext. +33

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Evaluation of an Optimized Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Protocol With Post-transplant Cyclophosphamide in Patients Aged 40 to 60 Years Old With Acquired Aplastic Anemia Refractory or in Relapse After Immunosuppression

Acronym: APARR

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2030
Study completion
2030
First posted
Oct 17, 2024
Registry last updated
Apr 28, 2026

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