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NCT Number: NCT00572897

Study of Fludarabine Based Conditioning for Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation for Myelofibrosis

Stem cell transplantation is used to treat may types of diseases. There a 2 types of transplants, conventional (very intense) and reduced intensity-non-myeloablative, also called mini-transplants.

This study proposes to use a conditioning regimen for allogeneic transplantation along with a reduced intensity transplant. Conditioning regiment is the name for the combination of chemotherapy drugs that is given to patients before receiving a transplantation of donor stem cells. It is hoped that the regimen designed for this study proves to be less toxic and has an equal or better anticancer effect than the regimens that are normally used. The regimen being used is a combination of two chemotherapy drugs, fludarabine and melphalan. This regimen has been studied in recipients of matched sibling transplants and in recipients of alternative donor stem cells in other hematologic malignancies. Those subjects, who receive stem cells from an unrelated donor, will also receive and additional drug called ATG or anti thymocyte globulin. ATG suppresses the immune system, thus reducing the chances for the recipient rejecting the transplant (graft).

The purpose of this study is to observe if reduced intensity transplants can be used to allow engraftment or "take" of the donor's bone marrow. Studies conducted in the past show this type of transplant is much less toxic than traditional bone marrow transplants. Reduced intensity transplants may be better tolerated by patients who may experience serious side effects from standard (very intense) stem cell transplant.

The study has been recently amended to follow all subjects for survival.

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Key information

Conditions

Myelofibrosis Bone Marrow Diseases Hematologic Diseases Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases Myeloproliferative Disorders Primary Myelofibrosis

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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About this study

This study is designed as a single arm Phase II clinical trial in patients with myelofibrosis who are eligible for transplantation from a related donor or from an unrelated donor source. Patients will be accrued into two separate strata defined by donor type. Each of the two strata will be analyzed separately.

Patients will be followed yearly from time of enrollment into the study to assess clinical response and overall, progression and event free survival, as well as incidence and degree of acute and chronic GVHD. We will estimate cumulative survival and transplant related mortality in patients enrolled in each of the two strata.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with the following disease: Idiopathic myelofibrosis, or spent PV-, or ET-related myelofibrosis in chronic phase (<20% blast cells in the bone marrow) with Lille score >1 at any time, or platelet <100K.
  • Age 18-65 years.
  • ECOG performance status < 3.
  • Life expectancy >3 months.
  • Adequate cardiac function, normal LVEF ≥ 45% by MUGA or echocardiogram and adequate pulmonary function DLCO ≥ 50% of predicted.
  • Serum creatinine < 1.1 x the upper limit of normal (ULN) or Creatinine Clearance >50 ml/min.
  • Serum bilirubin < 2.0 mg/dl, SGPT <2.5 x upper limit of normal
  • No evidence of chronic active hepatitis or cirrhosis
  • HIV-negative
  • Patient is not pregnant
  • Patient or guardian able to sign informed consent.
  • Patients with >20% myeloblasts in the blood or marrow, extramedullary blast cell proliferation or large foci of blasts in bone marrow biopsy specimens are not eligible.
  • Pretransplant splenectomy: MMM patients with variable degrees of splenomegaly, or splenectomized, are eligible to be enrolled. Any decision of having a patient splenectomized prior to transplant will be made in each center prior to enrolling the patient in the study.
  • Patients should be off treatment with investigational for at least 4 weeks and have recovered from all toxicities.

Exclusion criteria

  • Pregnancy
  • HIV positive
  • > 20% myeloblasts in the peripheral blood or bone marrow
  • LVEF < 45%
  • DLCO < 50% of predicted
  • ECOG performance status ≥ 3
  • Chronic active hepatitis or cirrhosis
  • Chronic renal insufficiency

Treatment and study plan

Fludarabine, Melphalan +/- ATG

Drug

Conditioning regimen for Allogenic Stem Cell Transplant:

Related Donor Fludarabine days -6 to -2 (30mg/m2 IVPB over 30 minutes daily) Melphalan days -3 to -2 (70mg/m2 IVPB over 30 minutes daily)

Unrelated Donor Fludarabine days -6 to -2 (30mg/m2 IVPB over 30 minutes daily) Melphalan days -3 to -2 (70mg/m2 IVPB over 30 minutes daily) ATG (Thymoglobulin®) days -3 to -1 (0.5 mg/kg IV on day -3 [given over 6 hours], and 2 mg/kg on days -2 and -1 [given over 4 hours])

Primary outcomes

  1. The Primary Endpoint is Progression-free Survival.

    Time frame: 2 years

    Number of participants alive at 2 years who are progression-free

Secondary outcomes

  1. Response Outcomes

    Time frame: 180 days

    assessed according to the IWG Criteria

  2. Overall Survival

    Time frame: 73 months

    The number of patients alive at last follow-up.

  3. Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC)

    Time frame: 2 years

    Patients with ANC ≥0.5 × 10^9/L

  4. PLT

    Time frame: 2 years

    Patients with PLT ≥20 × 109/L

  5. Transplant-related Mortality

    Time frame: 2 years

    Transplant-related Mortality including Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

John Mascarenhas

Other

Collaborators

  • Myeloproliferative Disorders-Research Consortium
  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2007
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2015
First posted
Dec 13, 2007
Registry last updated
May 15, 2017

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