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NCT Number: NCT05031897

Two Step Haplo With Radiation Conditioning

This phase II clinical trial evaluates whether a modified modality of conditioning reduces treatment-related mortality (TRM) in patients who undergo a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) for a hematological malignancy. HSCT is a curative therapy for many hematopoietic malignancies, however this regimen results in higher rates of TRM than other forms of treatment. In recent years, less intense conditioning regimens with radiation and chemotherapy prior to HSCT have been developed. Radiation therapy uses high energy sources to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors while chemotherapy drugs like fludarabine and cyclophosphamide work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. This study evaluates whether a two-step approach with lower-intensity regimens of these treatments prior to HSCT reduces the rate of TRM.

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Conditions

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Acute Myeloid Leukemia Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Anemia Anemia, Aplastic Aplastic Anemia Blood Coagulation Disorders Blood Platelet Disorders Blood Protein Disorders Bone Marrow Diseases Bone Marrow Failure Disorders Bone Marrow Neoplasms Cardiovascular Diseases Chronic Disease Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Positive Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia Disease Attributes Essential Thrombocythemia Hematologic Diseases Hematologic Neoplasms Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases Hemorrhagic Disorders Hemostatic Disorders Hodgkin Disease Hodgkin Lymphoma Immune System Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders Leukemia Leukemia, B-Cell Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell Leukemia, Lymphoid Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive Leukemia, Myeloid Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic Lymphatic Diseases Lymphoma Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoproliferative Disorders Multiple Myeloma Myelodysplastic Syndrome Myelodysplastic Syndromes Myelodysplastic-Myeloproliferative Diseases Myelofibrosis Myeloid Neoplasm Myeloproliferative Disorders Neoplasms Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms, Plasma Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Paraproteinemias Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Polycythemia Vera Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma Primary Myelofibrosis Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Thrombocythemia, Essential Thrombocytosis Vascular Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University

Philadephia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Usama Gergis, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

215-503-2455

About this study

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To assess the 2 year cumulative incidence of TRM in patients undergoing reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) haploidentical (HI) HSCT in this protocol.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To assess the 2 year cumulative incidence of relapse in patients undergoing RIC HI HSCT in this protocol.

II. To assess the consistency and pace of engraftment. III. To assess the pace of T cell and B cell immune recovery. IV. To assess the incidence and severity of graft versus host disease (GVHD).

OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 cohorts.

RADIATION-BASED COHORT: Patients receive fludarabine intravenously (IV) on days -11, -10, -9, and -8, undergo total-body irradiation (TBI) twice a day (BID) on days -10 and -9, undergo donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) on day -6, and receive cyclophosphamide IV on days -3 and -2. Patients begin tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil IV on day -1. Patients then undergo HSCT on day 0. Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo bone marrow biopsy/aspiration, imaging and blood sample collection throughout the study.

CHEMOTHERAPY-BASED COHORT: Patients receive fludarabine IV on days -11, -10, -9, and -8 and melphalan IV on days -10 and -9. Patients undergo TBI and DLI once on day -6. Patients receive cyclophosphamide IV on days -3 and -2 and begin tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil on day -1. Patients undergo HSCT on day 0. Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo bone marrow biopsy/aspiration, imaging and blood sample collection throughout the study.

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

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Radiation-based cohort diagnoses:
  • Acute myeloid leukemia
  • Acute lymphoid leukemia in remission
  • Myelodysplasia (MDS)
  • Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) with no or minimal lymph node involvement
  • Multiple myeloma
  • Chronic myeloid leukemia
  • Myelofibrosis
  • Myeloid malignancy not otherwise specified
  • Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
  • Essential thrombocytopenia or polycythemia vera
  • T cell leukemia
  • T cell lymphoma without significant lymph node disease burden
  • Any hematological malignancy or dyscrasia not cited above in which HSCT is potentially curable
  • Any patient who has a hematological disease that would normally be treated on a myeloablative study, but is prevented from doing so by factors in their past medical history. Examples are patients with previous treatment with radiation therapy precluding total-body irradiation (TBI), or a past history of myeloablative therapy, precluding a 2nd myeloablative regimen.
  • Patients must have a donor who is one-haplotype mismatched (number of mismatches in either direction not considered)
  • Chemotherapy-based cohort diagnoses:
  • Hodgkin or non-Hodgkin lymphoma
  • Small lymphocytic lymphoma/CLL
  • Any other diagnosis in which chemotherapy is thought to be superior to radiotherapy for treatment of the disease
  • Hematological malignancy in patients who cannot receive > 2 Gy radiation
  • Aplastic anemia and other non-malignant hematologic dyscrasias
  • Patients must have a donor who is one-haplotype mismatched (number of mismatches in either direction not considered)
  • Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) identical cohort diagnoses:
  • Patients in this group will be treated in parallel to the radiation-based cohort or the chemotherapy-based group based on what category their diagnosis falls into. However, these patients will have HLA identical related donors (one-antigen cross-over event included).
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction of >= 50%
  • Diffusion lung capacity of oxygen >= 50% and forced expiratory volume at 1 second >= 50% of predicted corrected for hemoglobin
  • Serum bilirubin =< 1.8
  • Aspartate aminotransferase or alanine aminotransferase =< 2.5 x upper limit of normal
  • Creatinine clearance of >= 60 mL/min
  • Patients must have adequate Karnofsky performance status (KPS) and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation-Comorbidity Index (HCT-CI) scores:
  • Patients < age 60 years must have a KPS of >= 60% and an HCT-CI score of 5 or less
  • Patients aged 60 to 65 years must have a KPS of >= 60% and an HCT-CI score of 4 or less
  • Patients aged 66 to 69 years must have a KPS of 90% and an HCT-CI score of 3 or less
  • Patients aged 70 years or more must have a KPS of 90% and an HCT-CI score of 2 or less
  • (Patients with greater than the allowable HCT-CI points for age can be enrolled for trial with approval of the principal investigator (PI) and at least 1 co-investigator (CI) not on the primary care team of the patient). This is an adjustment to account for healthy patients who meet the spirit of this protocol but have histories that result in higher than guideline HCT-CI points. An example is a patient with a solid tumor malignancy in their remote history (adds 3 points to HCT-CI total) where the treatment for the malignancy occurred years to decades before and there has been complete recovery of toxicities
  • Patients must be willing to use contraception if they have childbearing potential
  • Patient or patient's guardian is able to give informed consent
  • Patients should have a life expectancy of >= 6 months for reasons other than their underlying hematologic/oncologic disorder
  • Patients with evidence of another malignancy, exclusive of a skin cancer that requires only local treatment, should not be enrolled on this protocol
  • Patients should not be:
  • Human immunodeficiency virus positive
  • Have active involvement of the central nervous system with malignancy. This can be documented by a normal neurological exam, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the head, and/or a negative cerebral spinal fluid analysis
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding

Treatment and study plan

Fludarabine

Drug

Given IV

Other names: 2-Fluoro-9-beta-arabinofuranosyladenine, 2-Fluorovidarabine, 21679-14-1, 9-Beta-D-arabinofuranosyl-2-fluoro-9H-purin-6-amine, 9-Beta-D-arabinofuranosyl-2-fluoroadenine, Fluradosa

total-body irradiation

Radiation

Undergo TBI

Other names: SCT_TBI, TBI, TOTAL BODY IRRADIATION, Whole Body, Whole Body Irradiation, Whole-Body Irradiation

Donor Lymphocyte Infusion

Procedure

Undergo DLI

Other names: DLI, Donor Leukocyte Infusion

Cyclophosphamide

Drug

Given IV

Other names: (-)-Cyclophosphamide, 1-bis(2-chloroethyl)-amino-1-oxo-2-aza-5-oxaphosphoridin monohydrate, 2-[bis(2-chloroethyl)amino]tetrahydro-2H-1,3,2-oxazaphosphorine 2-oxide monohydrate, 2-[bis(b-chloroethyl)amino]-1-oxa-3-aza-2-phosphacyclohexane-2-oxide monohydrate, 2-[di(chloroethyl)amino]-1-oxa-3-aza-2-phosphacyclohexane 2-oxide monohydrate, 2H-1,3,2-Oxazaphosphorine, 2-[bis(2-chloroethyl)amino]tetrahydro-, 2-oxide, monohydrate, 6055-19-2, Asta B 518, B 518, B-518, B518, bis(2-chloroethyl)phosphamide cyclic propanolamide ester monohydrate, Bis(2-chloroethyl)phosphoramide cyclic propanolamide ester monohydrate, Carloxan, Ciclofosfamida, Ciclofosfamide, Cicloxal, Clafen, Claphene, CP monohydrate, CTX, CYCLO-cell, Cycloblastin, Cycloblastine, Cyclophospham, Cyclophosphamid monohydrate, Cyclophosphamide Monohydrate, Cyclophosphamidum, Cyclophosphan, Cyclophosphane, Cyclophosphanum, Cyclostin, Cytophosphan, Cytophosphane, Cytoxan, Fosfaseron, Genoxal, Genuxal, Ledoxina, Mitoxan, N,N-bis(2-chloroethyl)-N',O-propylenephosphoric acid ester diamide monohydrate, N,N-bis(2-chloroethyl)-N'-(3-hydroxypropyl)phosphorodiamidic acid intramolecular ester monohydrate, N,N-bis(2-chloroethyl)tetrahydro-2H-1,3,2-oxazaphosphorin-2-amine 2-oxide monohydrate, N,N-bis(b-chloroethyl)-N',O-trimethylenephosphoric acid ester diamide monohydrate, N,N-bis(beta-chloroethyl)-N',O-propylenephosphoric acid ester diamide monohydrate, N,N-bis(beta-chloroethyl)-N',O-trimethylenephosphoric acid ester diamide monohydrate, Neosar, Revimmune, Syklofosfamid, WR 138719, WR- 138719, WR-138719, WR138719

Tacrolimus

Drug

Given IV

Other names: 109581-93-3, FK 506, FK-506, FK506, Fujimycin, Hecoria, Prograf, Protopic, Tacforius

Mycophenolate mofetil

Drug

Given IV

Other names: 115007-34-6, 128794-94-5, Cellcept, MMF

Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Procedure

Undergo HSCT

Other names: HCT, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Infusion, HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANT, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, HSCT, SCT, Stem Cell Transplant, stem cell transplantation, NOS

melphalan

Drug

Given IV

Other names: 148-82-3, 4-[bis(2-chloroethyl)amino]-L-phenylalanine, Alanine Nitrogen Mustard, CB-3025, L-PAM, L-Phenylalanine mustard, L-Sarcolysin, L-Sarcolysin Phenylalanine mustard, L-Sarcolysine, Melphalan for Injection-Hepatic Delivery System, Melphalanum, p-di(chloroethyl)amino-L-phenylalanine, Phenylalanine Mustard, Phenylalanine nitrogen mustard, Sarcoclorin, Sarkolysin, WR-19813

Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy

Procedure

Undergo bone marrow aspiration/ biopsy

Diagnostic Imaging

Procedure

Undergo diagnostic imaging

Other names: Medical Imaging

Biospecimen Collection

Procedure

Undergo blood sample collection

Other names: Biological Sample Collection, Biospecimen Collected, Specimen Collection

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants Who Experience Treatment-Related Mortality (TRM)

    Time frame: At 2 years post hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT)

    TRM is defined as death without evidence of recurrent disease in the 2 year period post HSCT. Summarized using Kaplan-Meier curves and the respective Kaplan-Meier estimates of the 2-year event rate are reported as well as their 95% confidence intervals.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Development of relapsed disease

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

    Relapse is measured by evidence of recurrent disease in the blood, marrow, or lymph nodes. Summarized using Kaplan-Meier curves and the respective Kaplan-Meier estimates of the 2-year event rate are reported as well as their 95% confidence intervals.

  2. Engraftment

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

    Measure by chimerism studies of the blood and marrow at multiple time points after the HSCT. Chimerism refers to the percentage of donor cells in the hematopoietic system of the patient post HSCT. Reported using mean and standard deviations.

  3. Immune reconstitution

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

    Evaluated by T-cell recovery and B-cell recovery. Assessed by the quantitative measurement of CD3/4 and CD3/8 cells and immunoglobulin levels in the blood at multiple time points post HSCT. CD3/4 and CD3/8 counts are measured by an immune reconstitution panel and immunoglobulin levels are measured by a quantitative immunoglobulin assay. Reported using mean and standard deviations

  4. Incidence and degree of graft versus host disease (GVHD) after HSCT

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

    Assessment includes presence and degree of skin rash, presence and amount of diarrhea, and/or abnormal liver function test. Summarized using Kaplan-Meier curves and the respective Kaplan-Meier estimates of the 2-year event rate are reported as well as their 95% confidence intervals.

Study contacts

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

Usama Gergis, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

215-503-2455

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Thomas Jefferson University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

A 2 Step Approach to Haploidentical Transplant Using Radiation-Based Reduced Intensity Conditioning

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2032
Study completion
2032
First posted
Sep 2, 2021
Registry last updated
Oct 30, 2025

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