Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, and Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation in Treating Patients With Hematologic Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00003661 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : August 4, 2004
Last Update Posted : March 7, 2011
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage cancer cells. Umbilical cord blood transplantation may be able to replace cells destroyed by chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and umbilical cord blood transplantation in treating patients who have hematologic cancer.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Graft Versus Host Disease Leukemia Lymphoma Myelodysplastic Syndromes Neuroblastoma | Biological: anti-thymocyte globulin Drug: busulfan Drug: cyclosporine Drug: melphalan Drug: methylprednisolone Procedure: umbilical cord blood transplantation Radiation: radiation therapy | Phase 2 |
OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the rates of hematologic and immune reconstitution in pediatric patients with high risk hematologic malignancies in first remission or in second or subsequent remission, and adult patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) or acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL) in second or subsequent remission, who are undergoing high dose chemoradiotherapy followed by unrelated umbilical cord blood (UCB) transplantation. II. Determine the incidence of graft-versus-host disease in this setting. III. Determine whether contamination of umbilical cord blood with maternal cells is a clinical problem in this setting. IV. Describe the incidence of leukemic relapse in these patients after UCB transplantation. V. Describe the incidence of serious infections and secondary lymphoproliferative diseases following transplantation with UCB in these patients. VI. Determine specifically whether larger recipients (greater than 40 kg) can be durably engrafted with unrelated UCB, and determine whether nucleated cell or progenitor cell content of the graft is predictive of hematological engraftment.
OUTLINE: Patients undergo a back-up bone marrow harvest prior to treatment. Patients receive 9 fractions of total body irradiation (TBI) on days -9 to -5, followed by melphalan IV on days -4 to -2 and antithymocyte globulin IV or methylprednisolone IV on days -3 to -1. If TBI is not allowed, busulfan is substituted and administered orally every 6 hours for 4 days on days -8 to -5. On day 0, patients receive umbilical cord blood infusion. Cyclosporine and methylprednisolone begin on day -2 and continue for 6 months. Patients are followed indefinitely for survival and late toxicity.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A minimum of 48 patients will be accrued into this study within 4 years.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 3 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Pilot Study of Unrelated Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation in Children and Adults With Hematologic Malignancies |
Study Start Date : | June 1998 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | November 1999 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 2006 |


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Ages Eligible for Study: | up to 54 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed malignancy including: - Pediatric acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) in first complete remission with high risk features including presence of t(4;11) or t(9;22), or extreme hyperleukocytosis (initial WBC greater than 500 K/mL), or failure to achieve a complete remission after standard induction therapy - Adult ALL or acute nonlymphoblastic leukemia (ANLL) in first complete remission with t(8;14) translocation or failure to achieve complete remission after standard induction therapy - ALL or ANLL in second or subsequent remission - Chronic myelogenous leukemia in chronic or accelerated phase - Myelodysplastic syndrome with evidence of evolution to acute myeloid leukemia Refractory anemia with excess blasts Refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia - T-lymphoblastic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in second or subsequent remission - Stage IV neuroblastoma Must also meet all the following conditions: No HLA-ABC/DR identical related bone marrow or UCB donor No 5/6 antigen matched related bone marrow or UCB donor Condition precludes waiting to search and find a donor in the National Marrow Donor Registry Must have an available serologic matched umbilical cord blood unit in the New York Blood Center's Placental Blood Project No active CNS disease Not eligible for COBLT study (Transplantation of Banked Umbilicial Cord Blood Cells for Use in Clinical Research on Transplantation of Umbilical Cord Blood Stem and Progenitor Cells)
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Under 55 at time of umbilical cord blood transplantation Performance status: Zubrod 0-1 Lansky 80-100% Karnofsky 80-100% Life expectancy: At least 3 months Hematopoietic: Adequate hematologic status at time of back-up bone marrow harvest: WBC at least 3,000/mm3 Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,000/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: ALT/AST no greater than 4 times normal Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL Creatinine clearance at least 50 mL/min Cardiovascular: Normal cardiac function by echocardiogram or radionuclide scan (shortening fraction or ejection fraction at least 80% of normal value for age) Pulmonary: FVC and FEV1 at least 60% of predicted for age For adults: DLCO at least 60% of predicted Other: No active infections at time of back-up bone marrow harvest or pretransplant reduction Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception HIV negative
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified

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Study Chair: | Barbara Jean Bambach, MD | Roswell Park Cancer Institute |
Responsible Party: | Barbara Bambach, MD, Roswell Park Cancer Institute |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00003661 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CDR0000066754 RPCI-RP-9801 ( Other Identifier: Roswell Park Cancer Institute ) |
First Posted: | August 4, 2004 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 7, 2011 |
Last Verified: | March 2011 |
recurrent childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia stage 4S neuroblastoma recurrent childhood lymphoblastic lymphoma recurrent adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia adult acute myeloid leukemia in remission adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission childhood acute myeloid leukemia in remission childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission refractory anemia with excess blasts refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation chronic myelomonocytic leukemia recurrent grade 1 follicular lymphoma recurrent grade 2 follicular lymphoma |
recurrent grade 3 follicular lymphoma recurrent adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma recurrent adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma recurrent adult diffuse large cell lymphoma recurrent adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma recurrent adult lymphoblastic lymphoma recurrent adult Burkitt lymphoma de novo myelodysplastic syndromes previously treated myelodysplastic syndromes secondary myelodysplastic syndromes graft versus host disease adult acute minimally differentiated myeloid leukemia (M0) childhood acute minimally differentiated myeloid leukemia (M0) recurrent childhood small noncleaved cell lymphoma recurrent childhood large cell lymphoma |
Lymphoma Leukemia Preleukemia Neuroblastoma Myelodysplastic Syndromes Graft vs Host Disease Syndrome Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Lymphoproliferative Disorders Lymphatic Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders Immune System Diseases Disease Pathologic Processes |
Bone Marrow Diseases Hematologic Diseases Precancerous Conditions Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial Neuroectodermal Tumors Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue Cyclosporine Methylprednisolone Melphalan Busulfan Cyclosporins |