Allogeneic Blood Stem Cell Transplantation and Adoptive Immunotherapy for Hodgkin's Disease

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00385788

Recruitment Status : Completed

First Posted : October 11, 2006

Results First Posted : May 9, 2018

Last Update Posted : May 9, 2018

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M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Study Description

Brief Summary:

The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if fludarabine, melphalan and gemcitabine followed by transplantation of stem cells (blood-forming cells) as well as immune cells (lymphocytes), collected from a matched related (i.e. a sibling) or unrelated donor, or a mismatched related donor, can help to control Hodgkin's disease. The safety of the treatment will also be studied.

Condition or disease	Intervention/treatment	Phase
Hodgkin's Disease	Drug: Gemcitabine Drug: Fludarabine Drug: Melphalan Drug: Antithymocyte Globulin Procedure: Allogeneic Stem Cell Infusion Drug: Tacrolimus Drug: Filgrastim (G-CSF) Drug: Methotrexate	Phase 2

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Detailed Description:

Central Venous Catheter:

If you choose to take part in this study, the chemotherapy, some of the other drugs in this study, and the stem cell transplant and immune cells will be given by vein through your central venous catheter (CVC). A CVC is a sterile flexible tube and needle that will be placed into a large vein while you are under local anesthesia. Blood samples will also be drawn through your CVC. The CVC will remain in your body during treatment. Your doctor will explain this procedure to you in more detail, and you will be required to sign a separate consent form.

Study Drug Administration:

The days before you receive your stem cells are called minus days, such as Day -2, Day -1. The day you receive the stem cells is called Day 0. The days after you receive the stem cells are called plus days, such as Day +1, Day +2.

On Day -7, you will receive gemcitabine by vein over about 40-180 minutes.

On Day -6, you will be admitted to the hospital and given fluids by vein to hydrate you.

On Days -5 and -4, you will receive fludarabine by vein over about 30 minutes.

On Days -4 and -3, you will receive thymoglobulin, if you are receiving a transplant from a matched unrelated donor (not a blood relative), a mismatched related donor (a blood relative, but not a full match), you will also receive antithymocyte globulin (ATG)

On Days -3 and -2, you will receive fludarabine by vein over about 30 minutes and melphalan over about 30 minutes.

On Day -1, you will "rest" (not receive chemotherapy).

On Day 0, you will receive the donor's stem cells and immune cells by vein. The infusion will last anywhere from about 30 minutes to several hours. You may be given other standard drugs to help lower the risk of side effects. You may ask the study staff for more information about how the drugs are given and their risks. All participants are expected to need blood transfusions as part of this treatment.

Beginning on Day -2, tacrolimus will be given by vein over 24 hours to help lower the risk of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). This will be changed to pills once you can tolerate swallowing pills. If no active cancer is detected and there is no GVHD, you will then swallow 1 or more tacrolimus pills a day for only about 3-4 months, instead of the usual period of 6 months. This is done to boost the donor immune system against the cancer.

Starting 1 week after the transplant (Day +7), you will receive filgrastim (G-CSF) as an injection under the skin 1 time each day until your blood cell levels return to normal. Filgrastim is designed to make white blood cells grow, which may help to fight infections.

On Days +1, +3, +6, and +11, you will receive methotrexate by vein to decrease the risk of GVHD.

If you have persistent but stable (not "growing") disease after transplant, you will have your immunosuppressive medications (tacrolimus, corticosteroids) stopped even before 4 months. If there is no response, you will receive an infusion of additional cells from your donor.

Study Visits:

About 30 days before receiving the stem cells, you will have computed tomography (CT) and/or positron emission tomography (PET) scans to check the status of the disease.

About every day until discharge, and then at least weekly:

You will have a physical exam.
Blood (about 4 tablespoons) will be drawn for routine tests.

Follow-Up Visits:

About 100 days after the transplant:

You will have a physical exam.
Blood (about 4 tablespoons) will be drawn for routine tests. Part of the blood sample may be used for chimerism analysis (determination of donor or recipient cells), if needed.
At any point that your doctor thinks they are needed, you will have a bone marrow aspiration, chest x-rays, and CT and/or PET scans to check the status of the disease. To collect a bone marrow aspirate, an area of the hip or other site is numbed with anesthetic, and a small amount of bone marrow is withdrawn through a large needle.

About 6 months, 1 year, then annually after the transplant:

You will have a physical exam.
Blood (about 4 tablespoons) will be drawn for routine tests. Part of the blood sample may be used for chimerism analysis (determination of donor or recipient cells), if needed. Part of the blood will be used to check your thyroid function once a year.
At any point that your doctor thinks they are needed, you will have a bone marrow aspiration, chest x-rays, and CT and/or PET scans to check the status of the disease.
You may have lung function tests, if your doctor thinks it is needed.
About 6 months after the transplant, you may have a biopsy, if your doctor thinks it is needed.
About once a year, you will have an eye exam.

The above tests/procedures may be repeated more often, if you doctor thinks it is needed.

The study staff will also stay in contact with your local doctor to find out if the disease comes back and to check how you are doing.

Length of Treatment:

You will be on study for about 3 years. After 1 year, there is no study specific testing you will be required to complete. Your transplant doctor will perform routine standard of care follow-up that all patients receiving allogeneic stem cell transplantation receive.

You may be removed from the study early if the doctor thinks it is in your best interest, if the disease gets worse or comes back, if intolerable side effects occur, if you have graft failure (the transplanted cells do not grow), or if you are unable to follow study directions.

If for any reason you want to leave the study early, you must talk to the study doctor. It may be life-threatening to leave the study after you have started to receive the study drugs but before you receive the stem cell transplant because your blood cell counts will be dangerously low.

This is an investigational study. All of the drugs used in this study are FDA-approved and commercially available. Up to 70 patients will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at MD Anderson.

Study Design

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Study Type :	Interventional (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment :	52 participants
Allocation:	Non-Randomized
Intervention Model:	Sequential Assignment
Masking:	None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:	Treatment
Official Title:	Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Followed By Adoptive Immunotherapy for Patients With Relapsed and Refractory Hodgkin's Disease
Study Start Date :	July 2005
Actual Primary Completion Date :	August 2016
Actual Study Completion Date :	August 2016

Resource links provided by the National Library of Medicine

MedlinePlus related topics: Hodgkin Disease Organ Donation

Drug Information available for: Fludarabine

Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources: Hodgkin Lymphoma Lymphosarcoma

U.S. FDA Resources

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Gemcitabine + Fludarabine + Melphalan Gemcitabine 800 mg/m^2 intravenous (IV) over 30 minutes for one day; Fludarabine 33 mg/m^2 IV for 4 days; Melphalan 70 mg/m^2 IV over 30 minutes for 2 days. Antithymocyte Globulin 2 mg/kg IV for 2 days before stem cell transplantation. If receiving transplant from matched unrelated donor (not blood relative), a mismatched related donor (a blood relative, but not a full match), or receiving a cord blood transplant, infusion of stem cells on Day 0. Tacrolimus 0.03 mg/kg by vein over 24 hours following infusion; beginning Day +7 Filgrastim (G-CSF) injection under skin once daily and Methotrexate 5 mg/m2 by vein on Days +1, +3, +6, and +11.	Drug: Gemcitabine 800 mg/m^2 IV over 30 minutes on Day -7 (1 day) Other Names: Gemzar Gemcitabine hydrochloride Drug: Fludarabine 33 mg/m^2 IV over 30 minutes Day -5 to Day -2 (4 days) Other Names: Fludarabine Phosphate Fludara Drug: Melphalan 70 mg/m^2 IV over 30 minutes on Day -3 to Day -2 (2 days) Drug: Antithymocyte Globulin 2 mg/kg IV on Day -4 and Day -3 (2 days) before stem cell transplantation. If receiving transplant from matched unrelated donor (not a blood relative), a mismatched related donor (a blood relative, but not a full match), or receiving a cord blood transplant. Other Names: ATG Thymoglobulin Procedure: Allogeneic Stem Cell Infusion Infusion of stem cells on Day 0. Other Names: AST Stem Cell Transplantation SCT Drug: Tacrolimus 0.03 mg/kg beginning Day -2 by vein over 24 hours; when tolerable change to pill form given once daily for 3-4 months. Other Name: Prograf Drug: Filgrastim (G-CSF) Starting 1 week after transplant (Day +7) given as injection under the skin once daily until blood cell levels return to normal. Other Name: Granul Drug: Methotrexate 5 mg/m2 by vein on Days +1, +3, +6, and +11 to decrease risk of GVHD. Other Name: MTX
Experimental: Fludarabine + Melphalan Fludarabine 33 mg/m^2 IV for 4 days; Melphalan 70 mg/m^2 IV over 30 minutes for 2 days. Antithymocyte Globulin 2 mg/kg IV for 2 days before stem cell transplantation. If receiving transplant from matched unrelated donor (not blood relative), a mismatched related donor (a blood relative, but not a full match), or receiving a cord blood transplant, infusion of stem cells on Day 0. Tacrolimus 0.03 mg/kg by vein over 24 hours following infusion; beginning Day +7 Filgrastim (G-CSF) injection under skin once daily and Methotrexate 5 mg/m2 by vein on Days +1, +3, +6, and +11.	Drug: Fludarabine 33 mg/m^2 IV over 30 minutes Day -5 to Day -2 (4 days) Other Names: Fludarabine Phosphate Fludara Drug: Melphalan 70 mg/m^2 IV over 30 minutes on Day -3 to Day -2 (2 days) Drug: Antithymocyte Globulin 2 mg/kg IV on Day -4 and Day -3 (2 days) before stem cell transplantation. If receiving transplant from matched unrelated donor (not a blood relative), a mismatched related donor (a blood relative, but not a full match), or receiving a cord blood transplant. Other Names: ATG Thymoglobulin Procedure: Allogeneic Stem Cell Infusion Infusion of stem cells on Day 0. Other Names: AST Stem Cell Transplantation SCT Drug: Tacrolimus 0.03 mg/kg beginning Day -2 by vein over 24 hours; when tolerable change to pill form given once daily for 3-4 months. Other Name: Prograf Drug: Filgrastim (G-CSF) Starting 1 week after transplant (Day +7) given as injection under the skin once daily until blood cell levels return to normal. Other Name: Granul Drug: Methotrexate 5 mg/m2 by vein on Days +1, +3, +6, and +11 to decrease risk of GVHD. Other Name: MTX

Arm

Intervention/treatment

Experimental: Gemcitabine + Fludarabine + Melphalan

Gemcitabine 800 mg/m^2 intravenous (IV) over 30 minutes for one day; Fludarabine 33 mg/m^2 IV for 4 days; Melphalan 70 mg/m^2 IV over 30 minutes for 2 days. Antithymocyte Globulin 2 mg/kg IV for 2 days before stem cell transplantation. If receiving transplant from matched unrelated donor (not blood relative), a mismatched related donor (a blood relative, but not a full match), or receiving a cord blood transplant, infusion of stem cells on Day 0. Tacrolimus 0.03 mg/kg by vein over 24 hours following infusion; beginning Day +7 Filgrastim (G-CSF) injection under skin once daily and Methotrexate 5 mg/m2 by vein on Days +1, +3, +6, and +11.

Drug: Gemcitabine

800 mg/m^2 IV over 30 minutes on Day -7 (1 day)

Other Names:

Gemzar
Gemcitabine hydrochloride

Drug: Fludarabine

33 mg/m^2 IV over 30 minutes Day -5 to Day -2 (4 days)

Other Names:

Fludarabine Phosphate
Fludara

Drug: Melphalan

70 mg/m^2 IV over 30 minutes on Day -3 to Day -2 (2 days)

Drug: Antithymocyte Globulin

2 mg/kg IV on Day -4 and Day -3 (2 days) before stem cell transplantation.

If receiving transplant from matched unrelated donor (not a blood relative), a mismatched related donor (a blood relative, but not a full match), or receiving a cord blood transplant.

Other Names:

ATG
Thymoglobulin

Procedure: Allogeneic Stem Cell Infusion

Infusion of stem cells on Day 0.

Other Names:

AST
Stem Cell Transplantation
SCT

Drug: Tacrolimus

0.03 mg/kg beginning Day -2 by vein over 24 hours; when tolerable change to pill form given once daily for 3-4 months.

Other Name: Prograf

Drug: Filgrastim (G-CSF)

Starting 1 week after transplant (Day +7) given as injection under the skin once daily until blood cell levels return to normal.

Other Name: Granul

Drug: Methotrexate

5 mg/m2 by vein on Days +1, +3, +6, and +11 to decrease risk of GVHD.

Other Name: MTX

Experimental: Fludarabine + Melphalan

Fludarabine 33 mg/m^2 IV for 4 days; Melphalan 70 mg/m^2 IV over 30 minutes for 2 days. Antithymocyte Globulin 2 mg/kg IV for 2 days before stem cell transplantation. If receiving transplant from matched unrelated donor (not blood relative), a mismatched related donor (a blood relative, but not a full match), or receiving a cord blood transplant, infusion of stem cells on Day 0. Tacrolimus 0.03 mg/kg by vein over 24 hours following infusion; beginning Day +7 Filgrastim (G-CSF) injection under skin once daily and Methotrexate 5 mg/m2 by vein on Days +1, +3, +6, and +11.

Drug: Fludarabine

33 mg/m^2 IV over 30 minutes Day -5 to Day -2 (4 days)

Other Names:

Fludarabine Phosphate
Fludara

Drug: Melphalan

70 mg/m^2 IV over 30 minutes on Day -3 to Day -2 (2 days)

Drug: Antithymocyte Globulin

2 mg/kg IV on Day -4 and Day -3 (2 days) before stem cell transplantation.

If receiving transplant from matched unrelated donor (not a blood relative), a mismatched related donor (a blood relative, but not a full match), or receiving a cord blood transplant.

Other Names:

ATG
Thymoglobulin

Procedure: Allogeneic Stem Cell Infusion

Infusion of stem cells on Day 0.

Other Names:

AST
Stem Cell Transplantation
SCT

Drug: Tacrolimus

0.03 mg/kg beginning Day -2 by vein over 24 hours; when tolerable change to pill form given once daily for 3-4 months.

Other Name: Prograf

Drug: Filgrastim (G-CSF)

Starting 1 week after transplant (Day +7) given as injection under the skin once daily until blood cell levels return to normal.

Other Name: Granul

Drug: Methotrexate

5 mg/m2 by vein on Days +1, +3, +6, and +11 to decrease risk of GVHD.

Other Name: MTX

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures :

Transplant Related Mortality Rate [ Time Frame: Transplant to 100 days post transplant ]
Transplant-related mortality defined as death from any cause in the first 100 days post-transplant in patients without active disease.

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study:	up to 65 Years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:	All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients < 65 years of age with histologically confirmed refractory or relapsed Hodgkin's disease (including patients who fail or relapse after autologous SCT). This upper age limit will apply to transplants from both matched related and unrelated donors.
Patients should have any of the following disease status: a. responsive or stable disease on salvage chemotherapy or radiation therapy. b. untreated, smoldering (i.e. not rapidly progressive) relapses.
Patients must have a serum bilirubin equal to or </=2.0 mg/dl (isolated hyperbilirubinemia related to Gilbert's disease allowed), serum transaminase (ALT) equal to or </= 3 times the upper limit of the normal range, serum creatinine <2.0 mg/dl (provided they also have a glomerular filtration rate of at least 55 ml/min), no symptomatic cardiac or pulmonary disease and a performance status equal to or </=2. Left ventricular ejection fraction >/= 40%, forced expiratory volume at one second (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC) and corrected diffusing capacity of lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) >/= 50% predicted.
Patients must have an HLA-compatible related or unrelated donor (one-antigen mismatched related donors are acceptable) willing to donate marrow or rhG-CSF-mobilized peripheral blood stem cells. In the event of transplants from matched unrelated donors, a high-resolution allele match for HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1 ("8 of 8 match") is required.
Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within two weeks of study entry and should be advised to avoid becoming pregnant. Men should be advised to not father a child while on treatment. Both women of childbearing potential and men must agree to practice effective methods of contraception.
Patients must be capable and willing to sign informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients with documented disease progression on salvage chemotherapy.
Nursing or pregnant females. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in the study, she should inform her treating physician immediately.
Severe concomitant medical or psychiatric illness.
Uncontrolled arrhythmia or symptomatic cardiac or pulmonary disease.
Chronic active hepatitis or cirrhosis.
Active or uncontrolled infection.
Radiation therapy involving chest (axilla excluded), mediastinum, or abdomen (i.e., small or large bowel) completed within 10 weeks of transplant admission. Radiation therapy shortly before the start of the preparative regimen is allowed.
Prior or concurrent malignancies (including myelodysplasia) except resected basal cell carcinoma or treated carcinoma in-situ. Cancer treated with curative intent < 5 years previously will not be allowed unless approved by the Protocol Chair. Cancer treated with curative intent > 5 years previously will be allowed.

Contacts and Locations

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00385788

Locations

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United States, Texas
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Sponsors and Collaborators

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Investigators

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Principal Investigator:	Paolo Anderlini, MD	M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

More Information

Additional Information:

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Website This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

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Responsible Party:	M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00385788
Other Study ID Numbers:	2005-0015 NCI-2012-01376 ( Registry Identifier: NCI CTRP )
First Posted:	October 11, 2006 Key Record Dates
Results First Posted:	May 9, 2018
Last Update Posted:	May 9, 2018
Last Verified:	April 2018

Keywords provided by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center:


Hodgkin's Disease Stem Cell Transplantation Antithymocyte Globulin Gemcitabine Gemzar Fludarabine Fludarabine Phosphate	Melphalan Allogeneic stem cell transplantation AST SCT ATG Thymoglobulin

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

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Hodgkin Disease Lymphoma Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Lymphoproliferative Disorders Lymphatic Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders Immune System Diseases Gemcitabine Vidarabine Methotrexate Fludarabine phosphate Fludarabine Melphalan Tacrolimus	Thymoglobulin Antilymphocyte Serum Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic Antimetabolites Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents Enzyme Inhibitors Immunosuppressive Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal Abortifacient Agents Reproductive Control Agents

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