Status:

COMPLETED

Sirolimus as Secondary Therapy in Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease Not Responding To Prior Treatment

Lead Sponsor:

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Graft Versus Host Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This phase II trial studies the side effects and how well sirolimus works as secondary therapy in treating patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) that did not respond to prior treatmen...

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess the safety of sirolimus administered at a dose which provides steady-state, whole blood trough levels of 5-10 ng/mL in patients with chronic GVHD. II. To determine w...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Biopsy-confirmed diagnosis of clinical extensive chronic GVHD with inadequate response to previous treatment and where secondary systemic therapy is indicated because of
  • Clinical progression of signs and symptoms of chronic GVHD in a previously involved organ, or
  • Development of signs and symptoms of chronic GVHD in a previously uninvolved organ, or
  • Absence of improvement after 3 months of primary treatment, or
  • Continued need for treatment with prednisone at doses \>= 1.0 mg/kg/day for more than 2 months, without qualification for type of donor, graft or conditioning regimen
  • Patient or guardian able and willing to provide informed consent
  • Stated willingness to use contraception in women of child-bearing potential (Food and Drug Administration \[FDA\] requirement)
  • Stated willingness of the patient to comply with study procedures and reporting requirements
  • Stated willingness of the physician most involved in management of chronic GVHD (the "managing physician,") to comply with study procedures and reporting requirements

Exclusion

  • Fungal or viral infection with no radiographic evidence of improvement during continued appropriate antimicrobial therapy
  • Cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia unresponsive to antiviral therapy
  • Active disseminated varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection with persistent non-crusted lesions
  • Inability to tolerate oral medications
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \< 1500/uL
  • Platelet count \< 50,000/uL
  • Persistent or recurrent malignancy, including histopathologic evidence of myeloma or lymphoma; patients with breakpoint cluster region-abelson (bcr/abl) detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay as the only evidence of persistent chronic myeloid leukemia may be enrolled
  • Pregnancy
  • Known history of hypersensitivity to sirolimus

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2002

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 10 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

44 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00079183

Start Date

April 1 2002

End Date

June 10 2010

Last Update

June 20 2017

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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington Cancer Consortium

Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109