Status:

UNKNOWN

Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Hematological Cancer or Other Disorders

Lead Sponsor:

Institut Paoli-Calmettes

Conditions:

Graft Versus Host Disease

Leukemia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-60 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Giving chemotherapy, such as fludarabine, busulfan, and cyclophosphamide, together with antithymocyte globulin before a donor stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer and abnorm...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Evaluate the incidence of graft acceptance in patients with hematological disorders treated with combined immunosuppression before and after HLA-haploidentical hematopoietic st...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Diagnosis of any of the following hematological cancers with a poor prognosis:
  • Acute myeloid leukemia meeting 1 of the following criteria:
  • Third complete remission (CR3) or beyond
  • CR2 after an early bone marrow relapse (\< 24 months)
  • Refractory disease after ≥ 2 chemotherapy courses of induction therapy
  • Acute lymphoblastic leukemia meeting 1 of the following criteria:
  • CR3 after ≥ 1 bone marrow relapse
  • CR2 after early bone marrow relapse (currently or within 6 months after stopping maintenance therapy)
  • Chronic myelogenous leukemia meeting the following criteria:
  • Accelerated phase
  • Second chronic phase
  • No other treatment options
  • Multiple myeloma meeting the following criteria:
  • Failed conventional therapy (including autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation)
  • No other treatment alternatives
  • Chronic lymphocytic leukemia meeting the following criteria:
  • Failed conventional therapy
  • No other treatment alternatives
  • Hodgkin lymphoma meeting the following criteria:
  • Failed conventional therapy
  • No other treatment alternatives
  • Non-Hodgkin lymphoma meeting the following criteria:
  • Failed conventional therapy
  • No other treatment alternatives
  • Not eligible for standard myeloablative allograft due to increased toxicity
  • Healthy related donor available and meeting the following criteria:
  • Brother, sister, father, mother, cousin, uncle, or aunt
  • At least an identical HLA haplotype
  • Identical genotype on 1 haplotype (in terms of HLA-A, B, C, and DR)
  • Different on ≤ 4 alleles on the other haplotype
  • No HLA-identical intra- or extra-familial donor cord blood available within the next 3 months
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Karnofsky performance status 70-100%
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No contraindication to allogeneic transplantation, including any of the following:
  • Cardiac systolic ejection fraction \< 40%
  • DLCO level limiting use of fludarabine
  • Creatinine clearance \< 30 mL/min
  • Transaminases and/or bilirubin \> 3 times upper limit of normal (unless due to Gilbert disease or cancer)
  • HIV seropositivity
  • Human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type 1 seropositivity
  • Uncontrolled bacterial, viral, or fungal infection
  • No contraindication to any of the study drugs
  • No prior or concurrent psychiatric illness
  • No other cancer in the past 5 years except for basal cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • No concurrent serious, uncontrolled condition
  • No patients deprived of liberty or subject to legal protection
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • No participation in a study of allografts in the past month

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    January 1 2008

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    Estimated Enrollment :

    50 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00740467

    Start Date

    January 1 2008

    Last Update

    January 28 2010

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    Marseille Institute of Cancer - Institut J. Paoli and I. Calmettes

    Marseille, France, 13273