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Nonmyeloablative Haploidentical Peripheral Blood Mobilized Hematopoietic Precursor Cell Transplantation for Severe Congenital Anemias Including Sickle Cell Disease and Beta-Thalassemia

This study is NOT currently recruiting participants.

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Summary

Number

09-H-0225

Sponsoring Institute

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Recruitment Detail

Type: No longer recruiting/follow-up only
Gender: Male & Female
Min Age: 2 Years
Max Age: 100 Years

Referral Letter Required

Yes

Population Exclusion(s)

Pregnant Women

Keywords

Peripheral Blood Stem Cells;
Low Dose Irradiation;
Host-Donor Chimerism;
Sirolimus (Rapamune );
Alemtuzumab (Campath )

Recruitment Keyword(s)

Thalassemia;
Sickle Cell Disease

Condition(s)

Graft-Versus-Host Disease

Investigational Drug(s)

None

Investigational Device(s)

None

Intervention(s)

Procedure/Surgery: Low Dose Irradiation
Drug: Cyclophosphamide
Drug: Sirolimus
Drug: Alemtuzumab
Procedure/Surgery: PBSC Transplant

Supporting Site

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Background:

- Bone marrow transplantation (BMT), which involves transplanting a donor's marrow stem cells, is capable of curing some congenital anemias. BMT usually involves high-intensity treatment with chemotherapy and radiation to kill abnormal cells, which affects all systems of the body.

- People with anemias often have damage to other organs such as the kidneys, which can be further damaged by the chemotherapy. Only approximately 20 percent of patients have a full-matched donor, making treatment for many people with anemias unavailable. However, 90 percent of patients may have a half-matched donor, but using a half-matched donor increases the toxicity of BMT.

Objectives:

- To determine if a research BMT with half-matched donor cells, low-intensity radiation, immunosuppressant drugs, and no chemotherapy will be effective in patients with sickle cell disease and Beta-thalassemia.

- To determine the effectiveness of cyclophosphamide, an immunosuppressant drug, in preventing rejection of the donor cells.

Eligibility:

- Recipients are individuals at least 18 years of age who have been diagnosed with sickle cell disease and Beta-thalassemia, and who have a family member who is a haploidentical (i.e., half match) tissue match.

- Donors are healthy individuals between the ages of 2 and 80 who are found to be suitable donors.

Design:

- Donors will undergo apheresis, which involves withdrawing blood from one arm vein, passing it through a machine that removes bone marrow stem cells, and returning the remaining blood through the vein in the other arm. Donors will receive a drug that causes the stem cells to be released into the bloodstream prior to the apheresis procedure.

- Recipients will undergo routine physical and laboratory examinations, including bone marrow sampling at the beginning of the study. After transplantation, physical and laboratory examinations will occur on a weekly or twice weekly basis at the outpatient clinic. Recipients will be examined every 6 months starting 100 days posttransplant for 5 years.

- Recipients will receive low-dose radiation in two treatments 1 and 2 days before the transplant. They will also be given immunosuppressant therapy with alemtuzumab and sirolimus. Another immunosuppressant drug, cyclophosphamide, will be given in the future as needed to subsets of the recipients to prevent rejection of donor cells.

- Recipients will receive the donor stem cells through a previously inserted central line. The process takes up to 8 hours.

- Recipients will receive blood transfusions as necessary to prevent anemia and bleeding during the posttransplant period. They may also receive intravenous antibiotics to prevent infection.

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Eligibility

INCLUSION CRITERIA:

Recipients (must fulfill one disease category in 5.1.1 and all of 5.1.2)

5.1.1 Disease specific

5.1.1.1 Patients with sickle cell disease (HB SS, SC, or SBeta(0)-thal) at high risk for disease-related morbidity or mortality, defined by having severe end-organ damage (A, B, C, or D) or potentially modifiable complication(s) not ameliorated by hydroxyurea (E):

A. Stroke defined as a clinically significant neurologic event that is accompanied by an infarct on cerebral MRI or cerebral arteriopathy requiring chronic transfusion therapy; OR

B. Sickle cell-related renal insufficiency defined by a creatinine level greater than or equal to 1.5 times the upper limit of normal and kidney biopsy consistent with sickle cell nephropathy OR nephrotic syndrome OR creatinine clearance less than 50mL/min OR requiring peritoneal or hemodialysis; OR

C. Pulmonary hypertension defined as tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity (TRV) of greater than or equal to 2.5 m/s at baseline (without vaso-occlusive crisis); OR

D. Sickle hepatopathy defined as EITHER ferritin greater than 1000mcg/L OR direct bilirubin greater than 0.4 mg/dL AND platelet count less than 250,000/microL at baseline (without vaso-occlusive crisis)

E. Any one of the below complications:

-Complication: Vaso-occlusive crises;

Eligible for hydroxyurea*: At least 3 hospital admissions in the last year.

Eligible for HSCT: More than 1 hospital admission per year while on maximal tolerated dose of hydroxyurea*

-Complication: Acute chest syndrome

Eligible for hydroxyurea*: 2 prior ACS

Eligible for HSCT: any ACS while on hydroxyurea*

*hydroxyurea at maximum tolerated dose for at least 6 months

5.1.1.2 Patients with thalassemia who have grade 2 or 3 iron overload, determined by the presence of 2 or more of the following:

-portal fibrosis by liver biopsy

-inadequate chelation history (defined as failure to maintain adequate compliance with chelation with deferoxamine initiated within 18 months of the first transfusion and administered subcutaneously for 8-10 hours at least 5 days each week)

-hepatomegaly of greater than 2cm below the costochondral margin

5.1.2 Non-disease specific:

5.1.2.1 Age greater than or equal to 18 years

5.1.2.2 Haploidentical relative donor available

5.1.2.3 Ability to comprehend and willing to sign an informed consent

5.1.2.4 Negative Beta-HCG

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

Recipient (any of the following would exclude the subject from participating)

5.2.1 6/6 HLA-matched with or without an ABO minor mismatched sibling donor

5.2.2 ECOG performance status of 3 or more

5.2.3 Evidence of uncontrolled bacterial, viral, or fungal infections (currently taking medication and progression of clinical symptoms) within one month prior to starting the conditioning regimen. Patients with fever or suspected minor infection should await resolution of symptoms before starting the conditioning regimen.

5.2.4 Major anticipated illness or organ failure incompatible with survival from PBSC transplant

5.2.5 Pregnant or lactating

5.2.6 Major ABO mismatch

INCLUSION CRITERIA:

Donor

5.3.1 Haploidentical relative donor

5.3.2 Weight greater than or equal to 20 kg (insofar that the weight difference between recipient and donor does not exceed a reasonable likelihood of being able to obtain an adequate cell dose from the donor within two aphereses)

5.3.3 Fit to receive filgrastim (G-CSF) and to give peripheral blood stem cells (blood counts and blood pressure within DTM standards)

5.3.4 No history of congestive heart failure or unstable angina, and no history of stroke)

5.3.4 Ability to comprehend and willing to sign an informed consent; assent obtained from minors

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

Donor: (any of the following would exclude the donor from participating)

5.4.1 Pregnant or lactating

5.4.2 HIV positive

5.4.3 Hemoglobin S greater than or equal to 50 percent, or beta thalassemia intermedia


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Citations:

Fitzhugh CD, Hsieh MM, Taylor T, Coles W, Roskom K, Wilson D, Wright E, Jeffries N, Gamper CJ, Powell J, Luznik L, Tisdale JF. Cyclophosphamide improves engraftment in patients with SCD and severe organ damage who undergo haploidentical PBSCT. Blood Adv. 2017 Apr 19;1(11):652-661. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2016002972. eCollection 2017 Apr 25.

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Contacts:

Principal Investigator

Referral Contact

For more information:

Courtney F. Joseph, M.D.
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
NIHBC 10 - CLINICAL CENTER BG RM 6N240A
10 CENTER DR
BETHESDA MD 20892
(301) 402-6496
courtney.fitzhugh@nih.gov

Julia M. Varga
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
National Institutes of Health
Building 10
Room 6-5140
10 Center Drive
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
(301) 402-3595
julia.varga@nih.gov

Office of Patient Recruitment
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
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Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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ccopr@nih.gov

Clinical Trials Number:

NCT00977691

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