A comparative trial where all patients will receive daily doses of tacrolimus (TAC) until day +60 when tapering will begin, in the absence of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), and discontinued by day +180. In addition patients will be randomized to methotrexate (MTX) or mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and again, in the absence of GVHD, a tapering schedule will begin on day +240 and be completed on day +360. Doses will be adjusted to maintain blood levels.
The randomization for this comparative trial will be stratified by conditioning regimen and, for those patients enrolled on MCC-14178, by busulfan AUC level. All patients will receive daily doses of TAC beginning day -3 (day 0 being the day of hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT)) and will be given until day +60 when tapering will begin in the absence of GVHD. Provided no GVHD develops, TAC should be discontinued by day +180. Doses will be adjusted to maintain blood levels. In addition to TAC, patients will be randomized to one of the following additional anti-GVHD medications: MTX or MMF beginning day 0 at least 2 hours after the end of the HCT. In the absence of GVHD a tapering schedule will begin on day +240 and be completed on day +360. Study participants will be extensively monitored as inpatients and then weekly as outpatients. Some tests will be conducted at least twice weekly (blood tests, toxicity data, GVHD and physical exams) one-month post-transplant and during the tapering off periods for up to 2 years.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
89
Tacrolimus- 0.03mg/kg/24h IV beginning day-3 Methotrexate- 15mg/m2 IV day +1 then 10mg/m2 IV on days 3, 6, 11 post transplant.
Tacrolimus- 0.03 mg/kg/24h as a continuous IV infusion, beginning day -3. Mycophenolate Mofetil- 30 mg/kg/day IV in 2 divided doses (q12 hours) beginning day 0 at least 2 hours after the end of the hematopoietic stem cell transplant
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Tampa, Florida, United States
Incidence of Severe Mucositis
Mucositis was assessed prospectively daily while the patient was hospitalized and graded retrospectively based on nurse and clinician assessments according to the clinical criteria set forth in the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE; version 3.0). Severe mucositis as defined as grade 3 or grade 4.
Time frame: 2 year
Incidence of Acute Graft-vs-host Disease (aGVHD)
incidence of aGVHD (grades 2 - 4) 100 days post allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation
Time frame: 100 days post transplant
Overall Survival
number of participants alive at one year
Time frame: 1 year
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