This study will compare the clinical outcomes of transplants from family-mismatched/haploidentical donors (FMT) with transplants from 8/8-matched unrelated donor (MUT), which is a current gold standard donors when lacking of HLA-matched-siblings 1. Primary objectives: Overall survival of FMT may be similar to that of MUT 2. Secondary objectives: i. Comparison of disease-free survival, relapse, non-relapse mortality, immune reconstitution cytomegalovirus infection, and acute or chronic graft-versus-host disease between FMT and MUT. ii. Investigation of possible biomarkers related with above events after transplantation
For patients lacking an HLA-identical sibling, 8/8-matched unrelated donors are currently the "gold standard" for a donor, since outcomes after HLA-identical sibling have been compared to 8/8-matched unrelated donors. Currently, there are three alternative graft sources, including mismatched unrelated donors, familial mismatch/haploidentical donors, and umbilical cord bloods. Compared with other sources, transplants from familial mismatch/haploidentical donors (FMT) have the benefit of an immediate availability of a donor, particularly for those patients who urgently need transplantation. Initial reports had characterized FMT to a poor engraftment and a high incidence of graft-versus-host disease. However, outcomes of FMT have significantly improved over the past decade in the optimization of conditioning regimen and graft selection to allow a stable engraftment across major HLA barriers, with promising leukemia-free survival in adults with acute leukemia. Despite the encouraging results and potential benefit of FMT, there have been few studies comparing clinical outcomes of FMT with other donor types, particularly in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) as a single disease. Since August 2008, we have been continuously performing FMT using unmanipulated donor cells and a less aggressive conditioning regimen in high-risk AML lacking an HLA-identical sibling, 8/8 or 7/8-matched unrelated donors. We reported the feasibility of FMT using our novel reduced-intensity regimen without ex vivo T-cell depletion, showing early results similar to outcomes of transplant from 8/8-matched unrelated donors (MUT). This study will test the hypothesis that overall survival at 3 years after FMT is similar to overall survival after MUT.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
116
* Myeloablative conditioning 1. Total body irradiation; 165 cGy, every 12 hours, 8 doses, days -7 to -4 (total 1320 cGy) 2. Cyclophosphamide; 60 mg/kg/day, IV for 30 minutes, days -3 to -2 (total 120 mg/kg) 3. Antithymocyte globulin (ATG); 1.25 mg/kg/day, IV for 6 hours, days -3 to -2, (total 2.5 mg/kg) * Reduced-intensity conditioning; older patients (age \> 55 years) and/or patients with comorbidities 1. Fludarabine; 30 mg/m\^2/day, IV for 1 hour, days -8 to -4 (total 150 mg/m\^2) 2. Busulfex; 3.2 mg/kg/day, IV for 3 hours, days -3 to -2 (total 6.4 mg/kg) 3. Total body irradiation; 200 cGy, every 12 hours 2 doses, days -1 (total 400 cGy) 4. ATG; 1.25 mg/kg/day, IV for 6 hours, days -3 to -2, (total 2.5 mg/kg) * GVHD prophylaxis 1. Tacrolimus; 0.03 mg/kg/day, IV for 24 hours from day -1 (0.12 mg/kg/day, PO, if tolerable) 2. Methotrexate; 5 mg/m\^2/day, IV push, days +1, +3, +6, +11
* Reduced-intensity conditioning 1. Total body irradiation; 200 cGy, every 12 hours, 4 doses, days -9 to -8 (total 800 cGy) 2. Fludarabine; 30 mg/m\^2/day, IV for 1 hour, days -7 to -3 (total 150 mg/m\^2) 3. Busulfex; 3.2 mg/kg/day, IV for 3 hours, days -6 to -5 (total 6.4 mg/kg) 4. ATG; 1.25 mg/kg/day, IV for 6 hours, days -4 to -1 (total 5.0 mg/kg) * GVHD prophylaxis 1. Tacrolimus; 0.03 mg/kg/day, IV for 24 hours from day -1 (0.12 mg/kg/day, PO, if tolerable) 2. Methotrexate; 5 mg/m\^2/day, IV push, days +1, +3, +6, +11
Catholic Blood and Marrow Transplantation Center, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital
Seoul, South Korea
Overall survival
Overall survival is defined as the time interval between date of enrollment and death from any cause or for surviving patients, to last follow-up
Time frame: annually through 3 years
Neutrophil recovery
defined as achieving an absolute neutrophil count greater than or equal to 500/mm\^3 for three consecutive measurements on three difference days. The first of the 3 days will be designated the day of neutrophil recovery.
Time frame: 56 days
Primary Graft failure
defined as failure to achieve a neutrophil count greater than 500/mm\^3 for 3 consecutive days at any time after transplantation.
Time frame: 56 days
Secondary Graft failure
defined as the development of an absolute neutrophil count less than 500/mm\^3 after achievement of initial engraftment in the absence of recurrent disease.
Time frame: 100 days
Platelet recovery
defined as the first day of a sustained platelet count greater than 20,000/mm\^3 without platelet transfusions in preceding 7 days. The first day of the sustained platelet count will be designated the day of platelet engraftment.
Time frame: 100 days and 180 days
Donor cell engraftment
Donor cell engraftment is defined as donor chimerism greater than or equal 5% on Day 56 after transplantation. Chimerism may be evaluated in whole blood or blood cell fractions, including cluster of differentiation (CD) 3 and CD33 or CD15 fractions. The actual measurement dates may be within +/- 7 days of the above recommended time points.
Time frame: 56 days
Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD)
The cumulative incidence of aGVHD (grade II-IV and III-IV) will be determined. The time to onset of aGVHD will be recorded, as well as the maximum grade achieved.
Time frame: every 3 months through 3 years
Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD)
The cumulative incidence of cGVHD will be determined. Data will be collected directly from providers and chart review according to the recommendations of the NIH Consensus Conference. The NIH global severity scores of mild, moderate, and severe cGVHD will be assessed.
Time frame: every 3 months through 3 years
Disease free survival
defined as the time interval from date of enrollment and time to relapse/progression, to death or to last follow-up
Time frame: annually through year 3
Non-relapse mortality
The cumulative incidence of non-relapse mortality will be estimated at Days 100, 180, and at 1 and 2 years after transplantation. An event for this endpoint is death without evidence of disease progression or recurrence
Time frame: annually through year 3
Infection
All grade 2 and 3 infections will be reported. Grade 1 cytomegalovirus infections through Day 56 will also be reported.
Time frame: annually through year 3
WT1 MRD assessment
WT1 MRD assessment
Time frame: before and 1 month after transplantation, then every 3 months through 3 years
BAALC MRD assessment
BAALC MRD assessment
Time frame: before and 1 month after transplantation, then every 3 months through 3 years
NGS-based MRD assessment
NGS-based MRD assessment
Time frame: before and 1 month after transplantation, then every 3 months through 3 year
T cells reconstitution
T cell subsets
Time frame: before and 2 weeks and 1 month after transplantation, then every 3 months through 1 year
NK cells reconstitution
NK cell subsets
Time frame: before and 2 weeks and 1 month after transplantation, then every 3 months through 1 year
B cells reconstitution
B cells
Time frame: before and 2 weeks and 1 month after transplantation, then every 3 months through 1 year
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