The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if patients who have brittle type 1 diabetes receiving an islet transplantation will have better control of their sugars if they also receive one of 2 types of immune cells along with the islet transplant. The participants will receive either their own immune cells, called regulatory T cells, or immune cells from the bone marrow of the islet donor.
Islet transplantation success remains limited by the immediate loss of islet after transplantation, rejection, and side effect from immunosuppression. Preclinical animal models provide evidence that donor bone marrow cells OR regulatory T cells infused at the time of islet transplantation can improve the survival of islets after transplantation and reduce the need for immunosuppression. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and safety of combining an islet transplant with the recipient's Tregs OR deceased donor bone marrow cells in patients with brittle type 1 diabetes.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
24
Patients will undergo a single apheresis collection with a target total blood volume of 20-30 L and the collected cells used as the source of purified Tregs to be infused following the islet transplantation. In the event a patient is unable to meet the collection target, a second collection may be performed.
The cells from the donor VB and spleen are processed under cGMP conditions and released for infusion after the respective recipient has undergone transplant and conditioning. Under this protocol, the donor's VB will be obtained at the same time as the pancreatic islets and will be the source of HSC for infusion with the intent to establish immune tolerance to the donor's pancreatic islet cells. Subjects will receive one infusion of allogeneic cadaveric islets. Subjects will receive induction therapy with ATG and Belatacept and maintenance immunosuppression with Tacrolimus Extended-release tablets (Envarsus XR) and Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF). After islet transplantation, the VBM cells will be infused in one time window: on day 0-1. Subjects will undergo closed-loop insulin pump glucose control peri-transplant.
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California, United States
Occurrence of Grade 3 to 5 cytokine release syndrome / acute infusion reaction after Treg administration infusion reaction after Treg administration
Grade 3 to 5 cytokine release syndrome / acute infusion reaction after Treg administration infusion reaction after Treg administration
Time frame: within 3 months
Occurrence of grade 4 or greater adverse events of islet transplantation
Adverse event grade 4 or greater
Time frame: Within two years
Number of patients who receive Treg infusions (Arm1) or Donor Derived Vertebral Bone Marrow (Arm2) and islet transplantation (feasibility)
Number of patients who received planned Treg or Donor Bone Marrow
Time frame: Within two years
HbA1c ≤6.5%
HbA1c ≤6.5%
Time frame: assessed at 6, 12 and 24 months post-islet transplantation
Absence of severe hypoglycemic events
Absence of severe hypoglycemic event , requiring intervention by other person than the patient
Time frame: assessed at 6, 12 and 24 months post-islet transplantation
Decrease of insulin mean requirements (u/kg) from prior to transplantation by 50% of total daily dose
Reduction of exogenous insulin requirement by 50% from baseline
Time frame: assessed at 6, 12 and 24 months post-islet transplantation
Clarke hypoglycemia severity (HYPO) score less than 2 (0 to >4, >4 indicate severe hypoglycemia unawareness)
Improvement of Clarke score to less than 2
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Time frame: assessed at 6, 12 and 24 months post-islet transplantation
Basal C-peptide at levels e >0.5 ng/mL (>0.17 nmol/L) fasting or stimulated.
C-petide production from islet transplant assessment
Time frame: assessed at 6, 12 and 24 months post-islet transplantation
Target of glucose variability and hypoglycemia duration derived from the CGMS <Standard Deviation and Coefficient targets>
Monitoring of glucose control 24h sensor monitoring
Time frame: assessed at 6, 12 and 24 months post-islet transplantation
Measurement of donor Specific Antibody, cPRA
Single bead luminex anti HLA class 1 and 2 assay
Time frame: assessed at 6, 12 and 24 months post-islet transplantation
Quality of life (QOL) assessment
QOL questionnaire SF-12 (0-100, higher score is better outcome)
Time frame: assessed at 6, 12 and 24 months post-islet transplantation