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Phase II Study of Allogeneic Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation With Pre-Conditioning Low-Dose Total Body Irradiation and Fludarabine Followed By Mycophenolate Mofetil and Cyclosporine in Elderly Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia in First Complete Remission

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Basic Trial Information
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Expected Enrollment
Outline
Trial Contact Information
Registry Information

Alternate Title

Chemotherapy, Total-Body Irradiation, and Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Older Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Basic Trial Information

Phase
Type
Status
Age
Sponsor
Protocol IDs

Phase II


Treatment


Completed


55 to 69


NCI


SWOG-S0125
S0125, NCT00053014

Objectives

  1. Determine whether allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation with pre-conditioning low dose total body irradiation and fludarabine followed by cyclosporine and mycophenolate mofetil, when given to elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia in first complete remission, is sufficiently efficacious (in terms of survival 1 year after transplantation) to warrant a phase III investigation.
  2. Determine the frequency and severity of toxic effects of this regimen in these patients.
  3. Determine whether chimerism patterns in bone marrow and blood after transplantation are associated with relapse and/or graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in these patients.
  4. Determine whether cytogenic, immunophenotypic, and molecular biologic features detected in pre- and post-transplantation specimens are related to transplant outcomes and risk of relapse in these patients.

Entry Criteria

Disease Characteristics:

  • Morphologically confirmed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) (within 180 days of diagnosis)

    OR



  • Secondary AML (secondary to myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) or to prior leukemogenic therapy)


  • Must have A1 marrow, B1 blood, and C1 extramedullary disease status


  • Must have received prior remission induction chemotherapy


  • Must have a genotypically HLA-identical sibling donor available that is not a monozygotic identical twin


  • No M3 AML or blastic transformation of chronic myelogenous leukemia


  • If history of CNS leukemia, no leukemia cells in CNS by lumbar puncture within past 7 days


  • Must be concurrently enrolled on protocols SWOG-9007 and SWOG-S9910


Prior/Concurrent Therapy:

Biologic therapy

  • No prior allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Chemotherapy

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Prior consolidation therapy allowed

Endocrine therapy

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy

  • Not specified

Surgery

  • Prior organ transplantation allowed provided not concurrently receiving immunosuppressive therapy

Patient Characteristics:

Age

  • 55 to 69

Performance status

  • Zubrod 0-2

Life expectancy

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic

  • See Disease Characteristics

Hepatic

  • Not specified

Renal

  • Not specified

Other

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • HIV negative
  • No other malignancy within the past 2 years except for the following:
    • Adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer
    • Carcinoma in situ of the cervix
    • Adequately treated stage I or II cancer in complete remission

Expected Enrollment

A total of 25-51 patients will be accrued for this study.

Outline

This is an open-label study.

  • Conditioning regimen: Patients receive fludarabine IV over 1 hour on days -4 to -2. Patients also undergo total body irradiation on day 0.


  • Peripheral blood stem cell infusion (PBSC): Patients receive unmodified filgrastim transplantation (G-CSF)-mobilized donor PBSC on day 0.


  • Post-transplantation immunosuppression: Patients receive oral cyclosporine on days -3 to 35 followed by a taper until day 180. Patients also receive oral mycophenolate mofetil on day 0 to 27 without tapering.


  • Donor lymphocyte infusions (DLI): Patients with relapsed disease receive DLI IV over 30 minutes for up to 2 infusions.


Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, every 6 months for 1 year, and then annually for 3 years.

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations

Southwest Oncology Group

Peter McSweeney, MD, Protocol chair
Ph: 303-388-4876

Registry Information
Official Title A Phase II Study Of Chimerism-Mediated Immunotherapy (CMI) Using Nonmyeloablative Allogeneic Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation In Older Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) In First Complete Remission (A BMT Study)
Trial Start Date 2003-04-01
Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00053014
Date Submitted to PDQ 2002-11-14
Information Last Verified 2005-04-26
NCI Grant/Contract Number CA32101

Note: The purpose of most clinical trials listed in this database is to test new cancer treatments, or new methods of diagnosing, screening, or preventing cancer. Because all potentially harmful side effects are not known before a trial is conducted, dose and schedule modifications may be required for participants if they develop side effects from the treatment or test. The therapy or test described in this clinical trial is intended for use by clinical oncologists in carefully structured settings, and may not prove to be more effective than standard treatment. A responsible investigator associated with this clinical trial should be consulted before using this protocol.

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