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Standard-of-Care Reduced-Intensity Conditioning (RIC) With 200 Versus 400 cGy of Total Body Irradiation (TBI) in Patients With Acute Leukemia Undergoing First Allogeneic Blood or Marrow Transplantation (BMT)

A Randomized Phase II Trial of Standard-of-Care Reduced-Intensity Conditioning (RIC) With 200 Versus 400 cGy of Total Body Irradiation (TBI) in Patients With Acute Leukemia Undergoing First Allogeneic Blood or Marrow Transplantation (BMT)

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
No age limits stated
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Time periods mentioned: 2 years
  • Procedures mentioned: Infusions

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "Standard chemotherapy, commonly fludarabine and cyclophosphamide, along with radiation will be administered before infusion of the cells transplanted from the donor."
  • "Participation on this study will last up to 2 years after transplant."
Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study compares two doses of whole-body radiation, 200 and 400 cGy, as part of a less intense treatment before a first blood or bone marrow transplant from a donor. It is for people with certain acute leukemias or lymphomas. The study checks survival without cancer returning or graft-versus-host disease, when donor cells attack the body.

This is a randomized phase II trial of standard-of-care reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) with 200 versus 400 cGy of total body irradiation (TBI) in patients with acute leukemia undergoing first allogeneic blood or marrow Transplantation (BMT). The primary objective is to compare the rates of graft-versus-host disease-free and relapse-free survival (GRFS) between patients in the two cohorts.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • People of any age may join.
  • You must have acute myeloid leukemia (AML), acute lymphoblastic leukemia or lymphoma (ALL), or acute leukemia with mixed or unclear cell types.
  • A bone marrow test within 30 days before transplant preparation must show fewer than 5% blasts (immature blood cells).
  • You must have no active leukemia outside the bone marrow or known active cancer in the brain or spinal cord. Disease treated into remission is allowed.
  • You must have a related or unrelated blood or bone marrow donor who meets the study’s tissue-matching rules.
  • Your transplant plan must include cyclophosphamide after transplant to help prevent donor cells from attacking your body.
  • Your heart, liver, and lungs must meet the study’s test limits.
  • If you had certain blood disorders before leukemia, the inclusion rules require at least 4 cycles of certain drugs, such as azacitidine or decitabine, or at least 1 cycle of initial chemotherapy. The exclusion rules conflict with this; ask the study team.

Who can't join

  • Leukemia with a gene change called PML/RARA fusion.
  • A past diagnosis of MPN, MDS, or MDS/MPN overlap (blood and bone marrow disorders) before leukemia. This conflicts with the inclusion rules. AML with certain genetic features alone does not trigger this rule.
  • A previous blood or bone marrow transplant from a donor.
  • An ECOG activity score above 2 or a Karnofsky/Lansky score below 60. These scores measure how well you can do daily tasks.
  • Another active cancer expected to limit your life to less than 2 years.
  • Heart artery disease that causes symptoms, or an infection that is not controlled.
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
  • A body mass index (BMI), a measure of weight compared with height, above 45.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age ≥ 0 years 2. Patients with a diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), acute lymphoblastic leukemia or lymphoma (ALL), or acute leukemia of mixed or ambiguous lineage per the 2022 World Health Organization classifications,75,76 with \< 5% blasts on bone marrow morphologic analysis performed within 30 days of planned conditioning initiation 1. AML is generally defined as ≥ 20% myeloid blasts identified in the peripheral blood and/or bone marrow. Myeloid sarcoma is also recognized as an AML-defining entity. Situations in which AML can be diagnosed without a specific blast threshold met nor myeloid sarcoma present are when fusions involving RUNX1::RUNX1T1, CBFB::MYH11, DEK:NUP214, or RBM15::MRTFA are present; rearrangements involving KMT2A, MECOM, or NUP98 exist; or there is a mutation in NPM1. 2. B- or T-ALL is defined as the presence of lymphoid blasts identified in the peripheral blood and/or bone marrow with no specific blast threshold needed (acute lymphoblastic leukemia) or the presence of a lymphatic-based collection of lymphoblasts (acute lymphoblastic lymphoma). 3. Acute leukemia of mixed or ambiguous lineage is defined as mixed or ambiguous lineage blasts identified in the peripheral blood and/or bone marrow or the presence of a lymphatic-based collection (lymphoma) of mixed or ambiguous lineage blasts. A specific blast threshold does not need to be met. 4. Patients with a documented diagnosis of myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN), myelodysplastic syndrome or neoplasm (MDS), and/or MDS/MPN-overlap prior to diagnosis of acute leukemia may be included for randomization in this clinical trial so long as the patient has received at least 4 cycles of DNA methyltransferase inhibitor (e.g., azacitidine, decitabine, decitabine/cedazuradine (Inqovi), and/or any other agent that works via this mechanism) or at least one cycle of induction chemotherapy. A list of antecedent diagnoses per the World Health Organization 2022 classification of hematolymphoid tumors that pertain to this inclusion criterion are listed below 75 * i. MPN includes myelofibrosis, essential thrombocythemia, polycythemia vera, chronic neutrophilic leukemia, chronic eosinophilic leukemia, juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), or myeloproliferative neoplasm, not otherwise specified * ii. Myelodysplastic syndrome or neoplasm (MDS) * iii. MDS/MPN-overlap includes chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML), myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasm with neutrophilia, myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasm with SF3B1 mutation and thrombocytosis, or myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasm, not otherwise specified * iv. Of note, patients without a documented history of one of these conditions prior to diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia with myelodysplastic features would not be restricted to this specific criterion for study inclusion. 3. No active extramedullary leukemia or known active Central Nervous System (CNS) involvement by malignancy. Such disease treated into remission is permitted. 4. Patients must have a related or unrelated bone marrow or peripheral blood donor 1. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched (10/10) sibling donor (MSD) 2. HLA-matched (10/10) unrelated donor (MUD) 3. HLA-haploidentical (5/10) related donor (Haplo) 4. HLA-mismatched (5-9/10) unrelated donor (mMUD) 5. Planned allogeneic BMT using post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy) as a component of GVHD prophylaxis 6. Adequate end-organ function as measured by: 1. Left ventricular ejection fraction greater than or equal to 35% or shortening fraction \> 25% 2. Bilirubin ≤ 3.0 mg/dL (unless due to Gilbert's syndrome or hemolysis), and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \< 5 x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) 3. Forced Expiratory Volume in one second (FEV1) and Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) \> 40% of predicted 7. Patients may enroll in other transplant-related trials (e.g., those testing post-transplant maintenance strategies or peri-transplant strategies for the management of donor specific antibodies) as long as other eligibility criteria are met and the requirements do not conflict with the treatment plan as outlined herein. Patients may also receive standard of care post-transplant maintenance therapies. Exclusion Criteria: 1\) Acute leukemia with promyelocytic leukemia (PML)/retinoic acid receptor α (RARA) fusion 2)2) Documented, clinical diagnosis of myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN), myelodysplastic syndrome or neoplasm (MDS), and/or MDS/MPN-overlap based on the World Health Organization 2022 classification prior to diagnosis of acute leukemia.75 Patients with a diagnosis of AML with myelodysplastic features based on cytogenetic or genetic features and without an antecedent clinical history of MPN, MDS, and/or MDS/MPN-overlap are not excluded. 3\) Prior allogeneic BMT 4) Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status \> 2 or Karnofsky/Lansky score \< 60 5) Patients with an additional active malignancy with a life expectancy \< 2 years due to that disease 6) Symptomatic coronary artery disease 7) Uncontrolled infection 8) Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding 9) Body mass index (BMI) \> 45 kg/m2

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