Thiotepa-based Conditioning Regimen With De-escalated Post-graft Cyclophosphamide for Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation in Hematologic Malignancies
Phase 1 Trial of Thiotepa-based Conditioning Regimen With De-escalated Post-graft Cyclophosphamide for Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation in Hematologic Malignancies
Who can join
As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.
- Age
- 18 Years and older
- 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
Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.
- 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 phase 1 study tests the safety and effectiveness of thiotepa, busulfan, and fludarabine before a donor stem cell transplant, with a lower dose of cyclophosphamide afterward. It is for adults with certain blood cancers who have a matching donor.
This phase 1 trial will investigate the safety and effectiveness of Thiotepa, Busulfan, and Fludarabine (TBF) conditioning regimen with post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) in HLA-matched related or unrelated donor allogeneic stem cell transplantation (alloSCT).
Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.
Eligibility
Who can join
- Be age 50–70, or age 18–49 if your doctor says you cannot have the usual full-strength treatment before transplant. You must be fit for one of the study's treatment plans.
- Have acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, or another listed acute leukemia or related cancer in remission: fewer than 5% immature cancer cells in the bone marrow.
- Or have myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a bone marrow disease, with a history of excess immature cells and more than 5% immature cells after at least one treatment cycle.
- Or have a high-risk myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN), a blood cancer, without severe bone marrow scarring or a very enlarged spleen.
- Have a related or unrelated donor who matches all 8 required tissue markers and can give stem cells collected from blood.
- Sign and date a form agreeing to take part after learning about the study.
- If sexually active and able to have children, you and your partner must use highly effective birth control plus another method, such as condoms. Start before joining and continue through the study and until transplant-related immune-suppressing drugs stop, whichever is later. Do not donate sperm or eggs during this time.
- If you can become pregnant, you must not be pregnant or breastfeeding at screening.
Who can't join
- Too much trouble with daily activities: a Karnofsky activity score below 70 for higher-intensity treatment or below 60 for lower-intensity treatment. For higher-intensity treatment, a transplant health-risk score above 5 also excludes you.
- Cancer in the brain or spinal cord that does not respond to chemotherapy given into spinal fluid and/or standard radiation.
- A positive test for HIV-1, HIV-2, HTLV1, or HTLV2, or an uncontrolled infection that an infection doctor says makes transplant unsafe.
- Kidney filtering below 45 for higher-intensity treatment or below 40 for lower-intensity treatment; heart pumping below 45% or 40%, respectively; or either listed lung test below 50%. Very high liver test results also exclude you if a liver specialist says transplant is unsafe.
- A previous stem cell transplant from a donor.
- Another illness that limits expected life to less than 12 months, or another major health problem that the study leader says makes transplant unsuitable.
- A known allergy to cyclophosphamide, thiotepa, fludarabine, busulfan, tacrolimus, or mycophenolate mofetil.
- Treatment with checkpoint inhibitors, a type of cancer immune therapy, within 3 months before transplant, unless the study leader allows an exception.
Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.
Official eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients must be considered appropriate candidates for either the low- or high-intensity conditioning regimen for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation based on the following age-related criteria: 1. Age 50-70 years old or 2. Age 18-49 and unfit for a conventional myeloablative conditioning regimen per the treating physician 2. Patients have one of the following diagnoses: 1. Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) in first or subsequent morphological remission (\<5% marrow blasts by morphology). 2. Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in first or subsequent morphological remission (\<5% marrow blasts by morphology) with or without hematologic recovery. 3. Other acute leukemia or related neoplasm (including but not limited to 'mixed phenotype' 'biphenotypic', 'acute undifferentiated' or 'ambiguous lineage' acute leukemia, blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm, lymphoblastic lymphoma, Burkitt leukemia/lymphoma, mast cell leukemia or chronic myeloid leukemia with blast crisis) in first or subsequent morphological remission (\<5% marrow blasts by morphology) with or without hematologic recovery. 4. Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with a history of excess blasts, with \>5% marrow blasts by morphology after receiving at least one cycle of treatment, including but not limited to hypomethylating agent, BCL-2 inhibitor, cytoreductive chemotherapy. 5. High-risk myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) with no evidence of high-grade bone marrow fibrosis or massive splenomegaly at the time of enrollment. 3. Patients with an 8/8 HLA-matched (HLA-A, B, C, DRB1) related or unrelated donor capable of donating peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) 4. Provision of signed and dated informed consent form 5. Sexually active fertile subjects and their partners must agree to use highly effective methods of contraception prior to study entry, during the course of the study, and until tacrolimus or other immunosuppressive therapy for GVHD is discontinued (whichever is later). An additional contraceptive method, such as a barrier method (e.g., condom), is required. In addition, men must agree not to donate sperm and women must agree not to donate eggs (ova, oocyte) for the purpose of reproduction during these same periods. 6. Female subjects of childbearing potential must not be pregnant or breastfeeding at screening. Female subjects are considered to be of childbearing potential unless one of the following criteria is met: 1. Permanent sterilization (hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, or bilateral oophorectomy) or documented postmenopausal status (defined as 12 months of amenorrhea in a woman \> 45 years-of-age in the absence of other biological or physiological causes). Note: Documentation may include review of medical records, medical examination, or medical history interview by study site staff. Exclusion Criteria: Subjects will be excluded from the study if they meet any of the following criteria. For high-intensity regimen: 1. Poor performance status with Karnofsky Score \<70% 2. Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) hematopoietic cell transplant co-morbidity index (HCT-CI) score \>5 3. Patients with active central nervous system (CNS) involvement refractory to intrathecal chemotherapy and/or standard craniospinal radiation. 4. Patients who are positive for HIV-1, HIV-2, HTLV1 or HTLV2. 5. Patients with uncontrolled infections for whom alloSCT is considered contraindicated by the consulting infectious disease physician. 6. Patients with organ dysfunction, including: 1. Renal insufficiency creatinine clearance \<45 ml/min/1.72m2 measured by 24-hr urine specimen 2. Left ventricular ejection fraction \<45% 3. Diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) corrected \<50% or FEV1 \<50% 4. Liver function abnormality: total bilirubin, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \>5 times the upper limit of normal should be evaluated by a gastroenterologist. If a gastroenterologist considers that alloSCT is contraindicated, the patient will be excluded from the protocol. 7. Patients who have received previous allogeneic transplantation. 8. Patients with a life expectancy \<12 months due to co-existing diseases other than hematologic malignancies. 9. Patients with any other significant medical conditions that would make them unsuitable for transplantation, as determined by the PI. 10. Patients with a known hypersensitivity to cyclophosphamide, thiotepa, fludarabine, busulfan, tacrolimus, or mycophenolate mofetil (MMF). 11. Patients who have received checkpoint inhibitors within three months of transplantation, unless an exception is made by the PI. For low-intensity regimen 1. Poor performance status with Karnofsky Score \<60% 2. Patients with active CNS involvement refractory to intrathecal chemotherapy and/or standard craniospinal radiation. 3. Patients who are positive for HIV-1, HIV-2, HTLV1 or HTLV2. 4. Patients with uncontrolled infections for whom alloSCT is considered contraindicated by the consulting infectious disease physician. 5. Patients with organ dysfunction, including: 1. Renal insufficiency creatinine clearance \<40 ml/min/1.72m2 measured by 24-hr urine specimen 2. Left ventricular ejection fraction \<40% 3. DLCO corrected\< 50% or FEV1\<50% 4. Liver function abnormality: total bilirubin, AST, ALT\>5 times the upper limit of normal should be evaluated by a gastroenterologist. If a gastroenterologist considers that alloSCT is contraindicated, the patient will be excluded from the protocol. 6. Patients who have received previous allogeneic transplantation. 7. Patients with a life expectancy \<12 months from co-existing disease other than hematologic malignancies 8. Patients with any other significant medical conditions that would make them unsuitable for transplantation, as determined by the PI. 9. Patients with a known hypersensitivity to cyclophosphamide, thiotepa, fludarabine, busulfan, tacrolimus, or mycophenolate mofetil (MMF). 10. Patients who have received checkpoint inhibitors within three months of transplantation, unless an exception is made by the PI.
Study sites (1)
PA
- UMPC Hillman Cancer Center · Pittsburgh, PA 15213Amy Rogers, RN, BSN · Study contact · 412-623-4036 · rodgera@upmc.eduLinda Elias, RN, BSN · Study contact · 412-623-6037 · eliaslj@upmc.eduSawa Ito, MD · Principal investigatorMore trials in Pittsburgh