Ultra-Low Dose Interleukin-2 for Refractory Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease

NCT ID: NCT00529035

Last Updated: 2020-07-01

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE1
• Total Enrollment: 29 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2007-08-31
• Study Completion Date: 2020-05-27

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research study is to determine the safety of IL-2 and the highest dose of this drug that can be given safely to people with chronic graft versus host disease (GVHD). Chronic GVHD is a medical condition that may occur after patients receive a bone marrow, stem cell or cord blood transplant. The donor's immune system may recognize their body (the host) as foreign and attempt to "reject" it. Traditional standard therapy to treat chronic GVHD is prednisone (steroids). Treatment options are limited, and it is thought that IL-2 may help to control chronic GVHD.

Detailed Description

• IL-2 will be given daily through an injection under the skin for a period of 8 weeks. To determine the highest safest dose of IL-2, the dose participants receive will increase as lower doses are determined to be safe. There will be three dose levels.
• Participants will be seen periodically while they are receiving IL-2. Physical exams and blood tests will be performed weekly for the first two weeks and then every other week until week 8.

Conditions

Graft Versus Host Disease

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Interleukin-2

Interleukin-2 (IL-2) will be given daily through an injection under the skin for a period of 8 weeks. To determine the highest safest dose of IL-2, the dose participants receive will increase as lower doses are determined to be safe. There will be three dose levels:

Dose Level -A 0.3 x 106 (IU/m2/d) Dose Level -B 1 x 106 (IU/m2/d) Dose Level-C 3 x 106 (IU/m2/d)

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Interleukin-2

Intervention Type: DRUG

Dose will vary depending upon when participant enters the trial: Given as a daily injection under the skin for 8 weeks.

Interventions

Interleukin-2

Dose will vary depending upon when participant enters the trial: Given as a daily injection under the skin for 8 weeks.

Intervention Type: DRUG

Other Intervention Names

IL-2

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Recipients of allogeneic stem cell transplantation with myeloablative or non-myeloablative conditioning regimens
• Patients must be at least 180 days from the allogeneic stem cell transplantation procedure
• Steroid refractory cGVHD, defined as having persistent symptoms and signs of GVHD despite the use of prednisone for at least 4 weeks in the preceding 12 months without complete resolution of signs and symptoms.
• Stable dose of corticosteroids for 4 weeks prior to enrollment
• No addition or subtraction of other immunosuppressive medications for 4 weeks prior to enrollment.
• Adequate bone marrow, renal and hepatic function as outlined in the protocol
• 18 years of age or older
• ECOG Performance Status of 0-2

Exclusion Criteria

• Ongoing prednisone requirement > 1mg/kg/day (or equivalent)
• Exposure to any new immunosuppressive medication in the 4 weeks prior to enrollment
• Concurrent ECP therapy within 4 weeks prior to enrollment
• Post-transplant exposure to any novel immunosuppressive medication within 100 days prior to enrollment
• Donor lymphocyte infusion within 100 days prior to IL-2 therapy
• Active malignant disease relapse
• Active, uncontrolled infection
• Positive serologic test for Hepatitis B or a positive serologic or nucleic acid test for Hepatitis C
• HIV seropositivity
• Life expectancy < 3 months
• Pregnancy or lactation
• Inability to comply with IL-2 treatment regimen
• Uncontrolled cardiac angina or symptomatic congestive heart failure
• Organ transplant (allograft) recipient

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Brigham and Women's Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Novartis

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

John Koreth, MD

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

John Koreth, MBBS, D.Phil

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Locations

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Countries

United States

References

Koreth J, Matsuoka K, Kim HT, McDonough SM, Bindra B, Alyea EP 3rd, Armand P, Cutler C, Ho VT, Treister NS, Bienfang DC, Prasad S, Tzachanis D, Joyce RM, Avigan DE, Antin JH, Ritz J, Soiffer RJ. Interleukin-2 and regulatory T cells in graft-versus-host disease. N Engl J Med. 2011 Dec 1;365(22):2055-66. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1108188.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 22129252 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

07-083

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id