T-Lymphocyte Infusion or Standard Therapy in Treating Patients at Risk of Cytomegalovirus Infection After a Donor Stem Cell Transplant

NCT ID: NCT00986557

Last Updated: 2013-08-26

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

78 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-09-30

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: An infusion of cytomegalovirus-specific T lymphocytes may prevent or reduce cytomegalovirus infection during the first year after a donor stem cell transplant.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying T-lymphocyte infusion to see how well it works compared with standard therapy in treating patients at risk of cytomegalovirus infection after a donor stem cell transplant.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* To determine the frequency of cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation during the first year after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in patients at risk for CMV infection treated with adoptive transfer of selected CMV-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes.

Secondary

* To monitor CMV-specific immune reconstitution within the first year following ASCT in these patients.
* To determine the time to CMV reactivation in these patients.
* To evaluate the use of antiviral therapy in these patients.
* To determine the incidence of secondary CMV reactivation and CMV disease in patients treated with this regimen.
* To determine the incidence of acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. After undergoing an allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) using an alemtuzumab-based conditioning regimen that also includes radiotherapy, patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte infusion on day 21-90 after allogeneic PBSCT.
* Arm II: Patients undergo standard follow-up care and receive standard antiviral therapy comprising ganciclovir IV or foscarnet sodium upon detection or confirmation of CMV reactivation.

Blood samples are collected to assess CMV viral load by quantitative PCR.

After completion of study therapy, patients are followed once a week for 100 days and then once a month for 1 year.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 18 patients with sibling donors and 21 patients with unrelated donors are accrued for each arm, resulting in a total of 78 patients accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Graft Versus Host Disease Nonneoplastic Condition

Keywords

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cytomegalovirus infection graft versus host disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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adoptive immunotherapy

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

alemtuzumab

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

in vitro-treated peripheral blood lymphocyte therapy

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

foscarnet sodium

Intervention Type DRUG

ganciclovir

Intervention Type DRUG

polymerase chain reaction

Intervention Type GENETIC

allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

infection prophylaxis and management

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

peripheral blood stem cell transplantation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

standard follow-up care

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

radiation therapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Planning allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) using a conditioning regimen containing alemtuzumab and radiotherapy
* Sibling or matched unrelated donor available

* Patients and donor matched for ≥ one of the following HLA alleles:

* HLA-A\*0101
* HLA\*0201
* HLA-A\*1101
* HLA-A\*2402
* HLA-B\*0702
* HLA-B\*0801
* HLA-B\*3502
* No donors whose stem cells have already been collected and cryopreserved prior to transplant
* Patient and donor must be CMV seropositive
* Stem cell harvests ≥ 4.0 x 10\^6 CD34 cells/kg

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* See Disease Characteristics

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* See Disease Characteristics
* No prior bone marrow transplantation
* No concurrent participation in another therapeutic transplantation study
Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital Birmingham

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Frederick Chen, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital Birmingham

Locations

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Queen Elizabeth Hospital at University Hospital of Birmingham NHS Trust

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United Kingdom

Facility Contacts

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Frederick Chen, MD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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CRC-TU-ACE-CMV

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

53325562

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EU-20974

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000650654

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id