High Dose Chemo With Stem Cell Transplant as Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis That Failed Prior Treatment

Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Phase II Study of High Dose Chemotherapy With Autologous Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Transplant for Multiple Sclerosis That Failed at Least Two Lines of Therapy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01679041
• Other study ID #: 20112015
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 2
• First received: August 29, 2012
• Last updated: November 21, 2013
• Start date: November 2012
• Est. completion date: November 2013

Study information

• Verified date: November 2013
• Source: Texas Oncology Cancer Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review BoardUnited States: Food and Drug Administration
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the toxicity and the effectiveness of high dose chemotherapy with HPC transplant Multiple Sclerosis that has failed at least two lines of therapy

Description:

Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory autoimmune disease characterized by loss of myelin and axonal damage, having typical contrast-enhanced MRI foci as an imaging counterpart. MS shows three main patterns of clinical course: relapsing/remitting, primary progressive and secondary progressive.Concerning disease pattern, secondary progressive is the standard indication, to avoid overtreatment in relapsing/remitting patients or ineffectual treatment in primary relapsing patients.

Currently, MS is the most common autoimmune disease that have been treated with autologous HPC transplants (Fagius et al, 2009; Burt et al, 2009; Saccardi et al, 2006). More than 350 consecutive cases have been reported by the EBMT over the last decade. Most patients who underwent autologous HPC transplant for MS in the early studies had secondary progressive MS, and relatively fewer had relapsing remitting disease, with a Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) of 3.0-9.5 at the time of transplant. Significant objective and subjective improvements have been reported in up to 70% of these patients.

The following conditioning regimens will be used, with Alemtuzumab, Fludarabine, and Cyclophosphamide will be used for all patients. Prophylaxis of Acyclovir, Levaquin, and Fluconazole will be given to prevent infections. The autologous HPC will be infused within 48-72 hours of completing the chemotherapy. The patients will receive additional supportive care medications and treatments as necessary. Neutrophil engraftment will be defined as the day on which the ANC rises to > 500 cells/ml for two consecutive days. Platelet engraftment will be defined as the first day on which the platelet count rises to > 20,000/ml over a 7-day interval without transfusion support.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 1
• Est. completion date: November 2013
• Est. primary completion date: November 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Age between 18-60, inclusive

Patients carry a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, according to the McDonald's criteria for diagnosis (Polman et al, 2011).

Must have a neurologist providing the primary care for the MS and be willing to be evaluated for the multiple sclerosis by the two neurologists who are the co-investigators in the protocol.

Must be documented to be HIV negative.

An EDSS of 3.5 - 5.5

Patients must be able to give written consent.

Inflammatory disease despite primary disease modifying therapy with at least 6 months of interferon and another disease modifying therapy, including fingolimod,glativamir, natalizumab, and mitoxantrone. Failure is defined as two or more clinical relapses with documented neurologic changes (excluding sensory changes) within the year prior to the study. (NOTE: Relapses must have required treatment with corticosteroids). Failure may also be defined as one relapse (excluding sensory changes) treated with methylprednisone and, on a separate occasion within the previous 12 months, evidence of active inflammation (i.e. gadolinium enhancement on MRI scan of the CNS).

No previous history of allergic reaction to cyclophosphamide, G-CSF or mesna

Patients must not be pregnant

Failure to accept or comprehend irreversible sterility as a potential side effect of therapy.

Life expectancy of more than 6 months

No evidence of myelodysplastic syndrome on peripheral blood smear

Not allergic to cyclophosphamide, mesna, fludarabine or alemtuzumab

Baseline serum creatinine must be <1.5 mg/dL, left ventricular ejection fraction >55%, adequate pulmonary functions (oxygen saturation at room air of >90%), and AST and ALT not > 2x upper limits of normal, and no history of previous or active malignancy, except for localized cutaneous basal or squamous cell carcinoma in situ of the cervix.

Exclusion Criteria:

Diagnosis of primary progressive MS.

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Multiple Sclerosis
• Sclerosis

Intervention

Drug:
• Alemtuzumab
Alemtuzumab 10 mg given IV on day 1 of the 5 day conditional regimen
• Fludarabine
Fludarabine 25mg/m2 daily given IV on days 1-5 of the 5 day conditioning regimen
• Cyclophosphamide
Cyclophosphamide is given 3 gm/m2 for mobilization, and then repeated during 5 day conditioning regimen w/ doses of 50mg/kg/day on days 1-4

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Amarillo Diagnostic Clinic	Amarillo	Texas
United States	Dr Ruby Saulog	Amarillo	Texas
United States	Texas Oncology	Amarillo	Texas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Seah Lim M.D.

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (12)

Burt RK, Loh Y, Cohen B, Stefoski D, Balabanov R, Katsamakis G, Oyama Y, Russell EJ, Stern J, Muraro P, Rose J, Testori A, Bucha J, Jovanovic B, Milanetti F, Storek J, Voltarelli JC, Burns WH. Autologous non-myeloablative haemopoietic stem cell transplantation in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: a phase I/II study. Lancet Neurol. 2009 Mar;8(3):244-53. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(09)70017-1. Epub 2009 Jan 29. Erratum in: Lancet Neurol. 2009 Apr;8(4):309. Stefosky, Dusan [corrected to Stefoski, Dusan]. — View Citation

Burt RK, Marmont A, Oyama Y, Slavin S, Arnold R, Hiepe F, Fassas A, Snowden J, Schuening F, Myint H, Patel DD, Collier D, Heslop H, Krance R, Statkute L, Verda L, Traynor A, Kozak T, Hintzen RQ, Rose JW, Voltarelli J, Loh Y, Territo M, Cohen BA, Craig RM, Varga J, Barr WG. Randomized controlled trials of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for autoimmune diseases: the evolution from myeloablative to lymphoablative transplant regimens. Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Dec;54(12):3750-60. Review. — View Citation

Fagius J, Lundgren J, Oberg G. Early highly aggressive MS successfully treated by hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Mult Scler. 2009 Feb;15(2):229-37. doi: 10.1177/1352458508096875. Epub 2008 Sep 19. — View Citation

Kimiskidis V, Sakellari I, Tsimourtou V, Kapina V, Papagiannopoulos S, Kazis D, Vlaikidis N, Anagnostopoulos A, Fassas A. Autologous stem-cell transplantation in malignant multiple sclerosis: a case with a favorable long-term outcome. Mult Scler. 2008 Mar;14(2):278-83. Epub 2007 Oct 17. — View Citation

Lim SH, Kell J, al-Sabah A, Bashi W, Bailey-Wood R. Peripheral blood stem-cell transplantation for refractory autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura. Lancet. 1997 Feb 15;349(9050):475. — View Citation

Mancardi GL, Murialdo A, Rossi P, Gualandi F, Martino G, Marmont A, Ciceri F, Schenone A, Parodi RC, Capello E, Comi G, Uccelli A. Autologous stem cell transplantation as rescue therapy in malignant forms of multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler. 2005 Jun;11(3):367-71. — View Citation

Pasquini MC, Griffith LM, Arnold DL, Atkins HL, Bowen JD, Chen JT, Freedman MS, Kraft GH, Mancardi GL, Martin R, Muraro PA, Nash RA, Racke MK, Storek J, Saccardi R. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for multiple sclerosis: collaboration of the CIBMTR and EBMT to facilitate international clinical studies. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2010 Aug;16(8):1076-83. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2010.03.012. Epub 2010 Mar 18. Review. — View Citation

Passweg J, Tyndall A. Autologous stem cell transplantation in autoimmune diseases. Semin Hematol. 2007 Oct;44(4):278-85. Review. — View Citation

Polman CH, Reingold SC, Banwell B, Clanet M, Cohen JA, Filippi M, Fujihara K, Havrdova E, Hutchinson M, Kappos L, Lublin FD, Montalban X, O'Connor P, Sandberg-Wollheim M, Thompson AJ, Waubant E, Weinshenker B, Wolinsky JS. Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2010 revisions to the McDonald criteria. Ann Neurol. 2011 Feb;69(2):292-302. doi: 10.1002/ana.22366. — View Citation

Saccardi R, Di Gioia M, Bosi A. Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for autoimmune disorders. Curr Opin Hematol. 2008 Nov;15(6):594-600. doi: 10.1097/MOH.0b013e3283136700. Review. — View Citation

Saccardi R, Kozak T, Bocelli-Tyndall C, Fassas A, Kazis A, Havrdova E, Carreras E, Saiz A, Löwenberg B, te Boekhorst PA, Gualandio F, Openshaw H, Longo G, Pagliai F, Massacesi L, Deconink E, Ouyang J, Nagore FJ, Besalduch J, Lisukov IA, Bonini A, Merelli E, Slavino S, Gratwohl A, Passweg J, Tyndall A, Steck AJ, Andolina M, Capobianco M, Martin JL, Lugaresi A, Meucci G, Sáez RA, Clark RE, Fernandez MN, Fouillard L, Herstenstein B, Koza V, Cocco E, Baurmann H, Mancardi GL; Autoimmune Diseases Working Party of EBMT. Autologous stem cell transplantation for progressive multiple sclerosis: update of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation autoimmune diseases working party database. Mult Scler. 2006 Dec;12(6):814-23. — View Citation

Tyndall A, Gratwohl A. Adult stem cell transplantation in autoimmune disease. Curr Opin Hematol. 2009 Jul;16(4):285-91. doi: 10.1097/MOH.0b013e32832aacb3. Review. — View Citation

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	To evaluate the toxicity of autologous HPC transplant in patients with multiple sclerosis that have failed at least two lines of disease modifier therapy	All follow-up appointments will be carried out at Texas Oncology-Amarillo Cancer Center. Patients will be monitored for clinical toxicities and using laboratory blood tests for renal functions, hepatic functions, and bone marrow functions at At discharge post-transplant, then again at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months and after that 6 monthly until death..	At 5 years post transplant	Yes
Secondary	To evaluate the effectiveness of high dose chemotherapy with HPC transplant for multiple sclerosis sclerosis that has failed at least two lines of therapy	hen rechecked Neurologic evaluations will be carried out in the offices of the two neurology co-Investigators and the information provided to the transplant physicians for record. Patient will also undergo a repeat MRI scan at 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, and then after every 12 months until death, after the transplant to evaluate changes in the number of MS plaques. Subsequent MRI scan will be determined by the patient's neurologist as is needed clinically.	Assessed at baseline, tat 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, and then after every 12 months until death	No