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Phase I/II Study of Donor Natural Killer Cell Infusion After HLA-Mismatched/Haploidentical Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation From a Familial Donor in Patients With Advanced Malignant Disorders

Alternate Title
Basic Trial Information
Objectives
Entry Criteria
Expected Enrollment
Outcomes
Outline
Trial Contact Information
Registry Information

Alternate Title

Donor Natural Killer Cells After Donor Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Advanced Cancer

Basic Trial Information

PhaseTypeStatusAgeSponsorProtocol IDs
Phase II, Phase ITreatmentActive15 to 75OtherAMC-UUCM-2008-0383
2008-0383, NCT00823524

Objectives

Primary

  1. To assess the safety of donor natural killer (NK) cell infusion after HLA-mismatched/haploidentical allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from a familial donor in patients with advanced malignant disorders.
  2. To determine the maximum number of donor NK cells that can be safely given to these patients.

Secondary

  1. To assess the clinical efficacy donor NK cell infusion, in terms of tumor response, response duration, and survival, in patients with progressive or recurrent malignant disorders.

Entry Criteria

Disease Characteristics:

  • Diagnosis of a malignant disorder (hematologic malignancies or solid tumors)
    • Advanced disease


  • Has undergone prior allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) from an HLA-mismatched/haploidentical familial donor


  • Progressive or recurrent disease, as defined by any of the following (phase II):
    • Peripheral blood blast > 20% with bone marrow aspirate showing > 5% leukemic cells (in patients with acute leukemia)
    • Detection of metaphases in the marrow with the same clonal cytogenetic abnormalities as identified before HSCT (or by FISH markers, if appropriate) (in patients with acute leukemia or high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes [MDS])
    • Persistent cytopenia with bone marrow aspirate showing various degrees of dysplasia involving ≥ 1 cell lineage (in patients with high-risk MDS)
    • Enlargement of pre-existing measurable lesions by 20% according to RECIST criteria (in patients with solid tumors or lymphoma)
    • Appearance of new metastatic lesions, including pleural effusion or ascites, radiologically typical for metastases or confirmed as such by cytology (in patients with solid tumors or lymphoma)


  • Measurable disease (phase II)


Prior/Concurrent Therapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Patient Characteristics:

  • Karnofsky performance status 70-100%
  • Total bilirubin < 3.0 mg/dL
  • AST < 5 times upper limit of normal
  • Creatinine < 3 mg/dL
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • No clinically evident cardiac or pulmonary failure

Expected Enrollment

48

Outcomes

Primary Outcome(s)

Safety
Maximum number of donor natural killer (NK) cells that can be safely given

Secondary Outcome(s)

Clinical efficacy of donor NK cell infusion, in terms of tumor response, response duration, and survival

Outline

This is a phase I, dose-escalation study followed by a phase II study.

  • Phase I: Patients receive an infusion of donor natural killer (NK) cells on days 18 and 21.


  • Phase II: Patients receive an infusion of donor NK cells on days 14 and 21.


After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically.

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations

Asan Medical Center - University of Ulsan College of Medicine

Kyoo Lee, MD, Principal investigator
Ph: 82-2-2224-3210
Email: khlee2@amc.seoul.kr

Trial Sites

Republic of Korea
  Seoul
 Asan Medical Center - University of Ulsan College of Medicine
 Kyoo Lee, MD
Ph: 82-2-2224-3210
 Email: khlee2@amc.seoul.kr

Registry Information
Official Title Donor NK cell infusion for progression/recurrence of underlying malignant disorders after HLA-haploidentical HCT - a phase 1-2 study
Trial Start Date 2009-01-07
Trial Completion Date 2012-12-31 (estimated)
Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00823524
Date Submitted to PDQ 2009-01-07
Information Last Verified 2009-01-13

Note: The purpose of most clinical trials listed in this database is to test new cancer treatments, or new methods of diagnosing, screening, or preventing cancer. Because all potentially harmful side effects are not known before a trial is conducted, dose and schedule modifications may be required for participants if they develop side effects from the treatment or test. The therapy or test described in this clinical trial is intended for use by clinical oncologists in carefully structured settings, and may not prove to be more effective than standard treatment. A responsible investigator associated with this clinical trial should be consulted before using this protocol.

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