NCT05787574 · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
A Study of Treatment of Inflammation Before Stem Cell Transplant in People With a Primary Immune Regulatory Disorder (PIRD) and/or an Autoinflammatory Condition
What this study is about
The researchers are doing this study to find out whether emapalumab or a combination of fludarabine and dexamethasone are effective in preparing people with a primary immune regulatory disorder (PIRD) and/or an autoinflammatory condition to receive a stem cell transplant.
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The researchers are doing this study to find out whether emapalumab or a combination of fludarabine and dexamethasone are effective in preparing people with a primary immune regulatory disorder (PIRD) and/or an autoinflammatory condition to receive a stem cell transplant. The researchers will look at how well the study treatments reduce inflammation and aid in the engraftment process (the process of donated stem cells traveling to the bone marrow, where they begin to make new immune cells.
Interventions
DRUG
Emapalumab
Emapalumab on Days -22 (22 days before the day of the stem cell transplant), -15, -8, and -1.
DRUG
Fludarabine and Dexamethasone
Fludarabine and dexamethasone for 5 days in a row on Days -22 through -18.
PROCEDURE
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HCT)
Participants in both groups will receive their standard-of-care stem cell transplant on Day 0.
Primary outcome measures
Engraftment
Time frame: Day 100 post-alloHCT
Engraftment is defined as the first of three days of absolute neutrophil count \>500,000/µL and the first of seven days of platelets \>20,000/µL in the absence of transfusional support.
Who can participate
This study lists these criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov. A study coordinator reviews eligibility during screening — this page does not determine whether you qualify.
Inclusion criteria
- Patients receiving first allo-HCT for the following immunologic conditions:
- Primary Immune Regulatory Disorder with or without a genetic lesion as defined by the Primary Immune Deficiency Treatment Consortium (PIDTC)12 - Patients with autoinflammatory disorders evidenced by cytokine or inflammation assays with at least 1.5x ULN of measured cytokines (defined in section 4) and/or an elevated ferritin or ESR \> 2 ULN
- For inclusion on the emapalumab group, the lesion must be related to the IFNγ pathway (or mediators thereof) with an elevated CXCL9 \>1.5 ULN OR sIL2R \>1.5 ULN (or already controlled on immune modulation, provided that CXCL9 or sIL2R levels were elevated prior to initiation of immune modulation).
- Able to tolerate cytoreduction (based on adequate organ function as described below)
- Patients of any age can enroll so long as they meet all other eligibility criteria
- Adequate organ function is required, defined as follows:
- Hepatic: Serum bilirubin ≤ 2 mg/dL, unless benign congenital hyperbilirubinemia. Patients with hyperbilirubinemia related to paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria or other hemolytic disorders related to their PIRD diagnosis are eligible.
- Hepatic: AST, ALT, and alkaline phosphatase \< 2.5 times the upper limit of normal unless thought to be disease-related. Investigator will need to perform clinically indicated evaluations to assess if disease related or intrinsic liver disease. Additional testing may be done if clinically indicated, after the pre-transplant immune prophase and prior to start of conditioning as this will provide additional data to confirm disease related versus intrinsic liver dysfunction.
- Renal: serum creatinine \<1.5x normal for age. If serum creatinine is outside the normal range, then CrCl \> 50 mL/min/1.73m\^2 (calculated or estimated) or GFR (mL/min/1.72m\^2) \>30% of predicted normal for age.
- Cardiac: LVEF ≥ 50% by MUGA or resting echocardiogram.
- Pulmonary: Pulmonary function testing (FEV1 and corrected DLCO) ≥ 50% predicted (pediatric patients unable to complete PFTs will need oxygen saturation as recorded by pulse oximetry of ≥92% on room air).
- Adequate performance status:
- Age ≥ 16 years: ECOG ≤ 1 or Karnofsky ≥ 70%
- Age \< 16 years: Lansky 70%
- Each patient must be willing to participate as a research subject and must sign an informed consent form or legal guardian with assent as appropriate. Donor Inclusion Criteria:
- Related Donors:
- 8/8 or 7/8 HLA matched at A, B, C, and DRB1 loci, as tested by DNA analysis.
- Haploidentical donors at A, B, C and DRB1 loci, as tested by DNA analysis
- Unrelated Donors:
- 8/8 or 7/8 matched at A, B, C, and DRB1 loci, as tested by DNA analysis.
- Able to provide informed consent for the donation process per institutional standards.
- Meet standard criteria for donor collection (e.g. National Marrow Donor Program Guidelines or collecting center guidelines as approved by treating physician).
Exclusion criteria
- Uncontrolled infection at the time of enrollment.
- Patients who have undergone previous allo-HCT.
- Patient seropositivity for HIV I/II and/or HTLV I/II.
- Females who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
- Patients unwilling to use contraception during the study period.
- Patient or parent or guardian unable to give informed consent or unable to comply with the treatment protocol including research tests.
Where
- San Francisco, California
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Basking Ridge, New Jersey
- Middletown, New Jersey
- Montvale, New Jersey
- Commack, New York
- Harrison, New York
- New York, New York
- Rockville Centre, New York
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Houston, Texas
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Collaborators
Sobi, Inc.
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