Myeloablative Conditioning, Prophylactic Defibrotide and Haplo AlloSCT for Patients With Sickle Cell Disease

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age6-21
SponsorNew York Medical College

About this trial

This is a follow-up trial to NYMC 526 (NCT01461837) to assess the safety, efficacy and toxicity of administering Defibrotide prophylaxis for high-risk sickle cell or beta thalassemia patients undergoing a familial haploidentical or MUD allogeneic stem cell transplantation with CD34 enrichment and T-cell addback. This patient population historically has a risk of developing sinusoidal obstructive syndrome (SOS) and Defibrotide has demonstrated efficacy in treatment of SOS. The Funding Source is FDA OOPD.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Disease: Homozygous Hemoglobin S Disease, or Hemoglobin S B0/+ thalassemia, or Hemoglobin SC Disease, or Beta thalassemia intermedia/majora

Patients must demonstrate one or more of the following Sickle Cell Disease Complications

Clinically significant neurologic event (stroke) or any neurologic deficit lasting >24 hours that is accompanied by an infarct on cerebral MRI

Acute chest syndrome in the preceding two year period prior to enrollment that have failed, been non-compliant or declined hydroxyurea treatment, or prior to chronic RBC transfusion therapy, exchange transfusion or erythrocyte pheresis.

Disqualifiers

Patients who are receiving concomitant systemic anticoagulants and/or fibrinolytic therapies.

Patients with a previously known hypersensitivity reaction to defibrotide.

Females who are pregnant or breast-feeding are not eligible

Patients with documented uncontrolled infection at the time of study entry are not eligible.

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Defibrotide

    Drug

    defibrotide will be given prophylactically prior to AlloSCT to determine if it decreases the incidence of SOS in this high risk population, and determine that it is safe and feasible to give along with myeloimmunoablative therapy and allogeneic transplant.

Treatment groups

40 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Defibrotide prophylaxisExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

All patients will be monitored for known and unknown side effects of defibrotide with daily physical exams while in the hospital and then as needed in addition to daily laboratory values including chemistries, hematology labs as needed

Patients will be given Defibrotide prophylaxis starting 10 days before the stem cell infusion at 6.25 mg/kg IV q6h and continue through Day +21.

Time frame
100 days
2

All patients will be monitored for the development of SOS.

All patients will get daily lab values while in patients and then as needed to monitor for elevation in liver function tests and other abnormal chemistry or hematology values. Imaging on the liver will be performed as needed to determine if they develop SOS with defibrotide.

Time frame
1 year

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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New York Medical College

Lead sponsor

University of California, Los Angeles

Collaborator

Medical College of Wisconsin

Collaborator

Johns Hopkins University

Collaborator

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Collaborator

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Collaborator

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Collaborator

University of Florida

Collaborator