Intentional Rejection of the Donor Graft Using Recipient Leukocyte Infusion(s) Following Nonmyeloablative Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant



Status:Terminated
Conditions:Blood Cancer, Lymphoma, Hematology, Hematology
Therapuetic Areas:Hematology, Oncology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 75
Updated:4/17/2018
Start Date:November 2008
End Date:August 2012

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The proposed study is based on our observation of paradoxical tumor regression after
rejection of the donor graft in conjunction with the results of our murine experiments. We
hypothesize that clinically meaningful responses can be achieved in patients with advanced
malignancies with a transplant strategy using nonmyeloablative conditioning and related
mismatched donor stem cell transplant where the intention will be to initially achieve mixed
chimerism which will be followed by recipient lymphocyte infusion (RLI) in an attempt to
deliberately reject the donor graft. This will lead to the development of novel transplant
strategies for achieving antitumor effects without the risk of graft versus host disease
(GVHD). This proposed protocol is a Pilot Study that will evaluate the safety of this
outpatient transplant strategy, i.e., establishment of initial mixed chimerism followed by
RLI for donor graft rejection, in patients with advanced lymphomas, and multiple myeloma.

In addition, because RLI have been reported to reverse ongoing GVHD, this approach might
potentially reverse GVHD while achieving antitumor responses if this complication
unexpectedly occurs.


Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with chemorefractory non-Hodgkin's or Hodgkin's lymphoma or multiple myeloma.

Criteria for consideration of enrollment will include:

1. primary refractory or refractory relapsed disease for which autologous HCT is
unlikely to be beneficial;

2. relapse after autologous HCT

3. ineligibility for standard myeloablative or nonmyeloablative allo-HCT because of
either lack of a donor or patient considerations

2. Non Hodgkin's lymphoma, or Hodgkin's lymphoma: primary refractory or refractory
relapse

3. Multiple myeloma; primary refractory or refractory relapse

4. Patients with the above malignancies who have had a previous autologous or allogeneic
bone marrow or stem cell transplant.

5. An estimated disease-free survival of less than one year.

6. Age 18 to age < 75 years

7. ECOG performance status of 0, 1, or 2.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients whose life expectancy is limited by diseases other than their malignancy

2. Patients who have a 5/6 or better matched related donor or a 4/6 or better umbilical
cord blood donor and who are medically eligible for conventional myeloablative or
non-myeloablative transplant will be excluded

3. Cardiac disease: symptomatic congestive heart failure or RVG or echocardiogram
determined LVEF ogf< 30%, active angina pectoris or uncontrolled hypertension

4. Pulmonary disease: severe chronic obstructive lung disease, or symptomatic restrictive
lung disease, or corrected DLCO < 40% of predicted

5. Renal disease: serum creatinine > 3.0 mg/dl.

6. Hepatic disease: serum bilirubin > 3.0 mg/dl or alkaline phosphatase, SGOT or SGPT > 3
x ULN

7. Neurologic disease: symptomatic leukoencephalopathy, active CNS malignancy or other
neuropsychiatric abnormalities believed to preclude transplantation (pervious CNS
malignancy presently in CR is not an exclusion)

8. Uncontrolled infection.

9. Recipient leukocyte infusion (RLI) might involve the infusion of circulating tumor
cells to the patients. To minimize this risk patients who have evidence of circulating
tumor cells by light microscopy and flow cytometry will be excluded

10. Patients with acute leukemia will be excluded because they will likely have much
greater circulating tumor burden, which would increase the risk of infusion of clonal
tumor cells
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