This phase II/III trial studies how well combination chemotherapy and total body irradiation works in treating patients with Fanconi anemia undergoing donor stem cell transplant. Drugs used in the chemotherapy, such as cyclophosphamide and fludarabine phosphate, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving chemotherapy and total-body irradiation before a donor stem cell transplant helps kill any cancer cells that are in the body and helps make room in the patient’s bone marrow for new blood-forming cells (stem cells) to grow.
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT00352976.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To determine the lowest possible dose of total body irradiation (TBI) required to achieve consistent neutrophil engraftment after alternate donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in patients with Fanconi anemia.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Incidence of serious regimen related toxicity based on transplant outcomes by day 100.
II. Incidence of secondary graft failure at 100 days.
III. Incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) at 100 days.
IV. Incidence of chronic GVHD at one year.
V. Probability of survival at one year.
VI. Incidence of infections at 100 days, 6 months and one year.
VII. Immune reconstitution at 100 days, 6 month and one year.
OUTLINE:
Patients receive total body irradiation on day -6, then receive cyclophosphamide intravenously (IV) over 2 hours and fludarabine IV over 30 minutes on days -5 to -2, and methylprednisolone IV over 30 minutes twice daily (BID) on days -5 to -1. Patients also undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation on day 0, and then receive filgrastim IV on day 1 until absolute neutrophil count recovery.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up from 31 to 100 days post-transplant, then periodically thereafter.
Lead OrganizationUniversity of Minnesota/Masonic Cancer Center
Principal InvestigatorMargaret L. MacMillan