Background:
- Mature neoplasms of T and/or natural killer cells, collectively called peripheral
T-cell lymphomas (PTCL), are often poorly responsive to chemotherapy and therefore
associated with significant morbidity and mortality.
- Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) has the potential to cure PTCL
but the optimal approach to HCT for these diseases requires ongoing investigation
Objectives:
- For subjects on the reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC/mRIC) arms, to estimate the
progression-free survival
- For subjects on the immunosuppression-only conditioning (IOC) and ATL/RIC arms,
because they are high risk patients, to preliminarily estimate the proportion who
are progression free at one year.
Eligibility:
- Patients age >= 12 years
- PTCL that is relapsed or refractory to prior therapy and/or PTCL of a risk score
where upfront allo HCT in first remission is reasonable (PIT score of
intermediate-low risk or higher or supported by clinical practice guidelines1)
- At least one potentially suitable 7-8/8 HLA-matched related or unrelated donor (at
HLA A, B, C, and DR), or an HLA-haploidentical related donor
- Adequate end-organ function
- Not pregnant or breastfeeding
Design:
- There will be four recipient treatment arms that vary in approach, although all with
the same backbone of conditioning and GVHD prophylaxis:
- Immunosuppression-only conditioning (IOC) arm for high-risk subjects
- Reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) arm for those deemed not high-risk and
able to tolerate RIC and without adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL)
- mRIC arm for patients eligible for the RIC arm, as a modified expansion upon
completion of the RIC arm
- ATL-RIC arm for patients with a diagnosis of ATL
- IOC arm: equine anti-thymocyte globulin (e-ATG) 40 mg/kg/day IV on days -14 and -13,
pentostatin 4 mg/m2/day IV on days -9 and -5, low-dose cyclophosphamide (5 mg/kg)
orally daily on days -9 through -2
--Subjects will be assigned to the IOC arm if there is significant end-organ
dysfunction present and it is felt that a conditioning regimen that includes
busulfan would likely be associated with intolerable or life-threatening toxicities
for the patient. Patients will also be assigned to the IOC arm if they possess a DNA
repair defect, telomere maintenance defect, or familial cancer predisposition
syndrome that necessitates limiting chemotherapy as much as possible to prevent
future cancer risk.
- RIC arm: e-ATG 40 mg/kg/day IV on days -14 and -13, pentostatin 4 mg/m2/day IV on
days -11 and -7, low-dose cyclophosphamide (5 mg/kg) orally daily on days -11
through - 4; busulfan IV, pharmacokinetically dosed, on days -3 and -2.
- mRIC arm: e-ATG 40 mg/kg/day IV on days -14 and -13, pentostatin 4 mg/m2/day IV on
days -11 and -7, low-dose cyclophosphamide (5 mg/kg) orally daily on days -11
through - 4; busulfan IV, pharmacokinetically dosed, on days -3 and -2, filgrastim
or biosimilar drug 5 mcg/kg/day subcutaneous on days -12, -8, and -4.
- ATL-RIC arm: e-ATG 40 mg/kg/day IV on days -14 and -13, pentostatin 4 mg/m2/day IV
on days -11 and -7, low-dose cyclophosphamide (5 mg/kg) orally daily on days -11
through -4; busulfan IV, pharmacokinetically dosed, on days -3 and -2, filgrastim or
biosimilar drug 5 mcg/kg/day subcutaneous on days -12, -8, and -4, ruxolitinib 45
mg/day from day -12 through day -2, and zidovudine 300 mg orally three times a day
from day -1 through day +50.
- Peripheral blood stem cells are the preferred graft source, although bone marrow is
permitted
- GVHD prophylaxis: Post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy) on days +3 and +4 (50
mg/kg/day on RIC arm, mRIC, and ATL-RIC arms and 25 mg/kg/day on the IOC arm, with
the option of 25 mg/kg/day on the RIC arm). Sirolimus on days +5 through +60 (RIC
arm, mRIC arm, IOC arm). Patients with somatic mutations in the Akt/mTOR pathway may
receive tacrolimus days +5 through +60 instead of sirolimus on the RIC, mRIC, or IOC
arms. Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) on days +5 through +25 on the RIC, IOC, and mRIC
arms; MMF will not be given on the ATL-RIC arm. Patients on the ATL-RIC arm will
receive tacrolimus on days +5 through +50 and ruxolitinib 15 mg/day from days +5
through +35, 10 mg/day from days +36 through +60, and 5 mg/day from days +61 through
+70.