Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, and Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation in Treating Patients With Hematologic Cancer
Graft Versus Host Disease, Leukemia, Lymphoma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Graft Versus Host Disease focused on measuring recurrent childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, recurrent adult Hodgkin lymphoma, Burkitt lymphoma, refractory multiple myeloma, stage I multiple myeloma, stage II multiple myeloma, stage III multiple myeloma, recurrent childhood lymphoblastic lymphoma, recurrent childhood acute myeloid leukemia, recurrent adult acute myeloid leukemia, recurrent adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia, relapsing chronic myelogenous leukemia, childhood diffuse large cell lymphoma, childhood immunoblastic large cell lymphoma, chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, meningeal chronic myelogenous leukemia, adult acute myeloid leukemia in remission, adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission, childhood acute myeloid leukemia in remission, childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission, recurrent/refractory childhood Hodgkin lymphoma, recurrent grade 1 follicular lymphoma, recurrent grade 2 follicular lymphoma, recurrent grade 3 follicular lymphoma, recurrent adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma, recurrent adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma, recurrent adult diffuse large cell lymphoma, recurrent adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma, recurrent adult lymphoblastic lymphoma, recurrent adult Burkitt lymphoma, secondary acute myeloid leukemia, de novo myelodysplastic syndromes, previously treated myelodysplastic syndromes, secondary myelodysplastic syndromes, graft versus host disease, recurrent childhood small noncleaved cell lymphoma, recurrent childhood large cell lymphoma, recurrent mantle cell lymphoma, recurrent marginal zone lymphoma, recurrent small lymphocytic lymphoma, extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue, nodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma, splenic marginal zone lymphoma, childhood myelodysplastic syndromes
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven hematologic malignancy Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL): In second or later remission In first remission with poor prognostic features (Philadelphia chromosome positive) Acute myeloid leukemia (AML): In second or later remission In first remission with poor prognostic features, e.g., Arising from myelodysplastic syndrome Cytogenetics with -5, -7, +8, 11q23 abnormalities Complex cytogenetics AML or ALL refractory to induction or in relapse Myelodysplastic syndrome Chronic myelogenous leukemia Severe aplastic anemia or Fanconi's anemia Relapsed Hodgkin's disease Relapsed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Multiple myeloma No suitable family donor matched for 5 or 6 HLA antigens (A, B, DR) No suitable unrelated donor matched for 6 HLA antigens Cord blood donor available matched for 4-6 out of 6 HLA antigens PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 5 to 50 Performance status: Karnofsky 70-100% Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 3 times normal Alkaline phosphatase less than 3 times normal SGOT less than 3 times normal Renal: Creatinine less than 2 times normal OR Creatinine clearance greater than 60 mL/min Cardiovascular: MUGA with ejection fraction at least 50% Pulmonary: DLCO and spirometry at least 60% OR Exercise VO2 max/kg at least 15 mL/min/kg Other: HIV antibody negative Hepatitis B surface antigen negative No active bacterial, viral, or fungal infection PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: Not specified Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Prior radiotherapy allowed If following limits have not been exceeded, patient may receive total body irradiation: No prior radiation to one entire kidney Whole liver received no greater than 1000 cGy No prior whole abdomen radiotherapy Small bowel received no greater than 3000 cGy Heart received no greater than 1800 cGy No prior whole lung radiotherapy CNS received less than 30 cGy (whole brain or any portion of the spine) Surgery: Not specified
Sites / Locations
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Arm 1
Patients eligible to undergo total body irradiation (TBI) first receive cyclophosphamide IV over 2 hours on days -5 and -4, then undergo TBI twice a day on days -3 to -1. Patients also receive antithymocyte globulin (ATG) IV over 10 hours on days -3 to -1. Cord blood is infused on day 0