Phase II Maraviroc for GVHD Prevention
Hematologic Malignancy
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Hematologic Malignancy
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients ≥18 years of age with a hematologic malignancy other than aplastic anemia or primary myelofibrosis, scheduled to undergo RIC allogeneic SCT with a peripheral blood stem cell graft from an unrelated donor, using Flu/Bu conditioning and Tac/MTX GVHD prophylaxis. The following diagnoses are included:
- Acute leukemia - AML, ALL or acute biphenotypic leukemia. Patients will have documentation of complete remission within 6 weeks prior to their transplant. Complete remission is defined as <5% blasts on a bone marrow biopsy and absence of any known extramedullary disease.
- Chronic myelogenous leukemia in any stage, but with documentation of <5% blasts on a bone marrow biopsy within 6 weeks prior to transplant.
- Myelodysplastic syndrome of any subtype, but with documentation of <5% blasts on a bone marrow biopsy within 6 weeks prior to transplant.
- Myeloproliferative disorders other than primary myelofibrosis.
- Lymphoma - All types of lymphoma are eligible.
- CLL and PLL.
Patients who meet institutional eligibility criteria for allogeneic SCT:
- Renal function: Serum creatinine ≤2.
- Hepatic function: Baseline direct bilirubin, ALT or AST lower than three times the upper limit of normal.
- Pulmonary disease: FVC or FEV1 ≥ 40% predicted.
- Cardiac ejection fraction ≥ 40%.
- Availability of an unrelated donor, identified and screened by the NMDP. The donor will have at least 7/8 HLA-A, -B, -C and -DRB1 matching by high resolution molecular typing and will meet NMDP eligibility criteria to serve as a peripheral blood stem-cell donor.
- Karnofsky score ≥ 70% at the time of screening.
- Capacity to understand and sign the study informed consent form.
Negative pregnancy test. Women of childbearing potential (not having had a hysterectomy, a bilateral oophorectomy or bilateral tubal ligation, or be post-menopausal with a total cessation of menses of > 1 year) must agree to use documented reliable method(s) of contraception. Men should agree to use condoms during the study period.
- Co-enrollment in other clinical trials that do not include experimental GVHD therapies is allowed.
Exclusion Criteria
- Patients with aplastic anemia or primary myelofibrosis. Patients with marrow fibrosis secondary to MDS, AML or a myeloproliferative disorder other than primary myelofibrosis are eligible.
- Patients who are not expected to be available for follow-up in our institution for at least 180 days after the transplant.
- Prior allogeneic SCT.
- Uncontrolled bacterial, viral or fungal infections.
- Patients who receive maraviroc for the treatment of HIV infection.
- Patients receiving other investigational drugs for GVHD.
- Co-enrollment in other clinical trials that do not include experimental GVHD therapies is allowed.
- Patients with prior malignancies are excluded unless treated with curative intent and known to be free of disease for at least 2 years.
Sites / Locations
- Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Maraviroc
Phase II, single arm, single center trial, assessing the efficacy of the combination of tacrolimus, methotrexate and maraviroc as graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis after unrelated donor peripheral blood stem-cell transplantation in patients with hematologic malignancies. Patients enrolled on this trial will receive a standard conditioning regimen with fludarabine and busulfan followed by a peripheral blood stem cell infusion from an unrelated donor, standard GVHD prophylaxis and standard antiviral and antifungal prophylaxis. In addition, all patients will receive maraviroc from day -3 to d+ 90.