Safety of Romiplostim (Nplate®) Following UCBT
Hematologic Malignancies
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Hematologic Malignancies focused on measuring umbilical cord transplant, acute leukemia, UCBT, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Lymphoid Leukemia, Multiple Myeloma, Myeloid and Monocytic Leukemia, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Hematopoietic malignancies
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Any patient who has undergone a single or double umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT) except those with primary myelofibrosis.
- Those with acute leukemia must be in remission at the time of transplant
- Must have achieved neutrophil engraftment (defined as an ANC >500 for three consecutive days) and be off daily G-CSF prior to starting romiplostim. Intermittent G-CSF is allowed.
- Failure to achieve platelet engraftment (defined as platelet count ≥20x10^9/L on 3 consecutive measurements without transfusion for 7 days) by day +28 post UCBT
- Between day +28 and day +42 status post myeloablative or nonmyeloablative UCBT (single or double cord blood transplant)
- Age ≥ 18 years
Adequate organ function within 7 days of enrollment defined as:
- Creatinine: ≤ 2.0 mg/dL
- Hepatic: SGOT and SGPT < 5 x upper limit of institutional normal (ULN)
- Women of child bearing potential agree to use effective contraception during therapy and for 4 months after completion of therapy
- Voluntary written consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known pregnancy - Pregnancy Category C: there are no adequate and well-controlled studies of romiplostim in pregnancy
- Recurrence of AML or myelodysplastic syndrome on bone marrow evaluation done within 21 days of enrollment
- Presence of clinically significant bone marrow fibrosis on the bone marrow examination immediately prior to UCBT
- Patients requiring more than one platelet transfusion per day
- History of an allergy to romiplostim
Sites / Locations
- University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Romiplostim treatment
Romiplostim at the assigned dose will be administered subcutaneously (SQ) once a week for 6 weeks (i.e. 6 doses) unless platelet count exceeds 100 x 10^9/L and at least 4 doses of therapy were given.After the initial dose, subsequent doses will be administered within a window of +/- 3 days.