VPA Expanded UCB Transplantation for Treatment of Patients With Hematological Malignancies
Hematological Malignancy, Acute Leukemia in Remission, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Remission
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Hematological Malignancy focused on measuring Hematological Malignancies, Expanded Umbilical Cord, Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant, Leukemia, Lymphoma
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Disease criteria:
Patients with the following hematological malignancies:
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in complete remission (CR)
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) in complete remission (CR)
- Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) requiring intensive chemotherapy
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in complete or partial remission
- Hodgkin lymphoma in complete or partial remission
Age Criteria:
- 18 years up to 65 years.
Organ Function and Performance Status Criteria:
- Performance status score: Karnofsky Score ≥60
Adequate major organ function defined as:
- Left ventricular ejection fraction ≥40%
- Pulmonary function test demonstrating DLCO ≥50% predicted and corrected for hemoglobin
- Serum creatinine ≤ 2 mg/dL
- Transaminases ≤ 3x ULN
- Bilirubin ≤3x ULN except for in case of Gilbert's syndrome or ongoing hemolysis
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
Donor availability:
-Lack of suitable HLA matched related or unrelated donor available within 30 days or less if BMT is urgent in the opinion of the transplant physician.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Progressive, persistent disease or active malignancy
- Greater than 10% blasts on bone marrow biopsy in patients with MDS
- Chemotherapy naïve
- History of myelofibrosis
- Presence of Bone Marrow Fibrosis grade 2/3
- Presence of donor specific anti-HLA antibodies against available UCB units at A, B, C or DR loci, with a mean fluorescence intensity (MFI)>1000
- History of prior allogeneic stem cell transplantation
- Uncontrolled viral, bacterial or fungal infection
- History of HIV infection
- Presence of active CNS disease at the time of transplantation
- Pregnant or breastfeeding female
- Inability or unwillingness to use effective birth control.
Sites / Locations
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
VPA expanded cord blood stem cells
CD34 selected VPA expanded umbilical cord blood cells used in combination with or without unmanipulated umbilical cord blood for patients with hematological malignancies undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation. VPA expanded cord blood stem cells in patients with hematological malignancies undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation