Lactobacillus Plantarum in Preventing Acute Graft Versus Host Disease in Children Undergoing Donor Stem Cell Transplant

This is an interventional prevention trial for Hematopoietic and Lymphoid System Neoplasm Read More

Inclusion Criteria:

• All clinical and laboratory studies, if applicable, must be obtained within 21 days prior to start of protocol therapy (repeat if necessary); protocol therapy must begin within 6 months of study enrollment
• Patient must have a diagnosis that is managed with an alternative donor allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant
• Patients must have a Lansky (for patients =< 16 years of age) or Karnofsky (for patients > 16 years of age) performance status score of >= 70; patients who are unable to walk because of a chronic underlying condition (such as paralysis), but who are up in a wheelchair, will be considered ambulatory for the purpose of assessing performance score

• Hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT)

  • Patient must be receiving cells from alternative donor defined as one of the following:

    • Unrelated donor with a complete human leukocyte antigen (HLA) match or a 1 or 2 HLA mismatch, considering only HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C, and HLA-DRB1
    • Related donor with a 1 or more HLA mismatch (including haplo-identical)
    • Note: History of HCT or other cellular therapy (e.g. chimeric antigen receptor [CAR]-T cells, donor lymphocyte infusions) is permitted

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient plans on receiving stem cells from a matched (8/8) related donor
• Patient has used a probiotic dietary supplement within the previous 30 days of enrollment; (consumption of yogurt products is allowed)
• Patient has a history of severe GI tract insult including but not limited to previous bowel perforation, grade 4 neutropenic colitis or typhlitis, inflammatory bowel syndrome, short small bowel syndrome (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis), history of gastrointestinal GVHD, or history of bowel resection
• Patient has a medical, psychiatric or social issue that would compromise patient safety or compliance with protocol therapy, or interfere with consent, study participation, follow up, or interpretation of study results
• Female patients who are pregnant are not eligible; women of childbearing potential require a negative pregnancy test prior to enrollment
• Patient has diarrhea at the time of enrollment which is Clostridium difficile toxin positive
• Patient is receiving antibiotic therapy for an active bacterial infection
• Patient is allergic to all third or fourth generation cephalosporins, carbapenems, and all aminoglycosides, which are used to empirically treat LBP bacteremia