Study Testing Two Conditioning Regimen With a Single Prophylaxis of GVHD by Cyclophosphamide and Methotrexate Post-transplant in Patients Eligible for Matched-donor Allograft Transplantation

ClinicalTrials.gov ID

NCT06252870

Lead Sponsor

Nantes University HospitalOTHER

Overall Status

Recruiting

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Enrollment

82Estimated

Last Update Posted

Jan 26, 2026Actual

Start Date

Jul 18, 2024Actual

Primary Completion Date

Oct 18, 2027Estimated

Completion Date

Jul 18, 2028Estimated

Official Title

Randomized Phase 2 Study Testing Two Conditioning Regimen With a Single Prophylaxis of Graft-versus-host Disease by Cyclophosphamide and Methotrexate Post-transplant in Patients Eligible for Matched-donor Allograft Transplantation

Brief Summary

Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a major complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-CSH).

Recently, in the context of semi-identical (=haploidentical) HLA donors, but also of compatible HLA donors, the use of cyclophosphamide (CY) administered in high doses at early post-transplant (PT) (=PTCY) (Days +3 and +4 or +5) has shown excellent control of acute and chronic GVH, even enabling the discontinuation of other immunosuppressive drugs administered after allo-CSH (ciclosporin, mycophenolate mofetyl (MMF) or Cellcept).

This step has already been taken in the context of allo-CSH with myeloablative conditioning (MAC), which is a minoritary conditioning in adults.

However, in the context of allo-CSH with reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC), which predominates in adults, this strategy seems insufficient to prevent the risk of GVHD.

The idea of reducing the use of immunosuppressants in the context of RIC/HLA-compatible transplants seems, however, still relevant, in order to reduce their adverse effects, improve patients' quality of life and enhance the reconstitution of the post-transplant immune system.

Detailed Description

For this reason, the investigators now wish to test the administration of a combination of a high dose of early post-transplant CY (PTCY) and methotrexate (MTX) on days (D) D+1, D+4, D+6, D+11 (doses already performed in MAC transplant prophylaxis), with anti-lymphocyte serum (ALS) with RIC conditioning, without ciclosporin or MMF.

The investigators hypothesize that administration of this PTCY+MTX combination will enable immunosuppressive drugs to be discontinued as early as D+11 post-transplant, compared with the usual average of 3 to 4 months.

• Graft Versus Host Disease
• Hematologic Malignancy

• Methotrexate
• Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide
• Fludarabine
• Cycophosphamide
• Anti-Thymoglobulin
• total body irradiation
• hematopoietic stem cells
• Graft nuclear cells
• Donor Lymphocytes Injection
• Clofarabine
• Thiotepa
• Busulfan

Ages Eligible for Study

Adult (18-64)Older Adult (65+)

Sexes Eligible for Study

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age: ≥ 18 and ≤ 70 years old
• Patient with hematologic malignancy
• Indication for HSC allograft with attenuated conditioning
• Pluripotent stem cell (PSC) engraftment
• Availability of a 10/10 familial or non-familial HLA compatible donor
• Consent to the protocol
• ECOG <=2
• Woman of childbearing age with negative pregnancy test and on highly effective contraception during treatment and for a period of 12 months after stopping MTX and CY
• Man of childbearing age with highly effective contraception during treatment and for a period of 6 months after stopping MTX and CY and a period of 12 months after stopping MTX and CY if TBF conditioning regimen arm
• Negative Hepatitis B, C, HIV serologies
• Social security affiliation

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of allograft
• Patient eligible for myeloablative conditioning (MAC)
• Bone marrow transplant
• Other progressive cancerous disease, or antecedent of cancer in the last five years, with the exception of a carcinoma of the skin or a carcinoma in situ of the uterine cole treated and in remission.
• Progressive psychiatric condition
• Pregnant or breastfeeding woman,
• Woman or man of childbearing age with lack of effective contraception
• Serious and uncontrolled concomitant infection
• Cardiac: systolic ejection fraction < 50% by transthoracic ultrasound or by isotopic method (isotope gamma angiography), NYHA II, III or IV heart failure, active rhythmic, valvular or ischemic heart disease or anteriority
• Respiratory with EFR: DLCOc <40% of theoretical
• Renal: creatinine clearance < 50 ml/min (assessment with MDRD method)
• Urological: active urinary tract infection, history of acute urothelial toxicity due to cytotoxic chemotherapy or radiotherapy, known obstruction of urinary flow, pre-existing hemorrhagic cystitis
• Hepatic: transaminases greater than 5 times normal or bilirubin greater than 2 times normal
• Person protected by law (major under guardianship, curatorship or legal protection)
• Vaccination against yellow fever in the last year
• Known or suspected hypersensitivity to rabbit proteins as well as to the active substance and excipients of all investigational and ancillary drugs administered during the study,
• Contraindication to any of the investigational or adjuvant drugs administered during the study
• Patient not speaking French

Primary Purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional Model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open Label)

Lead Sponsor

Nantes University HospitalOTHER

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