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Immune TolerancePhase 1/2NCT00319657

Kidney and Blood Stem Cell Transplantation That Eliminates Requirement for Immunosuppressive Drugs

A Phase 1/2 study testing Hematopoietic cell transplantation and Total lymphoid irradiation in people with Immune Tolerance, run by Stanford University at 1 site in United States.

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Trial summary

The Stanford Medical Center Program in Multi-Organ Transplantation and the Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation are enrolling patients into a research study to determine if blood stem cells injected after kidney transplantation, in combination with lymphoid irradiation ,will change the immune system such that… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 60 years
Conditions the study is for
Immune Tolerance
What is being tested?
Hematopoietic cell transplantation and Total lymphoid irradiation
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
15 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jul 2004to Jul 2026
Phase
Phase 1/2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 60 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Kidney transplant performed at Stanford University Medical Center
  • Have an HLA-matched sibling donor
  • No known contraindication to administration of rabbit ATG or radiation
  • Willing to use a reliable form of contraception for at least 24 months following transplantation

Who cannot join

  • Previous treatment with rabbit ATG or a known allergy to rabbit proteins
  • History of cancer, other than non-melanoma skin cancer
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding
  • HIV, Hepatitis B, or Hepatitis C infection
  • Previous organ transplant
  • Leukopenia (white blood cell count less than 3000/mm³)
  • Thrombocytopenia (platelet count less than 100,000/mm³)
  • cPRA>80%

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Stanford University, School of Medicine

    Stanford, California, 94305

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About this study

Official title: Total Lymphoid Irradiation, Anti-Thymocyte Globulin and Purified Donor CD34+ and T-Cell Transfusion in HLA-Matched Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

The Stanford Medical Center Program in Multi-Organ Transplantation and the Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation are enrolling patients into a research study to determine if blood stem cells injected after kidney transplantation, in combination with lymphoid irradiation ,will change the immune system such that immunosuppressive drugs can be completely withdrawn. Patients must have a healthy, completely human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched brother or sister as the organ and stem cell donor.

One to two months before kidney transplant surgery, blood stem cells will be removed from the donor and the cells will be frozen. After transplant surgery, the recipient will receive radiation and anti-T cell antibody treatments for two weeks to prepare for injection of the stem cells. The stem cells will be injected at the end of the two-week treatment. If the stem cells persist in the recipient, immunosuppressive drugs will be gradually reduced until they are withdrawn completely at least six months after transplantation. Patients will be followed in the Stanford clinics for transplant patients. Patients who live outside of the San Francisco Bay Area must remain near Stanford for six weeks after transplant surgery.

Read the detailed description

The purpose of this study is to determine the proportion of patients that can be withdrawn completely from immunosuppressive drugs while maintaining normal function of HLA-matched living related donor kidney transplants. Fifteen participants will be conditioned with total lymphoid irradiation (TLI) and rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG), and given an infusion of donor "mobilized" blood mononuclear cells prior to transplantation.

This is a single-center, open-label study in adult renal transplant patients. Fifteen patients will receive TLI, ATG, and an infusion of CD34+ selected G-CSF mobilized blood cells combined with a fixed number (1x10^6) of CD3+ T cells from the same mobilized blood cell source. Patients will receive a one-month course of mycophenolate mofetil and a six to 12 month tapering course of cyclosporine that will be discontinued at six months. At serial timepoints (1) graft function will be monitored, (2) chimerism will be measured in recipient white blood cell subsets, (3) mixed lymphocyte response (MLR) assays of peripheral blood mononuclear cells against donor and third party cells will be performed, and (4) protocol biopsies of the graft will be obtained. An attempt will be made to discontinue cyclosporine at six months if (1) chimerism is detectable for at least 180 days after CD34+ and CD3+ cell infusion, (2) there is stable graft function without clinical rejection episodes, and (3) there is lack of histologic rejection on protocol biopsies. In the proposed study, patients will be given a target dose of 8-10x10^6 CD34+ cells/kg and 1x10^6 CD3+ cells/kg because sustained chimerism may be necessary for sustained tolerance to the graft.

Being tested
Hematopoietic cell transplantation, Total lymphoid irradiation
Keywords
Kidney Transplantation, Blood Stem Cell Transplantation

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Hematopoietic cell transplantationBiological

    Transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells from the living donor.

  • Total lymphoid irradiationRadiation

    Total lymphoid irradiation is used as part of the conditioning regimen for the hematopoietic stem cell transplant.

Study groups in NCT00319657
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Immune tolerance, kidney transplantationExperimentalIntervention: Participants will receive hematopoietic cell transplantation and Total lymphoid irradiation. The intervention is intended to induce immune tolerance in HLA-matched living donor kidney transplantation, to allow withdrawal of the immunosuppressive drugs. Immune tolerance is achieved through the development of donor/recipient mixed chimerism following combined kidney and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from the living donor.
Receives: Biological: Hematopoietic cell transplantation; Radiation: Total lymphoid irradiation

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Discontinuation of maintenance immunosuppressive drugs

    Study subjects are discontinued from immunosuppressive drugs as they have achieved immune tolerance at 12 months

    Measured: Measured at 12 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Apr 2006 (estimated)
  2. Study startJul 2004
  3. Primary completionJul 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completionJul 2026 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1/2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Model description
Combined hematopoietic stem cell and kidney transplantation
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
15 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00319657
Sponsor's protocol ID
367
Other IDs
P01HL075462-02
Status last verified
Jun 2021
First submitted
28 Apr 2006
Last updated
18 Jun 2021
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No: Individual Patient Data will not be shared

Publications

  • Strober S, Benike C, Krishnaswamy S, Engleman EG, Grumet FC. Clinical transplantation tolerance twelve years after prospective withdrawal of immunosuppressive drugs: studies of chimerism and anti-donor reactivity. Transplantation. 2000 Apr 27;69(8):1549-54. doi: 10.1097/00007890-200004270-00005.

    PubMed 10836360
  • Millan MT, Shizuru JA, Hoffmann P, Dejbakhsh-Jones S, Scandling JD, Grumet FC, Tan JC, Salvatierra O, Hoppe RT, Strober S. Mixed chimerism and immunosuppressive drug withdrawal after HLA-mismatched kidney and hematopoietic progenitor transplantation. Transplantation. 2002 May 15;73(9):1386-91. doi: 10.1097/00007890-200205150-00005.

    PubMed 12023614
  • Scandling JD, Busque S, Shizuru JA, Engleman EG, Strober S. Induced immune tolerance for kidney transplantation. N Engl J Med. 2011 Oct 6;365(14):1359-60. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1107841. No abstract available.

    PubMed 21991976
  • Scandling JD, Busque S, Dejbakhsh-Jones S, Benike C, Sarwal M, Millan MT, Shizuru JA, Lowsky R, Engleman EG, Strober S. Tolerance and withdrawal of immunosuppressive drugs in patients given kidney and hematopoietic cell transplants. Am J Transplant. 2012 May;12(5):1133-45. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.03992.x. Epub 2012 Mar 8.

    PubMed 22405058
  • Jensen KP, Hongo DA, Ji X, Zheng P, Pawar R, Wu TH, Busque S, Scandling JD, Shizuru JA, Lowsky R, Shori A, Dutt S, Waters J, Saraswathula A, Baker J, Tamaresis JS, Lavori P, Negrin R, Maecker H, Engleman EG, Meyer E, Strober S. Development of immunosuppressive myeloid cells to induce tolerance in solid organ and hematopoietic cell transplant recipients. Blood Adv. 2021 Sep 14;5(17):3290-3302. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020003669.

    PubMed 34432869

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1/2 study testing Hematopoietic cell transplantation and Total lymphoid irradiation in people with Immune Tolerance, run by Stanford University at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 18 Jun 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this combined phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Discontinuation of maintenance immunosuppressive drugs (time frame: Measured at 12 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00319657, which also lists 5 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 18 Jun 2021.

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