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Chronic Myeloproliferative DisordersNCT00716911

Measuring Changes in Blood in Patients at High Risk of Cytomegalovirus Infection After Undergoing Donor Bone Marrow Transplant or Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant

A study testing ganciclovir, polymerase chain reaction and flow cytometry in people with Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders and Leukemia, run by City of Hope Medical Center.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Tests that measure certain changes in blood in patients at high risk of cytomegalovirus infection may help doctors learn more about predicting cytomegalovirus infection after donor stem cell transplant. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
What is being tested?
ganciclovir, polymerase chain reaction and flow cytometry
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
100 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
Jan 2000to Jul 2007
Phase
Interventional
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 years and older
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Meets 1 of the following criteria at the City of Hope National Medical Center:
  • Patient who has undergone a matched-related or matched-unrelated allogeneic bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (SCT) for a hematological malignancy (e.g., aplastic anemia or myelodysplastic syndromes)
  • At risk for cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and disease due to 1 of the following risk factors:
  • CMV-seropositive prior to transplantation
  • Received SCT from a CMV-seropositive donor
  • Donor for matched-related SCT
  • Healthy volunteer evaluated concurrently with SCT recipients to establish normal values for both CMV-seronegative and CMV-seropositive persons
  • Any HLA serotypes allowed

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • See Disease Characteristics

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • See Disease Characteristics

About this study

Official title: CMV Specific Cellular Immunity in Recipients of Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation: Association of CMV-Specific HLA-Peptide Tetramer Binding With Cytotoxic T-Cell Function, CMV Infection and Other Clinical Events

RATIONALE: Tests that measure certain changes in blood in patients at high risk of cytomegalovirus infection may help doctors learn more about predicting cytomegalovirus infection after donor stem cell transplant.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying tests that measure changes in the blood in patients at high risk of cytomegalovirus infection after undergoing donor bone marrow transplant or peripheral stem cell transplant.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • To document the quantitative characteristics of a cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific HLA-peptide tetramer-binding assay (TBA) for cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) in patients who have undergone allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT).
  • To confirm the optimal TBA conditions for CTL characterization in these patients.
  • To compare the TBA results for these patients with conventional assays for CTL functions.
  • To compare CMV-specific TBA during the first 3 months after allogeneic BMT or PBSCT and to determine whether this binding function, in either donor or recipient, is a surrogate marker for protection from risk of CMV infection in these patients.
  • To determine whether acquisition of CMV-specific TBA protects from risk for CMV disease in patients having active CMV infection after allogeneic BMT or PBSCT.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients accrue initially to cohort 1 until a sufficient number of stem cell transplantation (SCT) recipients are enrolled. Patients then accrue to cohort 2 based on documented cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and preemptive treatment with ganciclovir within 90 days after SCT (patients previously accrued to cohort 1 can be accrued to cohort 2 if they develop CMV infection).

  • Cohort 1: Patients undergo blood sample collection on approximately days 40, 90, 120, 150, 180, and 360 post transplantation. Samples are analyzed (to determine the development of CMV immunity) for prevalence of CMV-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTL) by HLA-peptide tetramer-binding assay (TBA) pp65, with and without in vitro stimulation (IVS). Samples collected on days 40 and 90 are also analyzed by chromium release assay (CRA). Patients suspected of developing CMV viremia may receive ganciclovir according to standard clinical practice.
  • Cohort 2: Patients undergo blood sample collection on approximately days 90, 120, 150, 180, and 360 after SCT. Samples are analyzed by TBApp65 staining and for prospective measurement of CMV-specific CTL functions.

All patients undergo routine clinical surveillance for CMV infection on days 21 to 100 after SCT. CMV viral load measurements are obtained twice weekly by CMV-DNA PCR assays on blood cells and plasma and shell-vial blood cultures. In cohort 2, CMV viral load is also determined on days 90 (if not previously as part of cohort 1), 120, 150, 180, and 360. The CMV infection data obtained is then compared with TBA and CTL measurements using HLA-specific tetramers and IVS-induced cytotoxicity assays. Clinical events, such as graft-versus-host disease, underlying disease status, and procedure-related complications are also analyzed and correlated with TBA results.

Stromal cell cultures are obtained from marrow donors at the time of marrow harvest for use as target cells in CTL assays. Donor saliva samples are also obtained for detection of CMV infection by shell-vial method.

Being tested
ganciclovir, polymerase chain reaction, flow cytometry, immunologic technique, allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
Keywords
cytomegalovirus infection, accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, atypical chronic myeloid leukemia, BCR-ABL negative, blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, recurrent adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia, recurrent adult acute myeloid leukemia, refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia, refractory hairy cell leukemia, relapsing chronic myelogenous leukemia, secondary acute myeloid leukemia, stage III chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage IV chronic lymphocytic leukemia, splenic marginal zone lymphoma, extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue, nodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma, stage III adult Burkitt lymphoma, stage III adult diffuse large cell lymphoma, stage III adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma
Medical subject headings
Myeloproliferative Disorders, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma, Neoplasms, Plasma Cell, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Myelodysplastic-Myeloproliferative Diseases, Cytomegalovirus Infections

What participants receive

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

What is being measured

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

  1. Quantitative determination of HLA-peptide tetramer-binding assay (TBA) pp65 on days 40 and 90 after stem cell transplantation, with and without in vitro stimulation

  2. Comparison of quantitative determination of TBApp65 with concomitant determination of in vitro CMV-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte function on days 40 and 90 after stem cell transplantation

  3. Correlation of TBApp65 results with CMV viral loads

  4. Correlation of TBApp65 results with CMV-associated complications

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Correlation of TBApp65 results with clinical events, including acute graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD), chronic GVHD, ganciclovir exposure, and survival

Timeline

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

  1. First posted16 Jul 2008 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2000
  3. Primary completionJul 2007
  4. Study completionJul 2007

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 N/A
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Enrolment
100 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00716911
Sponsor's protocol ID
99061
Other IDs
R01AI058148, P30CA033572, CHNMC-99061, CDR0000600022
Status last verified
Jun 2015
First submitted
15 Jul 2008
Last updated
8 Jun 2015
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Lacey SF, La Rosa C, Kaltcheva T, Srivastava T, Seidel A, Zhou W, Rawal R, Hagen K, Krishnan A, Longmate J, Andersson HA, St John L, Bhatia R, Pullarkat V, Forman SJ, Cooper LJ, Molldrem J, Diamond DJ. Characterization of immunologic properties of a second HLA-A2 epitope from a granule protease in CML patients and HLA-A2 transgenic mice. Blood. 2011 Aug 25;118(8):2159-69. doi: 10.1182/blood-2011-04-349951. Epub 2011 Jun 30.

    PubMed 21719601

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing ganciclovir, polymerase chain reaction and flow cytometry in people with Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders and Leukemia, run by City of Hope Medical Center.

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

Who may be eligible to take part?

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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 8 Jun 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

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.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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?

Quantitative determination of HLA-peptide tetramer-binding assay (TBA) pp65 on days 40 and 90 after stem cell transplantation, with and without in vitro stimulation. The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT00716911, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 8 Jun 2015.

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