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Pilot Study of Unrelated Donor Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients With Life Threatening Hemophagocytic Disorders

An interventional study of anti-thymocyte globulin and busulfan in Chediak-Higashi Syndrome, Graft Versus Host Disease and X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome, sponsored by Fairview University Medical Center. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 0 Years to 55 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2005-06-24.

Sponsored by Fairview University Medical Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Oct 2003), so the status shown — last known as Active, not recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40
Ages
0 Years to 55 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the efficacy of unrelated donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the treatment of patients with life threatening hemophagocytic disorders.

II. Determine the rate of disease free survival, incidence of graft failure, and incidence of graft versus host disease in these patients after undergoing this treatment regimen.

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PROTOCOL OUTLINE: Patients receive oral busulfan twice a day on days -9 to -6; cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on days -5 to -2; etoposide IV over 4 hours on days -5 to -3; and anti-thymocyte globulin IV twice a day on days -2 and -1 and days 1 and 2. Patients undergo allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation on day 0. Filgrastim (G-CSF) is administered subcutaneously beginning on day 1 and continuing until blood counts recover. Patients receive graft versus host disease prophylaxis with methotrexate IV on days 1, 3, 6, and 11 and cyclosporine IV over 1-4 hours (orally once the patients resumes eating) every 12 hours (every 8 hours for pediatric patients) starting on or prior to day -3 and continuing up to 1 year.

Patients are followed at days 28 and 100, at 6 months and 1 year, and then annually for 5 years.

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Conditions studied

  • Chediak-Higashi Syndrome
  • Graft Versus Host Disease
  • X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome
  • Familial Erythrophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
  • Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
  • Virus-Associated Hemophagocytic Syndrome

Keywords

  • Chediak-Higashi syndrome
  • X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome
  • disease-related problem/condition
  • familial erythrophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
  • genetic diseases and dysmorphic syndromes
  • graft versus host disease
  • hematologic disorders
  • hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
  • histiocytosis
  • immunologic disorders and infectious disorders
  • primary immunodeficiency disease
  • rare disease
  • virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome
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In context

Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic

99 studies on the registry are indexed under Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic; 36 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 40 is above the median of 30 across 68 interventional studies indexed under Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic.

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Lead sponsor

Fairview University Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 7 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
0 Years to 55 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

PROTOCOL ENTRY CRITERIA:

--Disease Characteristics--

Patients diagnosed with any of the following active but stable, or nonactive/quiescent, hemophagocytic disorders:

  • Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
  • Fever greater than 38.5 degrees Celsius
  • Splenomegaly (greater than 3 cm below costal margin)
  • Hemophagocytosis in bone marrow or spleen or lymph nodes
  • Disease may be confirmed by positive family history
  • No evidence of malignancy
  • Hypertriglyceridemia and/or hypofibrinogenemia
  • Fasting triglycerides at least 2.0 mmol/L or at least 3 standard deviations above normal for age
  • Fibrinogen no greater than 1.5 g/L or no greater than 3 standard deviations above normal
  • Cytopenia (affecting at least 2 of 3 lineages in the peripheral blood)
  • Hemoglobin less than 9.0 g/L
  • Platelet count less than 100,000/mm3

X-linked lymphoproliferative disorder (XLP)

Two or more maternally related males manifesting at least one of the following XLP phenotypes:

  • Fulminant infectious mononucleosis
  • Dysgammaglobulinemia
  • Malignant lymphoma/lymphoproliferative disorder
  • Aplastic anemia
  • Lymphoid granulomatosis/vasculitis OR
  • A maternally related male in an established XLP kindred who has strong genetic (RFLP) linkage to the XLP locus

Chediak-Higashi syndrome

Partial oculocutaneous albinism (hair, skin, eyes)

Frequent bacterial infections

Large peroxidase positive granules in leukocytes of peripheral blood or bone marrow

Positive family history or parental consanguinity is supportive of the diagnosis

May not have entered accelerated phase as defined by any of the following:

  • Lymphadenopathy
  • Pancytopenia
  • Histiocytes with hemophagocytosis in bone marrow, lymph nodes, liver, or spleen

Viral associated hemophagocytic syndrome (VAHS)

Relapsed after prior therapy or supportive care

Diagnostic criteria as for HLH

No hemophagocytic disorders secondary to underlying malignancy

Patients 35 years of age and under must have a hematopoietic stem cell donor that is one of the following:

  • HLA A and B identical OR
  • Single HLA A or B serologic mismatch with DRB1 identity OR
  • HLA A or B serologic identity with a single DRB1 mismatch

Patients 36 to 55 years of age must have a hematopoietic stem cell donor that is one of the following:

  • HLA A and B and HLA DRB1 identical OR
  • Single HLA A or B serologic mismatch with DRB1 identity

Patients receiving umbilical cord blood must have an unrelated donor with no more than two antigen HLA A, B, or DRB1 mismatches

--Patient Characteristics--

Performance status: Karnofsky 70-100% OR Age less than 16 years: Lansky 50-100%

Life expectancy: Not severly limited by another disease

Hepatic: SGOT less than 3 times normal Bilirubin less than 2.5 mg/dL

Renal: Creatinine normal OR Creatinine clearance or glomerular filtration rate greater than 50% normal

Cardiovascular: If symptomatic, ventricular ejection fraction must be greater than 40% and must improve with exercise OR Shortening fraction normal on echocardiogram

Pulmonary:

  • If symptomatic, DLCO greater than 45% predicted (corrected for hemoglobin)
  • In children unable to perform pulmonary function testing, oxygen saturation must be greater than 95%

Other: HIV negative No significant active infections

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Enrollment
40 participants

Interventions

  • Druganti-thymocyte globulin
  • Drugbusulfan
  • Drugcyclophosphamide
  • Drugcyclosporine
  • Drugetoposide
  • Drugfilgrastim
  • Drugmethotrexate
  • Procedureallogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
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Study locations

1 site
  • Fairview University Medical Center
    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 24, 2005, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00006056
Lead sponsor
Fairview University Medical Center
First posted
Jul 6, 2000
Start date
Mar 2000
Last update
Jun 24, 2005

Study contacts

K. Scott Baker
study chair · Fairview University Medical Center
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