Optimizing PTCy Dose and Timing

Summary

Background: Stem cell or bone marrow transplants can cure or control blood cancers. Sometimes the donor cells see the recipient's body as foreign. This can cause complications. A high dose of the drug cyclophosphamide (PTCy) can help reduce these risks. Researchers want to see if a lower dose of PTCy can have the same benefits. Based on encouraging results from the first part of the study, researchers now are investigating whether a lower dose of PTCy can allow other immunosuppression to be decreased. Objective: To see if a lower dose of PTCy and now also shorter duration of another immunosuppressant called mycophenolate mofetil will help people with blood cancers have a more successful transplant and fewer side effects. Eligibility: People ages 15-65 with leukemia, lymphoma, or multiple myeloma that is not curable with standard therapy and is at high risk of returning without transplant, and their healthy adult relatives Design: Transplant participants will be screened with: Blood, urine, breathing, and heart tests Scans Chest x-ray Bone marrow samples: A needle inserted into the participant s pelvis will remove marrow and a bone fragment. Transplant recipients will stay at the hospital and be prepped with chemotherapy over 6 days for the transplant. They will get stem cells through a catheter in the chest or neck. They will get the cyclophosphamide chemotherapy. They will stay in the hospital about 4 more weeks. They will have blood transfusions. They will have frequent blood tests and 2 bone marrow samples within 1 year after the transplant. Donor participants will be screened with: Blood, urine, and heart tests Chest x-ray Scans Donor participants will have bone marrow taken from their pelvis or stem cells taken from their blood. For the blood donation, blood will be taken from a vein in one arm, move through a machine to remove white blood cells, and be returned through a vein in the other arm. Participation will last up to 5 years....

Timeline

Start

2019-07-09

Primary completion

2025-11-25

Completion

2026-10-26

Publications

• Xue E, Das S, Choo-Wosoba H, Dimitrova D, Hyder MA, Flomerfelt FA, Dawson B, Telford W, Upadhyaya KD, Rechache K, Kanakry CG, Kanakry JA. Frequency, kinetics, and clinical significance of HHV-6 DNAemia after PTCy-based hematopoietic cell transplant. Blood Adv. 2026 Jul 17:bloodadvances.2025018166. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2025018166. Online ahead of print.
• Hyder MA, Dimitrova D, Sabina R, DeVries A, McCune JS, McAdams MJ, Flomerfelt FA, McKeown C, Sadler JL, Chai A, Hughes TE, Napier S, Stokes A, Sponaugle J, Rechache K, Parta M, Cuellar-Rodriguez J, Figg WD, Choo-Wosoba H, Steinberg SM, Kanakry JA, Kanakry CG. Intermediate-dose posttransplantation cyclophosphamide for myeloablative HLA-haploidentical bone marrow transplantation. Blood Adv. 2025 May 27;9(10):2553-2569. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024014879.

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