Active Immunization of Sibling Bone Marrow Transplant Donors Against Purified Myeloma Protein of the Recipient Undergoing Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Graft vs Host Disease, Multiple Myeloma

In brief

Both patients and marrow donors are treated on Regimen A; patients then proceed to Regimen B. The following acronyms are used: ABM Allogeneic Bone Marrow BU Busulfan, NSC-750 CF Leucovorin calcium, NSC-3590 CTX Cyclophosphamide, NSC-26271 G-CSF Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor (source not specified) GM-CSF Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor (Hoechst/Immunex), NSC-613795 GVHD Graft-vs.-Host Disease Mesna Mercaptoethane sulfonate, NSC-113891 MTX Methotrexate, NSC-740 PP Unconjugated Myeloma Immunoglobulin plasma paraprotein, NSC-684150 PP-KLH Myeloma immunoglobulin plasma paraprotein vaccine, NSC-678327, with keyhole limpet hemocyanin TBI Total-Body Irradiation TSPA Thiotepa, NSC-6396 Regimen A (Donor and Patient): Vaccine Therapy with Immunoadjuvant. PP-KLH (individual myeloma immunoglobulin plasma paraprotein vaccine prepared from recipient's plasma paraprotein and conjugated with KLH); and PP; with GM-CSF. Regimen B (Patient): Myeloablative Radiotherapy and 2-Drug Combination Chemotherapy or 2-Drug Combination Myeloablative Chemotherapy followed by Hematopoietic Rescue with Growth Factor Support and GVHD Prophylaxis followed by Vaccine Therapy with Immunoadjuvant. TBI; and CTX/TSPA; or BU/CTX; followed by ABM; with G-CSF; and CYSP; MTX/CF; followed by PP-KLH; with GM-CSF.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00001561
Run by
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
People needed
30
Starts
1996-11-01
Expected to finish
2005-09-01
Last updated by the study team
2007-09-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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