HSCT for Patients With Fanconi Anemia Using Risk-Adjusted Chemotherapy

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the use of lower doses of busulfan and the elimination of cyclosporine will further reduce transplant-related side effects for patients with Fanconi Anemia (FA). Patients will undergo a transplant utilizing mis-matched related or matched unrelated donors following a preparative regimen of busulfan, fludarabine, anti-thymocyte globulin and cyclophosphamide.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients must have a diagnosis of Fanconi anemia
* Patients must have one of the following hematologic diagnoses:

  1. Severe Aplastic Anemia (SAA), with bone marrow cellularity of \<25% OR Severe Isolated Single Lineage Cytopenia and at least one of the following features:

     1. Platelet count \<20 x 109/L or platelet transfusion dependence\*
     2. ANC \<1000 x 109/L
     3. Hgb \<8 gm/dl or red cell transfusion dependence\*
  2. Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) (based on WHO or IPSS Classification
  3. Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (untreated, in remission or with refractory or relapsed disease)
* Donors will be either human leukocyte antigen (HLA) compatible unrelated or HLA-genotypically matched related donors (no fully matched sibling donor).
* Patients and donors may be of either gender or any ethnic background.
* Patients must have a Karnofsky adult, or Lansky pediatric performance scale status \> 70%.
* Patients must have adequate physical function measured by:

  1. Cardiac: asymptomatic or if symptomatic then 1) left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) at rest must be \> 50% and must improve with exercise or 2) Shortening Fraction \> 29%
  2. Hepatic: \< 5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) alanine transaminase (ALT) and \< 2.0 mg/dl total serum bilirubin.
  3. Renal: serum creatinine \<1.5 mg/dl or if serum creatinine is outside the normal range, then CrCl \> 50 ml/min/1.73 m2
  4. Pulmonary: asymptomatic or if symptomatic, DLCO \> 50% of predicted
* Each patient must be willing to participate as a research subject and must sign an informed consent form.
* Female patients and donors must not be pregnant or breastfeeding at the time of signing consent. Women must be willing to undergo a pregnancy test prior to transplant and avoid becoming pregnant while on study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Active CNS leukemia
* Female patients who are pregnant (positive serum or urine HCG) or breast-feeding.
* Active uncontrolled viral, bacterial or fungal infection
* Patient seropositive for HIV-I/II; HTLV -I/II

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