Study of KIR-Ligand Mismatched Haplo-Identical Natural Killer Cells Transfused Before Autologous Stem Cell Transplant
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2010-05-01
Target enrollment:
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Summary
The purpose of this study is to induce anti-myeloma responses in patients with high risk or
relapsed myeloma using combination chemo- and immunotherapy comprising sequentially: 1)
lymphoid and myeloid suppressive conditioning, 2) adoptive transfer of purified KIR-ligand
mismatched Natural Killer cells from a haplo-identical donor, and 3) autografting two weeks
after infusion of NK cells to ensure autologous reconstitution. Other objectives include
establishing the response rate, disease free survival, progression free survival and toxicity
of regimen. Secondary objectives are to monitor the persistence of haplo-identical purified
KIR-ligand mismatched Natural Killer cells by molecular methods, select haplo-identical
purified KIR-ligand mismatched donors and predict prior to therapy which donor will induce a
response, monitor Natural Killer cell reconstitution prior to and after autografting, and
establish Natural Killer cell clones after autografting and determine origin and specificity.