Feasibility and Cost Analysis of PBSC Mobilization Using Pegfilgrastim in Hematologic Malignancies
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00689884 |
Recruitment Status :
Terminated
(Lack of enrollment.)
First Posted : June 4, 2008
Results First Posted : August 31, 2012
Last Update Posted : April 20, 2018
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Hematologic Malignancies | Drug: Pegfilgrastim | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 7 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Prospective Feasibility and Cost Analysis of Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Mobilization Using Pegfilgrastim in Patients With Hematologic Malignancies |
Study Start Date : | January 2007 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | January 2009 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | January 2009 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Group A
All eligible patients will receive chemotherapy and one dose of Pegfilgrastim
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Drug: Pegfilgrastim
Pegfilgrastim: Sub Cutaneous, 6 mg on Day 3 of chemotherapy regimen or as otherwise indicated by chemotherapy regimen (ie., 24 hours after completion of chemotherapy).
Other Name: Neulasta |
- Efficacy of Pegfilgrastim in the Mobilization of Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cells (PBSCs), Defined as Cell Yield ≥ 3 x 10e6 CD34+/kg [ Time Frame: 2 years ]Outcome was not reported. The study was terminated for lack of enrollment. Data collection was terminated. No data analysis was performed.
- Assess the Per-patient Costs Related to Pegfilgrastim Use in the Mobilization of Autologous PBSCs in 16 Study Participants. [ Time Frame: At each stage of pheresis for each enrolled subject for a maximum of 2 years. ]Costs will be divided into three categories: 1. Pre-pheresis preparation (cost of Pegfilgrastim, laboratory testing, drug administration, providers, line placement); 2. Pheresis procedure (costs related to # collections and total hours on apheresis machine, microbiological testing, provider, CD34 analysis and related labs, cryopreservation/storage and complications); 3. Post-pheresis processing (cost of stem cell thawing, microbiological testing, CD34 analysis and related labs, providers, administration).

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- All patients with hematologic malignancies undergoing stem cell mobilization in association with chemotherapy, prior to autologous stem cell transplantation.
- Prior Treatment:No parenteral cytotoxic chemotherapy within 2 weeks prior to initiation of chemo-mobilization therapy.
- Performance Status: Karnofsky > 70%
- Age >18
- Life Expectancy > 4 months
- Bone Marrow: bone marrow biopsy and aspirate
- Blood counts: The patient must have adequate bone marrow function, i.e. a total WBC of > 2,000/ul, a Hgb of > 7 g/dl, and a platelet count of > 50,000/ul, unless this abnormality is believed to be due to the underlying disease.
- Pulmonary function tests: DLCO > 55% predicted.
- Cardiac: Left ventricular ejection fraction of > 40% by radionuclide scan or echocardiography.
- Liver function tests (bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, and SGOT/SGPT) < 3 x normal (unless believed to be elevated due to disease).
- Renal function (24 hour urine for creatinine clearance, if clinically indicated): The patient must have adequate renal function (creatinine clearance >50 ml/min), except when renal insufficiency is felt related to the underlying malignancy.
- No significant co-morbid medical or psychiatric illness that would significantly compromise the patient's clinical care and chances of survival in the transplant setting.
- No significant established splenomegaly (i.e. spleen size > 20 cm)
- Informed written consent must be obtained. Patients must be able to give informed consent as a prerequisite to this procedure. The Informed Consent form will become part of his/her permanent record and a copy will be given to the patient.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with greater than three pre-transplant chemotherapy regimens and/or poor stem cell reserve as demonstrated by significant marrow hypocellularity (<20%) will not be mobilized on the first phase regimen
- Medical, social, or psychological factors that would prevent the patient from receiving or cooperating with the full course of therapy.
- Evidence on physical exam, LP, CT, or MRI scan of CNS involvement with malignancy.
- Uncontrolled or severe cardiovascular disease, including recent (< 6 months) myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, angina (symptomatic despite optimal medical management), life-threatening dysrhythmia, or clinically significant obstructive/restrictive pulmonary disease.
- Serology positive for HIV.
- Positive pregnancy test or presence of lactation.
- Uncontrolled active infection.
- Documented hypersensitivity to any of the drugs used in the protocol.
- No concomitant,ongoing malignancy that is life-threatening, based on PI's evaluation.

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United States, New Hampshire | |
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | |
Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, 03756 |
Principal Investigator: | John M Hill Jr., MD | Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center |
Responsible Party: | John M. Hill, Jr., MD, Director, Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00689884 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
D0546 |
First Posted: | June 4, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | August 31, 2012 |
Last Update Posted: | April 20, 2018 |
Last Verified: | March 2018 |
Neoplasms Hematologic Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Hematologic Diseases |