Donor T Cells in Treating Patients With High-Risk Hematologic Cancer Undergoing Donor Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of CD4+/CD25+ cells that can be safely administered to patients undergoing HLA-identical sibling donor Peripheral Blood Progenitor Cell (PBPC) transplantation.
To determine whether CD4+ and CD25+ cells can be safely administered to patients with high-risk hematologic malignancies undergoing HLA-identical sibling donor PBPC transplantation.

Secondary

To determine the incidence of grade II-IV acute graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD), chronic GVHD, relapse, and survival after administration of CD4+ and CD25+ regulatory T cells in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of CD4+ and CD25+ donor regulatory T cells followed by a phase II study. All patients receive myeloablative preparative therapy and GVHD prophylaxis as per University of Minnesota protocol UMN-MT2001-02 or UMN-MT2001-10.

First allogeneic peripheral blood progenitor cell (PBPC) infusion: Patients receive unmobilized, culture-expanded, CD4- and CD25-positive donor regulatory T cells IV over 15-60 minutes at the assigned dose on day -2.
Second allogeneic PBPC infusion: Patients undergo matched-sibling donor PBPC transplantation IV on day 0.

Patients undergo blood sample collection prior to commencement of preparative therapy and then at day 100, 6 months, and 1 year after PBPC transplantation. Samples are analyzed for immune reconstitution by immunophenotyping and functional analyses.

After completion of study therapy, patients are followed for up to 1 year.