Clinical trial · Interventional
Sirolimus/Tacrolimus Versus Tacrolimus/Methotrexate for Preventing Graft-Versus-Host Disease (GVHD) (BMT CTN 0402)
A Phase III Randomized, Multicenter Trial Comparing Sirolimus/Tacrolimus With Tacrolimus/Methotrexate as Graft-versus-Host Disease (GVHD) Prophylaxis After HLA-Matched, Related Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation (BMT CTN #0402)
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The study is designed as a phase III, randomized, open label, multicenter, prospective, comparative trial of sirolimus and tacrolimus versus tacrolimus and methotrexate as graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis after human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched, related, peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in individuals with hematologic cancer. Participants will be stratified by transplant center and will be randomly assigned to the sirolimus/tacrolimus or tacrolimus/methotrexate arms at a 1:1 ratio.
Conditions
Conditions (4)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Acute | Leukemia | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.85 |
| Leukemia, Myelocytic, Acute | Leukemia | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.85 |
| Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic | Leukemia | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.85 |
| Myelodysplastic Syndromes | Myelodysplastic Syndrome | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Methotrexate | Drug | Methotrexate | ALIAS |
| Sirolimus | Drug | Sirolimus | ALIAS |
| Tacrolimus | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Tacrolimus/Methotrexate
- description
- Patients will be given Tacrolimus and Methotrexate for GVHD prophylaxis.
- interventionNames
- Drug: Tacrolimus
- Drug: Methotrexate
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Tacrolimus/Sirolimus
- description
- Patients will be given Tacrolimus and Sirolimus for GVHD prophylaxis.
- interventionNames
- Drug: Tacrolimus
- Drug: Sirolimus
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Rate of Grades II-IV Acute GVHD-free Survival
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 2 Years
- Maximum age
- 60 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * 6/6 HLA-matched sibling, defined by Class I (HLA-A and B) serologic typing (or higher resolution) and Class II (HLA-DRBI) molecular typing, who is willing to donate peripheral blood stem cells, and meets institutional criteria for stem cell donation. The donor must be medically eligible to donate stem cells, according to individual transplant center criteria. Pediatric patients for whom a pediatric sibling donor is not anticipated to be a suitable leukapheresis candidate are not eligible. * Karnofsky performance status of at least 70% or Lansky performance status of at least 70% for participants less than 16 years old * For participants less than 18 years old, willing and able to take oral medications, per the treating physician's recommendations Exclusion Criteria: * Prior allogeneic or autologous transplant using any hematopoietic stem cell source * Seropositive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) * Uncontrolled bacterial, viral, or fungal infection (currently taking medication and progression of clinical symptoms) * Pregnant (positive serum human chorionic gonadotropin \[β-HCG\] test) or breastfeeding within 4 weeks of study entry * Kidney function: serum creatinine outside the normal range for age, or measured creatinine clearance less than 50 mL/min/1.72m\^2 within 4 weeks of study entry * Liver function: most recent direct bilirubin, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) greater than two times the upper limit of normal within 4 weeks of study entry * Lung disease: in adults, forced vital capacity (FVC) or forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) less than 60% of predicted value (corrected for hemoglobin); in children, overt hypoxemia, as measured by an oxygen saturation of less than 92% within 4 weeks of study entry * Cardiac ejection fraction of less than 45% in adults and children, or less than 26% shortening fraction in children within 4 weeks of study entry * Cholesterol level greater than 500 mg/dL or triglyceride level greater than 500 mg/dL while being treated, or not on appropriate lipid-lowering therapy within 4 weeks of study entry * Prior history of allergy to sirolimus * Requires voriconazole at time of study entry * Currently receiving another investigational drug unless cleared by the protocol officer or protocol chair * Participants with a history of cancer, other than resected basal cell carcinoma or treated carcinoma in-situ. Cancer treated with curative intent for more than 5 years previously will be allowed. Cancer treated with curative intent for less than 5 years previously will not be allowed unless approved by the protocol officer or protocol chair.
References
Publications (1)
- RESULTCutler C, Logan B, Nakamura R, Johnston L, Choi S, Porter D, Hogan WJ, Pasquini M, MacMillan ML, Hsu JW, Waller EK, Grupp S, McCarthy P, Wu J, Hu ZH, Carter SL, Horowitz MM, Antin JH. Tacrolimus/sirolimus vs tacrolimus/methotrexate as GVHD prophylaxis after matched, related donor allogeneic HCT. Blood. 2014 Aug 21;124(8):1372-7. doi: 10.1182/blood-2014-04-567164. Epub 2014 Jun 30. PMID 24982504