Renal Allograft Tolerance Through Mixed Chimerism - SMC/MGH

Purpose

The goal is to investigate the safety of the conditioning regimen, and its ability to induce donor/recipient lymphohematopoietic chimerism without Chimerism Transition Syndrome (CTS), which may result in donor-specific unresponsiveness (tolerance) to the renal allograft in the absence of maintenance immunosuppression.

Condition

  • Renal Failure

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Between 18 Years and 65 Years
Eligible Genders
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • Male or female 18-65 years of age. - Candidate for a living-donor renal allograft from an HLA mismatched donor - Subjects with chronic kidney disease stage or ESRD who are treated with either hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. - First transplant. - Use of FDA-approved methods of contraception - Ability to understand and provide informed consent. - Negative COVID at screening and 2 days before procedure

Exclusion Criteria

  • ABO blood group-incompatible renal allograft. - Participant with a (non DSA) PRA > 20% within 6 months prior to transplant - Persistent Leukopenia (WBC less than 2,000/mm3) or thrombocytopenia (<100,000/mm3). - Seropositivity for HIV-1, hepatitis B core antigen, or hepatitis C virus (confirmed by hepatitis C virus RNA); or positivity for hepatitis B surface antigen. - Active infection - Left ventricular ejection fraction < 40% as determined by TTE or clinical evidence of heart failure - Forced expiratory volume FEV1 or DLCO < 50% of predicted. - Lactation or pregnancy - History of cancer (following the American Transplant Society Guidelines) - Underlying renal disease etiology with a high risk of disease recurrence in the transplanted kidney (such as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis). - Prior dose-limiting radiation therapy - Known genetic disease or family history that may result in greater sensitivity to the effects of irradiation, or a physical deformity that would preclude adequate shielding or appropriate dosing during the irradiation component of the conditioning regimen - Enrollment in other investigational drug studies within 30 days prior to enrollment - Abnormal (>2 times lab normal) values for (a) liver function chemistries (ALT, AST, AP), (b) bilirubin, (c) coagulation studies (PT, PTT). - Allergy or sensitivity to any component of Siplizumab, Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide, tacrolimus, DMSO, MMF or rituximab. - The presence of any medical condition that the investigator deems incompatible with participation in the trial. - Subjects who have non-insulin dependent diabetes (NIDDM) without good blood glucose control (HbA1c<7). Subject with severe retinopathy, gastroparesis, or severe neuropathy which prevent subject's normal independent daily activities will be excluded from the study

Study Design

Phase
Phase 1
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Non-Randomized
Intervention Model
Single Group Assignment
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
None (Open Label)

Recruiting Locations

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
Contact:
Tatsuo Kawai, MD, PhD
617-726-0289
tkawai@mgh.harvard.edu

More Details

Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Contact

Tatsuo Kawai, MD PhD
617-726-0289
tkawai@mgh.harvard.edu