Efficacy and Safety Study of Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation to Treat New Onset Type 1 Diabetes

Nanjing University

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 2

Conditions

Type 1 Diabetes

Treatments

Procedure: immunosuppression and stem cell transplantation

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01341899

ZKX07012

Details and patient eligibility

About

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease and results from T cell autoimmunity mediated destruction of the majority of insulin-producing pancreatic β-cells. Hence,the development of new therapies to control T cell autoimmunity, and to preserve the remaining β-cell function will be of great significance in managing patients with type 1 diabetes

Autologous nonmyeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHST) has been tested for the treatment of patients with new onset of type 1 diabetes. This therapeutic strategy can result in exogenous insulin independence by destroying pathogenic memory T cells and preserving the remaining β-cell function.

However, little is known about the efficacy of AHST in the dynamics of immunocompetent cell reconstitution and how the reconstituted immune system regulates β-cell specific antibody response. Furthermore, many Chinese patients at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes have progressed to develop diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Whether treatment with AHST could still achieve adequate glycemic control and preserve the β-cell function and what the factors are associated with the therapeutic efficacy have not been explored.

This is a phase Ⅱ clinical trial in patients who have been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes within the previous 12 months.This study is to determine:

The effects of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation on the reconstitution of immune system
β-cell preservation following stem cell transplantation
The potential factors affecting efficacy of stem cell transplantation
Whether this new therapy is safe.

Full description

Patients diagnosed with type 1 diabetes within the previous 12 months will be recruited into this study.Hematopoietic stem cells were mobilized with cyclophosphamide (CY, 2.0g/m2) and granulocyte colony stimulating factor (10 μg/kg per day) and then collected from peripheral blood by leukapheresis and cryopreserved. The cells were infused after conditioning with CY (200 mg/kg) and rabbit antithymocyte globulin (4.5 mg/kg). All the included patients undergoing AHST complied with blood glucose self-monitoring and scheduled medical appointments.Their blood samples were obtained for measuring the frequency of lymphocytes and the levels of plasma hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), serum C-peptide, islet antibodies, and cytokines longitudinally.

Ages Eligible for Study: no more than 35 years

Genders Eligible for Study: both

Islet Autoantibodies Eligible for Study: positive for glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody (GADA), protein tyrosine phosphatase antibody (IA-2A), islet cell antibody (ICA) and/or insulin autoantibody (IAAs)

Enrollment

50 patients

Sex

All

Ages

8 to 35 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

diagnosis of diabetes according to the guidelines of the World Health Organization 1999
the duration of diabetes is no more than 12 months
positive for for glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody (GADA), protein tyrosine phosphatase antibody (IA-2A), islet cell antibody (ICA) and/or insulin autoantibody (IAAs)

Exclusion criteria