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NCT00245037 · STUDY IN CONTEXT

Busulfan, Fludarabine, and Total-Body Irradiation in Treating Patients Who Are Undergoing a Donor Stem Cell Transplant for Hematologic Cancer

Draft scope assessment: narrower. Linked by condition-string match at the cancer-entity level. The study's eligibility - stage, biomarker, treatment line and prior therapy - has not been reconciled against this page's definition, so its population is narrower than this page in ways not yet recorded. The condition was transformed or resolved through the terminology hierarchy to reach this cancer type, so the link itself is a candidate a reviewer must confirm. Found by searching ClinicalTrials.gov for this cancer type, restricted to studies that have posted results to the registry. No FDA notice, FDA label or NCI summary held by this site cites this study. Because the search asked for posted results, studies without posted results were never looked for, so their absence from this page means nothing.

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Linked outcomes

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primary · POSTED

Non-hematologic toxicities and adverse experiences ≥ Grade 3 occurrences measured up to day +100 using the NCI Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events v3.0 (CTCAE). Infections and GVHD will be assessed up to 5 years post transplant. The following data represents the number of regimen-related, grade 3 and 4 toxicities that occurred in each category.

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primary · POSTED

Percent of subjects with non-relapse mortality two years after conditioning with busulfan with fludarabine/200 cGy TBI in patients with hematologic malignancies at moderate to high risk for graft rejection and/or relapse of underlying disease.

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secondary · POSTED

The percentage of overall patient survival (out of 147 participants) for Years 1, 2, 3 and 5.

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secondary · POSTED

The percentage of progression-free patients (out of 147 participants) at Years 1, 2, 3, and 5. Definition of Disease Progression: MM/Plasma Cell: Increasing bone pain or increase in serum/urine monoclonal protein by 25%. CLL/NHL/HD: New sites of lymphadenopathy; ≥ 25% increase in lymph node size; Blood or bone marrow involvement with clonal B-cells; Increase of ≥ 25% bone marrow involvement; ≥ 25% increase in blood involvement with clonal B-cells. AML/ALL: Any incidence of relapse (\>5% blasts) by evaluation of the bone marrow aspirate. CML: Inability to control platelet or granulocyte counts; Increase in baseline number of metaphases demonstrating the Ph+ chromosome by \>25%; Any other new cytogenetic abnormality; Transformation to accelerated phase or blast crisis. MDS/MPD: Any evidence by morphologic or flow cytometric evaluation of the bone marrow aspirate of new blasts (\>5%) or worsening cytopenia or cytogenetic evidence of recurrence.

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secondary · POSTED

The percentage of patients (out of 147 participants) who relapsed at Years 1 and 2. Relapse is defined as the presence of \>5% blasts by morphology on a post-transplant bone marrow aspirate.

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secondary · POSTED

Grading of Acute GVHD: Severity of Individual Organ Involvement: Skin * 1 a maculopapular eruption involving less than 25% of the body surface * 2 a maculopapular eruption involving 25-50% of the body surface * 3 generalized erythroderma * 4 generalized erythroderma with bullous formation and/or with desquamation Liver * 1 bilirubin 2.0-3.0mg/100mL * 2 bilirubin 3-5.9mg/100mL * 3 bilirubin 6-14.9mg/100mL * 4 bilirubin \>15mg/100mL Gut Diarrhea is graded +1 to +4 in severity. Nausea/vomiting and/or anorexia caused by GVHD is assigned as +1 in severity Diarrhea * 1 \<1000mL of liquid stool/day * 2 \>1,000mL of stool/day * 3 \>1,500mL of stool/day * 4 2,000mL of stool/day, severe abdominal pain, with or without ileus Severity of GVHD: Grade 1 +1 to +2 skin rash; No gut or liver involvement Grade 2 +1 to +3 skin rash;+1 GI involvement and/or +1 liver

This is cumulative incidence of grades 2-4 aGVHD at 100 days and at 6 months. Out of the total number of participants, grades 2-4 aGVHD occurred in 79 patients.

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Reported safety

Serious events are not the same as severe events. Compare the original safety groups and their at-risk populations.

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Quality of life and patient-reported measures

No linked quality-of-life measure is recorded for this setting and study.

Full draft applicability and source-link record
trial
release id
clinical-indications-draft-1
disease state id
ds-myeloproliferative-neoplasms
nct id
NCT00245037
trial label
Busulfan, Fludarabine, and Total-Body Irradiation in Treating Patients Who Are Undergoing a Donor Stem Cell Transplant for Hematologic Cancer
applicability
narrower
applicability note
Linked by condition-string match at the cancer-entity level. The study's eligibility - stage, biomarker, treatment line and prior therapy - has not been reconciled against this page's definition, so its population is narrower than this page in ways not yet recorded. The condition was transformed or resolved through the terminology hierarchy to reach this cancer type, so the link itself is a candidate a reviewer must confirm.
curation status
draft
reviewed by
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reviewed at
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created at
2026-09-10T00:00:00Z
provenance class
registry-condition-search
discovery note
Found by searching ClinicalTrials.gov for this cancer type, restricted to studies that have posted results to the registry. No FDA notice, FDA label or NCI summary held by this site cites this study. Because the search asked for posted results, studies without posted results were never looked for, so their absence from this page means nothing.
outcome Count
6
harms Count
1
qol Count
0
outcomes
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    0
    endpoint
    Regimen-Related Toxicities
    endpoint definition
    Non-hematologic toxicities and adverse experiences ≥ Grade 3 occurrences measured up to day +100 using the NCI Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events v3.0 (CTCAE). Infections and GVHD will be assessed up to 5 years post transplant. The following data represents the number of regimen-related, grade 3 and 4 toxicities that occurred in each category.
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    5 years post-transplant
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    primary
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    POSTED
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    2026-09-10T00:00:00Z
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    1
    endpoint
    Non-relapse Mortality
    endpoint definition
    Percent of subjects with non-relapse mortality two years after conditioning with busulfan with fludarabine/200 cGy TBI in patients with hematologic malignancies at moderate to high risk for graft rejection and/or relapse of underlying disease.
    time origin
    Two years post-transplant
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    primary
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    POSTED
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    2026-09-10T00:00:00Z
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    om-0002
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    NCT00245037-om-0002
    source outcome index
    2
    endpoint
    Overall Survival
    endpoint definition
    The percentage of overall patient survival (out of 147 participants) for Years 1, 2, 3 and 5.
    time origin
    Years 1, 2, 3 and 5
    analysis role
    secondary
    reporting status
    POSTED
    data cutoff
    Source null
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    Source null
    curation status
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    reviewed by
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    2026-09-10T00:00:00Z
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    om-0003
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    NCT00245037-om-0003
    source outcome index
    3
    endpoint
    Progression-Free Survival
    endpoint definition
    The percentage of progression-free patients (out of 147 participants) at Years 1, 2, 3, and 5. Definition of Disease Progression: MM/Plasma Cell: Increasing bone pain or increase in serum/urine monoclonal protein by 25%. CLL/NHL/HD: New sites of lymphadenopathy; ≥ 25% increase in lymph node size; Blood or bone marrow involvement with clonal B-cells; Increase of ≥ 25% bone marrow involvement; ≥ 25% increase in blood involvement with clonal B-cells. AML/ALL: Any incidence of relapse (\>5% blasts) by evaluation of the bone marrow aspirate. CML: Inability to control platelet or granulocyte counts; Increase in baseline number of metaphases demonstrating the Ph+ chromosome by \>25%; Any other new cytogenetic abnormality; Transformation to accelerated phase or blast crisis. MDS/MPD: Any evidence by morphologic or flow cytometric evaluation of the bone marrow aspirate of new blasts (\>5%) or worsening cytopenia or cytogenetic evidence of recurrence.
    time origin
    Years 1, 2, 3, and 5
    analysis role
    secondary
    reporting status
    POSTED
    data cutoff
    Source null
    population note
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    curation status
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    reviewed by
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    2026-09-10T00:00:00Z
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    NCT00245037
    outcome key
    om-0004
    source section id
    NCT00245037-om-0004
    source outcome index
    4
    endpoint
    Relapse Mortality
    endpoint definition
    The percentage of patients (out of 147 participants) who relapsed at Years 1 and 2. Relapse is defined as the presence of \>5% blasts by morphology on a post-transplant bone marrow aspirate.
    time origin
    Years 1 and 2
    analysis role
    secondary
    reporting status
    POSTED
    data cutoff
    Source null
    population note
    Source null
    curation status
    draft
    reviewed by
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    2026-09-10T00:00:00Z
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    om-0005
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    NCT00245037-om-0005
    source outcome index
    5
    endpoint
    Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease (aGVHD) Outcome
    endpoint definition
    Grading of Acute GVHD: Severity of Individual Organ Involvement: Skin * 1 a maculopapular eruption involving less than 25% of the body surface * 2 a maculopapular eruption involving 25-50% of the body surface * 3 generalized erythroderma * 4 generalized erythroderma with bullous formation and/or with desquamation Liver * 1 bilirubin 2.0-3.0mg/100mL * 2 bilirubin 3-5.9mg/100mL * 3 bilirubin 6-14.9mg/100mL * 4 bilirubin \>15mg/100mL Gut Diarrhea is graded +1 to +4 in severity. Nausea/vomiting and/or anorexia caused by GVHD is assigned as +1 in severity Diarrhea * 1 \<1000mL of liquid stool/day * 2 \>1,000mL of stool/day * 3 \>1,500mL of stool/day * 4 2,000mL of stool/day, severe abdominal pain, with or without ileus Severity of GVHD: Grade 1 +1 to +2 skin rash; No gut or liver involvement Grade 2 +1 to +3 skin rash;+1 GI involvement and/or +1 liver
    time origin
    Day 100, Month 6
    analysis role
    secondary
    reporting status
    POSTED
    data cutoff
    Source null
    population note
    This is cumulative incidence of grades 2-4 aGVHD at 100 days and at 6 months. Out of the total number of participants, grades 2-4 aGVHD occurred in 79 patients.
    curation status
    draft
    reviewed by
    Source null
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    2026-09-10T00:00:00Z
arms
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    arm label
    Busulfan (Bu), Fludarabine (Flu), Total Body Iradiation (TBI)
    regimen
    Busulfan 3.2 mg/kg IV on day -5 Fludarabine 30 mg/m2/day x 3 (total dose 90 mg/m2, day -4 to day -2 TBI 200 centigray (cGy) x 1, day 0 Therapeutic allogeneic lymphocytes: A population of lymphocytes therapeutically administered to a recipient individual who is genetically distinct from a donor of the same species. Busulfan: Busulfan is an alkylating chemotherapeutic agent which has been used in many high dose and reduced intensity regimens prior to allogeneic or autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplants. It is active in a wide variety of malignancies and in high-doses it is myeloablative. IV Busulfan is available and diluted and administered per package insert guidelines. Cyclosporine: Cyclosporine is a cyclic polypeptide immunosuppressive agent. It blocks the calcium-dependent calcineurin-mediated nuclear localization of nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) following T-cell activation, thereby inhibiting transactivation of key T-cell response genes including
    analyzed count
    147
    analyzed unit
    Participants
    is comparator
    Source null
    source pointer
    NCT00245037-om-0000#groups/OG000
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    Busulfan (Bu), Fludarabine (Flu), Total Body Iradiation (TBI)
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    Busulfan 3.2 mg/kg IV on day -5 Fludarabine 30 mg/m2/day x 3 (total dose 90 mg/m2, day -4 to day -2 TBI 200 centigray (cGy) x 1, day 0 Therapeutic allogeneic lymphocytes: A population of lymphocytes therapeutically administered to a recipient individual who is genetically distinct from a donor of the same species. Busulfan: Busulfan is an alkylating chemotherapeutic agent which has been used in many high dose and reduced intensity regimens prior to allogeneic or autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplants. It is active in a wide variety of malignancies and in high-doses it is myeloablative. IV Busulfan is available and diluted and administered per package insert guidelines. Cyclosporine: Cyclosporine is a cyclic polypeptide immunosuppressive agent. It blocks the calcium-dependent calcineurin-mediated nuclear localization of nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) following T-cell activation, thereby inhibiting transactivation of key T-cell response genes including
    analyzed count
    147
    analyzed unit
    Participants
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    Source null
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    Busulfan (Bu), Fludarabine (Flu), Total Body Iradiation (TBI)
    regimen
    Busulfan 3.2 mg/kg IV on day -5 Fludarabine 30 mg/m2/day x 3 (total dose 90 mg/m2, day -4 to day -2 TBI 200 centigray (cGy) x 1, day 0 Therapeutic allogeneic lymphocytes: A population of lymphocytes therapeutically administered to a recipient individual who is genetically distinct from a donor of the same species. Busulfan: Busulfan is an alkylating chemotherapeutic agent which has been used in many high dose and reduced intensity regimens prior to allogeneic or autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplants. It is active in a wide variety of malignancies and in high-doses it is myeloablative. IV Busulfan is available and diluted and administered per package insert guidelines. Cyclosporine: Cyclosporine is a cyclic polypeptide immunosuppressive agent. It blocks the calcium-dependent calcineurin-mediated nuclear localization of nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) following T-cell activation, thereby inhibiting transactivation of key T-cell response genes including
    analyzed count
    147
    analyzed unit
    Participants
    is comparator
    Source null
    source pointer
    NCT00245037-om-0002#groups/OG000
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    arm label
    Busulfan (Bu), Fludarabine (Flu), Total Body Iradiation (TBI)
    regimen
    Busulfan 3.2 mg/kg IV on day -5 Fludarabine 30 mg/m2/day x 3 (total dose 90 mg/m2, day -4 to day -2 TBI 200 centigray (cGy) x 1, day 0 Therapeutic allogeneic lymphocytes: A population of lymphocytes therapeutically administered to a recipient individual who is genetically distinct from a donor of the same species. Busulfan: Busulfan is an alkylating chemotherapeutic agent which has been used in many high dose and reduced intensity regimens prior to allogeneic or autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplants. It is active in a wide variety of malignancies and in high-doses it is myeloablative. IV Busulfan is available and diluted and administered per package insert guidelines. Cyclosporine: Cyclosporine is a cyclic polypeptide immunosuppressive agent. It blocks the calcium-dependent calcineurin-mediated nuclear localization of nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) following T-cell activation, thereby inhibiting transactivation of key T-cell response genes including
    analyzed count
    147
    analyzed unit
    Participants
    is comparator
    Source null
    source pointer
    NCT00245037-om-0003#groups/OG000
  5. release id
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    ds-myeloproliferative-neoplasms
    nct id
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    outcome key
    om-0004
    arm key
    OG000
    arm label
    Busulfan (Bu), Fludarabine (Flu), Total Body Iradiation (TBI)
    regimen
    Busulfan 3.2 mg/kg IV on day -5 Fludarabine 30 mg/m2/day x 3 (total dose 90 mg/m2, day -4 to day -2 TBI 200 centigray (cGy) x 1, day 0 Therapeutic allogeneic lymphocytes: A population of lymphocytes therapeutically administered to a recipient individual who is genetically distinct from a donor of the same species. Busulfan: Busulfan is an alkylating chemotherapeutic agent which has been used in many high dose and reduced intensity regimens prior to allogeneic or autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplants. It is active in a wide variety of malignancies and in high-doses it is myeloablative. IV Busulfan is available and diluted and administered per package insert guidelines. Cyclosporine: Cyclosporine is a cyclic polypeptide immunosuppressive agent. It blocks the calcium-dependent calcineurin-mediated nuclear localization of nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) following T-cell activation, thereby inhibiting transactivation of key T-cell response genes including
    analyzed count
    147
    analyzed unit
    Participants
    is comparator
    Source null
    source pointer
    NCT00245037-om-0004#groups/OG000
  6. release id
    clinical-indications-draft-1
    disease state id
    ds-myeloproliferative-neoplasms
    nct id
    NCT00245037
    outcome key
    om-0005
    arm key
    OG000
    arm label
    Busulfan (Bu), Fludarabine (Flu), Total Body Iradiation (TBI)
    regimen
    Busulfan 3.2 mg/kg IV on day -5 Fludarabine 30 mg/m2/day x 3 (total dose 90 mg/m2, day -4 to day -2 TBI 200 centigray (cGy) x 1, day 0 Therapeutic allogeneic lymphocytes: A population of lymphocytes therapeutically administered to a recipient individual who is genetically distinct from a donor of the same species. Busulfan: Busulfan is an alkylating chemotherapeutic agent which has been used in many high dose and reduced intensity regimens prior to allogeneic or autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplants. It is active in a wide variety of malignancies and in high-doses it is myeloablative. IV Busulfan is available and diluted and administered per package insert guidelines. Cyclosporine: Cyclosporine is a cyclic polypeptide immunosuppressive agent. It blocks the calcium-dependent calcineurin-mediated nuclear localization of nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) following T-cell activation, thereby inhibiting transactivation of key T-cell response genes including
    analyzed count
    147
    analyzed unit
    Participants
    is comparator
    Source null
    source pointer
    NCT00245037-om-0005#groups/OG000
harms
  1. release id
    clinical-indications-draft-1
    disease state id
    ds-myeloproliferative-neoplasms
    nct id
    NCT00245037
    harm key
    EG000
    source section id
    NCT00245037-ae
    event group key
    EG000
    event group label
    Busulfan (Bu), Fludarabine (Flu), Total Body Iradiation (TBI)
    serious affected
    59
    serious at risk
    147
    other affected
    52
    other at risk
    147
    frequency threshold
    0
    collection period
    Non-hematologic toxicities and adverse experiences ≥ Grade 3 will be assessed up to day +100 using the NCI Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events v3.0 (CTCAE). Infections and GVHD will be assessed up to 5 years post transplant.
    event definition
    Source null
    undenominated note
    Source null
    curation status
    draft
    reviewed by
    Source null
    reviewed at
    Source null
    created at
    2026-09-10T00:00:00Z
quality of life
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