5 Clinical Trials for Various Conditions
This is an initial study to determine if CXCR4 inhibitor AMD 3100 or plerixafor may be a potential treatment for neutropenia due to CXCR4 mutations, the myelokathexis or WHIM (warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, immunodeficiency and myelokathexis) syndrome. This is the initial study of this concept and will involve up to 6 patients to receive increasing doses of plerixafor administered subcutaneously or on an alternate day basis. It is unknown if these patients will be highly sensitive to a blockade of CXCR4 activity and release more white blood cells than normal volunteers or cancer patients given the same dose of this drug. Therefore doses will begin at a level 12 fold less than currently used to mobilize stem cells and will be increased stepwise to achieve an acceptable circulating level of neutrophils.
This study has a double-blind, Randomized Placebo-Controlled Period and an Open-Label Period. The primary objective of the Randomized Placebo-Controlled Period is to demonstrate the efficacy of mavorixafor in participants with WHIM syndrome as assessed by increasing levels of circulating neutrophils compared with placebo, and relative to a clinically meaningful threshold. The primary objective of the Open-Label Period is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of mavorixafor in participants with WHIM syndrome. Participants are allowed to continue treatment in the Open-Label Period, if regionally applicable, until mavorixafor becomes commercially available, or until the study is terminated by the Sponsor.
This is a Phase 2 study with an initial 24-week Treatment Period and an Extension Phase. The primary objectives of this Phase 2 study are to determine the safety, tolerability, and dose selection of mavorixafor in participants with WHIM syndrome. Participants may continue treatment in an Extension Phase, if regionally applicable, until mavorixafor becomes available via an alternative mechanism (for example, drug is commercially available, an expanded access program, etc.) or until the study is terminated by the Sponsor for any reason.
Background: - WHIMS (Warts, Hypogammaglobulinemia, Infections, and Myelokathexis Syndrome) is a rare disease. It can cause cancers, infections, and warts. Researchers want to see if a drug called plerixafor can treat WHIMS. Objective: - To compare plerixafor versus granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) for preventing infections in people with WHIMS. Eligibility: - People ages 10-75 with WHIMS who have a CXCR4 gene mutation. Design: * Participants will be screened with a medical history, physical exam, and blood and urine tests. They may have heart and spleen tests and body scans. They may have samples of skin or warts taken. Researchers may take photographs of warts. * Participants will start twice daily self-injections of G-CSF. Their doctors will decide the dosage. * Initial Period (4-12 weeks) * Participants will: * continue the injections and their usual antibiotics and/or immunoglobulin * have blood drawn * keep a daily health diary * Participants will visit the clinic for 2 days without injections. * Adjustment Period 1 (8 weeks): * Participants will: * continue twice daily injections from home * continue the daily health diary * have blood tests every 2 weeks. * Treatment Year 1: * Participants will * receive either plerixafor or G-CSF injections twice daily * continue the health diary * have blood tests every 2 months * visit the clinic about every 4 months * At the end of year 1, participants will visit the clinic for an evaluation. They will switch to the other study drug. They will have an 8-week adjustment and 1-year treatment period. * At the end of year 2, participants will visit the clinic to complete their injections and go back to their previous G-CSF regimen. Participants will continue their daily health diary and have blood tests for 5-6 months.
Background: * WHIMS (Warts, Hypogammaglobulinemia, Infections, and Myelokathexis Syndrome) is caused by various genetic changes that increase the activity of the chemokine receptor, CXCR4. Excessive function of this receptor causes mature neutrophils (part of the white blood cells) to be retained within the bone marrow rather than being released to the blood and is one of the causes of severe inherited neutropenia (low white blood counts). In neutropenia, the body is less able to fight off infection. Patients with WHIMS usually are at risk for skin, soft tissue, sinus, and lung infections, which can result in loss of hearing, teeth, and lung function. * Current treatment for WHIMS consists of regular injections of a white blood cell growth stimulating medication called granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), and supplemental immunoglobulin (antibody). These therapies are expensive, nonspecific, have significant side effects and toxicities, and do not fully correct all problems, especially warts and cancers related to human papillomavirus (HPV). * A drug called Mozobil has been approved for use in combination with G-CSF to increase the number of stem cells that can be collected prior to bone marrow transplantation. Mozobil may offer a specific and well-tolerated new treatment for WHIMS and other syndromes characterized by neutropenia. Objectives: * To evaluate whether Mozobil is safe and effective to treat neutropenia (low white blood cell count) in patients with WHIMS. * To determine an appropriate treatment dose of Mozobil, within currently approved dosage levels. Eligibility: - Individuals between 18 and 75 years of age who have been diagnosed with WHIMS and have a history of severe infections. Design: * Potential participants will undergo a screening with a medical history, physical examination, questionnaire, heart and lung function scans, and blood and urine samples. Tests will also be done for hepatitis B and C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), as well as to check neutrophil function. * Patients who are being treated with G-CSF will stop injections for 2 days before being admitted to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center. * Patients may participate in a Dose Escalation study and receive increasing doses of Mozobil over 5 days of treatment until their white blood cell count improves sufficiently or the maximum approved dose is reached. Blood samples will be taken regularly throughout the treatment process. Patients will then receive an additional dose of Mozobil at the maximum approved dose or the dose sufficient to cause improvement, before restarting the G-CSF injections. * Patients may also participate in a long-term Chronic Dosing study and receive Mozobil once or twice a day for up to a maximum of 60 months.