Co-Transplant of an Unmodified Haplo-Identical Graft With Cord Blood

Description

Cord blood (CB) and haplo-identical grafts are valuable alternative graft sources for patients with hematologic malignancies in need of allogeneic transplantation who lack human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched adult donors. In Black, Asian, Hispanic populations, the chance of finding a HLA matched donor is 23%, 41%, and 46%, respectively. These graft sources allow for greater HLA difference between donor and recipient, and increase the availability of donors, and therefore transplant, to these populations. Comparative retrospective analyses demonstrate similar results when compared to haplo/cord transplants. In this variant of the standard haplo/cord transplant, investigators will utilize post-transplant cyclophosphamide aGVHD prophylaxis after infusion of the haplo-identical graft and then infuse the CB graft after completion of post-transplant cyclophosphamide. Our hypothesis is that the combination of these two graft sources in which the haplo-identical graft is unmanipulated and the CB graft is infused after post-transplant cyclophosphamide, will be safe and result in effective disease eradication as measured by progression free survival in high risk patients.