Clinical Islet Transplantation With Apheresis, Isolation and Reintroduction of Recipient Regulatory T Cells or Administration of Deceased Donor Vertebral Bone Marrow in Type 1 Diabetes
Stanford University
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if patients who have brittle type 1 diabetes receiving an islet transplantation will have better control of their sugars if they also receive one of 2 types of immune cells along with the islet transplant. The participants will receive either their own immune cells, called regulatory T cells, or immune cells from the bone marrow of the islet donor.
Description
Islet transplantation success remains limited by the immediate loss of islet after transplantation, rejection, and side effect from immunosuppression. Preclinical animal models provide evidence that donor bone marrow cells OR regulatory T cells infused at the time of islet transplantation can improve the survival of islets after transplantation and reduce the need for immunosuppression. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and safety of combining an islet transplant with the recipient's Tregs OR deceased donor bone marrow cells in patients with brittle type 1 diabetes.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–70 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Male and female patients age 18 to 70 years of age. * Ability to provide written informed consent. * Mentally stable and able to comply with the procedures of the study protocol. * Clinical history compatible with T1D with onset of disease at \< 45 years of age, insulin- dependence for ≥ 5 years at the time of enrollment, or a sum of patient age and insulin dependent diabetes duration of ≥ 28. * Absence of stimulated C peptide (\< 0.3 ng/mL) in response to a mixed meal tolerance test measured at 60 and 90 minutes after the start of consumption * Involvement in intensive…
Interventions
- BiologicalInfusion of recipient T regulatory cell
Patients will undergo a single apheresis collection with a target total blood volume of 20-30 L and the collected cells used as the source of purified Tregs to be infused following the islet transplantation. In the event a patient is unable to meet the collection target, a second collection may be performed.
- BiologicalInfusion of concomitant Donor Derived Vertebral Bone Marrow
The cells from the donor VB and spleen are processed under cGMP conditions and released for infusion after the respective recipient has undergone transplant and conditioning. Under this protocol, the donor's VB will be obtained at the same time as the pancreatic islets and will be the source of HSC for infusion with the intent to establish immune tolerance to the donor's pancreatic islet cells. Subjects will receive one infusion of allogeneic cadaveric islets. Subjects will receive induction therapy with ATG and Belatacept and maintenance immunosuppression with Tacrolimus Extended-release tablets (Envarsus XR) and Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF). After islet transplantation, the VBM cells will be infused in one time window: on day 0-1. Subjects will undergo closed-loop insulin pump glucose control peri-transplant.
Location
- Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, California