Reducing the Risk of Transplant Rejection: Simultaneous Kidney and Bone Marrow Transplant

Cyclophosphamide 60 mg per kilogram (kg) of body weight per day intravenously (IV) on days -5 and -4 with respect to transplantation; humanized anti-CD2 monoclonal antibody (MEDI-507) 0.6 mg per kg on days -1, 0, and 1 (after test dose of 0.1 mg per kg on day -2); and cyclosporine A 5 mg per kg IV and thymic irradiation (700 cGy) on day -1. Hemodialysis was performed before and 14 hours after each dose of cyclophosphamide.Kidney transplantation was followed by IV infusion of donor bone marrow. Oral cyclosporine A was administered postoperatively, 8 to 12 mg per kg per day, with target trough blood levels of 250 to 350 ng per milliliter; the dose was tapered and discontinued over a period of several months. Protocol amendment that applied to participant 4 and 5: rituximab, 375 mg per square meter of body-surface area days -7 and -2; and prednisone, 2 mg per kg per day starting on the day of transplantation with tapering over the next 10 days.