A Study of Treatment of Inflammation Before Stem Cell Transplant in People With a Primary Immune Regulatory Disorder (PIRD) and/or an Autoinflammatory Condition

Inclusion Criteria23

• Patients receiving first allo-HCT for the following immunologic conditions:
• Primary Immune Regulatory Disorder with or without a genetic lesion as defined by the Primary Immune Deficiency Treatment Consortium (PIDTC)12 - Patients with autoinflammatory disorders evidenced by cytokine or inflammation assays with at least 1.5x ULN of measured cytokines (defined in section 4) and/or an elevated ferritin or ESR > 2 ULN
• For inclusion on the emapalumab group, the lesion must be related to the IFNγ pathway (or mediators thereof) with an elevated CXCL9 >1.5 ULN OR sIL2R >1.5 ULN (or already controlled on immune modulation, provided that CXCL9 or sIL2R levels were elevated prior to initiation of immune modulation).
• Inclusion on the Fludarabine/dexamethasone group requires inflammation (as defined above) other than an IFNy pathway defect
• Able to tolerate cytoreduction (based on adequate organ function as described below)
• Patients of any age can enroll so long as they meet all other eligibility criteria
• Adequate organ function is required, defined as follows:
• Hepatic: Serum bilirubin ≤ 2 mg/dL, unless benign congenital hyperbilirubinemia. Patients with hyperbilirubinemia related to paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria or other hemolytic disorders related to their PIRD diagnosis are eligible.
• Hepatic: AST, ALT, and alkaline phosphatase < 2.5 times the upper limit of normal unless thought to be disease-related. Investigator will need to perform clinically indicated evaluations to assess if disease related or intrinsic liver disease. Additional testing may be done if clinically indicated, after the pre-transplant immune prophase and prior to start of conditioning as this will provide additional data to confirm disease related versus intrinsic liver dysfunction.
• Renal: serum creatinine <1.5x normal for age. If serum creatinine is outside the normal range, then CrCl > 50 mL/min/1.73m\^2 (calculated or estimated) or GFR (mL/min/1.72m\^2) >30% of predicted normal for age.
• Cardiac: LVEF ≥ 50% by MUGA or resting echocardiogram.
• Pulmonary: Pulmonary function testing (FEV1 and corrected DLCO) ≥ 50% predicted (pediatric patients unable to complete PFTs will need oxygen saturation as recorded by pulse oximetry of ≥92% on room air).
• Adequate performance status:
• Age ≥ 16 years: ECOG ≤ 1 or Karnofsky ≥ 70%
• Age < 16 years: Lansky 70%
• Each patient must be willing to participate as a research subject and must sign an informed consent form or legal guardian with assent as appropriate.
• Related Donors:
• /8 or 7/8 HLA matched at A, B, C, and DRB1 loci, as tested by DNA analysis.
• Haploidentical donors at A, B, C and DRB1 loci, as tested by DNA analysis
• Unrelated Donors:
• /8 or 7/8 matched at A, B, C, and DRB1 loci, as tested by DNA analysis.
• Able to provide informed consent for the donation process per institutional standards.
• Meet standard criteria for donor collection (e.g. National Marrow Donor Program Guidelines or collecting center guidelines as approved by treating physician).