Fludarabine Phosphate and Total Body Irradiation Followed by a Donor Peripheral Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndromes or Myeloproliferative Disorders

Patients aged \>= 50 and \< 75 years (yrs) with CMML, or previously untreated MDS or MPD

Patients aged \< 50 yrs at high risk for regimen related toxicity using standard high dose regimens; factors considered high risk include pre-existing conditions such as a chronic disease affecting kidneys, liver, lungs, or heart or previous failed HCT

An human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-identical related or an HLA-matched unrelated donor (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center \[FHCRC\] matching allowed will be Grade 1.0 to 2.1) is available

Recovery from the effects of previous chemotherapy, with a minimum of 21 days from initiation of last therapy; hydroxyurea or anagrelide may be used to manage elevated cell counts in patients up to the time they begin therapy under this protocol

Patients \< 12 yrs of age must be discussed on a case by case basis with the primary investigator (PI) of the protocol prior to registration

A signed informed consent form or minor assent form

MDS: MDS classifiable by the World Health Organization (WHO) system as RA, RARS, refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia (RCMD), RCMD and ringed sideroblasts (RCMD-RS) or RAEB

MDS: No previous myelosuppressive therapy; for the purpose of this protocol myelosuppressive chemotherapy will be defined as chemotherapy given with the intent of inducing a complete remission (e.g., standard 7+3, high dose intermittent ARA-C \[HIDAC\], or Mylotarg)

MDS: Patients must have \< 10% marrow blasts; fewer than 10% marrow blasts must be documented by marrow examination within 3 weeks of initiation of conditioning

CMML: Patients with CMML1 who have not received myelosuppressive therapy must have \< 10% marrow blasts; fewer than 10% marrow blasts must be documented by marrow examination within 3 weeks of initiation of conditioning; OR patients with CMML who have progressed beyond CMML1 and have received myelosuppressive chemotherapy must have \< 5% marrow blasts; fewer than 5% marrow blasts must be documented by marrow examination within 3 weeks of initiation of conditioning

MPD: Patients with polycythemia vera with persistent thrombotic or hemorrhagic complications despite conventional therapy, or who have progressed to postpolycythemic marrow fibrosis

MPD: Patients with essential thrombocythemia with persistent thrombotic or hemorrhagic complications despite conventional therapy, or who have progressed to myelofibrosis

MPD: Chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis with peripheral blood cytopenias

MPD: Patients must have \< 10% marrow blasts; fewer than 10% marrow blasts must be documented by marrow examination within 3 weeks of initiation of conditioning

MPD: No previous myelosuppressive therapy; for the purpose of this protocol myelosuppressive chemotherapy will be defined as chemotherapy given with the intent of inducing a complete remission (e.g., standard 7+3, HIDAC, or Mylotarg)

Atypical chronic myeloid leukemia (CML): Philadelphia chromosome-negative patients with a diagnosis of atypical CML

Atypical CML: Patients must have \< 10% marrow blasts; fewer than 10% marrow blasts must be documented by marrow examination within 3 weeks of initiation of conditioning

Atypical CML: No previous myelosuppressive therapy; for the purpose of this protocol myelosuppressive chemotherapy will be defined as chemotherapy given with the intent of inducing a complete remission (e.g., standard 7+3, HIDAC, or Mylotarg)

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH): Patients with the non-aplastic form of PNH (cellular bone marrow) who have had a history of life-threatening complications of their disease including thrombotic events, severe hemolysis or Budd Chiari syndrome are eligible; other patients may be considered following approval at PCC and approval by the Principal investigator

Matched Related Donor: Related to the patient and is genotypically or phenotypically HLA-identical

Matched Related Donor: Donor age \< 75 yrs unless cleared by institutional PI

Matched Related Donor: Capable of giving written, informed consent

Matched Related Donor: Donor must consent to PBSC mobilization with G-CSF and apheresis

Unrelated Donor: FHCRC matching allowed will be grades 1.0 to 2.1: Unrelated donors who are prospectively:

1. Matched for HLA-A, B, C, DRB1 and DQB1 by high resolution typing;

2. Only a single allele disparity will be allowed for HLA-A, B, or C as defined by high resolution typing

Unrelated Donor: Patient and donor pairs homozygous at a mismatched allele in the graft rejection vector are considered a two-allele mismatch, i.e., the patient is A\*0101 and the donor is A\*0102, and this type of mismatch is not allowed

HLA Matched Related Donor: G-CSF mobilized peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) only will be permitted as a hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) source on this protocol

What this study is about