Early Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory High-Grade Myeloid Neoplasms

OUTLINE: RE-INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY: Patients receive filgrastim subcutaneously (SC) on days 0-5, mitoxantrone hydrochloride intravenously (IV) over 60 minutes on days 1-3, cladribine IV over 2 hours on days 1-5, and cytarabine IV over 2 hours on days 1-5. CONDITIONING REGIMEN: Beginning 14-60 days after re-induction chemotherapy, patients receive fludarabine phosphate IV over 30 minutes on days -6 to -2, melphalan IV on days -3 to -2, cyclosporine orally (PO) twice daily (BID) starting on day -3. Sirolimus PO BID starting on day -3 will be given to patients who have matched unrelated donors or mismatched unrelated donors. Patients \>55 years or with significant co-morbidities will only receive melphalan IV on day -2 and will also receive total body irradiation (TBI) on day -1 or day 0. EARLY TRANSPLANT: Patients undergo allogeneic HCT after conditioning regimen on day 0. GVHD PROPHYLAXIS: Patients with matched donors will receive mycophenolate mofetil PO three times daily (TID) on days 0-30, then twice a day (BID) until day 40; and cyclosporine PO BID on days -3 to 96, with a taper until day 150. Patients with matched unrelated donors also receive sirolimus PO BID on days -3 to 150, with a taper until day 180. Patients with mismatched unrelated donors will receive mycophenolate mofetil PO TID on days 0-30, then BID until day 100, with a taper until day 150; cyclosporine PO BID on days -3 to 150, then taper until day 180; and sirolimus BID PO days -3 to 180, then a taper until day 365. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up periodically.