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LeukemiaPhase 2NCT00003827

Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome

A Phase 2 study testing amifostine trihydrate, cytarabine and topotecan hydrochloride in people with Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes, run by ALZA at 1 site in United States.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more cancer cells. Chemoprotective drugs such as amifostine may protect normal cells from the side effects of chemotherapy. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 16 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes
What is being tested?
amifostine trihydrate, cytarabine and topotecan hydrochloride
How many people
25 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jan 1999to not given
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 16 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed poor risk myelodysplastic syndrome, including at least one of the following:
  • Bilineage cytopenia
  • Unfavorable cytogenetic abnormalities
  • Refractory anemia with excess blasts and/or refractory anemia with excess blast in transformation (greater than 5% blast)
  • At least 0.5 on the International Prognostic Score System
  • No chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
  • No hypocellular myelodysplastic syndrome (marrow cellularity less than 30%)

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 16 and over

Performance status:

  • ECOG 0-1

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Absolute neutrophil count less than 1,500/mm3
  • Platelet count less than 100,000/mm3
  • Hemoglobin less than 10 g/dL

Hepatic:

  • ALT less than 5 times upper limit of normal

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 1.4 mg/dL

Cardiovascular:

  • No congestive heart failure

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • Must have right atrial catheter inserted

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • No prior blood or bone marrow transplantations

Chemotherapy:

  • No prior acute myeloid leukemia chemotherapy (except hydroxyurea or low dose cytarabine)
  • No prior topotecan
  • No prior amifostine

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • Not specified

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • At least 24 hours since prior antihypertensive medication prior to amifostine

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope

    Duarte, California, 91010-3000

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About this study

Official title: Treatment of Poor Risk Myelodysplasia With the Combination of Amifostine, Topotecan and ARA-C: A Phase II Study

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more cancer cells. Chemoprotective drugs such as amifostine may protect normal cells from the side effects of chemotherapy.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining topotecan and cytarabine given with amifostine in treating patients who have myelodysplastic syndrome.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the toxic effects of amifostine, topotecan, and cytarabine in patients with poor risk myelodysplastic syndrome.
  • Determine the hematologic response rate, cytogenetic response rate, and the rate of polyclonal hematopoiesis following this treatment regimen.
  • Determine the duration of response and time to disease progression following this treatment regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients receive topotecan by continuous IV over 24 hours plus cytarabine IV over 2 hours, on days 1-5. Patients receive amifostine IV over 15 minutes every other day for a maximum of 60 days. Patients may receive a second course of the same regimen 8 weeks after the first.

Patients are followed at least monthly for 2 years, then every 3-6 months until death.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 25 patients will be accrued for this study within 1 to 1.5 years.

Being tested
amifostine trihydrate, cytarabine, topotecan hydrochloride
Keywords
refractory anemia with excess blasts, refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation, de novo myelodysplastic syndromes, secondary myelodysplastic syndromes, childhood myelodysplastic syndromes
Medical subject headings
Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • amifostine trihydrateDrug

  • cytarabineDrug

  • topotecan hydrochlorideDrug

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted25 Sep 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 1999

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Enrolment
25 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00003827
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000066982
Other IDs
CHNMC-IRB-98056, ALZA-CHNMC-IRB-98056, NCI-V99-1533
Status last verified
Jul 2007
First submitted
1 Nov 1999
Last updated
4 Dec 2013
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing amifostine trihydrate, cytarabine and topotecan hydrochloride in people with Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes, run by ALZA at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Dec 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 4 Dec 2013.

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