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LeukemiaPhase 2NCT00004857

Fludarabine Followed by Alemtuzumab in Treating Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

A Phase 2 study testing alemtuzumab and fludarabine phosphate in people with Leukemia, run by Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology at 50 sites in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Monoclonal antibodies such as alemtuzumab can locate cancer cells and either kill them or deliver cancer-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Leukemia
What is being tested?
alemtuzumab and fludarabine phosphate
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
86 participants
Where
50 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Jan 2000to Feb 2010
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 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult
  1. Specific Diagnosis of B-Cell CLL 1.1 An absolute lymphocytosis of > 5,000/µl 1.1.1 Morphologically, the lymphocytes must appear mature with < 55% prolymphocytes. 1.1.2 Bone marrow examination must include at least a unilateral aspirate and biopsy. The aspirate smear must show > 30% of all nucleated cells to be lymphoid or the bone marrow core biopsy must show lymphoid infiltrates compatible with marrow involvement by CLL. The overall cellularity must be normocellular or hypercellular. 1.1.3 Local institution lymphocyte phenotype must reveal a predominant B-cell monoclonal population sharing a B-cell marker (CD19, CD20, CD23, CD24) with the CD5 antigen, in the absence of other pan-T-cell markers. Additionally, the B-cells must be monoclonal with regard to expression of either κ or λ and have surface immunoglobulin expression of low density. Patients with bright surface immunoglobulin levels must have CD23 co-expression. 1.2 Staging 1.2.1 Patients must be in the intermediate- or high-risk categories of the modified three-stage Rai staging system (i.e., stages I, II, III, or IV) per the protocol. 1.2.2 Patients in the intermediate-risk group must have evidence of active disease as demonstrated by at least one of the following criteria:
  • Massive or progressive splenomegaly and/or lymphadenopathy
  • Presence of weight loss > 10% over the preceding 6 month period;
  • Grade 2 or 3 fatigue
  • Fevers > 100.5°C or night sweats for greater than 2 weeks without evidence of infection
  • Progressive lymphocytosis with an increase of > 50% over a 2 month period or an anticipated doubling time of less than 6 months.
  1. Prior Treatment: No prior therapy for CLL including corticosteroids for autoimmune complications that have developed since the initial diagnosis of CLL.
  2. No medical condition requiring chronic use of oral corticosteroids.
  3. Age ≥18 years.
  4. Performance Status 0 - 2.
  5. No HIV disease. Due to alterations in host immunity, patients with HIV may not be enrolled.
  6. Non-pregnant and non-nursing. Due to the unknown teratogenic potential of Campath-1H, pregnant or nursing women may not be enrolled. Women and men of reproductive potential should agree to use an effective means of birth control.
  7. Initial Required Laboratory Values:

Creatinine <1.5 x upper limit of institutional normal value Coomb's Testing NEGATIVE

Trial locations and contacts

50 sites in 1 country.

50 sites in 1 country

United States50 sites

  • Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21201

  • CCOP - Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center

    Bennington, Vermont, 05201

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233-1996

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Buffalo

    Buffalo, New York, 14215

  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute

    Buffalo, New York, 14263-0001

  • Vermont Cancer Center

    Burlington, Vermont, 05401-3498

  • Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-7295

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425-0721

  • University of Illinois at Chicago Health Sciences Center

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612

  • University of Chicago Cancer Research Center

    Chicago, Illinois, 60637-1470

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Columbia (Truman Memorial)

    Columbia, Missouri, 65201

  • Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia

    Columbia, Missouri, 65203

  • Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210-1240

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Durham

    Durham, North Carolina, 27705

  • Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710

  • Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at The University of Iowa

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242-1009

  • University of California San Diego Cancer Center

    La Jolla, California, 92093-0658

  • CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89106

  • Norris Cotton Cancer Center

    Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03756-0002

  • CCOP - North Shore University Hospital

    Manhasset, New York, 11030

  • North Shore University Hospital

    Manhasset, New York, 11030

  • University of Tennessee, Memphis Cancer Center

    Memphis, Tennessee, 38103

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Memphis

    Memphis, Tennessee, 38104

  • CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center

    Miami Beach, Florida, 33140

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Minneapolis

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55417

  • University of Minnesota Cancer Center

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455

  • Long Island Jewish Medical Center

    New Hyde Park, New York, 11040

  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10021

  • New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Campus

    New York, New York, 10021

  • Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY

    New York, New York, 10029

  • University of Nebraska Medical Center

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68198-3330

  • Rhode Island Hospital

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02903

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Richmond

    Richmond, Virginia, 23249

  • MBCCOP - Massey Cancer Center

    Richmond, Virginia, 23298-0037

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco

    San Francisco, California, 94121

  • UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute

    San Francisco, California, 94143-0128

  • Barnes-Jewish Hospital

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110

  • State University of New York - Upstate Medical University

    Syracuse, New York, 13210

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Syracuse

    Syracuse, New York, 13210

  • CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C.

    Syracuse, New York, 13217

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Togus

    Togus, Maine, 04330

  • Lombardi Cancer Center

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20007

  • Walter Reed Army Medical Center

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20307-5000

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - White River Junction

    White River Junction, Vermont, 05009

  • CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services

    Wilmington, Delaware, 19899

  • CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27104-4241

  • Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157-1082

  • University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center

    Worcester, Massachusetts, 01655

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About this study

Official title: A Phase II Study of Fludarabine Induction Followed by CAMPATH-1H Consolidation in Untreated Patients With B-Cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Monoclonal antibodies such as alemtuzumab can locate cancer cells and either kill them or deliver cancer-killing substances to them without harming normal cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of fludarabine followed by alemtuzumab in treating patients who have chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the overall response rate of previously untreated patients with stage I, II, III, or IV B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia when treated with fludarabine induction followed by alemtuzumab consolidation. II. Determine the infectious toxic effects and feasibility of this regimen in this patient population. III. Determine the treatment-related toxic effects, including infection and injection site reactions, of subcutaneous vs intravenous alemtuzumab in patients treated with this regimen. IV. Determine the progression-free and overall survival of patients treated with this regimen. V. Determine the immunologic effects of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients receive fludarabine IV over 30 minutes 5 days a week. Treatment repeats every 28 days for 4 courses in the absence of disease progression. Patients undergo clinical staging after completion of course 4 of fludarabine followed by 2 months of observation. Patients with stable or responding disease receive alemtuzumab subcutaneously 3 days a week for 6 weeks. Patients undergo clinical staging again after completion of 6 weeks of alemtuzumab followed by 2 more months of observation. Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year and then every 6 months for 8 years.

Conditions
Leukemia
Being tested
alemtuzumab, fludarabine phosphate
Keywords
stage I chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage II chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage III chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage IV chronic lymphocytic leukemia, B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Medical subject headings
Leukemia, Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell

What participants receive

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

  • alemtuzumabBiological

    Also called campath-1H

    30 mg subQ injection tiw for 6 weeks

  • fludarabine phosphateDrug

    25mg/sq m/day IV infusion x 5 days Wks 1, 5, 9, and 13

Study groups in NCT00004857
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Fludarabine + Campath-1HExperimentalStandard of care induction with fludarabine followed by consolidation antibody therapy
Receives: Biological: alemtuzumab; Drug: fludarabine phosphate

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Response

    Measured: 2 months post consolidation

Secondary outcomes (1)

  1. Toxicity

    Measured: 2 months post consolidation

Timeline

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

  1. First posted11 Dec 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2000
  3. Primary completionMar 2003
  4. Study completionFeb 2010

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
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
86 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00004857
Sponsor's protocol ID
CALGB-19901
Other IDs
U10CA031946, CDR0000067506
Status last verified
Jul 2016
First submitted
7 Mar 2000
Last updated
6 Jul 2016
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Morrison VA, Peterson BL, Rai KR, et al.: Alemtuzumab increases serious infections in patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) receiving fludarabine-based therapy: a comparative analysis of 3 Cancer and Leukemia Group B studies (CALGB 9011, 9712, 19901). [Abstract] Blood 110 (11): A-756, 2007.

  • Rai KR, Freter CE, Mercier RJ, Cooper MR, Mitchell BS, Stadtmauer EA, Santabarbara P, Wacker B, Brettman L. Alemtuzumab in previously treated chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients who also had received fludarabine. J Clin Oncol. 2002 Sep 15;20(18):3891-7. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2002.06.119.

    PubMed 12228210

  • Byrd JC, Peterson BL, Rai KR, Hurd D, Hohl R, Perry MC, Gockerman J, Nattam S, Larson RA. Fludarabine followed by alemtuzumab consolidation for previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia: final report of Cancer and Leukemia Group B study 19901. Leuk Lymphoma. 2009 Oct;50(10):1589-96. doi: 10.1080/10428190903150839.

    PubMed 19863336

  • Rai KR, Byrd JC, Peterson B: Subcutaneous alemtuzumab following fludarabine for previously untreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL): CALGB study 19901. [Abstract] Blood 102 (11 Pt 1): A-2506, 2003.

  • Rai KR, Byrd JC, Peterson BL, et al.: A phase II trial of fludarabine followed by alemtuzumab (Campath-1H) in previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients with active disease: Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) study 19901. [Abstract] Blood 100 (11 Pt 1): A-772, 2002.

  • Jones JA, Ruppert AS, Zhao W, Lin TS, Rai K, Peterson B, Larson RA, Marcucci G, Heerema NA, Byrd JC. Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia with high-risk genomic features have inferior outcome on successive Cancer and Leukemia Group B trials with alemtuzumab consolidation: subgroup analysis from CALGB 19901 and CALGB 10101. Leuk Lymphoma. 2013 Dec;54(12):2654-9. doi: 10.3109/10428194.2013.788179. Epub 2013 May 9.

    PubMed 23547837

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing alemtuzumab and fludarabine phosphate in people with Leukemia, run by Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology at 50 sites 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 6 Jul 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 50 sites 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?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Response (time frame: 2 months post consolidation). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00004857, which also lists 6 linked publications.

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 6 Jul 2016.

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