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LeukemiaPhase 2NCT00045422

Interferon Alfa and Imatinib Mesylate in Treating Patients With Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

A Phase 2 study testing recombinant interferon alfa and imatinib mesylate in people with Leukemia, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at 1 site 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: Interferon alfa may interfere with the growth of cancer cells. Imatinib mesylate may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking the enzymes necessary for cancer cell growth. Combining interferon alfa with imatinib mesylate may kill more cancer cells. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any age
Conditions the study is for
Leukemia
What is being tested?
recombinant interferon alfa and imatinib mesylate
How many people
Not given
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Apr 2002to Oct 2003
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 Any age
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Diagnosis of chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia
  • Cytogenetically confirmed Philadelphia chromosome-positive disease or other variant of t(9;22)
  • No secondary chromosomal abnormalities
  • No more than 10% blasts in bone marrow
  • Newly diagnosed OR
  • Received prior imatinib mesylate as a single agent for no more than the past 9 months without achieving a complete cytogenetic response
  • No evidence of extramedullary involvement except nodes, liver, or spleen

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • Any age

Performance status

  • ECOG 0-3

Life expectancy

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic

  • Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm^3
  • Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1,500/mm^3

Hepatic

  • Bilirubin no greater than 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • SGOT no greater than 2 times ULN
  • INR no greater than 1.5 times ULN*
  • PTT no greater than 1.5 times ULN* NOTE: * Except patients on anticoagulants

Renal

  • Creatinine no greater than 2 times ULN

Other

  • Considered potentially reliable
  • No history of noncompliance to medical regimens
  • No other active malignancy requiring chemotherapy or radiotherapy
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective barrier-method contraception during and for at least 3 months after study

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • No prior interferon therapy
  • No prior stem cell or bone marrow transplantation

Chemotherapy

  • No prior chemotherapy (except hydroxyurea and/or anagrelide to control counts)

Endocrine therapy

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy

  • Not specified

Surgery

  • At least 4 weeks since prior major surgery and recovered

Other

  • No concurrent grapefruit juice or grapefruit products
  • No concurrent warfarin
  • Concurrent low-molecular weight heparin allowed

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10021

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About this study

Official title: A Phase II Open Label Study to Determine Safety and Efficacy of Interferon-alpha in Combination With Imantinib Mesylate (Gleevec) in Patients With Chronic Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Who Have Not Achieved a Complete Cytogenetic Response to Gleevec as a Single Agent

RATIONALE: Interferon alfa may interfere with the growth of cancer cells. Imatinib mesylate may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking the enzymes necessary for cancer cell growth. Combining interferon alfa with imatinib mesylate may kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining interferon alfa with imatinib mesylate in treating patients who have chronic myelogenous leukemia.

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OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine whether interferon alfa in combination with imatinib mesylate adds to the hematologic, cytogenetic, and molecular response rates in patients with chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia that is newly diagnosed or has not achieved a complete cytogenetic response to imatinib mesylate alone.

OUTLINE: Patients receive oral imatinib mesylate (STI-571) once daily for 9 months. At 9 months, patients with more than 35% Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) cells in bone marrow receive oral STI-571 twice daily for 3 more months. At 12 months, patients with more than 35% Ph+ cells in bone marrow receive oral STI-571 once daily and interferon alfa subcutaneously once daily. Treatment continues for at least 1 year in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with an appropriate HLA-matched donor may choose to have a bone marrow transplantation at any time during the study.

Patients are followed every 6 months for 3 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 80 patients (60 without an HLA-matched donor and 20 with an HLA-matched donor) will be accrued for this study within 5 years.

Conditions
Leukemia
Being tested
recombinant interferon alfa, imatinib mesylate
Keywords
chronic myelogenous leukemia, BCR-ABL1 positive, chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, childhood chronic myelogenous leukemia
Medical subject headings
Leukemia, Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive, Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic-Phase

What participants receive

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

  • recombinant interferon alfaBiological

  • imatinib mesylateDrug

Timeline

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

  1. First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startApr 2002
  3. Primary completionOct 2003
  4. Study completionOct 2003

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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
Masking
None (open label)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00045422
Sponsor's protocol ID
02-013
Other IDs
CDR0000256469, NCI-G02-2105
Status last verified
Jun 2013
First submitted
6 Sep 2002
Last updated
5 Jun 2013
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing recombinant interferon alfa and imatinib mesylate in people with Leukemia, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

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

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 5 Jun 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?

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.

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 5 Jun 2013.

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