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MyelofibrosisPhase 2NCT00136409

A Study of Gleevec in Patients With Idiopathic Myelofibrosis or Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML)

A Phase 2 study testing Imatinib mesylate in people with Myelofibrosis and Myeloid Metaplasia, run by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at 2 sites in United States.

Completed

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

Official record
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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects (good and bad) of Gleevec in patients with BCR-negative myeloproliferative disorders including myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Imatinib mesylate
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
34 participants
Where
2 sitesUnited States
Study dates
May 2002to Dec 2008
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

Who may be able to join

  • Patients must have a clinical diagnosis of myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia or chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML). Patients may be entered based on a prior cytogenetic karyotype showing the absence of the Philadelphia chromosome.
  • Patients may be entered prior to completion of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) or fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) studies, but a patient who is subsequently found to be BCR-ABL or FISH positive will be removed from protocol treatment. FISH will only be performed on patients with a normal karyotype. A PCR sample will be sent on all patients.
  • The patients with myelodysplasia must have French-American-British (FAB) subtype chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) defined as peripheral blood monocytosis, and less than 30 percent blasts in the peripheral blood or the bone marrow.
  • The patients with myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia can have one of the following: agnogenic myeloid metaplasia (idiopathic myelofibrosis), or post-polycythemic myeloid metaplasia (post-polycythemic myelofibrosis), or post-thrombocythemic myeloid metaplasia.
  • Estimated life expectancy of 6 months or greater.
  • Serum bilirubin equal to or less than twice the upper limit of normal.
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  • Serum SGOT and SGPT equal to or less than twice the upper limit of normal.
  • Serum creatinine equal to or less than twice the upper limit of normal.
  • Age at least 18 years.
  • Greater than 4 weeks from any chemotherapy (except hydroxyurea), radiotherapy, immunotherapy, or systemic glucocorticoid therapy (non-glucocorticoid hormonal therapy is allowed). Systemic glucocorticoid therapy for non-malignant disease is allowed.
  • The last dose of hydroxyurea must be 24 hours prior to the initiation of Gleevec.
  • Greater than 2 months following bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation or treatment with donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI).

Who cannot join

  • Uncontrolled active infection.
  • Pregnancy or nursing mothers.
  • Patients with myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia or chronic myelomonocytic leukemia who have transformed to acute myelogenous leukemia.
  • Prior treatment or diagnosis of acute myelogenous leukemia.
  • Patients with Philadelphia positive cytogenetics by either peripheral blood or bone marrow sampling.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status > 3.
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  • Prior exposure to Gleevec.
  • Active central nervous system (CNS) disease.
  • Evidence of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus.
  • Active psychiatric or mental illness making informed consent or careful clinical follow-up unlikely.

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country.

United States2 sites
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

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About this study

Official title: A Phase II Study of Gleevec (Imatinib Mesylate) In Patients With BCR-Negative Myeloproliferative Disorders Including Patients With Idiopathic Myelofibrosis With Myeloid Dysplasia or Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects (good and bad) of Gleevec in patients with BCR-negative myeloproliferative disorders including myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.

Read the detailed description

Gleevec will be administered at a dose of 400 mg orally once daily.

Patients will continue to receive the drug until either drug progression or the development of intolerable side effects.

Patients will be assessed with a complete blood count weekly for the first 8 weeks and will have monthly physical examinations and bone marrow examinations every 3 months.

Being tested
Imatinib mesylate
Keywords
myelofibrosis, agnogenic myeloid metaplasia with myelofibrosis, CMML, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, imatinib mesylate, Gleevec
Medical subject headings
Primary Myelofibrosis, Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic

What participants receive

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

  • Imatinib mesylateDrug

    Also called Gleevec

    400mg orally once daily until disease progression or unacceptable side effects

Study groups in NCT00136409
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Mono-Therapy GleevecExperimentalGleevec administered orally at a pre-determined dose once daily.
Receives: Drug: Imatinib mesylate

What is being measured

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

  1. To determine the overall response rate of Gleevec as a single agent in patients with BCR-negative myeloproliferative disorders including myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

    Measured: 3 years

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. To determine the safety and efficacy of Gleevec as a single agent in patients with BCR-negative myeloproliferative disorders including myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia or chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

    Measured: 3 years

  2. to determine the biologic activity of Gleevec in patients with BCR-negative myeloproliferative disorders including myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia or chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

    Measured: 3 years

Timeline

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

  1. First posted29 Aug 2005 (estimated)
  2. Study startMay 2002
  3. Primary completionAug 2005
  4. Study completionDec 2008

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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
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
34 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00136409
Sponsor's protocol ID
01-214
Status last verified
Dec 2016
First submitted
25 Aug 2005
Last updated
23 Dec 2016
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Imatinib mesylate in people with Myelofibrosis and Myeloid Metaplasia, run by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at 2 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?

The sponsor lists 12 inclusion and 10 exclusion criteria. 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 23 Dec 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 2 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?

To determine the overall response rate of Gleevec as a single agent in patients with BCR-negative myeloproliferative disorders including myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (time frame: 3 years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

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 23 Dec 2016.

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