Amifostine and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia

NCT ID: NCT00003268

Last Updated: 2013-08-02

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1998-01-31

Study Completion Date

2003-12-31

Brief Summary

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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 tumor cells. Chemoprotective drugs, such as amifostine, may protect normal cells from the side effects of chemotherapy.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of amifostine in treating patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia who are receiving idarubicin plus cytarabine.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Determine whether amifostine provides systemic protection against the nonhematologic side effects of idarubicin (IDR) during induction therapy of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), allowing the dose of idarubicin to be escalated.
* Determine the maximum tolerated dose of idarubicin when amifostine is used as a chemotherapy protectant.
* Determine the incidence and severity of dose limiting hypotension in patients receiving amifostine and the ability to offset this side effect with vasoconstrictive agents.
* Determine whether any additional side effects of amifostine are dose limiting in patients with AML treated with IDR and cytarabine (ARA-C).
* Monitor the frequency of alopecia, mucositis, diarrhea, and septicemia involving enteric pathogens in these patients.
* Determine the requirement for intravenous hyperalimentation in patients receiving amifostine, IDR, and ARA-C.

OUTLINE: This is a dose escalation study of idarubicin (IDR).

Patients receive amifostine IV over 15 minutes, followed 15-30 minutes later by chemotherapy. Idarubicin IV is administered over 15 minutes on days 1-3. Cytarabine is administered by continuous infusion on days 1-7. Patients may receive 1 additional course of treatment, if necessary.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients each are treated at each dose level of idarubicin. Dose escalation is discontinued when 2 or more patients experience dose limiting toxicity.

Patients are followed at 3 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A maximum of 36 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ Leukemia

Keywords

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untreated adult acute myeloid leukemia adult acute monoblastic leukemia and acute monocytic leukemia (M5) adult acute erythroid leukemia (M6) adult acute myeloblastic leukemia without maturation (M1) adult acute myeloblastic leukemia with maturation (M2) adult acute myelomonocytic leukemia (M4) adult acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (M7) drug/agent toxicity by tissue/organ adult acute minimally differentiated myeloid leukemia (M0)

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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amifostine trihydrate

Intervention Type DRUG

cytarabine

Intervention Type DRUG

idarubicin

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

* Evaluable disease

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* 18 and over

Performance status:

* Karnofsky 60-100%
* ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

* At least 3 months

Hematopoietic:

* Not specified

Hepatic:

* SGOT/SGPT no greater than 2.5 times upper limit of normal

Renal:

* Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL

Cardiovascular:

* Ejection fraction at least 50%
* Must be able to stop taking antihypertensive medication 24 hours prior to cytarabine administration

Other:

* No preexisting severe organ dysfunction
* No history of underlying medical or psychiatric illness that may impair the patient's ability to participate in the study
* Not pregnant or nursing
* Effective contraception required of fertile patients

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

* Not specified

Chemotherapy:

* See Disease Characteristics
* No prior cytotoxic therapy for AML
* No prior amifostine
* At least 1 month since chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

* Not specified

Radiotherapy:

* At least 1 month since radiotherapy

Surgery:

* Not specified
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Neal Flomenberg, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University

Locations

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Kimmel Cancer Center of Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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CDR0000066164

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

ALZA-97-040-ii

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NCI-V98-1395

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

TJUH-980407

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id