Irinotecan and Cytarabine in Treating Patients With Refractory or Recurrent Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

NCT ID: NCT00053144

Last Updated: 2011-03-08

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1999-11-30

Study Completion Date

2003-03-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of combining irinotecan with cytarabine in treating patients who have refractory or recurrent acute myeloid leukemia or chronic myelogenous leukemia.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the activity of irinotecan and cytarabine in patients with refractory or recurrent acute myeloid leukemia or chronic myelogenous leukemia in myeloid blast transformation.
* Determine the pharmacokinetics of this regimen in these patients.
* Determine the maximum tolerated dose of irinotecan in this regimen in these patients.
* Correlate the clinical activity of this drug with cellular endpoints associated with DNA synthesis inhibition, DNA repair, induction of apoptosis, and drug resistance in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of irinotecan.

Patients receive irinotecan IV over 90 minutes and cytarabine IV over 60 minutes on days 1-6. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of irinotecan until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which at least 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. An additional 9 patients with refractory/relapsed acute myeloid leukemia and 9 patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia in myeloid blast transformation are treated at the MTD.

Patients are followed for survival.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 3-36 patients will be accrued for this study within 2.5 years.

Conditions

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Leukemia

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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cytarabine

Intervention Type DRUG

irinotecan hydrochloride

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically confirmed acute myeloid leukemia (M0-M7)

* De novo or secondary disease

* Previously treated and refractory to prior therapy (which has included high-dose cytarabine and an anthracycline)
* Antecedent hematologic disorders allowed OR
* Histologically confirmed Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia in myeloid blast transformation

* Treated or untreated
* Blast transformation defined by at least 20% blasts in marrow and/or blood
* Myeloid lineage defined by immunophenotyping

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

* 15 and over

Performance status

* 0-3

Life expectancy

* At least 4 weeks

Hematopoietic

* See Disease Characteristics

Hepatic

* Bilirubin less than 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
* SGOT less than 2 times ULN

Renal

* Creatinine less than 1.5 times ULN

Other

* Not pregnant or nursing
* Negative pregnancy test
* No other concurrent serious medical or psychiatric illness that would preclude study consent

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

* Not specified

Chemotherapy

* See Disease Characteristics
* Prior chemotherapy for an antecedent malignancy or other medical condition allowed

Endocrine therapy

* Not specified

Radiotherapy

* Prior radiotherapy for an antecedent malignancy or other medical condition allowed

Surgery

* Not specified
Minimum Eligible Age

15 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Principal Investigators

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Maria R. Baer, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Locations

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Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Buffalo, New York, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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P30CA016056

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

RPCI-RPC-9901

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000269286

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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