Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

NCT ID: NCT00276601

Last Updated: 2014-04-17

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2004-10-31

Study Completion Date

2013-06-30

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving combination chemotherapy works in treating patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Determine, preliminarily, the safety of incorporating arsenic trioxide (ATO) into cytarabine and daunorubicin hydrochloride-based consolidation therapy followed by tretinoin maintenance therapy in patients receiving induction tretinoin and daunorubicin hydrochloride with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) induced into remission with tretinoin and daunorubicin hydrochloride.
* Determine, preliminarily, the efficacy of this strategy in inducing and maintaining molecular remissions in patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a pilot, multicenter study.

* Induction therapy: Patients receive oral tretinoin twice daily on days 1-60 and daunorubicin hydrochloride IV on days 4, 6, and 8. Patients are evaluated between days 60-67 and proceed to consolidation therapy.
* Consolidation therapy: Patients receive cytarabine IV continuously on days 1-3, daunorubicin hydrochloride IV on days 1-3, and arsenic trioxide IV over 1-2 hours once daily, 5 days a week, beginning on day 8 and continuing for 6 weeks. Patients with clinical and/or cytogenic, but not molecular, remission receive additional arsenic trioxide once daily, 5 days a week, for 30 doses (6 weeks). Patients achieving clinical and molecular remission after completion of 6 or 12 weeks of arsenic trioxide proceed to maintenance therapy.
* Maintenance therapy: Patients receive oral tretinoin once daily on days 1-15. Treatment repeats every 3 months for 8 courses (2 years).

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for up to 5 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 50 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Leukemia

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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arsenic trioxide

Intervention Type DRUG

cytarabine

Intervention Type DRUG

daunorubicin hydrochloride

Intervention Type DRUG

mercaptopurine

Intervention Type DRUG

methotrexate

Intervention Type DRUG

tretinoin

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* In cases where the diagnosis is unclear, consultation with a hematopathologist is required before enrolling the patient in the study
* Patients found to have cytogenetic abnormalities that do not produce the PML-RARα gene rearrangement will be removed from study and will not be included in data analysis

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* Patients will not be excluded because of performance status or comorbid disease
* Premenopausal female patients must have a negative pregnancy test

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* No prior chemotherapy for APL except hydroxyurea
Minimum Eligible Age

5 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

74 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Principal Investigators

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Steven D. Gore, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Locations

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Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Site Status

University of Florida Shands Cancer Center

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Site Status

Blood and Marrow Transplant Group of Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Site Status

Greenebaum Cancer Center at University of Maryland Medical Center

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Site Status

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Site Status

UNMC Eppley Cancer Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Site Status

Hillman Cancer Center at University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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P30CA006973

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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JHOC-J0442

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

WIRB-20041058

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

J0442, CDR0000449985

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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