Status:

COMPLETED

Fludarabine and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients Who Are Undergoing Donor Stem Cell Transplant for Chronic Phase or Accelerated Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

Lead Sponsor:

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Leukemia

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Giving low doses of chemotherapy, such as fludarabine, and radiation therapy before a donor peripheral blood stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer cells. It also stops the pa...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the disease-free survival rate in patients with chronic or accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia that failed or inadequately responded to prior imatinib mesy...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Diagnosis of Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) chronic myelogenous leukemia, meeting 1 of the following criteria:
  • Chronic phase
  • Ph+ by cytogenetics or fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) assay
  • Accelerated phase, meeting any of the following criteria:
  • More than 10% but \< 30% myeloblasts and promyelocytes in marrow or peripheral blood
  • Any additional clonal cytogenetic abnormalities
  • Increasing splenomegaly
  • Extramedullary tumor
  • WBC, platelet count, or hematocrit perturbations not controlled by therapy with hydroxyurea, interferon, or imatinib mesylate
  • Persistent unexplained fever or bone pain
  • Less than 5% blasts in the marrow at time of transplantation
  • Not eligible for OR refused conventional myeloablative allogeneic stem cell transplantation
  • Failed OR suboptimal response to prior imatinib mesylate, as defined by 1 of the following:
  • Absence of complete hematologic response after \> 3 months of treatment with imatinib mesylate
  • Absence of cytogenetic response, as defined by 1 of the following:
  • Absence of any cytogenetic response (\< 95% Ph+ or BCR/ABL+ cells by cytogenetic or FISH analysis, respectively) after 6 months of treatment with imatinib mesylate
  • Absence of major cytogenetic response (\< 35% Ph+ or BCR/ABL+ cells by cytogenetic or FISH analysis, respectively) after 1 year of treatment with imatinib mesylate
  • Absence of complete cytogenetic response (no Ph+ cells by cytogenetic analysis OR BCR/ABL+ cells within normal limits by FISH analysis) after 18 months of treatment with imatinib mesylate
  • Hematologic evidence of disease progression
  • Cytogenetic evidence of disease progression
  • Increase in Ph+ cells or BCR/ABL+ cells by \> 20% with at least 1 month between sequential testing
  • Molecular evidence of disease progression
  • More than 10-fold increase in BCR/ABL mRNA levels by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (Q-PCR) with at least 1 month between 2 sequential tests
  • Experienced adverse events during treatment with imatinib mesylate that precluded further administration of the drug
  • No CNS disease refractory to intrathecal chemotherapy
  • HLA identical related donor available
  • Phenotypically matched at HLA-A, -B, -C, DRQ1, and DBQ1
  • No presence of circulating leukemic blasts by standard pathology
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • Any age
  • Performance status
  • Karnofsky 70-100% OR
  • Lansky 70-100%
  • Life expectancy
  • Not specified
  • Hematopoietic
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Hepatic
  • No fulminant liver failure
  • No cirrhosis of the liver with evidence of portal hypertension or bridging fibrosis
  • No alcoholic hepatitis
  • No esophageal varices
  • No history of bleeding esophageal varices
  • No hepatic encephalopathy
  • No uncorrectable hepatic synthetic dysfunction evidenced by prolongation of PT
  • No ascites related to portal hypertension
  • No bacterial or fungal liver abscess
  • No biliary obstruction
  • No chronic viral hepatitis AND bilirubin \> 3 mg/dL
  • No symptomatic biliary disease
  • Renal
  • Renal failure allowed
  • Cardiovascular
  • No symptomatic coronary artery disease
  • Ejection fraction ≥ 35%
  • No other cardiac failure requiring therapy
  • No poorly controlled hypertension (blood pressure ≥ 150/90 mm Hg) on standard medication
  • Pulmonary
  • DLCO ≥ 30%
  • Total lung capacity ≥ 30%
  • FEV\_1 ≥ 30%
  • No requirement for continuous supplementary oxygen
  • No fungal pneumonia with radiological progression after treatment with amphotericin or mold-active azoles for \> 1 month
  • Other
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective barrier contraception during and for 12 months after completion of study treatment
  • HIV negative
  • No other disease that severely limits life expectancy
  • No other active malignancy except localized nonmelanoma skin cancer
  • No nonhematologic malignancy within the past 5 years that is currently in complete remission and has a \> 20% risk of disease recurrence except for nonmelanoma skin cancer
  • No systemic uncontrolled infection
  • No active bacterial or fungal infection unresponsive to medical therapy
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Chemotherapy
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Endocrine therapy
  • Not specified
  • Radiotherapy
  • Not specified
  • Surgery
  • Not specified
  • Other
  • At least 48 hours since prior imatinib mesylate

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    February 1 2005

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    July 1 2006

    Estimated Enrollment :

    40 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00110058

    Start Date

    February 1 2005

    End Date

    July 1 2006

    Last Update

    November 17 2011

    Active Locations (3)

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    City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Duarte, California, United States, 91010-3000

    2

    Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

    Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109-1023

    3

    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

    Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109-1024