Status:

COMPLETED

Tipifarnib and Etoposide in Treating Older Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Lead Sponsor:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Adult Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia (M7)

Adult Acute Minimally Differentiated Myeloid Leukemia (M0)

Eligibility:

All Genders

70+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of tipifarnib and etoposide in treating older patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia. Tipifarnib may stop the growth of canc...

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the feasibility, tolerability, and toxicities of administering a fixed dose of R115777 in combination with escalating doses of VP-16 in elderly adults ( = 70 years...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adults age with established, pathologically confirmed diagnoses of newly diagnosed AML, including de novo and secondary AMLs but excluding newly diagnosed acute progranulocytic leukemia (APL, M3), will be considered eligible for study
  • ECOG performance status 0-2
  • Patient must be able to give informed consent
  • Serum creatinine =\< 2.0 mg/dl
  • SGOT and SGPT =\< 5 x upper limit normal (ULN)
  • Bilirubin =\< 2 mg/dl
  • Disease-specific criteria:
  • Newly diagnosed AML, subtypes M0,1,2,4-7 but excluding M3 (APL), including myelodysplasia (MDS)-related AML (MDS/AML) and treatment-related AML
  • Patients who have received hydroxyurea alone or have received non-cytotoxic therapies previously for MDS (e.g., thalidomide, interferon, cytokines, 5-azacytidine) will be eligible for this trial

Exclusion

  • Any previous treatment with R115777 or VP-16
  • Patients receiving concomitant chemotherapy, radiation therapy or immunotherapy
  • Hyperleukocytosis with \>= 30,000 blasts/uL or rapidly rising blast count with projected doubling time of =\< 2 days
  • Acute progranulocytic leukemia (APL,M3)
  • Active CNS leukemia
  • Active, uncontrolled infection; patients with infection under active treatment and controlled with antibiotics are eligible
  • Presence of other life-threatening illness
  • Patients with mental deficits and/or psychiatric history that preclude them from giving informed consent or from following protocol
  • Patients on enzyme-inducing anti-convulsants (e.g., phenytoin, fosphenytoin, phenobarbital, primidone, carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine); patients may be changed to non-enzyme inducing anti-convulsants and stabilized before starting study treatment

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00112853

Start Date

March 1 2005

Last Update

January 9 2013

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Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287-8936