Status:

TERMINATED

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

Lead Sponsor:

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Leukemia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-59 years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cytarabine, daunorubicin, and etoposide, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from ...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the maximum tolerated dose of tipifarnib when given in combination with induction therapy comprising cytarabine, daunorubicin, and etoposide followed by consolidation...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) according to the WHO classification system
  • High-risk disease
  • Newly diagnosed disease
  • Patients with secondary AML due to prior chemotherapy for a different malignancy are eligible
  • No known inv(16), t(8;21), or t(15;17) cytogenetic abnormality
  • No acute promyelocytic leukemia
  • No CNS leukemia
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • 18 to 59
  • Performance status
  • ECOG 0-2
  • Life expectancy
  • More than 6 months
  • Hematopoietic
  • Not specified
  • Hepatic
  • AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal
  • Bilirubin normal
  • Renal
  • Creatinine normal OR
  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min
  • Cardiovascular
  • Ejection fraction \> 50% by echocardiogram or MUGA
  • No symptomatic congestive heart failure
  • No unstable angina pectoris
  • No cardiac arrhythmia
  • Immunologic
  • No known HIV positivity
  • No history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biological composition to tipifarnib
  • No allergy to imidazoles (e.g., clotrimazole, ketoconazole, miconazole, or econazole)
  • No ongoing or active infection
  • Other
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No other uncontrolled illness
  • No psychiatric illness or social situation that would preclude study compliance
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • No concurrent epoetin alfa
  • Chemotherapy
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No prior chemotherapy for AML or myelodysplastic syndromes except hydroxyurea
  • Endocrine therapy
  • Not specified
  • Radiotherapy
  • No concurrent palliative radiotherapy
  • Surgery
  • Not specified
  • Other
  • More than 30 days since prior investigational agents
  • No other concurrent investigational or commercial agents or therapies for the malignancy

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    March 1 2006

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    End Date :

    January 1 2008

    Estimated Enrollment :

    30 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00124644

    Start Date

    March 1 2006

    End Date

    January 1 2008

    Last Update

    May 3 2013

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    Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University Medical Center

    Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210-1240

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