Status:

COMPLETED

Sorafenib in Treating Patients With Refractory or Relapsed Acute Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, or Blastic Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

Lead Sponsor:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Adult Acute Basophilic Leukemia

Adult Acute Eosinophilic Leukemia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

This randomized phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of two different schedules of sorafenib in treating patients with refractory or relapsed acute leukemia, myelodysplastic syndro...

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the maximum tolerated dose of sorafenib when administered in two different schedules in patients with refractory or relapsed acute leukemia, myelodysplastic syndromes...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Diagnosis of 1 of the following: Acute myeloid leukemia (Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3) allowed provided patient has failed prior therapy with both tretinoin and arsenic alone or in combination); Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Myelodysplastic syndromes; Blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia (Failed OR intolerant to imatinib mesylate)
  • Must have failed prior therapy with \>= 1 cytotoxic- or biologic-targeted agent (e.g., hypomethylating agents, farnesyl transferase inhibitors, thalidomide, or tyrosine kinase inhibitors); Any number of prior regimens allowed
  • Performance status: ECOG 0-1
  • ALT =\< 2.5 times upper limit of normal
  • Bilirubin =\< 1.5 mg/dL
  • Creatinine =\< 2.0 mg/dL OR Creatinine clearance \>= 60 mL/min
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No psychiatric illness or social situation that would preclude study compliance
  • Prior bone marrow transplantation allowed
  • At least 2 weeks since prior cytotoxic agents OR at least 5 half-lives for non-cytotoxic agents in the absence of rapidly progressing disease
  • At least 24 hours since prior hydrea for control of peripheral blood leukemia cell counts
  • Hydroxyurea allowed up to 72 hours after start of therapy with sorafenib
  • No persistent, chronic, clinically significant toxicities \> grade 1 from prior chemotherapy

Exclusion

  • Cytopenias secondary to multilineage bone marrow failure allowed
  • Ineligible for or not willing to undergo allogeneic stem cell transplantation OR no donor available
  • Absolute blast count=\< 20,000/mm\^3 unless patient has documented fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 internal tandem duplication
  • No evidence of bleeding diathesis (except due to low platelets associated with the primary disease)
  • No New York Heart Association class III or IV congestive heart failure
  • No uncontrolled hypertension (i.e., sustained systolic blood pressure \[BP\] \>= 150 mm Hg or diastolic BP \>= 90 mm Hg)
  • No unstable angina pectoris
  • No symptomatic cardiac arrhythmia requiring and not responding to medical intervention
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • No history of allergic reaction attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biological composition to the study drug
  • No swallowing dysfunction that would impede oral ingestion of tablets
  • No active uncontrolled infection
  • No other uncontrolled illness
  • No prior sorafenib
  • No other concurrent investigational or commercial agents, except for standard intrathecal chemotherapy for the treatment of isolated CNS leukemic involvement
  • No other concurrent anticancer agents
  • No concurrent combination antiretroviral therapy for HIV-positive patients
  • No concurrent therapeutic anticoagulation (Concurrent prophylactic anticoagulation \[i.e., low-dose warfarin, catheter flushing with heparin\] of venous or arterial access devices allowed)
  • No concurrent cytochrome P450 enzyme-inducing antiepileptic agents, including, but not limited to, any of the following: Phenytoin; Carbamazepine; Phenobarbital; Rifampin
  • No concurrent Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

Estimated Enrollment :

36 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00217646

Start Date

October 1 2005

Last Update

April 28 2015

Active Locations (1)

Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.

Page 1 of 1 (1 locations)

1

M D Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030