Status:

TERMINATED

Azacitidine, Darbepoetin Alfa, and Erythropoietin and Filgastrim (G-CSF) in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Lead Sponsor:

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Leukemia

Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 120 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as azacitidine, work in different ways to stop the growth of abnormal cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Colony-stimulati...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the hematological response rate in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes treated with azacitidine, darbepoetin alfa, and filgrastim (G-CSF). Secondary * Determine...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)
  • Bone marrow aspirate and biopsy with karyotyping performed within the past 8 weeks
  • Patients with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML), refractory anemia (RA), or refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts (RARS) according to FAB classification OR RA, RARS, refractory anemia with multilineage dysplasia, or RARS with multilineage dysplasia according to WHO classification must meet ≥ 1 of the following criteria:
  • Symptomatic anemia requiring RBC transfusion for ≥ 3 months before study entry
  • Thrombocytopenia with ≥ 2 platelet counts \< 50,000/mm³ OR a significant hemorrhage requiring platelet transfusion
  • Neutropenia with an absolute neutrophil count \< 1,000/mm³ and an infection requiring IV antibiotics
  • No refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation
  • No history of leukemia
  • No known primary or metastatic hepatic tumor
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • ECOG performance status 0-2
  • Life expectancy \> 2 months
  • AST and ALT ≤ 2 times upper limit of normal
  • Creatinine \< 2.0 mg/dL
  • Serum vitamin B12 normal
  • Serum and/or red cell folate levels normal
  • Ferritin ≥ 50 ng/mL
  • Copper \> 40 µg/dL
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • No prior azacitidine or decitabine
  • No prior therapy for MDS
  • Supportive therapy within the past 28 days allowed
  • No other concurrent treatment for MDS (i.e., thalidomide, arsenic trioxide, cyclosporine, or melphalan)
  • No other concurrent hematopoietic growth factors, including epoetin alfa, filgrastim (G-CSF), sargramostim (GM-CSF), or interleukin-11 (oprelvekin)

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    September 1 2006

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    September 1 2009

    Estimated Enrollment :

    3 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00398047

    Start Date

    September 1 2006

    End Date

    September 1 2009

    Last Update

    September 6 2018

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    Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157-1096