Status:
COMPLETED
Decitabine (DAC) w/ or w/o Valproic Acid (VPA) in Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) and Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
Lead Sponsor:
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
Eisai Inc.
Conditions:
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical research study is to find out if decitabine, given with or without valproic acid, can help to control AML or MDS. The safety of both treatments will also be studied.
Detailed Description
Decitabine and valproic acid are both designed to cause changes in different groups of proteins that are attached to DNA (the genetic material of cells), which may cause cancer cells to die. Researche...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with MDS and \> 5% blasts or IPSS risk intermediate or high; patients with CMML; patients with AML who are age 60 or older. No prior intensive chemotherapy or high-dose ara-C (\> 1g/m2). No prior azacytidine for 3 cycles or more or prior decitabine for 2 cycles or more. Prior biologic therapies, targeted therapies, or single agent chemotherapy allowed.Patients must have been off chemotherapy for 2 weeks prior to entering this study and recovered from the toxic effects of that therapy, unless there is evidence of rapidly progressive disease.
- Continued from #1: Hydroxyurea is permitted for control of counts prior to treatment. Procrit, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF) are allowed before therapy. Procrit, GCSF or other growth factors are permitted on therapy. Use of hydroxyurea with rapidly proliferative disease is allowed for the first two weeks on therapy.
- Performance 0-2 (ECOG). Adequate liver function (bilirubin of \< 2mg/dl) and renal function (creatinine \< 2mg/dl). Adequate cardiac functions (NYHA cardiac III-IV excluded). ALT \< 2.5x institutional upper limit of normal.
- Signed informed consent.
Exclusion
- Nursing and pregnant females. Patients of childbearing potential should practice effective methods of contraception. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately.
- Active and uncontrolled infections.
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
- Known ornithine transcarbamylase disorder.
- Patients requiring continuous valproic acid treatment for the control of seizure disorders.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
153 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00414310
Start Date
December 1 2006
End Date
May 1 2015
Last Update
May 21 2019
Active Locations (1)
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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030