Status:

COMPLETED

Decitabine as Maintenance Therapy After Standard Therapy in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Lead Sponsor:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Myelodysplasia-Related Changes

Eligibility:

All Genders

15-59 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This phase II trial is studying the side effects and how well decitabine works when given as maintenance therapy after standard therapy in treating patients with previously untreated acute myeloid leu...

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the efficacy, feasibility, and toxicities when one year of maintenance therapy with decitabine is given to patients \< 60 years with untreated acute myeloid leukem...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • Unequivocal histologic diagnosis of AML (\> 20% blasts in the bone marrow based on the World Health Organization \[WHO\] and/or French American British \[FAB\] classifications), excluding M3 (acute promyelocytic leukemia); patients with antecedent myelodysplasia are eligible for treatment on this trial only if there were no bone marrow biopsy showing myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) \> 3 months prior to enrollment; patients with therapy-related AML are eligible if they have been free of their primary disease and have not received any chemotherapy for at least 2 years
  • No prior 5-azacitidine or decitabine therapy
  • No prior treatment for leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome with four permissible exceptions:
  • Emergency leukapheresis
  • Emergency treatment for hyperleukocytosis with hydroxyurea
  • Cranial radiation therapy (RT) for central nervous system (CNS) leukostasis (one dose only)
  • Growth factor/cytokine support

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    November 15 2006

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    December 1 2016

    Estimated Enrollment :

    546 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00416598

    Start Date

    November 15 2006

    End Date

    December 1 2016

    Last Update

    February 19 2019

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    UCSF Medical Center-Mount Zion

    San Francisco, California, United States, 94115

    2

    Beebe Medical Center

    Lewes, Delaware, United States, 19958

    3

    Christiana Care Health System-Christiana Hospital

    Newark, Delaware, United States, 19718

    4

    Florida Hospital Orlando

    Orlando, Florida, United States, 32803