Status:

TERMINATED

Effectiveness of Protected Environment Rooms for AML and MDS

Lead Sponsor:

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Conditions:

Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Eligibility:

All Genders

60+ years

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if the "protected environment" (PE) can help to prevent infections in patients aged 60 and above who are receiving what is considered low-intensity...

Detailed Description

For AML or high-risk MDS, it has been common practice for patients aged 50 and older to receive initial treatment in the PE at M. D. Anderson. The PE is a series of rooms containing a special air-flow...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • AML or high-risk MDS (\> 10% blasts in the marrow or blood)
  • Patient is to be given "targeted therapy". Examples of targeted therapies are tipifarnib + low-dose ara-C, decitabine, and 5 azacitidine + valproic acid.
  • Age \>/= 60 years and Zubrod performance status of 0,1, or 2
  • Informed consent obtained

Exclusion

  • Cannot receive ara-C at a dose \>/= 100 mg/m2 daily, anthracyclines, or cloretazine.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2007

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

3 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00443300

Start Date

January 1 2007

End Date

January 1 2008

Last Update

August 2 2012

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UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030