Status:
COMPLETED
Lenalidomide in High-risk MDS and AML With Del(5q) or Monosomy 5
Lead Sponsor:
Nordic MDS Group
Conditions:
MDS
AML
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy of lenalidomide in high risk MDS or AML with chromosome 5 aberrations.
Detailed Description
Previous studies have shown that the immunomodulatory drug lenalidomide is effective in the treatment of low risk MDS with del(5q). Treatment of this subgroup of MDS patients resulted in 67% major ery...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Must be \>18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent form
- MDS at IPSS Int-2 or High with a karyotype including del(5q) or monosomy 5 confirmed with FISH (using the LSI EGR1/D5S23,D5S721 FISH probe)
- Acute myeloid leukemia with a karyotype including del(5q) or monosomy 5 confirmed with FISH (using the LSI EGR1/D5S23,D5S721 FISH probe)
- Patients could be included if:
- At diagnosis and not considered eligible for induction chemotherapy
- Refractory to induction therapy
- Relapse after induction chemotherapy leading to CR and considered not eligible for reinduction
- Relapse after allogeneic stem cell transplantation and not considered suitable for reinduction chemotherapy or other conventional relapse therapy.
- Subject has signed the informed consent document.
- Women of childbearing potential, WCBP, must agree to practice complete abstinence from heterosexual intercourse or to use two methods of contraception beginning 4 weeks prior to the start of the study medication, while on study medication and 4 weeks after the last dose of study medication. WCBP must have two negative serum or urine pregnancy tests prior to starting study drug. WCBP must agree to have pregnancy tests weekly for the first 4 weeks and then every 4 weeks while on study medication and 4 weeks after the last dose of study medication.
- Males (including those who have had a vasectomy) must use barrier contraception (latex condoms) when engaging in reproductive sexual activity with WCBP while on study medication and 4 weeks after the last dose of study medication.
Exclusion
- Pregnant or lactating females.
- Prior therapy with lenalidomide
- Patients who are eligible for curative treatment
- Expected survival less than two months.
- Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL)
- Absolute peripheral blast count \>30,000/mm3
- Central nervous system leukemia
- Serum biochemical values as follows
- Serum creatinine \>2.0 mg/dL (177 micromol/L)
- Serum aminotransferase (AST)/serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) or alanine transaminase (ALT)/serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) \>3.0 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Serum total bilirubin \>1.5 mg/dL (26 micromol/L)
- Prior allergic reaction to thalidomide
- Uncontrolled systemic infection
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
28 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00761449
Start Date
October 1 2007
End Date
December 1 2009
Last Update
April 27 2012
Active Locations (18)
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1
Department of Hematology, Aalborg Hospital
Aalborg, Denmark, 9000
2
Department of Hematology, Aarhus University Hospital
Aarhus, Denmark, 8000
3
Department of Hematology, Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen, Denmark, 2100
4
Department of Hematology, Herlev Hospital
Herlev, Denmark, 2730