Status:

COMPLETED

Safety Study of 5-Azacitidine and Standard Donor Lymphocyte Infusion (DLI) to Treat Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) or Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) Relapsing After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

Lead Sponsor:

Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf

Conditions:

Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This open label phase-II trial evaluates hematological response of an additional treatment with 5-Azacitidine to common DLI in patients with MDS or AML relapsing after allogeneic stem cell transplanta...

Detailed Description

Relapse after allogeneic stem cell transplantation is a major problem in patients with poor prognosis AML or MDS. Donor lymphocyte infusions alone re-induce remission in a minority of these patients, ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • \- Primary and secondary MDS, AML after MDS, and de novo AML relapsing after allogeneic stem cell transplantation
  • Eligibility for Donor Lymphocyte Infusions
  • Performance status according to the WHO scale: 0, 1 or 2.
  • Adequate renal and liver function: bilirubin \< 1.5 times the upper limit of normal and a GFR \> 50 ml/min
  • Absence of severe cardiovascular disease, i.e., arrhythmias requiring chronic treatment, congestive heart failure (NYHA Class III or IV) or symptomatic ischemic heart disease, where New-York Heart Association (NYHA)
  • HIV negative and HBs-Ag negative.
  • Absence of active uncontrolled infection (Septicaemia).
  • No prior history or current evidence of central nervous system and psychiatric disorders requiring hospitalization.
  • Age at least 18 years.
  • Negative pregnancy test for women with reproductive potential.
  • Signed written informed consent must be given according to national/local regulations.

Exclusion

  • \- Have malignant hepatic tumors.
  • Severe liver dysfunction CHILD B and C.
  • Renal insufficiency with a GFR \< 50 ml/min
  • Radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or cytotoxic therapy, given to treat conditions other than MDS, AML or applied for conditioning prior allogeneic stemcell transplantation.
  • Psychiatric illness that would prevent granting of informed consent.
  • Treatment with androgenic hormones during the previous 14 days prior Day 1.
  • Active viral infection with known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or viral Hepatitis B or C.
  • Hypersensitivity to Mannitol or 5-Azacitidine.
  • Treatment with other investigational drugs following relapse after allogeneic stemcell transplantation or ongoing adverse events from previous treatment with investigational drugs regardless of time period.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00795548

Start Date

November 1 2008

End Date

August 1 2011

Last Update

January 23 2012

Active Locations (6)

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1

Universitaetsklinik Heidelberg, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik V

Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, 69120

2

Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 20246

3

Klinikum der Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität, Medizinische Klinik II

Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, 60590

4

Department of Hematology, Oncology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Duesseldorf

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 40225