Status:

UNKNOWN

Clofarabine, Cytarabine, and Idarubicin in Treating Patients With Intermediate-Risk or High-Risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia or High-Risk Myelodysplasia

Lead Sponsor:

European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC

Collaborating Sponsors:

Gruppo Italiano Malattie EMatologiche dell'Adulto

Conditions:

Leukemia

Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-60 years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as clofarabine, cytarabine, and idarubicin, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from ...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * To determine the optimum dose of clofarabine in combination with cytarabine and idarubicin in patients with previously untreated intermediate- and high-risk acute myeloid leuke...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Diagnosis of 1 of the following by WHO criteria:
  • Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) (≥ 20% bone marrow blasts by bone marrow aspiration or biopsy)
  • No acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
  • All cytogenetic groups allowed, except for the following:
  • t(15;17)
  • t(8;21) or inv(16) AND a WBC count at diagnosis of \< 100,000/μL
  • Primary or secondary AML allowed, including AML after myelodysplasia (MDS)
  • High-risk MDS (≥ 10% bone marrow blasts by bone marrow aspiration or biopsy)
  • No chronic myelogenous leukemia in blast crisis or AML supervening a myeloproliferative disorder
  • Previously untreated disease, except for ≤ 14 days of hydroxyurea
  • No CNS leukemia
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • WHO performance status 0-2
  • Serum creatinine ≤ 1.0 mg/dL or glomerular filtration rate \> 60 mL/min
  • AST/ALT ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • ALP ≤ 2.5 times ULN
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective barrier contraception during and for ≥ 3 months after completion of study treatment
  • No active uncontrolled infection
  • No HIV positivity
  • No psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical conditions precluding compliance with study treatment or follow up
  • No concurrent severe uncontrolled cardiovascular disease (i.e., symptomatic congestive heart failure or symptomatic ischemic heart disease \[NYHA class III-IV\])
  • No concurrent malignant disease
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No concurrent cytotoxic drugs or experimental therapies (e.g., antiangiogenic drugs, tyrosine kinase inhibitors)

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    November 1 2008

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    Estimated Enrollment :

    114 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00838240

    Start Date

    November 1 2008

    Last Update

    July 20 2012

    Active Locations (10)

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    1

    A.Z. Sint-Jan

    Bruges, Belgium

    2

    Institut Jules Bordet

    Brussels, Belgium

    3

    CHU Sart-Tilman

    Liège, Belgium

    4

    University Hospital Rebro

    Zagreb, Croatia