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Arsenic Trioxide and Etanercept in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndromes
This study is currently recruiting patients.
Sponsored by: | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
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Information provided by: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
Purpose
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as arsenic trioxide, work in different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Biological therapies such as etanercept may interfere with the growth of the cancer cells. Combining chemotherapy with biological therapy may kill more cancer cells.
PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of combining arsenic trioxide with etanercept in treating patients who have myelodysplastic syndromes.
Condition | Treatment or Intervention | Phase |
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de novo myelodysplastic syndromes previously treated myelodysplastic syndromes secondary myelodysplastic syndromes myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative disease, unclassifiable atypical chronic myeloid leukemia Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia |
Drug: arsenic trioxide Drug: etanercept Procedure: anti-cytokine therapy Procedure: anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy Procedure: biological response modifier therapy Procedure: chemotherapy |
Phase I Phase II |
MedlinePlus related topics: Bone Marrow Diseases; Leukemia, Adult Acute; Leukemia, Adult Chronic; Leukemia, Childhood
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment
Official Title: Phase I/II Pilot Study of Arsenic Trioxide and Etanercept in Patients With Intermediate-2 or High-Risk or Refractory Intermediate-1 or Low-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes
OBJECTIVES:
OUTLINE: This is a pilot study.
Patients receive arsenic trioxide IV over 1-4 hours on days 1-5 of week 1 and then twice weekly on weeks 2-12 during course 1 (twice weekly on weeks 1-12 during course 2). Patients also receive etanercept subcutaneously twice weekly during weeks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, and 10. Treatment repeats every 12 weeks for 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients are followed for 3 months.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 15-32 patients will be accrued for this study within 8-18 months.
Eligibility
Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and above, Genders Eligible for Study: Both
Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age
Performance status
Life expectancy
Hematopoietic
Hepatic
Renal
Cardiovascular
Pulmonary
Other
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy
Chemotherapy
Endocrine therapy
Radiotherapy
Surgery
Other
Location and Contact Information
More Information
Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database
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