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Immunosuppressive Therapy in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
First Received: May 6, 2001   Last Updated: February 6, 2009   History of Changes
Sponsor: Southwest Oncology Group
Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00016419
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Immunosuppressive therapy may improve bone marrow abnormalities and may be an effective treatment for myelodysplastic syndrome.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of antithymocyte globulin plus cyclosporine in treating patients who have myelodysplastic syndrome.


Condition Intervention Phase
Leukemia
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Biological: anti-thymocyte globulin
Drug: cyclosporine
Phase II

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment
Official Title: A Phase II Study of Anti-Thymocyte Globulin and Cyclosporine for Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)

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Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Study Start Date: August 2001
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the response in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes treated with anti-thymocyte globulin and cyclosporine.
  • Determine the frequency and severity of toxic effects of this regimen in these patients.
  • Assess the correlation between response to treatment and the in vitro assessment of T-lymphocyte subsets in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to myelodysplastic syndrome subclassification (refractory anemia [RA] vs RA with ringed sideroblasts vs RA with excess blasts).

Patients receive induction therapy comprising anti-thymocyte globulin IV over 6-12 hours on days 1-4 and oral cyclosporine twice daily on days 5-94 followed by a taper until day 124. Patients who relapse after a response of at least 60 days may receive reinduction therapy comprising oral cyclosporine twice daily on days 1-90 followed by a taper until day 120. Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed monthly for 6 months, every 2 months for 2 years, and then every 6 months for 3 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 130 patients (53 with refractory anemia [RA], 33 with RA with ringed sideroblasts, and 44 with RA with excess blasts) will be accrued for this study within 14-22 months.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   15 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Morphologically confirmed myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)

    • Refractory anemia (RA)
    • RA with ringed sideroblasts
    • RA with excess blasts
  • Low, intermediate-1, or intermediate-2 risk by International Prognostic Scoring System criteria
  • MDS secondary to prior chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy for other malignant disorders allowed
  • Must have received prior transfusions of at least 4 units of red blood cells for anemia within the past 60 days
  • Must be concurrently registered on SWOG-S9910 and SWOG-9007
  • Ineligible for or refused participation in SWOG-S9920 (HLA-identical sibling peripheral blood stem cell transplantation)

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 15 and over

Performance status:

  • Zubrod 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Not specified

Hepatic:

  • Not specified

Renal:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • No other malignancy within the past 2 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or adequately treated stage I or II cancer in complete remission
  • HIV negative
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Prior cytokines (e.g., interferon or interleukin), colony-stimulating factors, or epoetin alfa allowed
  • No prior bone marrow or stem cell transplantation
  • No concurrent growth factors (including epoetin alfa) except filgrastim (G-CSF) or sargramostim (GM-CSF) for neutropenia

Chemotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No prior remission induction chemotherapy for MDS
  • Prior hydroxyurea allowed

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • Prior amifostine allowed
  • No calcium-channel blockers (diltiazem, nicardipine, or verapamil), antifungals (fluconazole, itraconazole, or ketoconazole), antibiotics (clarithromycin or erythromycin), or other drugs (bromocriptine or danazol) that would increase cyclosporine concentrations for 48 hours before, during, and for 48 hours after cyclosporine
  • No antibiotics (nafcillin or rifampin) or anticonvulsants (carbamazepine, phenobarbital, or phenytoin) that would decrease cyclosporine concentrations for 14 days before and during cyclosporine
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00016419

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Mobile, Alabama, United States, 36688
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Arizona Cancer Center
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Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85012
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Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85723
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Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72205
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Oakland, California, United States, 94609-3305
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Santa Rosa, California, United States, 95403
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Orange, California, United States, 92868
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duarte, California, United States, 91010
David Grant Medical Center
Travis Air Force Base, California, United States, 94535
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095-1781
University of California Davis Cancer Center
Sacramento, California, United States, 95817
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033-0804
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Los Angeles, California, United States, 90073
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Martinez, California, United States, 94553
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Denver, Colorado, United States, 80010
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Denver, Colorado, United States, 80220
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20060
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Fort Gordon, Georgia, United States, 30905-5650
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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
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Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64128
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Billings, Montana, United States, 59101
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 87131
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 87108-5138
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Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States, 10032
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Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
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Albany, New York, United States, 12208
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Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27104-4241
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195-9001
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Seattle, Washington, United States, 98108
Sponsors and Collaborators
Southwest Oncology Group
Investigators
Study Chair: Charles A. Schiffer, MD Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
  More Information

Additional Information:
No publications provided

Study ID Numbers: CDR0000068631, SWOG-S0020
Study First Received: May 6, 2001
Last Updated: February 6, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00016419     History of Changes
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
refractory anemia
refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts
refractory anemia with excess blasts
de novo myelodysplastic syndromes
secondary myelodysplastic syndromes
childhood myelodysplastic syndromes

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anti-Infective Agents
Cyclosporine
Precancerous Conditions
Immunologic Factors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Cyclosporins
Leukemia
Preleukemia
Pathologic Processes
Syndrome
Antifungal Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Dermatologic Agents
Disease
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Hematologic Diseases
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Enzyme Inhibitors
Immunosuppressive Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Antilymphocyte Serum
Neoplasms
Bone Marrow Diseases
Antirheumatic Agents

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on November 30, 2009