Diagnostic Study of Gene Alterations in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Full Text View

Purpose

RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures, such as genetic testing, may improve the ability to detect acute myeloid leukemia and determine the extent of disease.

PURPOSE: Diagnostic study to try to detect changes in the genes of patients who have acute myeloid leukemia.

Condition	Intervention
Leukemia	Procedure: autoradiography Procedure: reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction

MedlinePlus related topics:

Cancer Leukemia, Adult Acute Leukemia, Adult Chronic Leukemia, Childhood

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Diagnostic

Official Title:	Assessment of the Partial Tandem Duplication of ALL1 (MLL) in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia- A CALGB Leukemia Tissue Bank Project

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

Study Start Date:

February 1999

Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

Determine the frequency of partial tandem duplication of ALL1 (MLL) in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
Determine the predictive value of partial tandem duplication of ALL1 to identify a subset of AML patients who have a short duration of complete remission.

OUTLINE: All samples are obtained from specimens collected on CALGB-9665. No additional blood or bone marrow samples are collected.

Samples are examined by Southern blot analysis for gene rearrangement at 11q23. Samples showing evidence of ALL1 gene rearrangement are further analyzed by reverse transcription PCR amplification and/or cytogenetic analysis to detect partial tandem duplication of ALL1.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Samples from approximately 740 patients will be obtained for this study within 5 years.

Eligibility

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

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

Prior registration on protocol CALGB-9665
Diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Treated on a CALGB AML treatment protocol
Diagnostic bone marrow or blood specimen available

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

15 and over

Performance status:

Not specified

Life expectancy:

Not specified

Hematopoietic:

Not specified

Hepatic:

Not specified

Renal:

Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

See Disease Characteristics

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00003931

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Sponsors and Collaborators

Cancer and Leukemia Group B

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators


Study Chair:	Michael A. Caligiuri, MD	Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital & Richard J. Solove Research Institute

More Information

Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Study ID Numbers:	CDR0000067123, CLB-9769
First Received:	November 1, 1999
Last Updated:	July 23, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00003931
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

recurrent adult acute myeloid leukemia

adult acute myeloid leukemia in remission

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Leukemia

Acute myelogenous leukemia

Acute myeloid leukemia, adult

Leukemia, Myeloid

Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute

Acute myelocytic leukemia

Recurrence

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Neoplasms

Neoplasms by Histologic Type

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on November 30, 2008

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Cancer and Leukemia Group B National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by:	National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00003931