Interleukin-2 in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00002746 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : January 27, 2003
Last Update Posted : February 27, 2019
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RATIONALE: Interleukin-2 may stimulate a person's white blood cells to kill cancer cells.
PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of interleukin-2 in treating patients with myelodysplastic syndrome.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Leukemia Myelodysplastic Syndromes Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms | Biological: aldesleukin | Phase 1 |
OBJECTIVES:
- Determine the safety, tolerance, and maximum tolerated dose of subcutaneous interleukin-2 (aldesleukin; IL-2) in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).
- Evaluate the hematologic effects of subcutaneous IL-2 in MDS.
OUTLINE: IL-2 will be administered in cycles of twice daily subcutaneous injections 7 days a week for 4 consecutive weeks. After each cycle the patient will be evaluated for response. The patient could continue IL-2 therapy for up to 12 cycles. There are 4 dose levels of IL-2. At each dose level 3 patients will be accrued sequentially.
Treatment with IL-2 should be continued until grade III toxicity or any side effects requiring hospitalization occurs. After the patient returns to baseline pretherapy values or grade I toxicity, the subject will resume IL-2 at 50% of the initial dose. If the patient again goes into grade III toxicity or is in need of hospitalization, IL-2 will be discontinued.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Between 12-24 patients will be accrued.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 24 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A PHASE I TRIAL OF SUBCUTANEOUS, OUTPATIENT INTERLEUKIN-2 FOR PATIENTS WITH MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME (MDS) |
Study Start Date : | January 1996 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | April 2004 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | April 2004 |


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Ages Eligible for Study: | 15 Years to 120 Years (Child, Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Histologically confirmed myelodysplastic syndrome: Refractory anemia (RA), refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts (RARS), refractory anemia with excess blasts (RAEB) or chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML)
- No patients with refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation (RAEB-t)
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age:
- 15 and over
Performance status:
- Karnofsky 70-100
Hematopoietic:
- Platelet count greater than 20,000
Hepatic:
- Bilirubin less than 1.6 mg/dL
- SGOT less than 150 U/L
Renal:
- Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL
Cardiovascular:
- No symptoms of coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, edema, clinically manifest hypotension, presence of cardiac arrhythmias on EKG, or severe hypertension
Pulmonary:
- No significant pleural effusion, dyspnea at rest or severe exertional dyspnea
Other:
- No patients with nephrotic syndrome
- No uncontrolled infections or active peptic ulcer disease
- No serious intercurrent medical illness
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Adequate contraception required of all patients
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy:
- At least 4 weeks since prior immunosuppressive therapy
Chemotherapy:
- At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy
Endocrine therapy:
- At least 2 weeks since corticosteroid therapy
- At least 4 weeks since other endocrine therapy
Radiotherapy:
- At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy
Surgery:
- Not specified

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00002746
United States, Washington | |
University of Washington Medical Center | |
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98195-6043 |
Study Chair: | John A. Thompson, MD | Seattle Cancer Care Alliance |
Responsible Party: | University of Washington |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00002746 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
10469 UW-26-245-B NCI-V96-0848 |
First Posted: | January 27, 2003 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 27, 2019 |
Last Verified: | February 2019 |
refractory anemia refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts refractory anemia with excess blasts chronic myelomonocytic leukemia de novo myelodysplastic syndromes |
previously treated myelodysplastic syndromes secondary myelodysplastic syndromes atypical chronic myeloid leukemia, BCR-ABL1 negative myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasm, unclassifiable childhood myelodysplastic syndromes |
Leukemia Preleukemia Myelodysplastic Syndromes Myeloproliferative Disorders Myelodysplastic-Myeloproliferative Diseases Syndrome Disease Pathologic Processes Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms |
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