Arsenic Trioxide in Treating Patients With Advanced Hematologic Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00003395 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : August 16, 2004
Last Update Posted : June 25, 2013
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.
PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of arsenic trioxide in treating patients who have advanced hematologic cancer.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Leukemia Lymphoma Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm | Drug: arsenic trioxide | Phase 1 |
OBJECTIVES: I. Develop a safe, weight-based, extended-dosing regimen of arsenic trioxide suitable for outpatient therapy in patients with advanced hematologic cancers. II. Determine the pattern of clinical adverse experience in patients treated with this drug. III. Evaluate evidence of clinical responsiveness that may provide leads for further testing in patients treated with this drug.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study. Patients receive arsenic trioxide IV over 1-4 hours on days 1-25. Courses repeat every 3-5 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Cohorts of 4-6 patients receive escalating doses of arsenic trioxide until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose at which no more than 1 of 6 patients experiences dose-limiting toxicity. Patients are followed for 1 month.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 48 patients will be accrued for this study.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Dose-Ranging Study of Arsenic Trioxide in Advanced Hematologic Cancers |
Study Start Date : | April 1998 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 2000 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 2000 |


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Ages Eligible for Study: | 17 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven hematologic cancer, including acute or chronic leukemia, malignant lymphoma, or multiple myeloma Exclude acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3) Relapse from or resistance to at least one course of standard anticancer therapy and lack of alternative therapy that has proven to be curative in the underlying disease
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 17 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2.5 mg/dL Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2.5 mg/dL Other: Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for at least 4 months after study No history of grand mal seizures (other than infantile febrile seizures) No active serious infections that are not controlled by antibiotics
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No concurrent cytotoxic chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No concurrent radiotherapy Surgery: Not specified Other: No other concurrent investigational agents

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00003395
United States, New York | |
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | |
New York, New York, United States, 10021 |
Study Chair: | Steven Soignet, MD | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00003395 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
98-023 CDR0000066395 ( Registry Identifier: PDQ (Physician Data Query) ) NCI-G98-1449 |
First Posted: | August 16, 2004 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 25, 2013 |
Last Verified: | June 2013 |
stage IV adult Hodgkin lymphoma recurrent adult Hodgkin lymphoma stage IV cutaneous T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma recurrent cutaneous T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma refractory multiple myeloma Waldenström macroglobulinemia stage III multiple myeloma stage IV chronic lymphocytic leukemia recurrent adult acute myeloid leukemia recurrent adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia relapsing chronic myelogenous leukemia refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia |
meningeal chronic myelogenous leukemia adult acute erythroid leukemia (M6) adult acute myeloblastic leukemia without maturation (M1) adult acute myeloblastic leukemia with maturation (M2) adult acute myelomonocytic leukemia (M4) adult acute monoblastic leukemia (M5a) adult acute eosinophilic leukemia adult acute basophilic leukemia adult acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (M7) progressive hairy cell leukemia, initial treatment refractory hairy cell leukemia acute undifferentiated leukemia stage IV grade 1 follicular lymphoma stage IV grade 2 follicular lymphoma stage IV grade 3 follicular lymphoma |
Lymphoma Leukemia Multiple Myeloma Neoplasms, Plasma Cell Plasmacytoma Hematologic Neoplasms Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Lymphoproliferative Disorders Lymphatic Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders |
Immune System Diseases Hemostatic Disorders Vascular Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Paraproteinemias Blood Protein Disorders Hematologic Diseases Hemorrhagic Disorders Neoplasms by Site Arsenic Trioxide Antineoplastic Agents |