Protocol Number: 09-H-0062

Title:

Collection of Blood and Bone Marrow Samples from Select Patients with CML to Measure Minimal Residual Disease

Number:

09-H-0062

Summary:

Although allogeneic stem cell transplantation is curative in CML, evidence of the BCR-ABL oncogene at low levels is still found in long-term follow-up of survivors. Such low levels of BCR-ABL post-transplant which do not fulfill criteria for molecular relapse are monitored regularly and considered to be suppressed by the GVL effect. Treatment with donor lymphocyte infusions is only instituted when quantifiable BCR-ABL transcript levels rise steadily, indicative of a true molecular relapse .

Similarly, BCR-ABL is still detectable in the majority of CML patients treated with imatinib who achieve complete cytogenetic response, although the amount of BCR-ABL transcripts seem to decline with longer follow-up. With 5 years follow-up of CML patients at CP who received imatinib, the estimated cumulative best rates of complete hematologic response and complete cytogenetic response were 98 percent and 87 percent, respectively10. For the minority of CP-CML patients who do not respond satisfactorily to imatinib, second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors are now the recommended next line of treatment.

A major question facing clinicians is whether imatinib and the other more pharmacologically potent second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors;can suppress the CML clone at the leukemic stem cell level as effectively as allogeneic stem cell transplantation. This protocol is designed to scientifically compare the treatment responses of patients who are treated with allogeneic stem cell transplantation with patients who receive imatinib or second generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

The primary endpoint of this trial will be the proportion of patients who have detected minimal residual disease (DMRD) in primitive CD34 plus progenitor subpopulations no earlier than 60 days from the onset of their respective treatments.

Sponsoring Institute:

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Recruitment Detail

Type: Participants currently recruited/enrolled

Gender: Male & Female

Referral Letter Required: No

Population Exclusion(s): Children

Eligibility Criteria:

INCLUSION CRITERIA:

1. Diagnosed with CML

2. Age 18 years and older

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

1. Less than 60 days from onset of CML directed treatment

2. Unable to comprehend the investigational nature of the protocol participation or unable to sign their own consent document.

3. Platelet count less than 50 times 10 (9)/L (Bone marrow donors only)

4. Pregnant or lactating

Special Instructions:

Currently Not Provided

Keywords:

Tissue Procurement

Sample Collection

Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

Laboratory Research

Recruitment Keyword(s):

None

Condition(s):

Leukemia

Investigational Drug(s):

None

Investigational Device(s):

None

Intervention(s):

None

Supporting Site:

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Contact(s):

Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison Office
Building 61
10 Cloister Court
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4754
Toll Free: 1-800-411-1222
TTY: 301-594-9774 (local),1-866-411-1010 (toll free)
Fax: 301-480-9793

Electronic Mail:prpl@mail.cc.nih.gov

Citation(s):

Cortes J. Natural history and staging of chronic myelogenous leukemia. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2004 Jun;18(3):569-84, viii. Review.

Vardiman JW, Harris NL, Brunning RD. The World Health Organization (WHO) classification of the myeloid neoplasms. Blood. 2002 Oct 1;100(7):2292-302. Review.

Baccarani M, Saglio G, Goldman J, Hochhaus A, Simonsson B, Appelbaum F, Apperley J, Cervantes F, Cortes J, Deininger M, Gratwohl A, Guilhot F, Horowitz M, Hughes T, Kantarjian H, Larson R, Niederwieser D, Silver R, Hehlmann R; European LeukemiaNet. Evolving concepts in the management of chronic myeloid leukemia: recommendations from an expert panel on behalf of the European LeukemiaNet. Blood. 2006 Sep 15;108(6):1809-20. Epub 2006 May 18. Review.

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