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Arsenic Trioxide in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin's Disease
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Sponsors and Collaborators: Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00005595
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of arsenic trioxide in treating patients who have relapsed or refractory Hodgkin's disease.


Condition Intervention Phase
Lymphoma
Drug: arsenic trioxide
Phase II

MedlinePlus related topics: Arsenic Cancer Hodgkin's Disease Lymphoma
Drug Information available for: Arsenic trioxide
U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment
Official Title: Multicenter Phase II Trial of Arsenic Trioxide in Relapsed and Refractory Hodgkin's Disease

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

Study Start Date: June 2000
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the efficacy of arsenic trioxide in terms of rate of response (complete or partial remission), duration of response, relapse free survival, and overall survival in patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin's disease. II. Evaluate the toxicities of this agent in this patient population. III. Elucidate the mechanism of action of this treatment by measuring induction of apoptosis and caspace activation when given to these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients receive arsenic trioxide IV over 1-2 hours daily for up to 60 days. After 4-6 weeks of rest, patients receive up to 5 additional courses of therapy of 25 days each followed by 4-6 weeks of rest. Patients with a complete response (CR) receive 1 additional course of 25 days after achieving CR. Treatment continues in the absence of unacceptable toxicity or disease progression. Patients are followed monthly for 6 months, every 2 months for 6 months, every 3 months for 12 months, and then every 6 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 12-35 patients will be accrued for this study within 2 years.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   16 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed relapsed or refractory Hodgkin's disease Relapsed after prior first line treatment with at least 2 regimens, such as: Mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone (MOPP) Doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine (ABVD) MOPP/ABV Stanford 5 OR Refractory to a second line regimen, such as: Mesna, ifosfamide, mitoxantrone, and etoposide (MINE) Etoposide, methylprednisolone, high dose cytarabine, and cisplatin (ESHAP) High dose chemotherapy and autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplantation At least 1 measurable lesion

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 16 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Unless documented bone marrow involvement: WBC at least 4,000/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL Other: Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception HIV negative No other prior malignancies within the past 5 years except curatively treated basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix No concurrent active infection requiring antibiotics

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: See Disease Characteristics No concurrent biologic agents No concurrent monoclonal antibodies No concurrent bone marrow transplantation Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics No other concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No concurrent radiotherapy Surgery: Not specified Other: No other concurrent anticancer agents

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00005595

Locations
United States, Illinois
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611-3013
United States, New York
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States, 10021
Sponsors and Collaborators
Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center
Investigators
Study Chair: Martin S. Tallman, MD Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center
  More Information

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

Study ID Numbers: CDR0000067703, NU-99H5, NCI-T99-0093
Study First Received: May 2, 2000
Last Updated: July 23, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00005595  
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
recurrent adult Hodgkin lymphoma

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Lymphatic Diseases
Hodgkin's disease
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Hodgkin lymphoma, adult
Arsenic trioxide
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Hodgkin Disease
Lymphoma
Recurrence

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Immune System Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Pharmacologic Actions

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009