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Decitabine in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Sponsors and Collaborators: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00003361
  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 decitabine in treating patients with myelodysplastic syndrome.


Condition Intervention Phase
Leukemia
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Drug: decitabine
Phase II

MedlinePlus related topics: Anemia Cancer Leukemia, Adult Acute Leukemia, Adult Chronic Leukemia, Childhood
Drug Information available for: 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine Deoxycytidine
U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment
Official Title: Phase II Study With Decitabine (5-Aza-2'-Deoxycytidine, DAC) in Myelodysplastic Syndromes

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

Estimated Enrollment: 75
Study Start Date: April 1998
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the response of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (including chronic myelomonocytic leukemia) to decitabine.

OUTLINE: This is an open label, multicenter study. Patients are stratified by disease (low risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) vs. high risk MDS vs. chronic myelomonocytic leukemia). Patients receive decitabine as a 4 hour infusion every 8 hours on days 1-3. Treatment continues every 6-8 weeks for 4-6 courses. Patients are followed at 6 and 12 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 75 patients will be accrued for this study over 1 year.

  Eligibility

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

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven myelodysplastic syndrome Refractory anemia (RA) RA with ringed sideroblasts (RARS) RA with excess blasts (RAEB) RAEB in transformation Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) RA and RARS: Platelet count less than 50,000/mm3 CMML: If WBC greater than 10,000/mm3, then must have at least 8% monocytes in the blood or marrow

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 15 and over Performance status: Zubrod 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: See Disease Characteristics Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL Cardiovascular: No New York Heart Association class III or IV heart disease Other: No active or uncontrolled infection Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception No other active cancer except skin cancer

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No more than one prior chemotherapy regimen for myelodysplastic syndromes At least 3 weeks since chemotherapy and recovered No prior high-dose cytarabine (at least 0.5 g/m2 for at least 4 doses) Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00003361

Locations
United States, Maryland
Johns Hopkins Oncology Center
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231-2410
United States, New York
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States, 10021
United States, Texas
University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030-4009
Sponsors and Collaborators
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Investigators
Study Chair: Stephen D. Nimer, MD Memorial Sloan-Kettering 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: CDR0000066343, MSKCC-98017, NCI-G98-1444
Study First Received: November 1, 1999
Last Updated: July 23, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00003361  
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
refractory anemia
refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts
refractory anemia with excess blasts
refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation
chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
de novo myelodysplastic syndromes
previously treated myelodysplastic syndromes
secondary myelodysplastic syndromes
childhood myelodysplastic syndromes

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Myelodysplastic syndromes
Precancerous Conditions
Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
Refractory anemia
Hematologic Diseases
Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Myelodysplasia
Anemia
Decitabine
Leukemia
Preleukemia
Anemia, Refractory
Neoplasm Metastasis
Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts
Bone Marrow Diseases

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Antimetabolites
Neoplasms
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Pathologic Processes
Disease
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Syndrome
Enzyme Inhibitors
Pharmacologic Actions

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 14, 2009