Busulfan and Cyclophosphamide Followed by Bone Marrow Transplantation in Treating Patients With Acute Myelogenous Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndrome

June 8, 2012 updated by: Northwestern University

Phase II Study of High-Dose Busulfan and Cyclophosphamide Followed by Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation for Patients With Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with donor bone marrow transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of busulfan and cyclophosphamide followed by bone marrow transplantation in treating patients who have acute myelogenous leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the remission duration, disease-free survival, and overall survival of patients with acute myelogenous leukemia in remission or early relapse or myelodysplastic syndrome treated with high-dose busulfan and cyclophosphamide followed by allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.

OUTLINE: Patients receive oral high-dose busulfan every 6 hours for 14-16 doses on days -9 to -6, followed by high-dose cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on days -5 to -2. Allogeneic bone marrow is infused on day 0.

Patients who have already had 1 transplant receive high-dose cyclophosphamide IV on days -6 and -5, total body irradiation twice a day on days -4 to -1, and allogeneic bone marrow infusion on day 0.

All patients receive prophylaxis for graft versus host disease.

Patients are followed every 6 months for at least 2 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 25-40 patients will be accrued for this study.

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Illinois
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
        • Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

16 years to 60 years (ADULT, CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Morphologically proven (from bone marrow aspirate smears or touch preps of marrow biopsy) acute myelogenous leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome of 1 of the following subtypes:

    • Acute myeloblastic leukemia (M1, M2)
    • Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
    • Acute myelomonocytic leukemia (M4)
    • Acute monocytic leukemia (M5)
    • Acute erythroleukemia (M6)
    • Acute megakaryocytic leukemia (M7)
    • Refractory anemia
    • Refractory anemia with excess blasts
    • Refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation
    • Refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts
    • Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
  • In remission or in early relapse as defined by less than 20% blast cells in the marrow or overt active acute myeloid leukemia
  • Suitable marrow donor, defined as a sibling donor matched at the HLA-A, HLA-B, and HLA-D/DR locus nonreactive in bidirectional mixed lymphocyte culture or a donor who is mismatched at 1 antigen loci
  • Active CNS disease allowed

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 16 to physiologic 60

Performance status:

  • ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Not specified

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than 3 times upper limit of normal (ULN) unless due to Gilbert's disease
  • SGOT no greater than 3 times ULN

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL

Cardiovascular:

  • Cardiac ejection fraction normal

Pulmonary:

  • FEV_1 at least 50% of predicted
  • DLCO at least 50% of predicted

Other:

  • HIV negative
  • No evidence of persistent infection
  • No concurrent organ damage or medical problems that would preclude study therapy

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • Not specified

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • Not specified

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • No concurrent antibiotics

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Masking: NONE

Collaborators and Investigators

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 1999

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

August 1, 2004

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

August 1, 2004

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 7, 2000

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 26, 2003

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

January 27, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

June 12, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 8, 2012

Last Verified

June 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • NU 91H4T
  • NU-91H4T
  • NCI-G00-1686

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