Arsenic Trioxide in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndromes

October 2, 2020 updated by: CTI BioPharma

Phase Two Multicenter Study Of Arsenic Trioxide In Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndromes

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer 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 myelodysplastic syndromes.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the percentage of patients with low-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) who achieve a major hematologic improvement after treatment with arsenic trioxide.
  • Determine the percentage of patients with high-risk MDS who achieve complete or partial remission or major hematological improvement after treatment with this drug.
  • Determine the durability of responses in patients treated with this drug.
  • Determine the duration of overall and progression-free survival of patients treated with this drug.
  • Assess the quality of life of patients treated with this drug.
  • Assess the toxicity profile of this drug in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to risk score (low risk vs high risk).

Patients receive arsenic trioxide IV 5 days a week on weeks 1-2. Treatment repeats every 4 weeks for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with stable disease or better may receive additional courses of treatment. Patients who achieve a complete remission (CR) should receive 2 additional courses of treatment after documentation of CR.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline, every 8 weeks during study, and then at 4 weeks after study completion.

Patients are followed at 4 weeks, every 3 months until completion of study treatment, and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 30-110 patients (15-55 per stratum) 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

  • United States
    • Arizona
      • Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85724
        • Arizona Cancer Center at University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
    • California
      • La Jolla, California, United States, 92037-1027
        • Green Cancer Center at Scripps Clinic
      • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033-0804
        • USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
      • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095-1678
        • Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
      • Orange, California, United States, 92868-3849
        • St. Joseph Hospital Regional Cancer Center - Orange
    • Florida
      • Boca Raton, Florida, United States, 33428
        • Lynn Regional Cancer Center West
    • Georgia
      • Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30342
        • Georgia Cancer Specialists - Northside Office
    • Texas
      • Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, 78412
        • Corpus Christi Cancer Center

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

18 years to 120 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)

    • Refractory anemia (RA)
    • RA with ringed sideroblasts
    • RA with excess blasts (RAEB)
    • RAEB in transformation
    • Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

  • Low-risk MDS patients:

    • If serum erythropoietin less than 200 IU/mL, must have failed prior recombinant epoetin alfa (EPO) trial
  • No prior acute myeloid leukemia

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • Karnofsky 70-100%

Life expectancy:

  • More than 3 months

Hematopoietic:

  • Not specified

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • SGPT and SGOT no greater than 2.5 times ULN

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times ULN

Cardiovascular:

  • Absolute QT interval less than 460 msec in the presence of magnesium greater than 1.8 mg/dL and potassium greater than 4.0 mEq/L

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 30 days since prior biologic therapy (except recombinant EPO in low-risk MDS patients)

Chemotherapy:

  • Not specified

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • At least 30 days since prior radiotherapy

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • At least 30 days since prior cytotoxic agents
  • At least 30 days since prior investigational agents
  • No prior arsenic trioxide

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

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

CTI BioPharma

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Scott C. Stromatt, MD, CTI BioPharma

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 1, 2001

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2005

Study Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2005

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 11, 2001

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 26, 2003

First Posted (Estimate)

January 27, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

October 5, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 2, 2020

Last Verified

October 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CTI-1058
  • CDR0000068734 (Registry Identifier: PDQ (Physician Data Query))
  • UCLA-HSPC-010104701
  • NCI-G01-1971

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