A Notch Signalling Pathway Inhibitor for Patients With T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma (ALL)(0752-013)

May 25, 2015 updated by: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

A Phase I Study of a Gamma Secretase Inhibitor for Adult and Pediatric Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Acute T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Lymphoma

A Notch signalling pathway inhibitor study in pediatric and adult patients with relapsed (worsening) or refractory (not responding to treatment) T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (T-ALL).

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment

50

Phase

  • Phase 1

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

1 year and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients must have pathologically documented precursor T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (T-ALL), relapsed or refractory to standard therapy, or not be a candidate for standard myelosuppressive chemotherapy due to age or comorbid disease.
  • Patient must have performance status <2 on the ECOG performance status for patients >16 years old; Lansky performance level >50 for patients 12 months to less than or equal to 16 years old.
  • Patient must have adequate renal and liver function as indicated by the laboratory values performed within 14 days of receiving the first dose of study drug.
  • Patient must have fully recovered from any chemotherapy and be greater than 2 weeks from radiotherapy, immunotherapy, or systemic steroid therapy with the exception of hydroxyurea, intrathecal therapy, or immunosuppressant therapy for chronic graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis following allogeneic bone marrow transplant.
  • Patient must be greater than 2 months following bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation and off all immunosuppressant therapy (with the exception of patients taking immunosuppressant therapy for chronic graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis following allogeneic bone marrow transplant).
  • Men and women of reproductive potential must use an effective contraceptive method while enrolled in the study.
  • Patient or the patient's legal representative must be able to understand the study and give written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient has had treatment with any investigational therapy during the preceding 30 days.
  • Patient has uncontrolled congestive heart failure, angina, or had a myocardial infarction in the preceding 3 months.
  • Patient has known hypersensitivity to the components of study drug, its analogs, or to allopurinol.
  • Patient has active or uncontrolled infection.
  • Patient has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial.
  • Patient is pregnant or lactating.
  • Patient has any other severe concurrent disease which would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study.
  • Patient is known to be HIV positive or who has an AIDS-related illness.
  • Patients with a "currently active" second malignancy, other than non-melanoma skin cancer should not be enrolled.
  • Patient has isolated CNS disease.

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
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Collaborators and Investigators

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

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

February 1, 2005

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2006

Study Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2006

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 23, 2004

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 23, 2004

First Posted (Estimate)

December 24, 2004

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

May 27, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 25, 2015

Last Verified

May 1, 2015

More Information

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Clinical Trials on MK0752, (Notch Inhibitor)

Subscribe