Efficacy Study of Imatinib Mesylate to Treat Philadelphia-Positive Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

February 21, 2017 updated by: Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Phase II Study of Imatinib Mesylate for Philadelphia-Positive Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

The objective of this study is to determine the efficacy and safety of imatinib mesylate in patients diagnosed as having Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

8

Phase

  • Phase 2

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

15 years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with histologically confirmed diagnosis of ALL.
  • Patients confirmed to be Ph chromosome positive or bcr-abl gene positive.
  • Patients in relapse
  • Patients refractory to initial remission induction therapy
  • Patients ineligible for initial remission induction therapy
  • Patients with an ECOG Performance Status Score from 0 to 2
  • Serum creatinine concentration of not more than 2 × the upper limit of the normal range (ULN)
  • AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) of not more than 3 × ULN. In patients with hepatic dysfunction from leukemic involvement, AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) should be not more than 5 × ULN
  • Serum bilirubin level not more than 3 × ULN

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with findings indicative of leukemic involvement of the central nervous system
  • Patients with any serious concomitant medical condition (e.g., poorly controllable infection, interstitial pneumonia, pulmonary fibrosis, congestive cardiac failure, poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, mental disorder)
  • Patients expected to receive any hematopoietic stem cell transplantation within 6 weeks of the planned initiation of the study drug
  • Patients having received any hematopoietic stem cell transplantation who have a Grade 3 or 4 GVHD.

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.

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)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: imatinib mesylate
Drug: Imatinib Mesylate
Other Names:
  • Gleevec
  • STI571,
  • Glivec,

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
3 month hematological response rate

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Survival
Duration of hematological response
Cytogenetic response in every 3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

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

October 1, 2003

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2007

Study Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 9, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 9, 2005

First Posted (Estimate)

September 12, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 23, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 21, 2017

Last Verified

February 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CSTI571I1203

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