Combination Chemotherapy Following GM-CSF in Treating Patients With Multiple Myeloma
Phase II to Treat Multiple Myeloma Patients With Cytoxan and Vincristine After Cycling Myeloma Cells With rHuGM-CSF
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. GM-CSF may make cancer cells more sensitive to the effects of chemotherapy. Combining more than one drug with GM-CSF may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy, consisting of cyclophosphamide plus vincristine, following GM-CSF in treating patients with multiple myeloma that has not responded to previous treatment.
Studieoversigt
Status
Status
Betingelser
Betingelser
Intervention / Behandling
Intervention / Behandling
Detaljeret beskrivelse
OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the response rate of multiple myeloma patients when treated with cyclophosphamide and vincristine after cycling myeloma cells with sargramostim (GM-CSF). II. Evaluate whether Labelling Index (LI) changes influenced by GM-CSF would predict a group of patients that will respond to this particular course specific design. III. Determine the toxicity of GM-CSF in these patients.
OUTLINE: Patients receive subcutaneous injections of sargramostim (GM-CSF) once a day for 5 days. Two to 3 days later, patients receive cyclophosphamide IV over 30-45 minutes on day 1, vincristine IV bolus on day 8, and oral prednisone 4 times a day on days 1-4. Patients also receive subcutaneous injections of GM-CSF starting on day 2 and continuing for 10 days or until neutrophil count is at least 1000/mm3. Treatment continues every 3 weeks for a minimum of 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who achieve at least stable response receive GM-CSF 3 times a week for up to 2 years. Patients are followed every 3-6 months.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A maximum of 30 patients will be accrued.
Undersøgelsestype
Undersøgelsestype
Tilmelding (Forventet)
Tilmelding
Fase
Fase
- Fase 2
Kontakter og lokationer
Studiesteder
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Ohio
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Cleveland, Ohio, Forenede Stater, 44195
- Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center
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Deltagelseskriterier
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Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Køn, der er berettiget til at studere
Beskrivelse
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven multiple myeloma Pancytopenia related to multiple myeloma allowed Failed or progressed after at least 2 chemotherapy or biologic therapy regimens
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 16 and over Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Platelet count at least 50,000/mm3 Absolute neutrophil count at least 750/mm3 Hepatic: SGOT/SGPT less than 3 times upper limit of normal Bilirubin less than 5.0 mg/dL Renal: Not specified Other: No active infection requiring intravenous antibiotics Not HIV positive Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: See Disease Characteristics May have failed prior bone marrow transplant No other concurrent colony stimulating factors Concurrent immunoglobulin allowed Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Concurrent pamidronate allowed Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Concurrent standard radiation therapy to treat extra-skeletal and/or skeletal tumor sites allowed Surgery: Not specified Other: Concurrent epoetin alfa for anemia allowed
Studieplan
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
- Primært formål: Behandling
Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Sponsor
Sponsor
Efterforskere
Efterforskere
- Studiestol: Mohamad A. Hussein, MD, The Cleveland Clinic
Datoer for undersøgelser
Studer store datoer
Studiestart
Studiestart
Studieafslutning (Faktiske)
Studieafslutning
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
Først indsendt
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først opslået (Skøn)
Først opslået
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Skøn)
Sidste opdatering sendt
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidst verificeret
Sidst verificeret
Mere information
Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse
Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår
- Hjerte-kar-sygdomme
- Karsygdomme
- Sygdomme i immunsystemet
- Neoplasmer efter histologisk type
- Neoplasmer
- Lymfoproliferative lidelser
- Immunproliferative lidelser
- Hæmatologiske sygdomme
- Hæmoragiske lidelser
- Hæmostatiske lidelser
- Paraproteinæmier
- Blodproteinforstyrrelser
- Myelomatose
- Neoplasmer, Plasmacelle
- Plasmacytom
- Lægemidlers fysiologiske virkninger
- Molekylære mekanismer for farmakologisk virkning
- Anti-inflammatoriske midler
- Antirheumatiske midler
- Antineoplastiske midler
- Immunsuppressive midler
- Immunologiske faktorer
- Tubulin modulatorer
- Antimitotiske midler
- Mitose modulatorer
- Glukokortikoider
- Hormoner
- Hormoner, hormonsubstitutter og hormonantagonister
- Antineoplastiske midler, hormonelle
- Antineoplastiske midler, Alkylering
- Alkyleringsmidler
- Myeloablative agonister
- Antineoplastiske midler, fytogene
- Cyclofosfamid
- Prednison
- Vincristine
- Sargramostim
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
- CDR0000066529
- CCF-IRB-1863
- IMMUNEX-001.0743
- NCI-V98-1458
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