Status:
WITHDRAWN
Alemtuzumab in Treating Patients With Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia
Lead Sponsor:
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Conditions:
Lymphoma
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as alemtuzumab, can locate tumor cells and either kill them or deliver tumor-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. PURPOSE: This phase II tri...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: * Determine the objective response in patients with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia treated with alemtuzumab. * Determine the time to treatment failure in patients treated with this drug....
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Diagnosis of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma)
- Immunoglobulin (Ig) M, IgG, and IgA paraprotein
- Measurable monoclonal paraprotein
- Failed at least 1 prior first-line therapy (alkylator agent, nucleoside analogue, or rituximab)
- CD52-positive tumor determined by either bone marrow immunohistochemistry or flow cytometry
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Age
- Over 18
- Performance status
- ECOG 0-2
- Life expectancy
- At least 6 months
- Hematopoietic
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 500/mm\^3
- Platelet count ≥ 25,000/mm\^3
- Hepatic
- SGOT ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Bilirubin ≤ 2.5 times ULN
- Renal
- Creatinine ≤ 2.5 mg/dL (\> 2.5 mg/dL allowed if due to disease)
- Other
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective double-method contraception during and for 6 months after study participation
- No serious comorbid disease
- No uncontrolled bacterial, fungal, or viral infection
- No other active malignancy
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- Biologic therapy
- See Disease Characteristics
- No prior alemtuzumab
- More than 3 months since other prior monoclonal antibody therapy
- Chemotherapy
- See Disease Characteristics
- More than 21 days since prior chemotherapy
- Endocrine therapy
- More than 21 days since prior steroid therapy
- Radiotherapy
- More than 21 days since prior radiotherapy
- Surgery
- Not specified
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00081068
Start Date
January 1 2004
Last Update
January 8 2013
Active Locations (15)
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1
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095-1781
2
Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers - Denver Midtown
Denver, Colorado, United States, 80218
3
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611-3013
4
Greenebaum Cancer Center at University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201