Status:

COMPLETED

LMB-2 Immunotoxin in Treating Young Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Leukemia or Lymphoma

Lead Sponsor:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Leukemia

Lymphoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 21 years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: LMB-2 immunotoxin can locate cancer cells and kill them without harming normal cells. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of LMB-2 immunotoxin in treatin...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the maximum tolerated dose of LMB-2 immunotoxin in pediatric patients with CD-25 positive relapsed or refractory leukemia or lymphoma. * Determine the toxic effects o...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed diagnosis of 1 of the following:
  • Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, including the following subtypes:
  • Lymphoblastic lymphoma
  • Burkitt's lymphoma
  • Large cell lymphoma
  • Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
  • Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
  • Peripheral T-cell lymphoma
  • Hodgkin's disease
  • Acute myeloid leukemia
  • Chronic myelogenous leukemia
  • Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
  • More than 5% blasts in the bone marrow (i.e., M2 marrow classification)
  • Acute hybrid leukemia, including the following subtypes:
  • Mixed lineage leukemia
  • Biphenotypic leukemia
  • Undifferentiated leukemia
  • CD25-positive (CD25+) disease, meeting 1 of the following criteria:
  • More than 15% of malignant cells are CD25+ by immunohistochemistry with anti-CD25 antibody
  • More than 30% of malignant cells from a site are CD25+ by fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis
  • Measurable or evaluable disease
  • Relapsed or refractory disease after at least 1 standard chemotherapy regimen AND 1 salvage regimen
  • No available alternative curative therapies
  • Ineligible for or refused hematopoietic stem cell transplantation OR disease activity that prohibits the required time to identify a suitable stem cell donor
  • No CNS leukemia or lymphoma, as evidenced by any of the following criteria:
  • Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) WBC \> 5/µl AND confirmation of CSF blasts
  • Cranial neuropathies secondary to underlying malignancy
  • CNS lymphoma detected by radiological imaging
  • Prior CNS involvement with no current evidence of CNS malignancy allowed
  • No isolated testicular ALL
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • 6 months to 21 years
  • Performance status
  • ECOG 0-3 (≥ 12 years of age)
  • Lansky 40-100% (\< 12 years of age)
  • Life expectancy
  • Not specified
  • Hematopoietic
  • Pancytopenia due to disease allowed
  • For patients without bone marrow involvement:
  • Absolute neutrophil count \> 1,000/mm\^3
  • Platelet count \> 50,000/mm\^3 (transfusion independent)
  • Hepatic
  • Bilirubin ≤ 2.0 mg/dL
  • AST and ALT ≤ 5 times upper limit of normal
  • Hepatitis B surface antigen negative
  • Hepatitis C antibody negative
  • Renal
  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min OR
  • Creatinine, meeting the following age-related criteria:
  • ≤ 0.8 mg/dL (≤ 5 years of age)
  • ≤ 1.0 mg/dL (6 to 10 years of age)
  • ≤ 1.2 mg/dL (11 to 15 years of age)
  • ≤ 1.5 mg/dL (\> 15 years of age)
  • Calcium 2.0-2.9 mmol/L
  • Cardiovascular
  • Ejection fraction ≥ 45% by MUGA OR
  • Shortening fraction ≥ 28% by echocardiogram
  • Pulmonary
  • Oxygen saturation ≥ 90%
  • Other
  • Sodium 130-150 mmol/L
  • Potassium 3.0-5.5 mmol/L
  • Magnesium 0.5-1.23 mmol/L
  • HIV negative
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No clinically significant unrelated systemic illness that would preclude study participation
  • No conditions that would preclude study compliance
  • No serum that neutralizes \> 75% of the activity of 1 μg/mL of LMB-2 immunotoxin in tissue culture (due to either anti-toxin or anti-mouse immunoglobulin G antibodies)
  • No active graft-vs-host disease (i.e., off immunosuppression)
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • Prior autologous bone marrow transplantation (BMT) allowed
  • At least 100 days since prior allogeneic BMT
  • At least 1 week since prior colony-stimulating factors (e.g., filgrastim \[G-CSF\], sargramostim \[GM-CSF\], or epoetin alfa)
  • Chemotherapy
  • At least 2 weeks since prior chemotherapy (4 weeks for nitrosoureas) except intrathecal chemotherapy
  • No other concurrent chemotherapy
  • Endocrine therapy
  • Concurrent corticosteroids allowed provided the dose has been stable for the past week and does not increase during study treatment
  • Tapering or discontinuation of steroids allowed
  • Radiotherapy
  • At least 3 weeks since prior radiotherapy unless \< 10% of marrow is irradiated and measurable disease exists outside the radiation port
  • Surgery
  • Not specified
  • Other
  • Recovered from all prior therapy
  • At least 30 days since prior investigational agents
  • Concurrent oral supplementation to maintain normal electrolyte levels allowed
  • No concurrent anticoagulation therapy for disease-related conditions
  • No other concurrent investigational agents

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    April 1 2004

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    Estimated Enrollment :

    40 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00085150

    Start Date

    April 1 2004

    Last Update

    April 30 2015

    Active Locations (5)

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    1

    Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

    Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322

    2

    Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

    Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231-2410

    3

    Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Trials Referral Office

    Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892-1182

    4

    Doernbecher Children's Hospital at Oregon Health & Science University

    Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239-3098