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Clofarabine and Cytarabine in Treating Young Patients With Refractory or Relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Lead Sponsor:

Children's Oncology Group

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Leukemia

Eligibility:

All Genders

1-30 years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as clofarabine and cytarabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giv...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * To define the overall response rate (complete remission or remission without platelet recovery) in young patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or ac...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed diagnosis of 1 of the following:
  • Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with ≥ 5% blasts in the bone marrow (M2/M3 bone marrow) with or without extramedullary disease
  • Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with \> 25% blasts in the bone marrow (M3 bone marrow) with or without extramedullary disease
  • Acute leukemia of ambiguous lineage with ≥ 5% blasts in the bone marrow (M2/M3 bone marrow) with or without extramedullary disease
  • Disease must have relapsed after or be refractory to prior induction therapy
  • Patients with AML or acute leukemia of ambiguous lineage must be in first relapse OR refractory to first induction therapy with ≤ 1 attempt at remission induction
  • Patients with AML who enroll on the phase I portion of the study must have received prior mitoxantrone hydrochloride and cytarabine for newly diagnosed AML (phase I closed to accrual as of 09/16/09)
  • Patients with ALL must be in second or third relapse (≤ 3 prior induction regimens) OR refractory to reinduction in first relapse
  • Patients with ALL refractory to first induction therapy are not eligible
  • No acute promyelocytic leukemia
  • No CNS 3 involvement (i.e., WBC ≥ 5/μL in the cerebrospinal fluid with blasts present on cytospin)
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Karnofsky performance status (PS) 50-100% (\> 16 years of age) OR Lansky PS 50-100% (≤ 16 years of age) OR ECOG PS 0-2
  • Life expectancy ≥ 8 weeks
  • Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate ≥ 70 mL/min
  • Direct bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • ALT \< 2.5 times ULN (unless it is related to leukemic involvement)
  • Shortening fraction ≥ 27% by echocardiogram OR ejection fraction ≥ 45% by gated radionuclide study
  • No evidence of dyspnea at rest or exercise intolerance
  • Pulse oximetry \> 94% at room air
  • Amylase ≤ 1.5 times ULN
  • Lipase \< 1.5 times ULN
  • No active, uncontrolled grade 3 or 4 infection
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for ≥ 3 months after completion of study treatment
  • No known hepatitis B or C infection or history of cirrhosis
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Recovered from all prior therapy\*
  • At least 14 days since prior cytotoxic therapy (except hydroxyurea and intrathecal chemotherapy)\*
  • At least 7 days since prior biologic agent\*
  • At least 14 days since prior monoclonal antibody therapy\*
  • No more than 1 prior autologous or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  • No evidence of active graft-vs-host disease
  • At least 4 months since transplantation
  • No other concurrent chemotherapy or immunomodulating agents
  • No other concurrent investigational therapy NOTE: \*Patients who relapse during ALL maintenance therapy do not require a waiting period.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    March 1 2007

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    August 1 2012

    Estimated Enrollment :

    74 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00372619

    Start Date

    March 1 2007

    End Date

    August 1 2012

    Last Update

    June 5 2017

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    UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294

    2

    Southern California Permanente Medical Group

    Downey, California, United States, 90027

    3

    Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer Center at Miller Children's Hospital

    Long Beach, California, United States, 90801

    4

    Children's Hospital Central California

    Madera, California, United States, 93638-8762