Status:

COMPLETED

Study of Obatoclax in Previously Untreated Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Lead Sponsor:

Gemin X

Conditions:

AML

Eligibility:

All Genders

70+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This protocol will evaluate the efficacy of obatoclax in older patients with previously untreated AML.

Detailed Description

The Pilot Safety portion of the study will evaluate the safety of obatoclax administered by a 3 hour infusion for 3 days in a row. The Pilot Schedule portion of the study will randomize 16 patients in...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed AML
  • No prior chemotherapy for AML (with the exception that the patients enrolled in the Pilot Safety evaluation may have had 1 prior therapy)
  • Age ≥70 years
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status ≤2
  • Patients must have normal organ function as defined below:
  • Total bilirubin \< or = 2 mg/dL unless resulting from hemolysis,
  • Aspartate transaminase (AST \[SGOT\])/alanine transaminase (ALT \[SGPT\]) \< or = 2.5 x institutional ULN
  • Creatinine within normal institutional limits, OR creatinine clearance \> or = 50 mL/min/1.73 meters squared for patients with creatinine levels above institutional ULN

Exclusion

  • Patients who have received or are receiving any other investigational or commercial agents or therapies administered with the intent to treat their malignancy (with the exception that the patients enrolled in the pilot safety evaluation may have had 1 prior therapy)
  • patients with history of allergic reactions attributed to components of the formulated product (PEG300 and polysorbate 20)
  • patients with history of seizure disorders or central nervous system leukemia
  • patients with uncontrolled, intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, symptomatic neurological illness; active, uncontrolled, systemic infection considered opportunistic, life-threatening, or clinically significant at the time of treatment; symptomatic congestive heart failure; unstable angina pectoris; cardiac arrhythmia; significant pulmonary disease or hypoxia; or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients receiving combination anti-retroviral therapy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

18 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00684918

Start Date

April 1 2008

End Date

December 1 2009

Last Update

August 26 2013

Active Locations (13)

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Northwestern University

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

2

The University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242

3

University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute

Westwood, Kansas, United States, 66205

4

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115