Status:

COMPLETED

Infusional C-myb ASODN in Advanced Hematologic Malignancies

Lead Sponsor:

Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

Conditions:

Hematologic Malignancies

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether C-myb Antisense (AS) Oligonucleotides (ODNs)is a possible treatment modality for advanced hematologic malignancies.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients must have one of the following: acute myeloid or lymphoid leukemia; or Myeloproliferative disorder(MPD) including Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML); or Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS); or Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (including CLL); or Multiple Myeloma
  • Patients with acute leukemia must meet one of the following conditions:
  • \*have disease which is refractory to a course of standard induction chemotherapy \*have relapsed diseased after documentation of previous clinical remission or \*have untreated disease and not be a candidate for conventional first line treatment
  • Patients with CML or other MPD must have evidence of accelerated phase or blast crisis
  • Patients having clinical features of CML in transformation but who are negative for Philadelphia chromosome may be entered provided there is a prior definable chronic phase
  • Patients with Philadelphia chromosome positive CML must have failed treated with Gleevec (Imatinib) in order to be eligible for study
  • Patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) must have \> 5% blasts in the peripheral blood or bone marrow and have at diagnosis as IPSS score of \>= 1
  • Patients with CLL must have relapsed or refractory disease after at least three courses of conventional therapy and have been determined to no longer be a candidate for conventional therapy
  • Patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (other than CLL) must have relapsed or refractory disease after at least two courses of chemotherapy and have been determined not to be a candidate for further conventional therapies
  • Patients with multiple myeloma must have failed at least 3 prior therapies
  • Performance Status 0, 1 or 2
  • Serum creatinine \< 2.0 mg/dl; serum bilirubin \< 2 mg/dl and AST/ALT \< 3.0 x upper limit of normal
  • PTT within normal range
  • Age \> 18
  • Patients must have an indwelling central venous catheter

Exclusion

  • Significant cardiac disease which requires active therapy
  • Intercurrent organ damage or medical problems that will jeopardize outcome of therapy
  • Pregnant or lactating females
  • Received prior c-myb AS ODN therapy
  • Patients with suitable HLA identical sibling donor who are deemed to be appropriate and willing candidates for allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
  • Patients requiring anticoagulation with unfractionated heparin.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2002

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

13 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00780052

Start Date

September 1 2002

End Date

August 1 2011

Last Update

September 26 2016

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University of Pennsylvania Abramson Cancer Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104