Status:

WITHDRAWN

Azadirachta Indica in Treating Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Lead Sponsor:

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Conditions:

Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Stage II Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Azadirachta indica may be an effective treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of Azadirachta indica in treating p...

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the lowest dose of neem leaf extract (NLE) with antileukemic effect and acceptable toxicity in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). II. Establish the s...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients must have a definitive diagnosis of CLL as defined by the IWCLL criteria
  • Patients may not have received any prior treatment for management of CLL; (no more than 30 patients with treatment naive disease will be included in this study)
  • Patients with advance stage disease (Rai Stage II-IV) may be included in this clinical trial if they refuse to take standard chemotherapeutic regimens
  • Patients with relapsed or relapsed/ resistant may be included in this clinical trial if they refuse to take standard chemotherapeutic regimens
  • Patients must understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent form
  • Have an ECOG Performance Status of =\< 2 at study entry
  • Able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements
  • Leukocytes \>= 3,000/mcL
  • Absolute neutrophil count \>= 1,500/mcL
  • Hemoglobin \>= 10g/dl
  • Platelets \>= 50,000/mcl
  • Total bilirubin within normal institutional limits
  • AST (SGOT)/ ALT (SGPT) =\< 2.5 X institutional ULN
  • Patients of childbearing potential must agree to use acceptable contraceptive methods (e.g., double barrier) during treatment
  • Patient or legal representative must understand the investigational nature of this study and sign an Independent Ethics Committee/Institutional Review Board approved written informed consent form prior to receiving any study related procedure

Exclusion

  • Any serious medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illness that would prevent the subject from signing the informed consent form
  • Any condition, including the presence of laboratory abnormalities, which places the subject at unacceptable risk if he/she were to participate in the study or confounds the ability to interpret data from the study
  • Trying to conceive, pregnant or breast feeding female patients
  • Unwilling or unable to follow protocol requirements
  • Any condition which in the Investigator's opinion deems the patient an unsuitable candidate to receive study drug
  • Patients who are consuming other herbals or non-traditional therapies (i.e. green tea extracts and cumin) within the last 4 weeks(28 days) of initiating this clinical study; note: patient must have stopped herbal or other non-traditional therapies for CLL at least 28 days prior to initiating therapy on this study
  • Patients with high-risk cytogenetic (del 17p, del 11q) determined by FISH analysis
  • Prior organ transplant

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01251250

Start Date

December 1 2010

Last Update

January 13 2014

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