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Gemcitabine in Treating Children With Relapsed or Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified September 2003 by National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Recruitment status was  Active, not recruiting
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00006462
First received: November 6, 2000
Last updated: February 17, 2009
Last verified: September 2003
History of Changes
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of gemcitabine in treating children who have relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia or acute myelogenous leukemia.


Condition Intervention Phase
Leukemia
 Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride
 Phase 2

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A Phase II Study of Gemcitabine (NSC #613327) in Children With Relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

Resource links provided by NLM:

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Study Start Date: April 2001
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the response rate in children with relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia or acute myelogenous leukemia treated with gemcitabine.
  • Assess the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to disease histology (acute lymphoblastic leukemia vs acute myelogenous leukemia).

Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 6 hours weekly for 3 weeks. Treatment repeats every 4 weeks for a maximum of 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 10-20 patients will be accrued for this study.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   up to 21 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Diagnosis of relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia or acute myelogenous leukemia

    • M3 marrow (at least 25% blasts in bone marrow aspirate)
    • Refractory to conventional therapy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 21 and under at diagnosis

Performance status:

  • ECOG 0-2 OR
  • Zubrod 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • At least 2 months

Hematopoietic:

  • Not specified

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin normal
  • SGOT or SGPT no greater than 2.5 times upper limit of normal

Renal:

  • Creatinine normal OR
  • Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate at least 70 mL/min

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • No concurrent immunomodulating agents

Chemotherapy:

  • At least 2 weeks since prior chemotherapy
  • No other concurrent chemotherapy for cancer

Endocrine therapy:

  • No concurrent corticosteroids except for treatment of adrenal crises with suppressed pituitary/adrenal response
  • Concurrent low-dose hydrocortisone (less than 100 mg/m2) allowed for allergic reactions to amphotericin or transfusions

Radiotherapy:

  • Concurrent radiotherapy to localized painful lesions allowed

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • Recovered from any prior therapy
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00006462

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Sponsors and Collaborators
Children's Oncology Group
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Investigators
Study Chair: Anne Angiolillo, MD Children's Research Institute
  More Information

Additional Information:
Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Publications:

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00006462     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: CDR0000068271, COG-ADVL0022, CCG-A0999
Study First Received: November 6, 2000
Last Updated: February 17, 2009
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
recurrent childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
recurrent childhood acute myeloid leukemia

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Leukemia
Leukemia, Lymphoid
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
Leukemia, Myeloid
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Gemcitabine
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
 Antimetabolites
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Pharmacologic Actions
Antineoplastic Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Enzyme Inhibitors
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Radiation-Sensitizing Agents

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