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Bevacizumab, Idarubicin, and Cytarabine in Treating Patients With Blast Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
This study has been completed.

First Received on September 13, 2001.   Last Updated on June 4, 2011   History of Changes
Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00023920
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as bevacizumab, can block cancer growth in different ways. Some block the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Others find cancer cells and help kill them or deliver cancer-killing substances to them. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as idarubicin and cytarabine, work in different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining monoclonal antibody therapy with chemotherapy may be an effective treatment for blast phase chronic myelogenous leukemia.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is to see if combining bevacizumab with idarubicin and cytarabine works better in treating patients who have blast phase chronic myelogenous leukemia.


Condition Intervention Phase
Leukemia
Biological: bevacizumab
Drug: cytarabine
Drug: idarubicin
Phase II

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A Phase II Study of Bevacizumab (rhuMab VEGF, NSC 704865), Idarubicin and Cytarabine in Patients With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Blast Phase

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

Study Start Date: July 2001
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the anti-leukemic activity of bevacizumab, idarubicin, and cytarabine in patients with blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia.
  • Determine the toxicity profile of this regimen in these patients.
  • Determine the effect of bevacizumab on angiogenesis in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients receive bevacizumab IV over 90 minutes once on day -13. Patients then receive bevacizumab IV over 90 minutes and idarubicin IV on days 1 and 15 and cytarabine subcutaneously (SC) once daily beginning on day 1. Treatment repeats every 4 weeks for a maximum of 3 courses. Patients with responding disease receive maintenance therapy comprising bevacizumab IV over 90 minutes on days 1 and 15, idarubicin IV on day 1, and cytarabine SC once daily beginning on day 1. Treatment repeats every 4 weeks for 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 20-60 patients will be accrued for this study.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Diagnosis of Philadelphia chromosome-positive blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), defined by 1 of the following:

    • At least 30% blasts in peripheral blood and/or bone marrow
    • Presence of extramedullary disease

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • Over 18

Performance status:

  • Zubrod 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • At least 8 weeks

Hematopoietic:

  • No prior coagulopathies

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL
  • INR less than 2
  • PTT no greater than 60 seconds

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL OR
  • Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min
  • No nephrotic syndrome

Cardiovascular:

  • No uncontrolled hypertension
  • No New York Heart Association class II-IV heart disease
  • No prior thrombotic events
  • LVEF ≥ 50%

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • No more than 2 prior chemotherapy regimens (no more than 1 regimen containing cytarabine) for CML in blast crisis
  • Prior hydroxyurea allowed

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • Not specified

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • Prior imatinib mesylate allowed
  • At least 10 days since prior anticoagulants
  • No concurrent anticoagulants
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00023920

Locations
United States, Texas
University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030-4009
Sponsors and Collaborators
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Investigators
Study Chair: Jorge Cortes, MD M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
  More Information

Additional Information:
No publications provided

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00023920     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: CDR0000068876, MDA-ID-00323, NCI-2431
Study First Received: September 13, 2001
Last Updated: June 4, 2011
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia
chronic myelogenous leukemia, BCR-ABL1 positive

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Blast Crisis
Leukemia
Leukemia, Myeloid
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
Neoplastic Processes
Myeloproliferative Disorders
Bone Marrow Diseases
Hematologic Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Cytarabine
Bevacizumab
Idarubicin
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Antimetabolites
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Pharmacologic Actions
Antineoplastic Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Angiogenesis Modulating Agents
Growth Substances

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