S0020 Immunosuppressive Therapy in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Leukemia Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Phase II Study of Anti-Thymocyte Globulin and Cyclosporine for Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00016419
• Other study ID #: S0020
• Secondary ID: S0020U10CA032102
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• First received: May 6, 2001
• Last updated: March 5, 2015
• Start date: August 2001
• Est. completion date: January 2007

Study information

• Verified date: March 2015
• Source: Southwest Oncology Group
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

RATIONALE: Immunosuppressive therapy may improve bone marrow abnormalities and may be an effective treatment for myelodysplastic syndrome.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of antithymocyte globulin plus cyclosporine in treating patients who have myelodysplastic syndrome.

Description:

OBJECTIVES:

• Determine the response in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes treated with anti-thymocyte globulin and cyclosporine.

• Determine the frequency and severity of toxic effects of this regimen in these patients.

• Assess the correlation between response to treatment and the in vitro assessment of T-lymphocyte subsets in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to myelodysplastic syndrome subclassification (refractory anemia [RA] vs RA with ringed sideroblasts vs RA with excess blasts).

Patients receive induction therapy comprising anti-thymocyte globulin IV over 6-12 hours on days 1-4 and oral cyclosporine twice daily on days 5-94 followed by a taper until day 124. Patients who relapse after a response of at least 60 days may receive reinduction therapy comprising oral cyclosporine twice daily on days 1-90 followed by a taper until day 120. Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed monthly for 6 months, every 2 months for 2 years, and then every 6 months for 3 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 130 patients (53 with refractory anemia [RA], 33 with RA with ringed sideroblasts, and 44 with RA with excess blasts) will be accrued for this study within 14-22 months.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 130
• Est. completion date: January 2007
• Est. primary completion date: July 2003
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 15 Years and older

Eligibility

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Morphologically confirmed myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)

• Refractory anemia (RA)

• RA with ringed sideroblasts

• RA with excess blasts

• Low, intermediate-1, or intermediate-2 risk by International Prognostic Scoring System criteria

• MDS secondary to prior chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy for other malignant disorders allowed

• Must have received prior transfusions of at least 4 units of red blood cells for anemia within the past 60 days

• Must be concurrently registered on SWOG-S9910 and SWOG-9007

• Ineligible for or refused participation in SWOG-S9920 (HLA-identical sibling peripheral blood stem cell transplantation)

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

• 15 and over

Performance status:

• Zubrod 0-2

Life expectancy:

• Not specified

Hematopoietic:

• Not specified

Hepatic:

• Not specified

Renal:

• Not specified

Other:

• No other malignancy within the past 2 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or adequately treated stage I or II cancer in complete remission

• HIV negative

• Not pregnant or nursing

• Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

• See Disease Characteristics

• Prior cytokines (e.g., interferon or interleukin), colony-stimulating factors, or epoetin alfa allowed

• No prior bone marrow or stem cell transplantation

• No concurrent growth factors (including epoetin alfa) except filgrastim (G-CSF) or sargramostim (GM-CSF) for neutropenia

Chemotherapy:

• See Disease Characteristics

• No prior remission induction chemotherapy for MDS

• Prior hydroxyurea allowed

Endocrine therapy:

• Not specified

Radiotherapy:

• See Disease Characteristics

Surgery:

• Not specified

Other:

• Prior amifostine allowed

• No calcium-channel blockers (diltiazem, nicardipine, or verapamil), antifungals (fluconazole, itraconazole, or ketoconazole), antibiotics (clarithromycin or erythromycin), or other drugs (bromocriptine or danazol) that would increase cyclosporine concentrations for 48 hours before, during, and for 48 hours after cyclosporine

• No antibiotics (nafcillin or rifampin) or anticonvulsants (carbamazepine, phenobarbital, or phenytoin) that would decrease cyclosporine concentrations for 14 days before and during cyclosporine

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Leukemia
• Myelodysplastic Syndromes
• Preleukemia
• Syndrome

Intervention

Biological:
• anti-thymocyte globulin
3.5 mg/kg/d IV over 12 hrs day 1

Drug:
• cyclosporine
3 mg/kg bid days 5-94 then taper to 0 at day 124 PO

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albany	Albany	New York
United States	MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC	Albuquerque	New Mexico
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque	Albuquerque	New Mexico
United States	CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional	Ann Arbor	Michigan
United States	University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center	Ann Arbor	Michigan
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor	Michigan
United States	CCOP - Atlanta Regional	Atlanta	Georgia
United States	CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium	Billings	Montana
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Biloxi	Biloxi	Mississippi
United States	Boston Medical Center	Boston	Massachusetts
United States	Medical University of South Carolina	Charleston	South Carolina
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Charleston	Charleston	South Carolina
United States	MBCCOP - University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	Illinois
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)	Chicago	Illinois
United States	Barrett Cancer Center	Cincinnati	Ohio
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Ohio
United States	Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center	Cleveland	Ohio
United States	CCOP - Columbus	Columbus	Ohio
United States	Genesis Medical Center	Davenport	Iowa
United States	CCOP - Dayton	Dayton	Ohio
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton	Dayton	Ohio
United States	CCOP - Central Illinois	Decatur	Illinois
United States	University of Colorado Cancer Center	Denver	Colorado
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver	Denver	Colorado
United States	Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute	Detroit	Michigan
United States	Henry Ford Hospital	Detroit	Michigan
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit	Detroit	Michigan
United States	City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center	Duarte	California
United States	Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center	Fort Gordon	Georgia
United States	Brooke Army Medical Center	Fort Sam Houston	Texas
United States	University of Texas Medical Branch	Galveston	Texas
United States	CCOP - Grand Rapids	Grand Rapids	Michigan
United States	CCOP - Greenville	Greenville	South Carolina
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines (Hines Junior VA Hospital)	Hines	Illinois
United States	Cancer Research Center of Hawaii	Honolulu	Hawaii
United States	Tripler Army Medical Center	Honolulu	Hawaii
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Houston	Houston	Texas
United States	University of Mississippi Medical Center	Jackson	Mississippi
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson	Jackson	Mississippi
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain)	Jamaica Plain	Massachusetts
United States	CCOP - Kansas City	Kansas City	Missouri
United States	University of Kansas Medical Center	Kansas City	Kansas
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Kansas City	Kansas City	Missouri
United States	Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB	Keesler AFB	Mississippi
United States	Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky	Lexington	Kentucky
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington	Lexington	Kentucky
United States	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	Little Rock	Arkansas
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan)	Little Rock	Arkansas
United States	Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA	Los Angeles	California
United States	USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital	Los Angeles	California
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - West Los Angeles	Los Angeles	California
United States	Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez	Martinez	California
United States	Loyola University Medical Center	Maywood	Illinois
United States	MBCCOP - Gulf Coast	Mobile	Alabama
United States	MBCCOP - LSU Medical Center	New Orleans	Louisiana
United States	Tulane University School of Medicine	New Orleans	Louisiana
United States	Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center	New York	New York
United States	CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute	Oakland	California
United States	University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Oklahoma City	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma
United States	Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center	Orange	California
United States	CCOP - Greater Phoenix	Phoenix	Arizona
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Carl T. Hayden)	Phoenix	Arizona
United States	CCOP - Columbia River Program	Portland	Oregon
United States	Oregon Cancer Institute	Portland	Oregon
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland	Portland	Oregon
United States	University of Rochester Medical Center	Rochester	New York
United States	CCOP - Beaumont	Royal Oak	Michigan
United States	University of California Davis Cancer Center	Sacramento	California
United States	CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau	Saint Louis	Missouri
United States	St. Louis University Health Sciences Center	Saint Louis	Missouri
United States	Huntsman Cancer Institute	Salt Lake City	Utah
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City	Salt Lake City	Utah
United States	University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	San Antonio	Texas
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)	San Antonio	Texas
United States	CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital	Santa Rosa	California
United States	CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center	Seattle	Washington
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle	Seattle	Washington
United States	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport	Shreveport	Louisiana
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport	Shreveport	Louisiana
United States	Providence Hospital - Southfield	Southfield	Michigan
United States	CCOP - Upstate Carolina	Spartanburg	South Carolina
United States	CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks	Springfield	Missouri
United States	CCOP - Northwest	Tacoma	Washington
United States	Madigan Army Medical Center	Tacoma	Washington
United States	CCOP - Scott and White Hospital	Temple	Texas
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple	Temple	Texas
United States	David Grant Medical Center	Travis Air Force Base	California
United States	Arizona Cancer Center	Tucson	Arizona
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson	Tucson	Arizona
United States	MBCCOP - Howard University Cancer Center	Washington	District of Columbia
United States	CCOP - Wichita	Wichita	Kansas
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita	Wichita	Kansas
United States	CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium	Winston-Salem	North Carolina

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Southwest Oncology Group	National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	total response		after induction therapy is completed	No