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This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of vorinostat when given together with cytarabine and etoposide in treating patients with relapsed or refractory acute leukemia or myelodysplastic syndromes or myeloproliferative disorders. Vorinostat may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cytarabine and etoposide, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving vorinostat together with cytarabine and etoposide may kill more cancer cells.


Clinical Trial Description

OBJECTIVES:

I. Determine the feasibility, tolerability, and toxicities, in terms of the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), of the sequential combination of vorinostat (SAHA) followed by cytarabine and etoposide in patients with relapsed and/or refractory acute leukemia or transforming myelodysplastic syndromes or myeloproliferative disorders.

II. Determine whether the addition of SAHA to cytarabine and etoposide chemotherapy improves outcome, in terms of complete response rate, duration of response, and overall survival, in these patients.

III. Determine the effects of SAHA on induction of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)-death receptors DR4 and DR5 and other pro-apoptotic mediators in patient-derived cancer cells (leukemia blast cells) and somatic cells (buccal mucosa cells, using pre-SAHA and on SAHA treatment samples).

IV. Determine the ability of SAHA to block leukemia blast cells in the G1 phase of the cell cycle (leukemia blast cells, using pre-SAHA and on SAHA treatment samples).

V. Determine the effects of SAHA on the expression of P-glycoprotein/MDR1/ABCB1, and the breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP/ABCG2), using functional and mRNA/protein assays for these transporters (leukemia blast cells, using pre-SAHA and on SAHA treatment samples).

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of vorinostat (SAHA).

Patients receive oral SAHA two or three times daily on days 1-7 and cytarabine intravenously (IV) over 3 hours twice daily and etoposide IV over 1 hour once daily on days 11-14. Treatment repeats approximately every 6-7 weeks for up to 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients who achieve complete response after 1 course of therapy may receive 1 or 2 more courses of therapy. Patients who achieve partial response after 1 course of therapy may receive 1 more course of therapy. Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of SAHA until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 1 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. Once the MTD is determined, an additional 10 patients are treated at that dose. Blood, buccal cells, and bone marrow samples are collected prior to and during treatment. Samples are used for pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies, protein expression studies, and gene expression profiling. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed within 30 days. ;


Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • Accelerated Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
  • Adult Acute Basophilic Leukemia
  • Adult Acute Eosinophilic Leukemia
  • Adult Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia (M7)
  • Adult Acute Minimally Differentiated Myeloid Leukemia (M0)
  • Adult Acute Monoblastic Leukemia (M5a)
  • Adult Acute Monocytic Leukemia (M5b)
  • Adult Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia With Maturation (M2)
  • Adult Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia Without Maturation (M1)
  • Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) Abnormalities
  • Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Inv(16)(p13;q22)
  • Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(15;17)(q22;q12)
  • Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(16;16)(p13;q22)
  • Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(8;21)(q22;q22)
  • Adult Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia (M4)
  • Adult Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (M3)
  • Adult Erythroleukemia (M6a)
  • Adult Pure Erythroid Leukemia (M6b)
  • Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Negative
  • Blast Crisis
  • Blastic Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
  • Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia
  • Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia
  • Chronic Neutrophilic Leukemia
  • de Novo Myelodysplastic Syndromes
  • Essential Thrombocythemia
  • Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
  • Leukemia
  • Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute
  • Leukemia, Lymphoid
  • Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute
  • Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
  • Leukemia, Myeloid
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic, Atypical, BCR-ABL Negative
  • Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute
  • Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic
  • Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes
  • Myelodysplastic-Myeloproliferative Diseases
  • Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasm, Unclassifiable
  • Myeloproliferative Disorders
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Polycythemia
  • Polycythemia Vera
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
  • Preleukemia
  • Previously Treated Myelodysplastic Syndromes
  • Primary Myelofibrosis
  • Recurrent Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
  • Recurrent Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia
  • Relapsing Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
  • Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia
  • Secondary Myelodysplastic Syndromes
  • Syndrome
  • Thrombocythemia, Essential
  • Thrombocytosis

NCT number NCT00357305
Study type Interventional
Source National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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Status Completed
Phase Phase 1
Start date May 2006

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