Cyclosporine and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Launched by UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN · Jul 28, 2004

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OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate whether the addition of cyclosporine (CYSP) to mitoxantrone (DHAD) and etoposide (VP-16) increases the response rate and duration of response in adults with refractory or relapsed acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). II. Correlate response to this treatment with the presence of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) multidrug resistance (MDR) and the degree of in vitro modulation of leukemic blasts, including CD34+ blasts. III. Correlate response with the presence of other resistance mechanisms, such as atypical MDR and non-P-gp phenotype. IV. Evaluate the toxicity of this treatment in ...

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Eligibility criteria

• • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) in the following categories: Refractory to initial standard therapy consisting of idarubicin/cytarabine and amsacrin/cytarabine (on protocol HOVON 29) First or subsequent relapse following complete response to standard chemotherapy (on protocols HOVON 4/4A or 11 or any other protocol) At least 6 months between mitoxantrone/etoposide and relapse No myelodysplasia
• • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not applicable Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2 x normal Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2 x normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.7 mg/dl (150 micromoles/liter) OR Creatinine clearance at least 60 ml/min Cardiovascular: No uncontrolled hypertension No other severe cardiac disease Pulmonary: No severe pulmonary disease Other: No known intolerance to any study drug No uncontrolled severe infection Not HIV seropositive No severe neurologic or metabolic disease No concomitant malignancy except: Nonmelanomatous skin cancer In situ cervical carcinoma No pregnant women
• • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: See Disease Characteristics

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