506U78 in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of 506U78 in treating patients who have recurrent or refractory cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histologically confirmed relapsed or refractory cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

• Large cell transformation of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma allowed

• No active CNS disease

• Performance status - Zubrod 0-2

• Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,000/mm^3*

• Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3*

• Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)

• SGPT no greater than 2.5 times ULN

• Creatinine clearance greater than 50 mL/min

• No history of symptomatic cardiac dysfunction

• No history of pericardial effusion

• HIV negative

• No grade 2 or greater sensory or motor neuropathy

• No history of seizures

• No other malignancy within the past 5 years except curatively treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin of carcinoma in situ of the cervix

• No medical, psychiatric, or social condition that would preclude study

• No other concurrent serious illness or active infection

• Not pregnant or nursing

• Negative pregnancy test

• Fertile patients must use effective contraception

• No prior stem cell or bone marrow transplantation (BMT)

• No more than 1 prior immunotherapy regimen

• No more than 3 prior systemic regimens with denileukin diftitox

• At least 3 weeks since prior biologic therapy

• No concurrent BMT

• No prior 506U78

• No more than 3 prior systemic chemotherapy regimens comprising any of the following:

• Oral methotrexate

• Topical mechlorethamine

• At least 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy

• No other concurrent chemotherapy

• At least 3 weeks since prior anticancer endocrine therapy

• No concurrent topical or systemic steroids

• At least 3 weeks since prior radiotherapy

• No more than 3 prior systemic regimens comprising any of the following:

• Total skin electron beam therapy

• Spot radiotherapy

• No more than 3 prior systemic regimens comprising any of the following:

• Oral retinoids

• Ultraviolet therapy (PUVA)

• At least 3 weeks since prior anticancer therapy