Amifostine in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2001-02-12
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Amifostine may improve blood counts in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of amifostine in treating patients with myelodysplastic syndrome.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Amifostine

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven myelodysplastic syndrome Less than 30% blasts in bone marrow

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance Status: Zubrod 0-2 Karnofsky 60-100% ECOG 0-2 Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2 mg/dL Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2 mg/dL Cardiovascular: No New York Heart Association Class IV disease No antihypertensive medication within 24 hours of amifostine administration Other: Not pregnant or nursing Effective contraceptive method must be used during study No medical illness No psychosis Eligible patients with an HLA compatible donor are referred to bone marrow transplantation

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy within 4 weeks of study and recovered Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified