Chemotherapy in Treating Patients Who Have Hematologic Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2005-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of DX-8951f in treating patients who have hematologic cancer.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Daiichi Sankyo Inc.; Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
• Treatments: Exatecan

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: One of the following hematologic malignancies: Advanced myelodysplastic syndromes Refractory anemia with excess blasts Refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia Refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) First salvage with primary refractory AML or first complete response (CR) no greater than 12 months in duration or at least second salvage therapy Once maximum tolerated dose is determined, intermediate AML prognosis (first CR duration greater than 12 months but less than 24 months) eligible Refractory acute lymphocytic leukemia Refractory or transformed chronic lymphocytic leukemia Chronic myelogenous leukemia in blastic phase No CNS disease

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Not specified Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy:

Not specified Hematopoietic: No specified Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL SGOT or SGPT no greater than 2.0 times upper limit of normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL Cardiovascular: No active congestive heart failure No uncontrolled angina No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months Other: Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception Negative pregnancy test No concurrent grade 4 infection No psychiatric disorder or mental disability No other life threatening illness

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No concurrent biologic therapy Chemotherapy: At least 30 days since prior cytotoxic therapy and recovered No concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No concurrent radiotherapy to greater than 25% of skeleton Surgery: No concurrent surgery Other: At least 3 weeks since prior investigational drugs (including analgesics or antiemetics) Recovered from toxic effects of any prior therapy