POETIC Plerixafor as a Chemosensitizing Agent for Relapsed Acute Leukemia and MDS in Pediatric Patients
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2016-06-28
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
In this Phase I study, we will test the safety of the drug plerixafor (MOBOZIL) at different
dose levels, used together with other anti-cancer drugs-cytarabine and etoposide. We want to
find out what effects, good and /or bad, this combination of drugs has on leukemia.
Plerixafor is a drug that blocks a receptor on the leukemia cell, which prevents it from
staying in the bone marrow where it can be resistant to chemotherapy. Plerixafor is FDA
approved for mobilizing stem cells from the bone marrow in preparation for an autologous stem
cell transplant. Cytarabine and etoposide have been used as part of standard chemotherapy for
ALL and AML. However, the use of plerixafor with cytarabine and etoposide in pediatric
patients with relapsed or refractory ALL, AML and MDS is considered experimental.
Phase:
Phase 1
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Seattle Children's Hospital
Collaborators:
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Pediatric Oncology Experimental Therapeutics Investigation Consortium