Tocladesine in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Multiple Myeloma

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 1999-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

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

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of tocladesine in treating patients who have recurrent or refractory multiple myeloma.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Northwestern University
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: 8-chloro-cyclic adenosine monophosphate

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically or cytologically confirmed recurrent or refractory multiple myeloma Measurable disease by monoclonal serum or urine globulins OR Malignant plasma cells documented on bilateral bone marrow biopsy Refractory after at least one prior therapeutic regimen (no more than 2 prior regimens allowed)

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL AND/OR Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min Calcium no greater than 8.7 g/dL Cardiovascular: No history of arrhythmias No uncontrolled angina pectoris No symptomatic coronary ischemia No grade 3 or 4 congestive heart failure Cardiac ejection fraction greater than 35% by gated imaging Other: Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: At least 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: At least 3 weeks since prior glucocorticoids Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified Other: No concurrent theophylline therapy