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Clinical Trials/NCT00015925
NCT00015925CompletedPhase 1

Phase I Clinical-Labratory Study of the Histone Deacetylase (HDA) Inhibitor MS-275 in Adults With Refractory and Relapsed Hematologic Malignancies

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins2 sites in 1 countryStarted: February 1, 2001Last updated:
Conditions
Drugs

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Phase 1
Status
Completed
Locations
2

Study Overview

Brief 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 MS-275 in treating patients who have hematologic cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the toxic effects and pharmacokinetics of MS-275 in patients with poor-risk hematologic malignancy.
  • Determine whether this drug induces changes in hematologic differentiation, in terms of changes in morphology, cell surface marker expression, and acetylation status, in these patients.
  • Determine whether this drug induces clinical response in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study.

Patients receive oral MS-275 on days 1, 8, 15, and 22. Courses repeat every 6 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of MS-275 until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which at least 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Primary Purpose
Treatment

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • •DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • •One of the following histologically confirmed diagnoses:
  • •Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
  • •Newly diagnosed de novo AML in patients over 60 years old with the following poor-risk features:
  • •Antecedent hematologic disorder
  • •Complex karyotype or other adverse cytogenetics
  • •Stem cell immunophenotype
  • •AML arising from myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)
  • •Secondary AML
  • •Relapsed or refractory AML, including primary induction failure
  • •Poor-risk, defined as the following:
  • •International Performance Score at least 1.5
  • •More than 10% marrow blasts
  • •Cytopenias in at least 2 lineages
  • •Refractory anemia with excess blasts (RAEB)
  • •RAEB in transformation
  • •Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
  • •Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
  • •Newly diagnosed de novo ALL in patients over 60 years old with the following poor-risk features:
  • •Complex karyotype or other adverse cytogenetics
  • •Mixed lineage immunophenotype
  • •Relapsed or refractory ALL, including primary induction failure
  • •Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)
  • •CML in accelerated phase or blast crisis
  • •Interferon-refractory CML in chronic phase
  • •Multiple myeloma (MM)
  • •Relapsed or refractory, including prior autologous stem cell transplantation
  • •Acute promyelocytic leukemia
  • •Prior treatment with tretinoin
  • •Ineligible for arsenic trioxide
  • •No evidence of active coagulopathy
  • •Low-risk for developing clinically significant coagulopathy during study
  • •Low tumor burden by marrow aspiration at time of relapse
  • •No prior coagulation-related sequelae (deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, or CNS thrombosis or bleed)
  • •Failure after primary induction therapy or relapse after complete remission allowed if patient received no more than 3 courses of prior induction/reinduction therapy
  • •Not eligible for curative stem cell transplantation
  • •No hyperleukocytosis with at least 50,000/mm^3 leukemic blasts
  • •No active CNS leukemia
  • •No plasma cell leukemia
  • •No amyloidosis resulting in major organ dysfunction
  • •PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • •18 and over
  • •Performance status:
  • •Life expectancy:
  • •Not specified
  • •Hematopoietic:
  • •See Disease Characteristics
  • •No disseminated intravascular coagulation
  • •No hyperviscosity
  • •AST/ALT no greater than 2 times normal
  • +36 more not shown

Exclusion Criteria

  • Not provided

Investigators

Study Sites (2)

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