Arsenic Trioxide With or Without Tretinoin in Treating Patients With Hematologic Cancer That Has Not Responded to Previous Therapy

NCT00006220 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 5

Last updated 2013-02-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Tretinoin may help hematologic cancer cells develop into normal white blood cells.

PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of arsenic trioxide with or without tretinoin in treating patients who have hematologic cancer that has not responded to previous therapy.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

arsenic trioxide

DRUG

tretinoin

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • Washington University School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Randy A. Brown, MD · Washington University Siteman Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1999-06-30
Primary Completion
2000-11-30
Completion
2002-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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