Chemotherapy and Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome

NCT00024050 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2010-05-13

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Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Peripheral stem cell transplantation may be able to replace immune cells that were destroyed by chemotherapy.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of chemotherapy followed by peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating patients who have myelodysplastic syndrome.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

busulfan

DRUG

cyclosporine

DRUG

methotrexate

PROCEDURE

allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

PROCEDURE

peripheral blood stem cell transplantation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • H. Joachim Deeg, MD · Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Study Design

Purpose
TREATMENT

Eligibility

Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-02-28
Completion
2007-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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