Arsenic Trioxide and Imatinib Mesylate in Treating Patients With Accelerated Phase or Blastic Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia or Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

NCT00081133 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2013-06-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as arsenic trioxide, work in different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Imatinib mesylate may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking the enzymes necessary for their growth. Combining arsenic trioxide with imatinib mesylate may kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of arsenic trioxide when given with imatinib mesylate and to see how well they work in treating patients with accelerated phase or blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia or Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

arsenic trioxide

DRUG

imatinib mesylate

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Ellin Berman, MD · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study Design

Purpose
TREATMENT

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-12-31
Primary Completion
2005-02-28
Completion
2005-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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