Anti-Thymocyte Globulin and Etanercept in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndromes

NCT00217386 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2010-09-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Biological therapies, such as anti-thymocyte globulin and etanercept, may stimulate the immune system in different ways and stop cancer cells from growing. Giving anti-thymocyte globulin together with etanercept may kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving anti-thymocyte globulin together with etanercept works in treating patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.

Conditions

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

anti-thymocyte globulin

BIOLOGICAL

etanercept

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bart L. Scott, MD · Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Study Design

Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-03-31
Primary Completion
2007-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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