Efficacy of G-CSF-Priming in Elderly AML Patients

Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital

Status and phase

Unknown

Phase 4

Conditions

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Treatments

Drug: Fludarabine

Drug: Idarubicin

Procedure: Stem cell apheresis

Drug: G-CSF

Drug: Cytarabine

Drug: Etoposide

Procedure: Stem cell transplantation

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00199147

AML-elderly 01/99 Trial

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim of the study is to compare the efficacy of intensive induction therapy with Cytarabine, Idarubicin and Etoposide (IdAV) given in parallel with (G-CSF priming) and followed by G-CSF versus the same IdAV chemotherapy only followed by G-CSF (without priming) in elderly patients with de novo AML, secondary AML and advanced MDS. Moreover, the ability to mobilize sufficient numbers of peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) for autologous PBSC transplantation after consolidation therapy with dose-reduced FLAG-Ida chemotherapy followed by G-CSF will be evaluated.

Sex

All

Ages

61+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Diagnosis of de-novo AML, FAB M0, 1, 2, 4-7 or
Diagnosis of secondary AML after previous chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy or after preceeding MDS or
Diagnosis of an advanced MDS, i.e. RAEB-t according to the FAB classification or
Extramedullary AML (chloroma, "granulocytic sarcoma")
Age greater than 60 years (not including 60 years)
ECOG performance status 0, 1, or 2
Written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Patients with a t(15;17) translocation
Patients with severe cardiac disease (e.g. cardiac failure NYHA III/IV, myocardial infarction within the last 6 months; severe ventricular arrythmias (Lown III or IV)
Patients with severe complications of the leukemia such as uncontrolled bleeding, pneumonia with hypoxia or shock.
Severe pulmonary disease (diffusion capacity for CO2 of less than 50%)
Significant renal dysfunction (creatinine clearance < 60/min/min)
Bilirubin > 2mg% (>34.2 mmol/l)
Patients with a clinically active second malignancy
Patients with a psychiatric, addictive, or any disorder wich compromises ability to give truly informed consent for participating in this study
HIV positivity
Known refractoriness to platelet transfusion, inability to adequately substitute blood products