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RATIONALE: Paricalcitol is a form of vitamin D that may help myelodysplastic cells develop into normal bone marrow cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of paricalcitol in treating patients who have myelodysplastic syndrome.
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OUTLINE: Patients receive oral paricalcitol daily for 4 months in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients are followed at 1 month.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 20 patients will be accrued for this study within 8 months.
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DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Clinical diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndromes according to the modified FAB classification
Patients with refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts are eligible provided there was no response to a 3-week course of prior high-dose pyridoxine
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