Compassionate Use of Campath-1H in Treating Patients With Refractory Prolymphocytic Leukemia or Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Summary

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies can locate cancer cells and either kill them or deliver cancer-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Compassionate use refers to providing a drug to a patient on humanitarian grounds before the drug has received official approval. PURPOSE: Compassionate use of Campath-1H in treating patients who have refractory prolymphocytic leukemia or chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Timeline

Start

2000-01

Primary completion

2001-04

Completion

2002-05

Publications

• Results Keating MJ, Flinn I, Jain V, Binet JL, Hillmen P, Byrd J, Albitar M, Brettman L, Santabarbara P, Wacker B, Rai KR. Therapeutic role of alemtuzumab (Campath-1H) in patients who have failed fludarabine: results of a large international study. Blood. 2002 May 15;99(10):3554-61. doi: 10.1182/blood.v99.10.3554.

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