Vatalanib in Treating Patients With Primary or Secondary Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Summary

RATIONALE: Vatalanib may be effective in preventing the development of leukemia in patients who have myelodysplastic syndromes. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying vatalanib to see how well it works in treating patients with primary or secondary myelodysplastic syndromes.

Timeline

Start

2003-12

Primary completion

2008-11

Completion

2014-06

Publications

• Results Gupta P, Miller AA, Owzar K, et al.: Pharmacokinetics of an oral VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (PTK787/ZK222584) in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS): Cancer and Leukemia Group B study 10105. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 24 (Suppl 18): A-6573, 355s, 2006.
• Results Gupta P, Mulkey F, Hasserjian RP, Sanford BL, Vij R, Hurd DD, Odenike OM, Bloomfield CD, Owzar K, Stone RM, Larson RA; Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. A phase II study of the oral VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor vatalanib (PTK787/ZK222584) in myelodysplastic syndrome: Cancer and Leukemia Group B study 10105 (Alliance). Invest New Drugs. 2013 Oct;31(5):1311-20. doi: 10.1007/s10637-013-9978-z. Epub 2013 May 23.

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