drugset / Trial / NCT00093366

Arsenic Trioxide and Etanercept in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndromes

NCT00093366

Treatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as arsenic trioxide, work in different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Biological therapies such as etanercept may interfere with the growth of the cancer cells. Combining chemotherapy with biological therapy may kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects of giving arsenic trioxide together with etanercept and to see how well it works in treating patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.

Timeline

Start
2004-06
Primary completion
Completion
2006-07

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Etanercept Protein / enzyme biologic Subcutaneous
Subject arsenic trioxide Small molecule Intravenous