Tanespimycin and Cytarabine in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia, or Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Summary

This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of tanespimycin when given with cytarabine in treating patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, or myelodysplastic syndromes. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as tanespimycin and cytarabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Tanespimycin may also help cytarabine kill more cancer cells by making cancer cells more sensitive to the drug. Giving tanespimycin together with cytarabine may kill more cancer cells.

Timeline

Start

2004-11

Primary completion

2009-05

Completion

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Publications

• Kaufmann SH, Karp JE, Litzow MR, Mesa RA, Hogan W, Steensma DP, Flatten KS, Loegering DA, Schneider PA, Peterson KL, Maurer MJ, Smith BD, Greer J, Chen Y, Reid JM, Ivy SP, Ames MM, Adjei AA, Erlichman C, Karnitz LM. Phase I and pharmacological study of cytarabine and tanespimycin in relapsed and refractory acute leukemia. Haematologica. 2011 Nov;96(11):1619-26. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2011.049551. Epub 2011 Jul 26.

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