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Clinical Trial: A Survival Study in Patients with High Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes Comparing Azacitidine versus Conventional Care
This study is currently recruiting patients.
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Purpose
The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) treated with azacitidine have improved survival compared to conventional care treatments. The study will also assess the effect of treatments on response, duration of response, and transformation to acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
| Condition | Treatment or Intervention | Phase |
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| Myelodysplastic Syndromes | Drug: Azacitidine | Phase III |
MedlinePlus related topics: Bone Marrow Diseases
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study
Eligibility
Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and above, Genders Eligible for Study: Both
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Have a diagnosis of refractory anemia with excess blasts or refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation according to the French-American-British classification system for MDS and a relatively high risk of AML transformation, with an International Prognostic Scoring System score of INT-2 or High.
- Be 18 years of age or older
- Have a life expectancy of at least 3 months
- Be unlikely to proceed to bone marrow or stem cell transplantation therapy following remission
- Have serum bilirubin levels less than or equal to 1.5 times the upper limit of normal range for the laboratory
- Have serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (aspartate aminotransferase) or serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (alanine aminotransferase) levels less than or equal to 2 times the upper limit of normal (unless these are considered to be related to transfusion-induced secondary hemosiderosis)
- Have serum creatinine levels less than or equal to 1.5 times the upper limit of normal
Exclusion Criteria:
- Secondary MDS
- Prior treatment with azacitidine;
- Prior history of AML;
- Malignant disease diagnosed within prior 12 months;
- Metastatic disease;
- Hepatic tumors;
- Radiation, chemotherapy, cytotoxic therapy for non-MDS conditions within prior 12 months;
- Prior transplantation or cytotoxic therapy to treat MDS;
- Serious medical illness likely to limit survival to 12 months or less;
- Treatment with erythropoietin or myeloid growth factors during prior 21 days or androgenic hormones during prior 13 days;
- Active HIV, viral hepatitis type B or C;
- Treatment with investigational drugs during prior 30 days.
Location and Contact Information
Alabama
University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States; No longer recruiting
Indiana
Indiana University Cancer Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States; Recruiting
Missouri
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States; Recruiting
John DiPersio, MD, PhD 314 454 8310 jdipersio@im.wustl.edu
New York
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, 10029-6574, United States; Recruiting
Ohio
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States; No longer recruiting
Oregon
Oregon Cancer Center, Portland, Oregon, 97201, United States; No longer recruiting
Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224, United States; No longer recruiting
Wisconsin
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States; No longer recruiting
Australia, New South Wales
The Newcastle Mater Miseriecordiae Hospital, Warratah, New South Wales, 2298, Australia; Recruiting
Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, 2170, Australia; Recruiting
Australia, Queensland
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Queensland, 4102, Australia; Recruiting
Royal Brisbane Hospital, Hersten, Queensland, 4029, Australia; Recruiting
Australia, South Australia
Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia; Recruiting
Australia, Victoria
The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, 3181, Australia; Recruiting
Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, 3050, Australia; Recruiting
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, 3002, Australia; Recruiting
Australia, Western Australia
The Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, 6847, Australia; Recruiting
Bulgaria
Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment (MHAT), "St. Marina" Clinic of Hematology, Varna, 3010, Bulgaria; Recruiting
MHAT "St George" Clinic of Hematology, Plovdiv, Plovdiv, 4002, Bulgaria; Recruiting
National Centre of Hematology and Transfusiology, Sofia, Sofia, 1756, Bulgaria; Recruiting
First Clinical Base - Clinic of Hematology, MHAT - Pleven, Pleven, 5800, Bulgaria; Recruiting
France
Institute Paoli Calmettes, Marseille, 13009, France; Recruiting
Hopital Beaujon, Clichy, 92110, France; Recruiting
Chu Purpan, Toulouse, 31059, France; Recruiting
Chu De Nantes, Nantes, 44093, France; Recruiting
Che De Lille, Lille, 59037, France; Recruiting
Hopital Cochin, Paris, 75679, France; Recruiting
Hospital Saint Louis, Paris, 75010, France; Recruiting
Centre Henri Becquerel, Rouen, 76038, France; Recruiting
Hospital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, 69437, France; Recruiting
Chu D'Angers, Angers, 49033, France; Recruiting
Germany
Heinrich-Heine University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, 40225, Germany; Recruiting
University Essen, ESSEN, 45147, Germany; Recruiting
Universitatsklinikum Ulm, Ulm, 89070, Germany; Recruiting
Universitatsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, 1307, Germany; Recruiting
Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH, Chemnitz, 9113, Germany; Recruiting
St Johannes Hospital, Duisburg, 47166, Germany; Recruiting
Universitatsklinikum Bonn, Bonn, 53105, Germany; Recruiting
Gerorg-August-Universitat Gottingen, Gottingen, 37075, Germany; Recruiting
Universitatsklinikum Hambur-Eppendorf, Hamburg, D-20246, Germany; Recruiting
Universitatsklinikum Kiel II, Kiel, D-24116, Germany; Recruiting
Allgemeines Krankenhaus St. Georg, Hamburg, D-20099, Germany; Recruiting
Germany, Berlin
Universitatsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm, Berlin, D-12203, Germany; Recruiting
Greece
District General Hospital of Athens, Athens, 11527, Greece; Recruiting
General Hospital of Chest Disease, Athens, 11527, Greece; Recruiting
University General Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, 45500, Greece; Recruiting
University General Hospital of Patra Rio, Patra, 26500, Greece; Recruiting
Greece, Athens
University Hospital-Attikon, Haidari, Athens, 12462, Greece; Recruiting
Greece, Crete
University General Hospital of Heraklio Voutes, Heraklio, Crete, 71110, Greece; Recruiting
Italy
Ospedale San Eugenio, Roma, 00144, Italy; Recruiting
Centro Oncologico Modenese, Modena, 41100, Italy; Recruiting
Ospedale San Martino, Genova, I-16132, Italy; Recruiting
Policlinico Gemelli, Roma, 00168, Italy; Recruiting
Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, 40138, Italy; Recruiting
Instituto Nazionale Dei Tumori, Milano, 20133, Italy; Recruiting
Universita di Firenze, Firenze, 50139, Italy; Recruiting
Universita Degli Studi Di Sassari, Sassari, 7100, Italy; Recruiting
Instituto Nazionale Tumori "Regina Elena", Roma, 144, Italy; Recruiting
Ospedale Casa Sollievo Della Sofferenza - Irrc, San Giovanni Rotondo, 71013, Italy; Recruiting
Netherlands
Univ Hospital St. Radboud, Nijmejen, Netherlands; Recruiting
Spain
Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, 08036, Spain; Recruiting
Hospital Son Llatzer, Palma de Mallorca, 07198, Spain; Recruiting
Hospital Universitario Del Salamanca, Salamanca, 37007, Spain; Recruiting
Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, 46009, Spain; Recruiting
Hospital Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, 08025, Spain; Recruiting
Hospital Universitario Germans Trias I Pujol, Barcelona, Spain; Recruiting
Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, 28048, Spain; Recruiting
Hospital de Leon, Leon, 24071, Spain; Recruiting
Hospital Universitario De La Princesa, Madrid, 28006, Spain; Recruiting
Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Madrid, 28046, Spain; Recruiting
Hospital Ramon Y Cajal, Madrid, 28034, Spain; Recruiting
Sweden
Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, 14186, Sweden; Recruiting
Lund Universtiy Hospital, Lund, 22185, Sweden; Recruiting
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteborg, S-413 45, Sweden; Recruiting
Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, S-751 85, Sweden; Recruiting
University Hospital MAS, MALMO, S-205 02, Sweden; Recruiting
United Kingdom
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, NR4 7UY, United Kingdom; Recruiting
Kings College Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; Recruiting
Royal Bournemouth General Hospital, Bournemouth, BH7 7DW, United Kingdom; Recruiting
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, EC1A 7BE, United Kingdom; Recruiting
Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, TR1 3LJ, United Kingdom; Recruiting
More Information
Record last reviewed: March 2005
Last Updated: April 4, 2005
Record first received: October 31, 2003
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00071799
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on 2005-04-08
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
Cache Date: April 9, 2005

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