Overview

Arsenic Trioxide and Imatinib Mesylate in Treating Patients With Accelerated Phase or Blastic Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia or Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Status:
Completed

Trial end date:
2005-02-01

Target enrollment:

Participant gender:

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. Imatinib mesylate may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking the enzymes necessary for their growth. Combining arsenic trioxide with imatinib mesylate may kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of arsenic trioxide when given with imatinib mesylate and to see how well they work in treating patients with accelerated phase or blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia or Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Phase:

Phase 1/Phase 2

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Collaborator:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Treatments:

Arsenic Trioxide
Imatinib Mesylate