Overview

Bexarotene and GM-CSF in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome or Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2016-09-30
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Bexarotene may help cancer or abnormal cells become more like normal cells, and to grow and spread more slowly. Colony-stimulating factors, such as GM-CSF, may increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood. Giving bexarotene together with GM-CSF may be an effective treatment for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or acute myeloid leukemia. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving bexarotene together with GM-CSF works in treating patients with MDS or acute myeloid leukemia.
Phase:
Phase 2
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Collaborator:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Treatments:
Bexarotene
Sargramostim