Combination Chemotherapy Followed by Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 2007-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy followed by peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia.

• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Columbia University
• Treatments: Busulfan; Cyclophosphamide; Cyclosporine; Cyclosporins; Cytarabine; Idarubicin; Interferon-gamma; Interferons

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Diagnosis of chronic myelogenous leukemia in first chronic phase Philadelphia chromosome-positive Myelofibrosis less than 3+ on bone marrow biopsy Ineligible for allogeneic transplantation No suitable allogeneic sibling donor OR Under 55 years old but refuses unrelated donor transplantation or no unrelated donor available

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 to physiologic 60 Performance status: ECOG 0-1 Hematopoietic: See Disease Characteristics WBC at least 3,000/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 2 times normal (unless elevation due to Gilbert's disease) SGOT less than 1.5 times normal Renal: Creatinine less than 1.5 times normal Cardiovascular: Left ventricular ejection fraction at least 50% Pulmonary: DLCO at least 60% predicted Other: HIV negative

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: At least 4 weeks since prior interferon alfa Chemotherapy: No concurrent conventional chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: No concurrent steroids during chemotherapy Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified Other: No concurrent barbiturates or acetaminophen during chemotherapy