Monoclonal Antibody Therapy, Cyclophosphamide, and Total-Body Irradiation Followed by Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Advanced Recurrent Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2001-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies can locate cancer cells and either kill them or deliver cancer-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage cancer cells. Peripheral stem cell transplantation may be able to replace immune cells that were destroyed by chemotherapy or radiation therapy used to kill cancer cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of monoclonal antibody therapy, cyclophosphamide, and total-body irradiation followed by peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating patients who have advanced recurrent acute lymphocytic leukemia.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Antibodies; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Cyclophosphamide; Immunoglobulins; Methotrexate

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed acute lymphocytic leukemia that is beyond first remission or is refractory Relapsed disease must be CD45 positive Patients in remission may be CD45 negative

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 2 to 55 Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy:

More than 60 days Hematopoietic: Circulating blast count less than 10,000/mm3 (control with hydroxyurea or similar agent allowed) Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 1.5 mg/dL AST less than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) Must have no veno-occlusive liver disease Renal: Creatinine less than 2.0 mg/dL OR less than 1.5 times ULN for age Other: No active infection HIV negative No circulating antimouse immunoglobulin antibodies Must be able to tolerate diagnostic or therapeutic procedures (e.g., radiation isolation)

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: Not specified Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior radiotherapy to maximum tolerated levels to any normal organ Surgery: Not specified