Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
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2025-12-24 @ 4:37 PM
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2025-12-24 @ 4:37 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00727766
Brief Summary:
This is a phase I study designed to test the safety of oral clofarabine when given as consolidation therapy to older patients with AML in remission.
Detailed Description:
The prognosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in patients 60 and older is dismal with traditional therapy. Several factors contribute to the poor prognosis of older individuals, including the increased incidence of the multidrug resistance efflux pump, comorbidities and unfavorable cytogenetics. The recently reported AML-13 and ALFA trials suggest that less intense consolidation in this population is at least equivalent to more intense, induction style efforts.
Clofarabine is a next generation nucleoside analogue that was designed to optimize the favorable attributes of fludarabine and cladribine, while minimizing toxicity. The intravenous formulation has shown considerable activity in older patients with AML who have been considered either unfit for or unlikely to benefit from conventional therapy. Additionally, clofarabine has an oral formulation that patients may find more acceptable for consolidation therapy rather than multiple courses of intravenous medications, administered over several days.
This study is designed as a traditional 3x3 phase I trial with the intention of defining the maximum tolerated dose of oral clofarabine consolidation for older patients with AML in remission.
Study:
NCT00727766
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00727766