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 @ 10:22 PM
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2025-12-24 @ 10:22 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00074035
Brief Summary:
RATIONALE: Pentostatin may be effective in treating chronic graft-versus-host disease by stopping the immune system from rejecting donor stem cells or donor white blood cells.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well pentostatin works in treating patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease that is refractory (not responsive) to treatment with steroids.
Detailed Description:
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
* Determine the response rate in patients with refractory chronic graft-versus-host disease treated with pentostatin.
Secondary
* Determine the time to next immunosuppressive agent (i.e., the time to progression from best response) in patients treated with this drug.
* Determine the toxicity of this drug in these patients.
* Determine the infection rate in patients treated with this drug.
* Determine the pharmacokinetics of this drug in these patients.
* Determine the changes in lymphocyte populations in patients treated with this drug.
* Determine the survival of patients treated with this drug.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
Patients receive pentostatin IV over 20-30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 14 days for 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients who achieve a complete response after 6 courses receive 4 additional courses. Patients who achieve a partial response, minor response, or stable disease after 6 courses may receive up to 6 additional courses.
Patients are followed every 4 weeks for 1 year, every 3 months for 2 years, and then annually for 5 years.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 37 patients will be accrued for this study.
Study:
NCT00074035
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00074035