Decitabine in Treating Patients With Melanoma or Other Advanced Cancer
Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders, Leukemia, Lymphoma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders focused on measuring stage IV adult Hodgkin lymphoma, monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, recurrent adult Hodgkin lymphoma, isolated plasmacytoma of bone, extramedullary plasmacytoma, refractory multiple myeloma, Waldenström macroglobulinemia, stage IV chronic lymphocytic leukemia, recurrent adult acute myeloid leukemia, recurrent adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia, relapsing chronic myelogenous leukemia, refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia, unspecified adult solid tumor, protocol specific, chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, untreated adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia, untreated adult acute myeloid leukemia, adult acute myeloid leukemia in remission, adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission, polycythemia vera, primary myelofibrosis, essential thrombocythemia, untreated hairy cell leukemia, progressive hairy cell leukemia, initial treatment, refractory hairy cell leukemia, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, T-cell large granular lymphocyte leukemia, acute undifferentiated leukemia, stage IV grade 1 follicular lymphoma, stage IV grade 2 follicular lymphoma, stage IV grade 3 follicular lymphoma, stage IV adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma, stage IV adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma, stage IV adult diffuse large cell lymphoma, stage IV adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma, stage IV adult lymphoblastic lymphoma, stage IV adult Burkitt lymphoma, recurrent grade 1 follicular lymphoma, recurrent grade 2 follicular lymphoma, recurrent grade 3 follicular lymphoma, recurrent adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma, recurrent adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma, recurrent adult diffuse large cell lymphoma, recurrent adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma, recurrent adult lymphoblastic lymphoma, recurrent adult Burkitt lymphoma, stage IV adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, recurrent adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, secondary acute myeloid leukemia, de novo myelodysplastic syndromes, previously treated myelodysplastic syndromes, secondary myelodysplastic syndromes, prolymphocytic leukemia, primary systemic amyloidosis, stage IV mantle cell lymphoma, recurrent mantle cell lymphoma, angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, anaplastic large cell lymphoma, recurrent marginal zone lymphoma, recurrent small lymphocytic lymphoma, stage IV small lymphocytic lymphoma, stage IV marginal zone lymphoma, extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue, nodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma, splenic marginal zone lymphoma
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Stage III (nonresectable) and IV melanoma, or any other advanced metastatic malignancy for which all standard therapy has failed Must have at least two cutaneous, mucosal or lymph nodal lesions that can be biopsied or one lesion large enough to be biopsied twice PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-1 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Hemoglobin at least 9.0 g/dL Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 WBC at least 3500/mm3 Absolute granulocyte count at least 1500/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL SGOT and SGPT less than 2.5 times normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.8 mg/dL Other: Not pregnant Not HIV or hepatitis BsAg positive No major systemic infections No coagulation disorders No major illness of cardiovascular or respiratory systems No symptomatic CNS disease or evidence of cerebral edema PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: No therapy for cancer within the past month
Sites / Locations
- Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center
- University of California Davis Cancer Center