Methotrexate With or Without Cyclophosphamide in Treating Patients With Lymphocytic Leukemia
Leukemia

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Leukemia focused on measuring stage I chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage II chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage III chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage IV chronic lymphocytic leukemia, T-cell large granular lymphocyte leukemia, LGL clone
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion: Phenotypic studies from peripheral blood showing CD3+, CD57+ cells greater than 400/mm3 or CD8+ cells greater than 650/mm3 within eight weeks prior to registration Evidence for clonal T-cell receptor gene rearrangement within one year prior to registration At least one of the following: Severe neutropenia less than 500/mm3, neutropenia associated with recurrent infections, symptomatic anemia, or transfusion-dependent anemia Bilirubin ≤ 2.0 mg/dl, SGOT(AST) ≤ 1.5 times normal, and Creatinine ≤ 2.0 mg/dl within 4 weeks prior to registration ECOG performance status of 0-2 At least 18 years of age Written informed consent Exclusion: Prior therapy with oral MTX or oral Cy Previous or concurrent malignancies except inactive non-melanoma skin cancer, in situ carcinoma of the cervix, or other cancer if the patient has been disease free for over 5 years Pregnant or breast-feeding for female patients Serious medical illness, other than that treated by the study, which would limit survival to less than 2 years, or psychiatric condition which would prevent informed consent Note: to be eligible for step 2 of this study, patients were required to have no response after at least 4 months of methotrexate treatment.
Sites / Locations
- Aurora Presbyterian Hospital
- Boulder Community Hospital
- Penrose Cancer Center at Penrose Hospital
- St. Anthony Central Hospital
- Porter Adventist Hospital
- Presbyterian - St. Luke's Medical Center
- St. Joseph Hospital
- Rose Medical Center
- CCOP - Colorado Cancer Research Program
- Swedish Medical Center
- St. Mary's Regional Cancer Center at St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center
- North Colorado Medical Center
- Sky Ridge Medical Center
- Hope Cancer Care Center at Longmont United Hospital
- McKee Medical Center
- St. Mary - Corwin Regional Medical Center
- North Suburban Medical Center
- Exempla Lutheran Medical Center
- Medical Center of Central Georgia
- Rush-Copley Cancer Care Center
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University
- Evanston Northwestern Healthcare - Evanston Hospital
- Joliet Oncology-Hematology Associates, Limited - West
- North Shore Oncology and Hematology Associates, Limited - Libertyville
- Carle Cancer Center at Carle Foundation Hospital
- CCOP - Carle Cancer Center
- Methodist Cancer Center at Methodist Hospital
- Saint Anthony Memorial Health Centers
- McFarland Clinic, PC
- Mercy Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa
- Siouxland Hematology-Oncology Associates, LLP
- Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City
- St. Luke's Regional Medical Center
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
- Borgess Medical Center
- West Michigan Cancer Center
- Bronson Methodist Hospital
- Fairview Ridges Hospital
- Mercy and Unity Cancer Center at Mercy Hospital
- Fairview Southdale Hospital
- Mercy and Unity Cancer Center at Unity Hospital
- Hutchinson Area Health Care
- Meeker County Memorial Hospital
- HealthEast Cancer Care at St. John's Hospital
- Minnesota Oncology Hematology, PA - Maplewood
- Virginia Piper Cancer Institute at Abbott - Northwestern Hospital
- Hennepin County Medical Center - Minneapolis
- Hubert H. Humphrey Cancer Center at North Memorial Outpatient Center
- CCOP - Metro-Minnesota
- Park Nicollet Cancer Center
- Regions Hospital Cancer Care Center
- HealthEast Cancer Care at St. Joseph's Hospital
- United Hospital
- St. Francis Cancer Center at St. Francis Medical Center
- Ridgeview Medical Center
- HealthEast Cancer Care at Woodwinds Health Campus
- Minnesota Oncology Hematology, PA - Woodbury
- Aultman Cancer Center at Aultman Hospital
- St. Rita's Medical Center
- Penn State Cancer Institute at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- Central Pennsylvania Hematology and Medical Oncology Associates, PC
- Lewistown Hospital
- Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia
- McGlinn Family Regional Cancer Center at Reading Hospital and Medical Center
- Mount Nittany Medical Center
- Gundersen Lutheran Center for Cancer and Blood
- Froedtert Hospital and Medical College of Wisconsin
- Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Methotrexate (Cy if no response to MTX)
MTX given orally at 10 mg/m2 in divided doses once weekly. Prednisone was given orally at 1 mg/kg per day for 30 days and then tapered off in the subsequent 24 days. Patients not responding to MTX after 4 months received Cy orally at 100 mg daily in step two with the same prednisone schedule.