Monoclonal Antibody Plus Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Leukemia focused on measuring recurrent childhood acute myeloid leukemia, secondary acute myeloid leukemia, previously treated myelodysplastic syndromes
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Diagnosis of primary acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndromes Relapsed (remission duration less than 1 year) OR Failed induction (failed to achieve an initial complete response) Patients with AML as a second malignant neoplasm allowed provided no other prior therapy for AML M2 or M3 bone marrow aspirate at time of study entry No Fanconi's anemia No known CNS leukemia PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 21 and under Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times normal AST or ALT less than 2.5 times upper limit of normal No history of veno-occlusive disease of the liver defined as weight increase of more than 5% over baseline and serum bilirubin greater than 5 mg/dL within 20 days after receipt of chemotherapy Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times normal OR Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) at least 70 mL/min OR Equivalent GFR by institutional normal range Cardiovascular: Shortening fraction more than 27% by echocardiogram or normal for institution OR Ejection fraction more than 50% by MUGA Other: Not pregnant or nursing PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: At least 180 days since prior hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Chemotherapy: Not specified Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified
Sites / Locations
- Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Phoenix Children's Hospital
- Arkansas Cancer Research Center at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer Center at Miller Children's Hospital
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
- Children's Hospital of Orange County
- Children's Hospital and Health Center - San Diego
- Stanford Cancer Center at Stanford University Medical Center
- Children's Hospital Cancer Center
- Children's National Medical Center
- University of Florida Shands Cancer Center
- Florida Hospital Cancer Institute at Florida Hospital Orlando
- All Children's Hospital
- St. Joseph's Cancer Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital
- Kaplan Cancer Center at St. Mary's Medical Center
- Emory University Hospital - Atlanta
- Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
- Children's Memorial Hospital - Chicago
- Indiana University Cancer Center
- St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital
- Markey Cancer Center at University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center
- CancerCare of Maine at Eastern Maine Medial Center
- Alvin and Lois Lapidus Cancer Institute at Sinai Hospital
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
- Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center at Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- C.S. Mott Children's Hospital at University of Michigan
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
- Van Elslander Cancer Center at St. John Hospital and Medical Center
- Children's Hospital of Minnesota - Minneapolis
- Fairview University Medical Center - University Campus
- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Children's Mercy Hospital
- Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
- Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University
- James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at University of Rochester Medical Center
- SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital
- Blumenthal Cancer Center at Carolinas Medical Center
- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
- Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
- Columbus Children's Hospital
- Children's Medical Center - Dayton
- Tod Children's Hospital - Forum Health
- Oklahoma University Medical Center
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Hollings Cancer Center at Medical University of South Carolina
- Greenville Hospital System Cancer Center
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
- Children's Hospital of Austin
- Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas
- Cook Children's Medical Center - Fort Worth
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at University of Texas
- Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Massey Cancer Center at Virginia Commonwealth University
- Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center - Seattle
- Providence Cancer Center at Sacred Heart Medical Center
- Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center at Cabell Huntington Hospital
- University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Marshfield Clinic - Marshfield Center
- Midwest Children's Cancer Center
- Princess Margaret Hospital for Children
- McMaster Children's Hospital at Hamilton Health Sciences
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
- McGill Cancer Centre at McGill University
- Hopital Sainte Justine
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec