Arsenic Trioxide in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Leukemia
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Leukemia focused on measuring recurrent adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia, L1 adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia, L2 adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia, L3 adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Morphologically proven acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) Subtypes L1, L2, or L3 Bone marrow morphology with greater than 25% lymphoblasts ALL morphology and cytochemistry with myeloid markers eligible Refractory to induction therapy or relapsed following chemotherapy or autologous blood or bone marrow transplantation Any number of prior relapses allowed No relapse following allogeneic transplantation Prior CNS leukemia allowed if treated and currently disease-free PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: At least 6 months Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL SGOT/SGPT no greater than 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN) Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2 times ULN Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2 mg/dL Other: Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception No significant active infection No other medical conditions that would likely decrease life expectancy No other prior malignancy within the past 5 years except cured basal or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: See Disease Characteristics Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Endocrine therapy: At least 2 weeks since prior systemic corticosteroids Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified Other: No concurrent antibiotics for active or resolving infection
Sites / Locations
- CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program
- Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Palo Alto
- Stanford University Medical Center
- CCOP - Colorado Cancer Research Program, Inc.
- CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Gainsville
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Miami
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tampa (Haley)
- Emory University Hospital - Atlanta
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Atlanta (Decatur)
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lakeside Chicago
- CCOP - Central Illinois
- CCOP - Evanston
- CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association
- CCOP - Carle Cancer Center
- Indiana University Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Indianapolis (Roudebush)
- CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project
- CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association
- Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at The University of Iowa
- MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center
- CCOP - Ochsner
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
- New England Medical Center Hospital
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional
- CCOP - Kalamazoo
- CCOP - Duluth
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Minneapolis
- University of Minnesota Cancer Center
- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
- CCOP - Metro-Minnesota
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Omaha
- CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium
- CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - East Orange
- CCOP - Northern New Jersey
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey
- Albert Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Brooklyn
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New York
- NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- CCOP - Merit Care Hospital
- Ireland Cancer Center
- Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
- CCOP - Columbus
- CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program
- CCOP - Oklahoma
- CCOP - Geisinger Clinic and Medical Center
- Hahnemann University Hospital
- University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
- Kimmel Cancer Center of Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Pittsburgh
- CCOP - MainLine Health
- CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tennessee Valley Healthcare System - Nashville Campus
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Madison
- University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
- CCOP - Marshfield Medical Research and Education Foundation
- Marshfield Clinic
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Milwaukee (Zablocki)
- MBCCOP - San Juan
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Juan
- Pretoria Academic Hospitals