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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| CSMC-IRB-4107-01 |
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| Abbott | INDUSTRY |
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RATIONALE: Paricalcitol is a form of vitamin D that may help myelodysplastic cells develop into normal bone marrow cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of paricalcitol in treating patients who have myelodysplastic syndrome.
OBJECTIVES:
OUTLINE: Patients receive oral paricalcitol daily for 4 months in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients are followed at 1 month.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 20 patients will be accrued for this study within 8 months.
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| paricalcitol | Drug |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Clinical diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndromes according to the modified FAB classification
Patients with refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts are eligible provided there was no response to a 3-week course of prior high-dose pyridoxine
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age
Performance status
Life expectancy
Hematopoietic
Hepatic
Renal
Other
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy
Chemotherapy
Endocrine therapy
Radiotherapy
Surgery
Other
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| H. Phillip Koeffler, MD | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Study Chair |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Los Angeles | California | 90048 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D007938 | Leukemia |
| D009190 | Myelodysplastic Syndromes |
| D000754 | Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts |
| D000753 | Anemia, Refractory |
| D015477 | Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic |
| ID | Term |
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| D009370 | Neoplasms by Histologic Type |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D006402 | Hematologic Diseases |
| D006425 | Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases |
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| C084656 | paricalcitol |
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| D001855 | Bone Marrow Diseases |
| D000740 | Anemia |
| D007951 | Leukemia, Myeloid |
| D054437 | Myelodysplastic-Myeloproliferative Diseases |
| D002908 | Chronic Disease |
| D020969 | Disease Attributes |
| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |