Promising combo for tough blood cancers halted early — only 4 patients enrolled
NCT ID NCT00776373
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether adding rapamycin to high-dose chemotherapy could help people with aggressive blood cancers (like certain leukemias and lymphomas) that had returned or not responded to prior treatment. Only 4 adults aged 18–65 took part before the study was stopped early. The goal was to check safety and whether the combination could control the disease, but results are limited due to the small size.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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4 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Jan 2007
- Finished
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Dec 2009
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Advanced lymphoid leukemia (primary refractory ALL; Relapsed ALL; CML in lymphoid accelerated phase or blast crisis; relapsed or refractory Burkitt's lymphoma; relapsed or refractory T-cell adult leukemia/lymphoma; relapsed or refractory lymphoblastic lymphoma * \>= 18 and \<= 65 years of age ECOG performance status 0, 1 Life expectancy \>= 4 weeks Able to consume oral medication Required initial laboratory values: Creatinine \<= 2.0mg/dL, total or direct bilirubin \<= 1.5 mg/dL, SGPT(ALT) \<=ULN, glucose \< 200 mg/dL, negative pregnancy test for women with child bearing potential Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects must not be receiving any chemotherapy agents (except Hydroxyurea) * Subjects must not have received high-dose Ara-C within 6 months of relapse * Subjects must not be receiving growth factors, except for erythropoietin * No currently active second malignancy other than non-melanoma skin cancers * No subjects with uncontrolled high blood pressure, unstable angina, symptomatic congestive heart failure, MI within the last 6 months or serious uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia * Subjects taking Carbamazepine, Rifabutin, Rifampin, Rifapentine, St. John's wort, Clarithromycin, Cyclosporine, Diltiazem, Erythromycin, Telithromycin, Verapamil, Tacrolimus * Known HIV positivity or AIDS-related illness * Evidence of cerebellar dysfunction or prior history of cerebellar dysfunction with Ara-C administration * Pregnant or lactating * Uncontrolled infection * Taking fluconazole, voriconazole, itraconazole and ketoconazole currently or within one week of study entry
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Pennsylvania Abramson Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19066, United States
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