Phase I-II study of bendamustine in patients with acute leukemia and high risk myelodysplastic syndrome |
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Authors: | Chacar Christelle Jabbour Elias Ravandi Farhad Borthakur Gautam Kadia Tapan Estrov Zeev Rios Mary Beth Cortes Jorge Kantarjian Hagop |
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Affiliation: | The Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. |
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Abstract: | BackgroundAlkylating agents have shown activity in leukemia. Bendamustine, an active alkylating agent in lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, was given in a fractionated twice daily schedule for 4 days to patients with acute leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) to define the dose-limiting toxicities (DLT) and maximum tolerated dose (MTD).Patients and MethodsAdults with refractory acute leukemia or high-risk MDS were treated with bendamustine at a starting dose of 50 mg/m2 IV over 1-2 hours twice daily for 4 days. Dose escalations were by 25 mg/m2 in the 1st 3 levels. The study used the 3 + 3 design.ResultsA total of 25 patients were treated. Their median age was 57 years; the median salvage number was 3. Grade 2 creatinine elevations were observed in 1 of 6 patients at the 50 mg/m2 dose, in 2 of 13 patients at the 75 mg/m2 dose, and in 3 of 6 patients at the 100 mg/m2 dose. This was considered significant, even though DLT was not reached. One patient achieved marrow complete remission. Significant reductions of marrow blasts (50% or more) were observed in 6 of 25 patients (24%).ConclusionBendamustine fractionated dose level of 100 mg/m2 IV twice daily for 4 days (800 mg/m2 per course) was associated with Grade 2 renal toxicity. The proposed phase II schedule is 75 mg/m2 IV twice daily for 4 days. Future studies should evaluate this schedule in less heavily treated patients. |
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