78
Participants
Start Date
May 31, 2005
Primary Completion Date
August 31, 2008
Study Completion Date
January 31, 2013
Gleevec, RAD001, and Hydroxyurea
Dose of Gleevec will be 400 mg in 1st cohort \& will be increased to 600 mg po/day \& then to 400 mg bid in successive cohorts. Prescribed dose should be administered orally, w large glass of water. Pts should not eat large or high fat meal within 1 hour before or after gleevec dosing. Doses of 600 mg or less should be administered once daily, whereas doses greater than 600 mg should be administered as equal doses twice day. It is recommended that pts take their prescribed Gleevec at same time that they take their prescribed RAD001 \& hydroxyurea, however, 30-60 minute interval between agents is acceptable if required for practical or other compliance issues.
Duke University Health System, Durham
Collaborators (1)
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
INDUSTRY
Annick Desjardins
OTHER