Conditions: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Keywords: HSP90 Inhibitor AUY922 12-076
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 7
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to test a new drug called AUY922. AUY922 is not FDA-approved. AUY922 is a new kind of drug that attacks a protein called HSP90. HSP90 is found in both normal and cancer cells, but the investigators think it is more important in cancer cells.

This study will see if AUY922 helps people with myelofibrosis, essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera. This study will also see if AUY922 is safe in people with myelofibrosis, essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera. It will find out what effects, good and/or bad, AUY922 has on the patient and the disease. The researchers hope that this study will help them to find better treatments for primary myelofibrosis, essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: This is an open-label phase II trial to assess the efficacy of the HSP90 inhibitor, AUY922, in patients with PMF, post-PV MF, post-ET MF, and with PV/ET who are refractory to hydroxyurea, phlebotomy or anagrelide.

Interventions: intervention 1: AUY922
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: AUY922 will be administered as an intravenous infusion over 60 minutes, on a once weekly schedule. A cycle on study will be defined as 28 days. The dose to be studied are 70 mg/m2 and 55 mg/m2 if DLTs are identified in the first 3-6 patients. The same schedule of administration will be used for all patients in this trial.

Protocol document: