Compassionate Use of Vorinostat (MK0683) for the Treatment of Patients With Advanced Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
Inclusion Criteria:
- Advanced cutaneous T-cell lymphoma on or following two systemic therapies
- Female participants must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 3 days of the
first dose of vorinostat
- Female participants must have finished menopause, or are surgically sterilized, or
agree to use 2 adequate barrier methods of contraception
- Male participants must agree to use 2 adequate barrier methods of contraception
- To be treated on extension phase of study participant must have been treated on the
base study for Protocol 042
Exclusion Criteria:
- Currently receiving any potential histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor (e.g. valproic
acid)
- Currently receiving any other systemic therapy for CTCL. Corticosteroids that are
similar in strength to 20 mg of prednisone daily are permitted
- Pregnant or lactating
- Known allergy to any component of the study drug
- Eligible for any other study of vorinostat in CTCL patients