Homoharringtonine With Oral Gleevec in Chronic, Accelerated and Blast Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)

A Phase II Open-Label Study of the Intravenous Administration of Homoharringtonine (CGX-635) Combined With the Oral Administration of Gleevec in the Treatment of Patients With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) in Chronic, Accelerated, and Blast Phase

This will be an open label, multi-center study of up to 77 patients with CML in chronic, accelerated or blast phase who have developed resistance to or have failed previous treatment with Gleevec (imatinib mesylate). Because these patients may still be sensitive to Gleevec, adding Homoharringtonine may restore a response to Gleevec or the combined treatment may promote a better response than using Gleevec alone.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Myeloid Leukemia, Chronic, Chronic-Phase; Myeloid Leukemia, Chronic; Myeloid Leukemia, Chronic, Accelerated-Phase; Blast Phase
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Homoharringtonine; Drug: Imatinib Mesylate

Detailed Description

Every 4 weeks, the study medicine Homoharringtonine will be given by vein daily for 5 days along with continuing daily doses of the approved medicine Gleevec taken by mouth. The safety and effectiveness of this combined treatment in CML patients will be studied. Patients who do not achieve a meaningful hematologic or cytogenetic response after 4 cycles or less will be discontinued. Otherwise, patients may continue additional cycles of this combined treatment for a maximum of 12 cycles.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 15
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Texas
    • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
      • Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male or female patients 16 years or older
• Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) positive chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in either chronic, accelerated or blast phase
• Patients with chronic phase CML will be either refractory (failed to achieve hematologic or cytogenetic response) or resistant (responded initially but subsequently lost hematologic or cytogenetic response) to prior imatinib mesylate therapy. Failure to achieve cytogenetic response is defined as follows: no cytogenetic response after 3 months of therapy with imatinib mesylate, no major cytogenetic response at 12 months of therapy, loss of complete cytogenetic response documented twice, or loss of major cytogenetic response at least once.
• Patients with accelerated or blast phase may be newly diagnosed and previously untreated or if previously treated with imatinib mesylate, will be refractory or resistant to this agent or have failed to achieve at least a complete hematologic or cytogenetic response to treatment, as previously defined.
• Patients in accelerated phase will meet one or more of the following criteria: greater than or equal to 15% through less than 30% blasts in peripheral blood or bone marrow, greater than or equal to 30% blasts + promyelocytes in peripheral blood or bone marrow, greater than or equal to 20% basophils in peripheral blood, platelet count less than 100*10^9/L unrelated to therapy or clonal evolution.
• CML in blast phase will be defined as greater than or equal to 30% blasts in the bone marrow or presence of extramedullary disease
• Patients must have completed all previous anti-leukemic therapy for at least 2 weeks, except as noted, and have fully recovered from side effects of a previous therapy, unless disease progression necessitates early therapy. Patients may receive leukapheresis, hydroxyurea and anagrelide for up to 24 hours prior to start of study treatment. Patients receiving imatinib mesylate may continue to receive it uninterrupted, except for a 3-day window at treatment cycle 1.
• Bilirubin less than or equal to 2 times the upper limit of normal (ULN); alanine aminotransferase (ALT) less than or equal to 3 times ULN; creatinine less than or equal to 1.5 times ULN
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 - 2
• Be able to comply with the requirements of the entire study
• Be able and willing to provide written informed consent prior to any study related procedure
• Patients and their partners must use an effective contraceptive during the study dosing period. The following are considered effective contraceptives: oral contraceptive pill, condom, diaphragm plus spermicide, abstinence, patient or partner surgically sterile, patient or partner more than 2 years post-menopausal, or injectable or implantable agent/device.

Exclusion Criteria:

• New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV heart disease, active ischemia or any other uncontrolled cardiac condition such as angina pectoris, clinically significant cardiac arrhythmia and requiring therapy, uncontrolled hypertension or congestive heart failure
• Myocardial infarction in the previous 12 weeks
• Other intercurrent illness which would preclude study conduct and assessment, including but not limited to another active malignancy, uncontrolled and active infection, positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) I/II status
• Pregnant or lactating
• Any medical or psychiatric condition which may compromise the ability to give written informed consent or to comply with the study protocol

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: Homoharringtonine + Imatinib Mesylate; Participants are administered homoharringtonine (omacetaxine) 2.5 mg/m^2 by continuous 24-hour intravenous infusion daily on Days 1-5 of each 4 week treatment cycle, and imatinib mesylate (Gleevec) by mouth with a daily dose of 400 mg for participants in the chronic phase of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) or 600 mg for participants in the accelerated or blast phase of CML.

Drug: Homoharringtonine; Participants are administered homoharringtonine (omacetaxine) 2.5 mg/m^2 by continuous 24-hour intravenous (IV) infusion daily on Days 1-5 of each 4 week treatment cycle. Participants who do not achieve a meaningful hematologic or cytogenetic response by the end of the fourth cycle are discontinued from the study. Otherwise, participants may continue additional cycles of this combined treatment for a maximum of 12 cycles. Participants who achieved a molecular or cytogenetic response, or a complete hematologic remission (CHR), could undergo subsequent cycles with a maintenance schedule of homoharringtonine 2.5 mg/m^2 by continuous 24-hour IV infusion daily for 2 days every 4 weeks. Dose escalations in subsequent cycles were allowed by one day at a time if the participant was unable to maintain CHR in the maintenance schedule.; Other Names: CGX-635; Omacetaxine mepesuccinate; Drug: Imatinib Mesylate; Taken by mouth with a daily dose of 400 mg for participants in the chronic phase of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) or 600 mg for participants in the accelerated or blast phase of CML. For the first cycle of therapy only, imatinib was started on Day 4 of homoharringtonine treatment.; Other Names: Gleevac

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Proportion of Participants With Accelerated Phase or Blast Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) Who Achieve a Meaningful Response	Participants in accelerated or blast phase who converted to at least CML-chronic phase. CML in accelerated phase meets one or more of the following criteria: >=15% - <30% blasts in peripheral blood or bone marrow, >=30% blasts + promyelocytes in peripheral blood or bone marrow, >=20% basophils in peripheral blood; platelet count <100*10^9/L unrelated to therapy or clonal evolution. CML in blast phase have >=30% blasts in the bone marrow or presence of extramedullary disease. Meaningful responses include (in descending order of health); Complete Hematologic Remission (CHR); Partial Hematologic Remission (PHR); Hematologic Improvement (HI); Partial Response (PR); Return to Chronic Phase (RCP). A return to chronic phase involves the disappearance of blastic phase features and a return to chronic phase CML picture, i.e., peripheral blasts <15%, peripheral blasts and promyelocytes <30%, peripheral basophils <20%, and platelets >100*10^9/L.	up to month 4
Proportion of Participants With Chronic Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) Who Achieve a Meaningful Response	Participants who are not in complete hematologic remission (CHR) at study start must achieve at least a CHR, and participants who are in CHR at onset must demonstrate an improvement in their cytogenetics. A Complete Hematologic Remission (CHR) involves normalization of the bone marrow (less than 5% blasts) and peripheral blood with white blood cells < 10*10^9/L, absolute neutrophil count >=1*10^9/L, platelets >=100*10^9/L and no peripheral blasts, promyelocytes or myelocytes. This is in addition to disappearance of all signs and symptoms of the disease.	up to month 4
Number of Participants With Adverse Experiences (AEs)	Summary of participants who had adverse events (AEs), who discontinued treatment due to the AE, who had serious adverse events (SAEs), and who had SAEs that were related to treatments. A serious adverse event is one that at any dose of the study drug or at any time during the period of observation: Results in death;; Is life threatening;; Requires inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization;; Results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity;; Is a congenital anomaly/birth defect;; Is medically important. The Investigator assessed each AE for potential causal relationship between the event and study drug. An investigator assessment of possibly, probably or unknown relation is considered related.	up to 3 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Participants With Complete Hematologic Remission Suppression of the Philadelphia Chromosome	Complete hematologic remission was further classified according to the suppression of the Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) as: No cytogenetic response - Ph positive 100% Minimal cytogenetic response - Ph positive 35-90% Partial cytogenetic response - Ph positive 1-34% Complete cytogenetic response - Ph positive 0%	up to month 4

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals
• Investigators: Study Director: Adam R Craig, M.D., PhD, ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals; Principal Investigator: Jorge Cortes, M.D., Univ. of TX M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: October 1, 2005
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 1, 2008
• Study Completion (Actual): March 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 20, 2005
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 20, 2005
• First Posted (Estimate): June 21, 2005

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): January 15, 2015
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 8, 2015
• Last Verified: January 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Leukemia; Chronic Myeloid Leukemia; Homoharringtonine; Chronic Phase; Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic; Myeloid Leukemia; Blast Phase; ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals, Ltd; ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals; ChemGenex; Myeloid Leukemia, Chronic; Accelerated Phase; Myeloid, Leukemia, Chronic, Accelerated Phase; Myeloid, Leukemia, Chronic; Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic-Phase; Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic Phase; Leukemia, Myeloid, Accelerated-Phase; Myeloid, Leukemia, Chronic, Chronic Phase; Leukemia, Myeloid, Accelerated Phase; Omacetaxine
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Disease Attributes; Bone Marrow Diseases; Hematologic Diseases; Myeloproliferative Disorders; Neoplastic Processes; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; Carcinogenesis; Leukemia; Leukemia, Myeloid; Chronic Disease; Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive; Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic-Phase; Blast Crisis; Leukemia, Myeloid, Accelerated Phase; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Enzyme Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; Protein Kinase Inhibitors; Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; Imatinib Mesylate; Homoharringtonine
• Other Study ID Numbers: CGX-635-CML-201; MDACC protocol #2005-0067 (Other Identifier: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center)