Treatment of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myelodysplasia

November 2, 2012 updated by: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

A Collaborative Trial for the Treatment of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myelodysplasia

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of two multi-agent chemotherapy regimens using different dosages of cytarabine to eliminate all detectable leukemia.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The study compares the effectiveness of two doses of cytarabine combined with set doses of daunomycin and etoposide as an initial course of chemotherapy to eliminate minimal residual disease. Subsequent therapy is tailored according to cytogenetic risk features, assessments of minimal residual disease, and availability of a suitable donor for bone marrow transplant. Patients with higher risk disease features are given more intense therapy. For higher risk groups, transplant is given to patients with suitable donors.

Secondary objectives include:

  • To assess the prognostic value of biological markers in childhood Acute Myeloid leukemia (AML).
  • To compare the amounts of leukemia cells in the blood and bone marrow to study minimal residual disease(MRD).
  • To relate non-invasive cardiac evaluation with health-related quality of life in AML patients treated with cardiotoxic therapy during and following therapy.

Detailed Description of Treatment Plan Induction I Patients will be randomly assigned to receive induction therapy that consists of daunomycin, etoposide, and high-dose or low-dose cytarabine.

High-Dose Cytarabine (HDAC) arm:

Cytarabine 3 gm/m2 IV days 1, 3, 5 Daunomycin 50 mg/m2 IV days 2, 4, 6 Etoposide 100 mg/m2 IV days 2-6

Low-Dose Cytarabine(LDAC) arm:

Cytarabine 100 mg/m2 IV days 1-10 (20 doses) Daunomycin 50 mg/m2 IV days 2, 4, 6 Etoposide 100 mg/m2 IV days 2-6

Induction II

Patients who have < 1% MRD after Induction I will receive daunomycin, cytarabine, etoposide (ADE):

Daunomycin 50 mg/m2 IV days 1, 3, 5 Cytarabine 100 mg/m2 IV 1-8 (16 doses) Etoposide 100 mg/m2 IV days 1-5

Patients who have ≥ 1% MRD after Induction I will receive daunomycin, cytarabine, etoposide (ADE) + gemtuzumab ozogamicin:

Daunomycin 50 mg/m2 IV days 1, 3, 5 Cytarabine 100 mg/m2IV days 1-8 (16 doses) Etoposide: 100 mg/m2 IV on days 1-5 Gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO) 3 mg/m2 IV on day 1.

Consolidation I (Chemotherapy course 3)

The chemotherapy administered in course 3 will be based on the participant's response and cytogenetic/morphologic subgroup

MRD+ patients (except those who received ADE + GO) Gemtuzumab ozogamicin 6 mg/m2 IV on day 1

MRD+ patients who had No response(NR) to induction I

These patients should proceed to Stem Cell Transplant (SCT) as soon as possible. In cases where SCT is delayed (e.g., during searches for unrelated donors), these patients should receive chemotherapy according to their cytogenetic or morphologic subtype until the time of SCT.

MRD- patients (i.e., patients who were MRD- after ADE or after GO) will receive risk-based intensification (RBI)

t(9;11) and inv(16) Cytarabine 500 mg/m2/day by continuous infusion for 120 hours Cladribine (2CDA) 9 mg/m2: IV over 30 minutes daily for 5 days

Amend 8 M4/M5 without t(9;11) or inv(16): CE Cytarabine 3 gm/m2 IV q12h x 6 doses (days 1-3) by continuous infusion for 3 hours. Etoposide 125 mg/m2 IV on days 2-5 by continuous infusion for at least one hour

t(8;21) and others: HAM Cytarabine 3 g/m2 IV x 6 doses (days 1-3) Mitoxantrone 10 mg/m2 IV days 3-4

Standard-risk patients with matched related donors and high-risk patients will proceed to stem cell transplant per institutional practice

Consolidation II (Chemotherapy course 4):

Cytarabine 3 gm/m2 IV q12 hours on days 1, 2, 8, 9 (8 doses) L-Asparaginase 6000 Units/m2 IM 3 hours after 4th and 8th doses of cytarabine

Consolidation III (Chemotherapy course 5) Mitoxantrone 10 mg/m2 IV days 1-3 Cytarabine 1 gm/m2 IV over 2 hours q12 hours on days 1-3 (6 doses)

Patients who are in first remission are eligible to be enrolled on the St. Jude protocols NKAML protocol and receive Natural Killer (NK) cell therapy instead of Consolidation III or after Consolidation III. At the discretion of their primary physician, these patients will be offered the option of enrolling on NKAML.

Some patients with biphenotypic leukemia respond poorly to AML-directed therapy, but respond quite well to lymphoid-directed therapy. Patients with such markers who have no response to induction I or who fail to achieve complete response (CR) after induction II will therefore receive lymphoid directed induction therapy. Other biphenotypic patients will continue to receive AML-directed therapy as described above

All patients will undergo lumbar puncture and receive an age-appropriate dose of intrathecal (IT) cytarabine at the time of diagnosis.

Patients without Central Nervous System disease (CNS)(i.e., less than 5 leukocytes per microliter of CSF (colony-stimulating factor) will receive one dose of intrathecal (IT) methotrexate, hydrocortisone, and cytarabine (MHA) with each course of chemotherapy beginning with induction II.

Patients with overt CNS leukemia (more or equal to 5 leukocytes per l microliter of CSF and the presence of leukemic blast cells on CSF cytospin) will receive weekly IT MHA therapy beginning 1 week after the initial dose of IT cytarabine and continuing until the CSF is free of blast cells (minimum number of doses, 4). These patients will then receive 4 additional doses of intrathecal therapy with methotrexate, hydrocortisone, and cytarabine (IT MHA) (minimum total number of doses, 8) at approximately 1-month intervals (generally given with each subsequent course of chemotherapy).

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

238

Phase

  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304
        • Stanford University Medical Center
    • Massachusetts
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
        • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    • Michigan
      • Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201
        • Children's Hospital of Michigan (Wayne State University)
    • Tennessee
      • Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38105
        • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
    • Texas
      • Fort Worth, Texas, United States, 76104
        • Cook Children's Medical Center
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
        • MD Anderson Cancer Center
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
        • Texas Children's Cancer Center
    • Washington
      • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98105
        • Seattle Children's Hospital

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

No older than 21 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia by immunophenotyping, morphology, and cytochemical staining; myelodysplasia; or biphenotypic leukemia.
  • Age less than or equal to 21 years at time of study entry.
  • No prior therapy for this malignancy (patients with secondary AML following treatment of primary malignancy are eligible) except for one dose of intrathecal therapy.
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Patient does not have Down syndrome, acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), or juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Positive pregnancy test
  • Down syndrome, acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), or juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: HDAC (High-Dose Cytarabine)
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Drug: Cladribine, Cyclophosphamide, Cytarabine, Daunorubicin, Dexamethasone
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Experimental: LDAC (Low-Dose Cytarabine)
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Drug: Etoposide, Cytarabine, Gemtuzumab, L-asparaginase, Mercaptopurine, methotrexate, Mitoxantrone, Prednisone, Vincristine
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What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Minimal Residual Disease (MRD).
Time Frame: Day 22 MRD measurement
Detection of Minimal Residual Disease following one course of chemotherapy where positive MRD was defined as one or more leukemic cell per 1000 mononuclear bone-marrow cells (>=0.1%).
Day 22 MRD measurement

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Proportion of Minimal Residual Disease (MRD)+ Patients Who Become MRD- After One Course of Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin (GO)
Time Frame: Consolidation I
To estimate the proportion of minimal residual disease (MRD)+ patients who become MRD- after one course of gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO)
Consolidation I
Proportion of MRD Reduction After One Course of Cytarabine + Daunomycin + Etoposide (ADE) + GO
Time Frame: Induction II
To estimate proportion of patients with MRD reduction after one course of Induction II (cytarabine + daunomycin + etoposide (ADE) + GO), who had no response to first course of induction therapy.
Induction II
Proportion of Patients Experienced Toxicity of Cytarabine + Daunomycin + Etoposide (ADE) + GO.
Time Frame: Induction II
To estimate proportion of patients experiencing CTC Grade 3 or 4 toxicity during Induction II (Cytarabine + Daunomycin + Etoposide (ADE) + GO), who had no response to first course of induction therapy
Induction II
To Estimate the Overall Event-free Survival (EFS) of AML Patients Who Undergo Risk-adapted and Genotype-directed Therapy
Time Frame: Five Year
Overall event-free survival (EFS) was defined as the time from study enrollment to induction failure, relapse, secondary malignancy, death, or study withdrawal for any reason, with event-free patients censored on the date of the last follow-up
Five Year
To Assess Whether Inhibition of DNA Synthesis is Greater After High-dose Ara-C (HDAC) Than After Low-dose Ara-C (LDAC) Therapy
Time Frame: Measurements were assessed in Induction I chemotherapy
Inhibition of DNA synthesis is defined as the percentage of DNA synthesis rate at 24-hour post-araC treatment over DNA synthesis rate pre-araC treatment.
Measurements were assessed in Induction I chemotherapy
Relationship of Inhibition of DNA Synthesis and Clinical Response
Time Frame: Measurements were assessed in Induction I chemotherapy
Clinical response is defined as MRD (minimal residual disease) measured by flow cytometry at day 22. The MRD at day 22 is classified as positive (with MRD) or negative (no detectable MRD). The relation between inhibition of DNA synthesis and MRD was performed by logistic regression. In the model, logit of probability of MRD positive was regressed on inhibition of DNA synthesis.
Measurements were assessed in Induction I chemotherapy

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Rubnitz, M.D., PhD, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 2002

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2008

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 24, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 25, 2005

First Posted (Estimate)

August 26, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

December 5, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 2, 2012

Last Verified

November 1, 2012

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • AML02
  • 5R01CA113482 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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