Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients With Down Syndrome and Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndromes

January 20, 2022 updated by: Children's Oncology Group

The Treatment of Down Syndrome Children With Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Under the Age of 4 Years

This phase III trial is studying how well combination chemotherapy works in treating young patients with Down syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndromes. Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more cancer cells.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Determine the event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival rates in pediatric patients with Down syndrome (DS) and acute myeloid leukemia AML or myelodysplastic syndromes MDS treated with induction therapy comprising cytarabine, daunorubicin hydrochloride, thioguanine, and asparaginase followed by intensification therapy comprising cytarabine and etoposide.

II. Determine if the EFS rate in these patients can be increased with an intensified course of cytarabine therapy during induction therapy, compared to the EFS rate of patients in protocol COG-A2971.

III. Determine if the number of intrathecal chemotherapy treatments can be reduced in these patients.

IV. Determine if the total cumulative anthracycline dose can be reduced in these patients.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Determine the type and degree of treatment-related toxicity in these patients.

II. Determine the prevalence of leukemia phenotype and globin transcription factor 1 (GATA1) mutations of DS patients < 4 years of age at diagnosis.

III. Determine the relationship of GATA1 mutations with leukemia phenotype and EFS rates of DS patients < 4 years of age at diagnosis.

IV. Determine the relationship of minimal residual disease monitored by flow cytometry and remission status during and after completion of therapy based on bone marrow morphology.

V. Examine parameters of in vitro drug sensitivity and in vivo Ara-C pharmacokinetics.

VI. Examine gene expression profiles by microarrays and the relationship to leukemia phenotype and outcome.

VII. Examine the relationship of functional polymorphisms in phase I and phase II detoxification genes and DNA repair pathways that may modify susceptibility to leukemia and outcome of therapy in DS children.

VIII. Assess the effect of karyotypic abnormalities on survival. IX. Establish a DS leukemia cell bank for future biological studies.

OUTLINE: This is a nonrandomized, multicenter study.

INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients undergo 4 courses of induction therapy. Each course is 28 days.

COURSE I: Patients receive intrathecal (IT) cytarabine on day 1* and cytarabine IV continuously over 96 hours, daunorubicin hydrochloride IV continuously over 96 hours, and oral thioguanine twice daily on days 1-4.

NOTE: *Patients with Central Nervous System (CNS) disease receive cytarabine IT twice weekly for up to 6 doses; patients with persistent CNS leukemia after 6 doses of IT cytarabine are removed from the study.

COURSE II: Patients receive high-dose cytarabine IV over 3 hours twice daily on days 1, 2, 8, and 9 and asparaginase intramuscularly (IM) on days 2 and 9.

COURSE III: Patients receive treatment as in course 1.

COURSE IV: Patients receive cytarabine IV, daunorubicin hydrochloride IV, and oral thioguanine as in course 1.

Induction therapy continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with partial response, relapsed, or refractory disease after completion of course 4 are taken off study. Patients achieving complete response proceed to intensification therapy.

INTENSIFICATION THERAPY: Patients receive cytarabine IV continuously over 168 hours on days 1-7 and etoposide IV over 1 hour on days 1-3. Treatment repeats every 28 days for 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up periodically for 5 years and then annually thereafter.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

205

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

    • Western Australia
      • Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 6008
        • Princess Margaret Hospital for Children
    • British Columbia
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3V4
        • British Columbia Children's Hospital
    • Manitoba
      • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3E 0V9
        • CancerCare Manitoba
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • Saint John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, A1B 3V6
        • Janeway Child Health Centre
    • Ontario
      • Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 5P9
        • Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario At Kingston General Hospital
      • London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5W9
        • Children's Hospital
      • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 8L1
        • Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8
        • Hospital for Sick Children
      • Santurce, Puerto Rico, 00912
        • San Jorge Children's Hospital
    • Arizona
      • Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85016
        • Phoenix Childrens Hospital
    • California
      • Downey, California, United States, 90242
        • Southern California Permanente Medical Group
      • Long Beach, California, United States, 90806
        • Miller Children's Hospital
      • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90027
        • Children's Hospital Los Angeles
      • Madera, California, United States, 93636-8762
        • Children's Hospital Central California
      • Oakland, California, United States, 94611
        • Kaiser Permanente-Oakland
      • Oakland, California, United States, 94609-1809
        • Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland
      • Orange, California, United States, 92868-3874
        • Childrens Hospital of Orange County
      • Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304
        • Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford University
      • San Diego, California, United States, 92123
        • Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego
      • San Francisco, California, United States, 94143
        • University of California San Francisco Medical Center-Parnassus
    • Colorado
      • Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045
        • Children's Hospital Colorado
    • Delaware
      • Wilmington, Delaware, United States, 19803
        • Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children
    • District of Columbia
      • Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20010
        • Children's National Medical Center
      • Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20057
        • Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University
    • Florida
      • Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, 33316
        • Broward Health Medical Center
      • Hollywood, Florida, United States, 33021
        • Memorial Healthcare System - Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital
      • Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32207-8426
        • Nemours Children's Clinic - Jacksonville
      • Orlando, Florida, United States, 32803
        • Florida Hospital
      • Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States, 33701
        • All Children's Hospital
    • Georgia
      • Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322
        • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Egleston
    • Hawaii
      • Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 96813
        • University of Hawaii
    • Idaho
      • Boise, Idaho, United States, 83712
        • Saint Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute
    • Illinois
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60614
        • Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago
      • Maywood, Illinois, United States, 60153
        • Loyola University Medical Center
      • Park Ridge, Illinois, United States, 60068
        • Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.
      • Peoria, Illinois, United States, 61602
        • Saint Jude Midwest Affiliate
      • Springfield, Illinois, United States, 62702
        • Southern Illinois University
    • Indiana
      • Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
        • Indiana University Medical Center
      • Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
        • Riley Hospital for Children
      • Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46260
        • Saint Vincent Hospital and Health Services
    • Kentucky
      • Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 40202
        • Kosair Children's Hospital
    • Louisiana
      • New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
        • Tulane University Health Sciences Center
    • Maine
      • Bangor, Maine, United States, 04401
        • Eastern Maine Medical Center
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21215
        • Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
      • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
        • Johns Hopkins University-Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
      • Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20889-5600
        • Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
    • Michigan
      • Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
        • C S Mott Children's Hospital
      • Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48236
        • Saint John Hospital and Medical Center
      • Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201
        • Wayne State University-Karmanos Cancer Institute
      • Flint, Michigan, United States, 48502
        • Hurley Medical Center
      • Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49503
        • Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health
    • Minnesota
      • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55404
        • Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis
      • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455
        • University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview
    • Mississippi
      • Jackson, Mississippi, United States, 39216
        • University of Mississippi Medical Center
    • Missouri
      • Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64108
        • The Childrens Mercy Hospital
    • Nebraska
      • Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68198
        • University of Nebraska Medical Center
      • Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68114
        • Children's Hospital and Medical Center of Omaha
    • Nevada
      • Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, 89106
        • Nevada Cancer Research Foundation CCOP
    • New Jersey
      • Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, 07601
        • Hackensack University Medical Center
      • New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08901
        • Saint Peter's University Hospital
      • New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08903
        • UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
      • Newark, New Jersey, United States, 07112
        • Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
    • New York
      • Buffalo, New York, United States, 14263
        • Roswell Park Cancer Institute
      • New York, New York, United States, 10032
        • Columbia University Medical Center
      • New York, New York, United States, 10065
        • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
      • Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
        • University of Rochester
      • Syracuse, New York, United States, 13210
        • State University of New York Upstate Medical University
      • Valhalla, New York, United States, 10595
        • Ny Cancer%
    • North Carolina
      • Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599
        • University of North Carolina
      • Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28203
        • Carolinas Medical Center
      • Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
        • Duke University Medical Center
    • North Dakota
      • Fargo, North Dakota, United States, 58122
        • Sanford Medical Center-Fargo
    • Ohio
      • Akron, Ohio, United States, 44308
        • Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
        • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
      • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43205
        • Nationwide Children's Hospital
    • Oklahoma
      • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104
        • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
    • Oregon
      • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239
        • Oregon Health and Science University
      • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97227
        • Legacy Emanuel Hospital and Health Center
    • Pennsylvania
      • Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033
        • Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
        • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19134
        • Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children
      • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15224
        • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
    • Rhode Island
      • Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903
        • Rhode Island Hospital
    • South Carolina
      • Columbia, South Carolina, United States, 29203
        • Palmetto Health Richland
    • Tennessee
      • Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38105
        • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
      • Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232
        • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
    • Texas
      • Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390
        • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
      • Fort Worth, Texas, United States, 76104
        • Cook Children's Medical Center
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
        • Baylor College of Medicine
      • Lubbock, Texas, United States, 79410
        • Covenant Children's Hospital
      • San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78229-3900
        • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84113
        • Primary Children's Hospital
    • Vermont
      • Burlington, Vermont, United States, 05401
        • University of Vermont
    • Virginia
      • Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23507
        • Childrens Hospital-King's Daughters
    • Washington
      • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98105
        • Seattle Children's Hospital
      • Tacoma, Washington, United States, 98405
        • Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center
    • Wisconsin
      • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53226
        • Midwest Children's Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

No older than 4 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis DS or DS mosaicism by karyotype or chromosomal analysis
  • Diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) with < 30% blasts or acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

    • Newly diagnosed disease
  • Patients with a history of transient myeloproliferative disorder (TMD) are eligible provided the patient is diagnosed with AML or MDS at > 90 days of age AND meets either of the following criteria:

    • At least 30% blasts in the bone marrow regardless of time since resolution of TMD
    • More than 8 weeks since resolution of TMD with ≥ 5% blasts in the bone marrow
  • Immunophenotype required for study entry
  • No promyelocytic leukemia
  • Shortening fraction ≥ 27% by echocardiogram OR ejection fraction ≥ 50% by radionuclide angiogram
  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST or ALT < 2.5 times ULN
  • Creatinine adjusted according to age as follows:

    • No greater than 0.4 mg/dL (≤ 5 months)
    • No greater than 0.5 mg/dL (6 months -11 months)
    • No greater than 0.6 mg/dL (1 year-23 months)
    • No greater than 0.8 mg/dL (2 years-5 years)
    • No greater than 1.0 mg/dL (6 years-9 years)
    • No greater than 1.2 mg/dL (10 years-12 years)
    • No greater than 1.4 mg/dL (13 years and over [female])
    • No greater than 1.5 mg/dL (13 years to 15 years [male])
    • No greater than 1.7 mg/dL (16 years and over [male])
  • Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate at least 70 mL/min
  • No evidence of dyspnea at rest
  • No exercise intolerance
  • Pulse oximetry > 94%
  • No prior chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or any antileukemic therapy

    • Intrathecal cytarabine therapy given at diagnosis allowed
  • Prior therapy for TMD allowed

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Treatment (combination chemotherapy)

INDUCTION THERAPY COURSE I: Patients receive cytarabine IT on day 1 and cytarabine IV continuously over 96 hours, daunorubicin hydrochloride IV continuously, and oral thioguanine BID on days 1-4. COURSE II: Patients receive high-dose cytarabine IV over 3 hours BID on days 1, 2, 8, and 9 and asparaginase (IM) on days 2 and 9.

COURSE III: Patients receive treatment as in course I. COURSE IV: Patients receive cytarabine IV, daunorubicin hydrochloride IV, and oral thioguanine as in course I

INTENSIFICATION THERAPY: Patients receive cytarabine IV continuously over 168 hours on days 1-7 and etoposide IV over 1 hour on days 1-3. Treatment repeats every 28 days for 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Correlative studies
Given IV
Other Names:
  • EPEG
  • VP-16
  • VP-16-213
Given IV
Other Names:
  • Cerubidin
  • Cerubidine
  • RP-13057
  • daunomycin hydrochloride
  • daunorubicin
Given IM
Other Names:
  • Elspar
  • Colaspase
  • L-ASP
  • ASNase
  • Crasnitin
Given IV or IT
Other Names:
  • Cytosar-U
  • cytosine arabinoside
  • ARA-C
  • arabinofuranosylcytosine
  • arabinosylcytosine
Given orally
Other Names:
  • 6-TG

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Event-free Survival (EFS) at 3 Years
Time Frame: Time from study entry to induction failure, relapse, or death assessed at 3 years.
Time from study entry to induction failure, relapse, or death assessed at 3 years.
Overall Survival (OS) at 3 Years
Time Frame: Time from study entry to death, assessed at 3 years.
Time from study entry to death, assessed at 3 years.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Induction Remission Rate
Time Frame: End of induction therapy (day 112)
Proportion of participants with a remission after four courses of Induction therapy.
End of induction therapy (day 112)
Percentage of Patients Experiencing Grade 3 or 4 Toxicity Assessed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 4.0
Time Frame: From the beginning of induction therapy to the end of intensification therapy
Proportion of participants with at least one grade 3 or higher adverse event during therapy.
From the beginning of induction therapy to the end of intensification therapy
Prevalence of Leukemia Phenotype of DS Patients < 4 Years of Age at Diagnosis by Flow Cytometry
Time Frame: At the start of therapy
Proportion of participants having megakaryoblastic subtype (AMkL) phenotype among patients with phenotype data available.
At the start of therapy
Prevalence of of GATA1 Mutations of DS Patients < 4 Years of Age at Diagnosis
Time Frame: At baseline and at the end of therapy (intensification) or disease relapse
Proportion of participants having GATA1 mutation among patients with phenotype data available.
At baseline and at the end of therapy (intensification) or disease relapse
Proportions of Patients in Morphologic Remission With Positive MRD by Flow Cytometry
Time Frame: After Induction I therapy (day 28 from start of therapy)
Proportion of participants in complete remission by morphology and with positive MRD by flow cytometry among patients having evaluable remission and MRD assessment.
After Induction I therapy (day 28 from start of therapy)
Cytarabine Drug Sensitivity by R-Strip (MicroMath) Curve Fitting Program
Time Frame: Days 1, 2, 8, and 9 of induction II
Mean and standard deviation of peak plasma concentration. Specimen draws were performed only with dose 1, day 1 of induction II of AraC. First sample drawn pre-infusion, then drawn 30 mins prior to the end of the infusion, and then drawn for 6 time periods post infusion up to 8 hours post infusion (and before the 2nd dose of AraC). Results are based from these multiple time points on Day 1 of Induction II only.
Days 1, 2, 8, and 9 of induction II
Cytarabine Drug Sensitivity by R-Strip (MicroMath) Curve Fitting Program
Time Frame: Days 1, 2, 8, and 9 of induction II
Mean and standard deviation of area under the concentration time curve. Specimen draws were performed only with dose 1, day 1 of induction II of AraC. First sample drawn pre-infusion, then drawn 30 mins prior to the end of the infusion, and then drawn for 6 time periods post infusion up to 8 hours post infusion (and before the 2nd dose of AraC). Results are based from these multiple time points on Day 1 of Induction II only.
Days 1, 2, 8, and 9 of induction II
Cytarabine Drug Sensitivity by R-Strip (MicroMath) Curve Fitting Program
Time Frame: Days 1, 2, 8, and 9 of induction II
Mean and standard deviation of half-life of elimination. Specimen draws were performed only with dose 1, day 1 of induction II of AraC. First sample drawn pre-infusion, then drawn 30 mins prior to the end of the infusion, and then drawn for 6 time periods post infusion up to 8 hours post infusion (and before the 2nd dose of AraC). Results are based from these multiple time points on Day 1 of Induction II only.
Days 1, 2, 8, and 9 of induction II
Gene Expression Profiles by Microarrays
Time Frame: At baseline and at the time of relapse (if available)
A hierarchical clustering algorithm is used to assemble the genes into a dendrogram or tree structure with branches containing genes with similar patterns of expression. This ordered representation can be graphically displayed with colors that reflect the qualitative and quantitative relationships of the expressed genes.
At baseline and at the time of relapse (if available)

Collaborators and Investigators

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Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Taub, MD, Children's Oncology Group

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2007

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 24, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 24, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

August 29, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 28, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 20, 2022

Last Verified

March 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • AAML0431 (Other Identifier: CTEP)
  • U10CA098543 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • NCI-2009-00318 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program))
  • CDR0000492776 (Other Identifier: Clinical Trials.gov)
  • COG-AAML0431 (Other Identifier: Children's Oncology Group)

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