Clofarabine, Cytarabine, and G-CSF in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Dose Escalation Study of Clofarabine in Combination With Cytarabine (Ara-C) and G-CSF Priming for Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Patients

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as clofarabine and cytarabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or stopping them from dividing. Colony stimulating factors, such as G-CSF, may increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood and may help the immune system recover from the side effects of chemotherapy.

PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of clofarabine to see how well it works when given together with cytarabine and G-CSF in treating patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Acute Myeloid Leukemia; Recurrent Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia; Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) Abnormalities; Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Inv(16)(p13;q22); Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(16;16)(p13;q22); Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(8;21)(q22;q22); Adult Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (M3); Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(15;17)(q22;q12)
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: cytarabine; Drug: clofarabine; Biological: filgrastim

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the maximum tolerated dose of clofarabine, and the dose-limiting toxicities of the combination of clofarabine and cytarabine with G-CSF priming, in the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory AML.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the hematological and non-hematological side effect profile of the combination of clofarabine, cytarabine, and G-CSF.

II. To determine the efficacy of clofarabine in combination with cytarabine and G-CSF priming in the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory AML.

III. To determine the disease-free and overall survival after therapy with clofarabine, cytarabine, and G-CSF for relapsed or refractory AML.

OUTLINE: This is a dose escalation study of clofarabine.

PART I:

INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive clofarabine IV over 1 hour and cytarabine IV over 2 hours on days 1-5, and filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously once daily beginning 24 hours prior to chemotherapy and continuing until blood count recover. Patients with residual leukemia (>= 5% blasts by morphology) at day 14 and if blast remain > 5% by day 21 receive a second course of induction therapy.

CONSOLIDATION THERAPY: Patients receive clofarabine, cytarabine, and G-CSF as in induction therapy. Patients may receive a second course of consolidation therapy depending on response and whether additional therapy (e.g., stem cell transplant or donor lymphocyte infusion) is planned.

PARTS II and III:

Patients receive induction therapy and consolidation therapy as in part 1.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years and then annually for 3 years.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 50
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Washington
    • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109
      • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington Cancer Consortium

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• ECOG performance status 0-2
• Capable of understanding the investigational nature, potential risks and benefits of the study, and able to provide valid informed consent
• Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 2 weeks prior to enrollment
• Male and female patients must be willing to use an effective contraceptive method during the study and for a minimum of 6 months after study treatment
• Serum Total or Direct bilirubin =< 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
• Aspartate transaminase (AST)/alanine transaminase (ALT) =< 2.5 times ULN
• Diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia by WHO criteria, either relapsed or refractory; acute promyelocytic leukemia [acute promyelocytic leukemia with t(15;17)(q22;q12) and variants] would be eligible only after failure of a regimen containing arsenic trioxide
• Serum creatinine =< 1.0 mg/dL; if serum creatinine > 1.0 mg/dl, then the estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) must be >60 mL/min/1.73 m^2
• Alkaline phosphatase =< 2.5 times ULN

Exclusion Criteria:

• Use of investigational agents within 30 days or initiation of any other anticancer therapy within 2 weeks before study entry with the exception of hydroxyurea, and intrathecal therapy for leukemic meningitis
• Patients with a systemic fungal, bacterial, viral, or other infection not controlled (defined as exhibiting ongoing signs/symptoms related to the infection and without improvement, despite appropriate antibiotics or other treatment)
• Pregnant or lactating patients
• Any significant concurrent disease, illness, or psychiatric disorder that would compromise patient safety or compliance, interfere with consent, study participation, follow up, or interpretation of study results
• Have any other severe concurrent disease, history of serious organ dysfunction, or disease involving the heart, kidney, liver (including symptomatic hepatitis, veno-occlusive disease, or hepatic graft-versus-host disease [for acute >= grade 2]), or other organ system dysfunction
• No concomitant cytotoxic therapy or investigational therapy is allowed during the study with the exception of intrathecal therapy for leukemic meningitis; intrathecal therapy must not be given during or within 24 hours of any 5 day Clofarabine/Cytarabine treatment period
• To the extent possible, use of nephrotoxic (e.g., vancomycin, amphotericin B, etc) and hepatotoxic (e.g., voriconazole, cyclosporine, etc) agents is to be avoided during clofarabine; use of alternative medications (e.g., herbal or botanical for anticancer purposes) is not permitted during the entire study period
• Current concomitant chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or immunotherapy other than as specified in the protocol
• More than two failed induction attempts for initial diagnosis or current relapse; for patients enrolled under part III of the protocol, patients must be at first salvage after relapse less than one year from complete remission, or salvage after initial induction chemotherapy
• Allogeneic transplant recipients on immunosuppression or on treatment for GVHD

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: Arm I; See Detailed Description	Drug: cytarabine; Given IV; Other Names: Cytosar-U; cytosine arabinoside; ARA-C; arabinofuranosylcytosine; arabinosylcytosine; Drug: clofarabine; Given IV; Other Names: Clofarex; Clolar; CAFdA; Biological: filgrastim; Given subcutaneously; Other Names: G-CSF; Neupogen

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Maximum Tolerated Dose of Clofarabine		45 days after the last dose of clofarabine
Dose-limiting Toxicity as Assessed by NCI CTCAE v3.0		45 days after the last dose of clofarabine
Response Rates by Cytogenetic Risk Category	Number of participants who achieved Complete Remission (less than 5% blasts in the marrow and count recovery of Absolute Neutrophil Count to 1,000/microL and Platelet Count to 100,000/microL) under each cytogenetic risk category.	45 days after the last dose of clofarabine
Response Rates by Cytogenetic Risk Category and Clofarabine Dose	Number of participants under each Cytogenetic Risk Category and Clofarabine dose who achieve CR (Complete Remission = less than 5% blasts in the marrow and count recovery of Absolute Neutrophil Count to 1,000/microL and Platelet Count to 100,000/microL) or CRp (Complete Remission, but with a platelet count of less than 100,000/microL).	45 days after the last dose of clofarabine
Response Rates by Duration First Complete Remission (CR1)	Number of participants whose first Complete Remission lasted 0, 1-6, 6-12, or greater than 12 months. Only those participant who had a first CR are included in this data.	45 days after the last dose of clofarabine
Response Rates by Salvage Number	Number of participants in each Salvage number category who achieved a Complete Remission. Salvage number refers to whether treatment with GCLAC on this study was the pariticipant's first salvage regimen (1), second salvage regimen (2), or third or greater salvage regimen (3 or greater).	45 days after the last dose of clofarabine

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Hematologic and Non-hematologic Side Effect Profile		45 days after the last dose of clofarabine
Efficacy	Number of Patients Surviving at Five Years	At five years after the last dose of clofarabine
Disease-free Survival	Number of participants who survived and were disease-free at 5 years	At five years after the last dose of clofarabine
Overall Survival		At five years after the last dose of clofarabine

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Washington
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Becker PS, Kantarjian HM, Appelbaum FR, Storer B, Pierce S, Shan J, Faderl S, Estey EH. Retrospective comparison of clofarabine versus fludarabine in combination with high-dose cytarabine with or without granulocyte colony-stimulating factor as salvage therapies for acute myeloid leukemia. Haematologica. 2013 Jan;98(1):114-8. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2012.063438. Epub 2012 Jul 16.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: December 1, 2007
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 1, 2010
• Study Completion (Actual): April 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 23, 2008
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 23, 2008
• First Posted (Estimate): January 28, 2008

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 9, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 8, 2018
• Last Verified: February 1, 2018

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Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Leukemia; Leukemia, Myeloid; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute; Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Anti-Infective Agents; Antiviral Agents; Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; Antimetabolites; Antineoplastic Agents; Immunosuppressive Agents; Immunologic Factors; Clofarabine; Cytarabine
• Other Study ID Numbers: 6562; NCI-2009-01464 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program))