Monitoring Minimal Residual Disease of Patients With Acute Myelogenous Leukemia or High Grade Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MRD)

A Program for Monitoring Minimal Residual Disease Following Treatment of Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia or High Grade Myelodysplastic Syndrome

This study is being performed to develop assays to determine the impact of the therapy patients receive for treatment of AML or MDS and to determine if these tests can identify those patients who are at a greater risk for having their disease relapse.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Acute Myeloid Leukemia; Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Detailed Description

Following therapy, the majority of patients with AML and many patients with MDS will achieve a remission that is defined by the lack of any evidence of the disease when viewing bone marrow samples under a microscope. Despite the absence of disease by this method, many patients in remission will still have what is referred to as Minimal Residual Disease when more sensitive methods are applied. The presence of Minimal Residual Disease following therapy does not guarantee that the patient will experience a relapse. This is likely a result of the failure of these techniques to examine those cells that are responsible for disease relapse. Recent data suggests that in the majority of patients with AML or MDS only a minor population of the malignant cells are capable of maintaining the disease and are likely responsible for relapse following therapy. This minor population of cells can be identified by the proteins they have on their surface. This study tests the ability to identify Minimal Residual Disease following therapy by performing special assays that specifically target this minor population of malignant cells.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 400

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Michael W Becker, MD; Phone Number: 585-273-3968; Email: Michael_Becker@URMC.Rochester.edu
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Jamie Littleton, MSN,RN,CCRC; Phone Number: 585-273-3150; Email: jamie_littleton@urmc.rochester.edu

Study Locations

• United States
  • New York
    • Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
      • Recruiting
      • University of Rochester Medical Center
      • Contact: Michael W Becker, MD; Phone Number: 585-273-3968; Email: Michael_Becker@URMC.Rochester.edu
      • Principal Investigator: Michael W Becker, MD

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Hematology/oncology clinic

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Are being evaluated for the diagnosis and/or treatment of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia or High Grade myelodysplastic syndrome (defined as greater than 10 percent blasts on examination of the bone marrow aspirate).
• Have not undergone prior cytotoxic therapy for acute myelogenous leukemia or High Grade myelodysplastic syndrome in the past 3 months other than hydroxyurea or Revlimid.
• Have not previously received an allogeneic peripheral blood or bone marrow stem cell transplant for their disease.
• Are able to sign an informed consent. Informed consent must be signed at the time of enrollment and prior to the collection of any specimens and/or clinical data (other than PHI needed to screen and identify patients, which will be promptly discarded in a secure fashion if patient is not enrolled on study)
• Are at least 18 years of age.
• Do not have any serious medical or psychiatric illness, other than that treated by this study which would limit the ability of the patient to receive therapy or give informed consent.
• Have been informed of the investigational nature of this study and given written informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects who are less than 18 years of age.
• Subjects with limited decision making capacity.
• Subjects who have received prior cytotoxic therapy, other than hydroxyurea or Revlimid, for their disease within the past three months.
• Patients with a diagnosis of chronic myelogenous leukemia in blast crisis, Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia, or Bi-lineage leukemia.
• Subjects who have previously undergone an allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplant.
• Have an active malignancy other than acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) at the time of evaluation or a prior history of treatment for a malignancy other than AML or MDS within the past 2 years.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Identification of Minimal Residual Disease after treatment for disease	To test the ability to identify Minimal Residual Disease following therapy by performing special assays that specifically target this minor population of malignant cells by evaluating the expression of cell surface antigens previously shown to be informative.	2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Rochester
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Michael W Becker, MD, University of Rochester

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: August 1, 2007
• Primary Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2030
• Study Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2030

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 7, 2011
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 8, 2011
• First Posted (Estimated): March 9, 2011

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): September 17, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 10, 2025
• Last Verified: September 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: AML; MDS
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Hematologic Diseases; Leukemia, Myeloid; Bone Marrow Diseases; Leukemia; Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute; Myelodysplastic Syndromes
• Other Study ID Numbers: 20123

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No