Bortezomib, Sorafenib Tosylate, and Decitabine in Treating Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Phase I Study of The Combination of Bortezomib and Sorafenib Followed by Decitabine in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia

This phase I trial studies the side effects and the best dose of bortezomib and sorafenib tosylate when given together with decitabine in treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Bortezomib and sorafenib tosylate may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as decitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving bortezomib and sorafenib tosylate together with decitabine may work better in treating acute myeloid leukemia.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Acute Myeloid Leukemia; Recurrent Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia; Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia; Acute Myeloid Leukemia Post Cytotoxic Therapy
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Drug: Decitabine; Other: Pharmacological Study; Drug: Bortezomib; Drug: Sorafenib Tosylate

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To identify the biologically effective and tolerable dose (BETD) of the bortezomib/sorafenib (sorafenib tosylate) combination in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with biological activity defined as the dose(s) that induce a 100% increase (i.e. a doubling) in the level of microRNA-29b (miR-29b) in bone marrow (BM) after bortezomib/sorafenib treatment from pretreatment levels in at least 5 out of 6 patients at a given dose levels.

II. To recommend a dose level for a Phase II study using this agent combination in patients with AML.

III. To define the specific toxicities and the dose limiting toxicity (DLT) of bortezomib in combination with sorafenib and decitabine.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the overall response rate (ORR) of this combination. II. To determine the rate of complete remission (CR) of this combination. III. To conduct pharmacodynamic studies by measuring the effect of this chemotherapy combination on the micronome, kinome and epigenome.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of bortezomib and sorafenib tosylate.

STEP A: Patients receive bortezomib subcutaneously (SC) on days 1 and 4, sorafenib tosylate orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-14, and decitabine intravenously (IV) over 1 hour on days 5-14.

STEP B: Patients receive bortezomib SC on days 1, 4, and 8 or 1, 4, 8 and 11, sorafenib tosylate PO BID on days 1-14, and decitabine IV over 1 hour on days 9-18 or 12-21.

STEP C: Patients receive bortezomib SC on days 1, 4, and 8 or 1, 4, 8 and 11, sorafenib tosylate PO BID on days 1-14, and decitabine IV over 1 hour on days 5-14.

Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 4 courses in the absence of unacceptable toxicity. Patients achieving complete response (CR) or incomplete CR (CRi) receive maintenance therapy comprising decitabine IV on days 1-5. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for at least 30 days.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 15
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Ohio
    • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
      • Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) by World Health Organization (WHO) criteria in the blood and/or marrow AND age >= 60 and not candidates/refuse standard induction treatment OR who have one of the following: poor risk cytogenetics, AML following antecedent hematologic disorder, or therapy-related AML
• Patients with relapsed or refractory AML age >= 18 years are also eligible for treatment; patients may have been treated for antecedent hematologic disorder with myeloid growth factors, recombinant erythropoietin, thalidomide, lenalidomide, 5-azacitidine or the 5 day schedule of decitabine; patients who have received the 10 day schedule of decitabine for treatment an antecedent hematologic disorder or AML are not eligible
• If the patient has co-morbid medical illness, life expectancy attributed to this must be greater than 6 months
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 2
• Total bilirubin < 2.0 mg/dL
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transferase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transferase [SGPT]) < 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
• Creatinine < 2.0 mg/dL or creatinine clearance (CrCl) >= 60 mL/min
• Prothrombin time (PT)/international normalized ratio (INR) monitoring, < 1.5 x institutional upper limits of normal
• Both women and men must agree to use adequate contraception (barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation; if the patient does not agree, the patient is not eligible
• Ability to understand and willingness to sign the written informed consent document

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 2 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study; hydroxyurea may be administered for count control both pre-treatment and during cycle 1 only
• Patients receiving any other investigational agents or patients that have received other investigational agents within 14 days of enrollment
• Patients with active central nervous system disease or with granulocytic sarcoma as sole site of disease
• Patients with a history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to sorafenib, bortezomib or decitabine that are not easily managed
• Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, serious cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements; as infection is a common feature of AML, patients with active infection are permitted to enroll provided that the infection is under control; myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to enrollment or has New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV heart failure, uncontrolled angina, uncontrolled hypertension, severe uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias, or electrocardiographic evidence of acute ischemia or active conduction system abnormalities
• Patients with serious medical or psychiatric illness likely to interfere with participation in this clinical study
• Patients with pre-existing grade 2 or higher neuropathy or other serious neurologic toxicity that would significantly increase risk of complications from bortezomib therapy are excluded
• Patients with a known confirmed diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection who are taking chronic anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) are ineligible if there is a potential for drug-drug interactions with the chemotherapeutic agents; patients with a known confirmed diagnosis of HIV infection who meet standard eligibility criteria and are not taking HAART with a potential for drug-drug interactions are eligible
• Patients with advanced malignant solid tumors are excluded
• Patients with known impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may significantly alter the absorption of sorafenib
• Patients who are taking concomitant medications that in the investigator's opinion are strong inducers of the cytochrome P450, family 3, subfamily A, polypeptide 4 (CYP3A4) enzymes and therefore likely to interact with the study agents, will not be eligible

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: Treatment (bortezomib, sorafenib tosylate, decitabine); STEP A: Patients receive bortezomib SC on days 1 and 4, sorafenib tosylate PO BID on days 1-14, and decitabine IV over 1 hour on days 5-14. STEP B: Patients receive bortezomib SC on days 1, 4, and 8 or 1, 4, 8 and 11, sorafenib tosylate PO BID on days 1-14, and decitabine IV over 1 hour on days 9-18 or 12-21. STEP C: Patients receive bortezomib SC on days 1, 4, and 8 or 1, 4, 8 and 11, sorafenib tosylate PO BID on days 1-14, and decitabine IV over 1 hour on days 5-14. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 4 courses in the absence of unacceptable toxicity. Patients achieving CR or CRi receive maintenance therapy comprising decitabine IV on days 1-5. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Correlative studies; Drug: Decitabine; Given IV; Other Names: 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine; Dacogen; Decitabine for Injection; Deoxyazacytidine; Dezocitidine; Other: Pharmacological Study; Correlative studies; Drug: Bortezomib; Given SC; Other Names: Velcade; MLN341; PS-341; LDP 341; [(1R)-3-Methyl-1-[[(2S)-1-oxo-3-phenyl-2-[(pyrazinylcarbonyl)amino]propyl]amino]butyl]boronic Acid; PS341; LDP-341; MLN-341; LDP341; MLN 341; PS 341; Drug: Sorafenib Tosylate; Given PO; Other Names: BAY 54-9085; Nexavar; BAY 43-9006 Tosylate; sorafenib; BAY 54 9085; BAY 549085; BAY-54-9085; BAY549085

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
BETD of bortezomib, sorafenib tosylate, and decitabine using National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4	Analysis will include summarization of the toxicity and tolerability by dose level. Frequency and severity of adverse events and tolerability of the regimen in each of the dose levels will be collected and summarized using descriptive statistics.	28 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
CR rate	Will be correlated with miR29b levels at baseline and day 5 (or days 9 and 12). Assessment of clinical response will be made according to International Working Group criteria.	Up to 30 days
Change in miR-29b expression in blood and bone marrow	miR-29b expression as a continuous measure will be summarized quantitatively and graphically by dose level in addition to the assessment of the ability to achieve a two-fold change in this expression from baseline at each of the dose levels.	Baseline to up to day 12 of course 1

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Alison R Walker, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 3, 2013
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 6, 2015
• Study Completion (Estimated): March 19, 2027

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 20, 2013
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 20, 2013
• First Posted (Estimated): May 23, 2013

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 13, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 9, 2026
• Last Verified: March 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Hematologic Diseases; Leukemia, Myeloid; Leukemia; Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute; Organic Chemicals; Pyridines; Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring; Heterocyclic Compounds; Therapeutics; Drug Administration Routes; Drug Therapy; Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides; Hydrocarbons; Hydrocarbons, Cyclic; Hydrocarbons, Aromatic; Amides; Inorganic Chemicals; Cytidine; Pyrimidine Nucleosides; Pyrimidines; Benzene Derivatives; Aza Compounds; Nucleosides; Ribonucleosides; Boronic Acids; Acids, Noncarboxylic; Acids; Boron Compounds; Pyrazines; Azacitidine; Urea; Acids, Heterocyclic; Phenylurea Compounds; Niacinamide; Nicotinic Acids; Decitabine; Sorafenib; Bortezomib; Injections
• Other Study ID Numbers: NCI-2013-00999 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program)); P30CA016058 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract); UM1CA186712 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract); U01CA076576 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract); OSU-11186; OSU 11186 (Other Identifier: Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center); 9422 (Other Identifier: CTEP); R01CA158350 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No