AML Therapy With Irradiated Allogeneic Cells

This pilot clinical trial studies if cells donated by a close genetic relative can help maintain acute myeloid leukemia (AML) complete remission (CR). Eligible patients will receive a standard induction chemotherapy. If a complete remission results they will receive irradiated allogeneic cells from a HLA haploidentical relative. Only patients who obtain a CR after the standard induction chemotherapy are eligible for the experimental therapy (irradiated haploidentical cells).

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Recurrent Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia; Adult Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia (M7); Adult Acute Minimally Differentiated Myeloid Leukemia (M0); Adult Acute Monoblastic Leukemia (M5a); Adult Acute Monocytic Leukemia (M5b); Adult Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia With Maturation (M2); Adult Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia Without Maturation (M1); Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) Abnormalities; Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Del(5q); 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 Myelomonocytic Leukemia (M4); Adult Erythroleukemia (M6a); Adult Pure Erythroid Leukemia (M6b); Untreated Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: laboratory biomarker analysis; Drug: fludarabine phosphate; Drug: cytarabine; Biological: donor lymphocytes; Drug: G-CSF

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Toxicity of haploidentical allogeneic cellular therapy in patients in complete remission (CR) (or CR with incomplete platelet recovery [CRp]) after induction chemotherapy with fludarabine (fludarabine phosphate)-cytarabine.

II. Efficacy of haploidentical allogeneic cellular therapy in patients in CR (or CRp) after induction chemotherapy with fludarabine-cytarabine (remission rates at 6, 12, 18, 24 months).

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Immunologic parameters before and after haploidentical therapy: host anti-leukemia T cells; host regulatory T cells.

OUTLINE:

INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY: Patients receive fludarabine phosphate intravenously (IV) over 1 hour once daily (QD) for 5 days and cytarabine IV over 4 hours for 5 days. Treatment may continue for 1 or 2 courses at the discretion of the treating physician.

ALLOGENEIC CELLULAR THERAPY: Patients undergo irradiated donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) of 3 x 10^8 cluster of differentiation (CD)3+ cells/kg at 8 weeks. Patients with stable disease may repeat irradiated DLI every 8-12 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up periodically for up to 2 years.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 6
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • New Jersey
    • New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08903
      • Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histologically proven non-M3 AML:

  • Refractory/relapsed AML OR
  • Initial diagnosis of AML in patient >= 60 years old
• Total bilirubin =< 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) institutional limits (unless Gilbert's disease)
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 X institutional ULN
• Cardiac left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) >= 35%
• Serum creatinine =< 1.5 mg/dl
• Any organ dysfunction thought to be secondary to disease will be considered separately and the patient will be included at the investigators discretion
• Patients must give informed consent
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 3
• Must have a potential haploidentical donor (parent, sibling, child)
• A patient is eligible for second enrollment (allo-cellular therapy) if all of the following inclusion criteria are met:
• Patient must have documented CR or CRp after 1 or 2 cycles of fludarabine + cytarabine
• Patient must not be a candidate for an allo-hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT)
• Patient must have a partially (>= 3/6 class I antigen) human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched (by serology or low resolution deoxyribonucleic acid [DNA] testing) relative able to serve as a donor
• Patients must not have active uncontrolled infections, other medical or psychological/social conditions that might increase the likelihood of patient adverse effects or poor outcomes
• Total bilirubin < 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) institutional limits (unless Gilbert's disease)
• AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) =< 2.5 X institutional ULN
• Serum creatinine < 2.0 mg/dl
• ECOG performance status =< 2
• DONOR: donor must be related to patient and be partially (>= 3/6 antigen) HLA-matched
• DONOR: donor must meet all New Brunswick Affiliated Hospitals (NBAH) requirements for hematopoietic stem cell donation, including:
• DONOR: age >= 18 years old
• DONOR: white blood cells (WBC) 4.0-10.0 x 10^3/mm^3
• DONOR: platelet count 150,000 to 440,000/mm^3
• DONOR: hemoglobin/hematocrit; 12.5-18 g/dl, 38 to 54%
• DONOR: not pregnant or lactating
• DONOR: not human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1, HIV-2, hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis B core or human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV)-I/II seropositive; hepatitis B surface antigen (HB S ag) (-); meet other infectious disease screening criteria utilized by NBAH Blood Center
• DONOR: no uncontrolled infections, other medical or psychological/social conditions, or medications that might increase the likelihood of patient or donor adverse effects or poor outcomes
• DONOR: meet other blood bank criteria for blood product donation (as determined by NBAH Blood Center screening history and laboratory studies)

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of current or prior medical problems that the investigator feels will prevent administration of therapy or assessment of response due to excess toxicity
• Patients with known active central nervous system (CNS) leukemia will be excluded from this clinical study
• Known HIV-positive patients are excluded from the study
• Patients may not be pregnant or breast feeding

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: Standard chemotherapy followed by allogenic therapy; INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY: Patients receive standard induction chemotherapy with fludarabine phosphate IV over 1 hour QD for 5 days and cytarabine IV over 4 hours for 5 days. G-CSF 5 mcg/kg will be started at day14 if day14 bone marrow does not have >5% leukemic blasts. Treatment may continue for 1 or 2 courses at the discretion of the treating physician. If the patient enters a complete remission they are eligible for ALLOGENEIC CELLULAR THERAPY: Patients eligible for the experimental therapy undergo irradiated Donor Lymphocyte Infusion (DLI) of 3 x 10^8 CD3+ cells/kg at 8 weeks. Patients with stable disease may repeat irradiated DLI every 8-12 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Other: laboratory biomarker analysis; Correlative studies; Drug: fludarabine phosphate; Given IV; Other Names: 2-F-ara-AMP; Beneflur; Fludara; Drug: cytarabine; Given IV; Other Names: Cytosar-U; cytosine arabinoside; ARA-C; arabinofuranosylcytosine; arabinosylcytosine; Biological: donor lymphocytes; Undergo infusion of donor lymphocytes; Drug: G-CSF; Given IV; Other Names: Filgrastim; Neupogen®

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Adverse Events Related to Experimental Therapy	Patients will be observed for incidence of adverse events related to experimental therapy, graded according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.0. Of the 6 patients enrolled, all were ineligible to enter the experimental treatment phase of the study because of failure to reach complete remission. None of the enrolled patients received experimental therapy (allogeneic donor lymphocyte therapy). The one death occurred while receiving standard therapy prior to eligibility for experimental allogeneic therapy. The remained of patients were ineligible for experimental therapy because they did not obtain a complete remission after standard induction chemotherapy.	Up to 2 years
Response Rate, Determined by Allogeneic Cell Therapy-related Mortality	Patients' response rate will be determined by allogeneic cell therapy-related mortality. Of the 6 patients enrolled, all were ineligible to enter the experimental treatment phase of the study for failure to reach complete remission. Hence no outcomes are available.	Up to 2 years
Response Rate, Determined by Duration of Complete Remission	Patients will be scored as being in continuous remission at 2 years or having relapsed sooner. Of the 6 patients enrolled, all were ineligible to enter the treatment phase of the study for failure to reach complete remission for allogenic treatment.	Up to 2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Progression Free Survival Probability for CR	Calculated using Kaplan-Meier estimation method. Corresponding 95% confidence interval will be provided. Of the 6 patients enrolled, all were ineligible to enter the experimental treatment phase of the study for failure to reach complete remission. Hence no outcomes are available.	At 2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI); Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: February 1, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 16, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): December 16, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 2, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 2, 2014
• First Posted (Estimate): April 7, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 24, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 20, 2021
• Last Verified: August 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Bone Marrow Diseases; Hematologic Diseases; Myeloproliferative Disorders; Leukemia; Leukemia, Myeloid; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute; Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute; Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute; Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute; Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Anti-Infective Agents; Antiviral Agents; Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; Antimetabolites; Antineoplastic Agents; Immunosuppressive Agents; Immunologic Factors; Fludarabine; Fludarabine phosphate; Cytarabine
• Other Study ID Numbers: Pro2013002693 (Other Identifier: IRB number); P30CA072720 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract); NCI-2013-02408 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program)); 021208 (Other Identifier: Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey)