Clofarabine, Idarubicin, Cytarabine, Vincristine Sulfate, and Dexamethasone in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed or Relapsed Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia

A Phase 2 Study of Clofarabine, Idarubicin, Cytarabine, Vincristine, and Corticosteroids for Patients With Newly Diagnosed or Relapsed Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia

This phase II trial studies how well clofarabine, idarubicin, cytarabine, vincristine sulfate, and dexamethasone work in treating patients with mixed phenotype acute leukemia that is newly diagnosed or has returned after a period of improvement (relapsed). Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as clofarabine, idarubicin, cytarabine, vincristine sulfate, and dexamethasone, 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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Recurrent Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia; Acute Leukemia of Ambiguous Lineage; Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia; Acute Bilineal Leukemia; Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia; Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia; Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia, B/Myeloid, Not Otherwise Specified; Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia, T/Myeloid, Not Otherwise Specified
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Cytarabine; Drug: Vincristine Sulfate; Drug: Vincristine; Biological: Rituximab; Drug: Sorafenib; Drug: Clofarabine; Drug: Sorafenib Tosylate; Drug: Dexamethasone; Drug: Idarubicin

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To evaluate the response rate of the chemotherapy regimen in patients with mixed phenotype acute leukemia.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To evaluate the durability of response, the overall and event-free survival rates, and the safety profile of the regimen.

OUTLINE:

INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive clofarabine intravenously (IV) over 60 minutes on days 1-4 or 1-3; idarubicin IV over 30-60 minutes on days 1-3 or 1-2; cytarabine IV over 2 hours on days 1-4; vincristine sulfate IV over 15-30 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15; and dexamethasone IV over 10-30 minutes on days 1-4 and 15-18. Patients with a certain type of leukemia may receive rituximab IV over 4-6 hours on days 1 and 8 or sorafenib tosylate orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-14. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 2 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

CONSOLIDATION THERAPY: Patients receive clofarabine IV over 60 minutes on days 1-3 or 1-2; idarubicin IV over 30-60 minutes on days 1-2; cytarabine IV over 2 hours on days 1-3 or 1-2; vincristine sulfate IV over 15-30 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15; and dexamethasone IV over 10-30 minutes on days 1-4 and 15-18. Patients with a certain type of leukemia may receive rituximab IV over 4-6 hours on days 1 and 8 of cycles 1-3 or sorafenib tosylate PO BID on days 1-28 of cycle 1-6 and beyond. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 6 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days and then every 6 months thereafter.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 16
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Texas
    • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
      • M D Anderson Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Sign an informed consent document
• Newly diagnosed or relapsed mixed phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL), which for this protocol, will be defined as follows: bone marrow result interpreted by the reading pathologist (or tissue biopsy for cases of extramedullary disease) as: biphenotypic leukemia, bilineal leukemia, undifferentiated leukemia, mixed lineage leukemia, leukemia of ambiguous lineage, T/myeloid leukemia, B/myeloid leukemia, or other diagnosis indicating the presence of multiple lineages within the cell population
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of =< 3 at study entry
• Adequate organ function as outlined below (unless due to leukemia)
• Serum creatinine =< 3 mg/dL
• Total bilirubin =< 2.5 mg/dL
• Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) and/or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) =< 3 x upper limit of normal (ULN) or =< 5 x ULN if related to disease
• Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 7 days; women of childbearing potential and men must agree to use contraception at study entry and for the duration of active study treatment
• Cardiac ejection fraction >= 40% (by either cardiac echocardiogram [echo] or multi gated acquisition [MUGA] scan); documentation of recent (=< 6 months from screening) outside reports is acceptable
• If newly diagnosed, prior therapy with hydrea and/or steroid and the use of a single or a two day dose of cytarabine (up to 3 g/m^2), for emergency use up to 24 hours prior to start of study therapy is allowed

Exclusion Criteria:

• Breast feeding females
• Patients with active, uncontrolled infections
• Patients with active secondary malignancy will not be eligible unless approved by the principal investigator

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 (combination chemotherapy); See Detailed Description.

Drug: Cytarabine; Given IV; Other Names: .beta.-Cytosine arabinoside; 1-.beta.-D-Arabinofuranosyl-4-amino-2(1H)pyrimidinone; 1-.beta.-D-Arabinofuranosylcytosine; 1-Beta-D-arabinofuranosyl-4-amino-2(1H)pyrimidinone; 1-Beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine; 1.beta.-D-Arabinofuranosylcytosine; 2(1H)-Pyrimidinone, 4-Amino-1-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl-; 2(1H)-Pyrimidinone, 4-amino-1.beta.-D-arabinofuranosyl-; Alexan; Ara-C; ARA-cell; Arabine; Arabinofuranosylcytosine; Arabinosylcytosine; Aracytidine; Aracytin; Aracytine; CHX-3311; Cytarabinum; Cytarbel; Cytosar; Cytosine Arabinoside; Cytosine-.beta.-arabinoside; Cytosine-beta-arabinoside; Erpalfa; Starasid; Tarabine PFS; U 19920; U-19920; Udicil; WR-28453; Beta-cytosine Arabinoside; Drug: Vincristine Sulfate; Given IV; Other Names: Oncovin; Kyocristine; Leurocristine, sulfate; Vincasar; Vincosid; Vincrex; Vincristine, sulfate; Leurocristine sulfate; Drug: Vincristine; Given IV; Other Names: VCR; Vincrystine; LEUROCRISTINE; Biological: Rituximab; Given IV; Other Names: Rituxan; MabThera; ABP 798; BI 695500; C2B8 Monoclonal Antibody; Chimeric Anti-CD20 Antibody; CT-P10; IDEC-102; IDEC-C2B8; IDEC-C2B8 Monoclonal Antibody; Monoclonal Antibody IDEC-C2B8; PF-05280586; Rituximab ABBS; Rituximab Biosimilar ABP 798; Rituximab Biosimilar BI 695500; Rituximab Biosimilar CT-P10; Rituximab Biosimilar GB241; Rituximab Biosimilar IBI301; Rituximab Biosimilar JHL1101; Rituximab Biosimilar PF-05280586; Rituximab Biosimilar RTXM83; Rituximab Biosimilar SAIT101; rituximab biosimilar TQB2303; rituximab-abbs; RTXM83; Truxima; Drug: Sorafenib; Given PO; Other Names: BAY 43-9006; BA4 43 9006; Bay-439006; Drug: Clofarabine; Given IV; Other Names: Clofarex; Clolar; Drug: Sorafenib Tosylate; Given PO; Other Names: BAY 54-9085; Nexavar; BAY 43-9006 Tosylate; sorafenib; Drug: Dexamethasone; Given IV; Other Names: Decadron; Aacidexam; Adexone; Aknichthol Dexa; Alba-Dex; Alin; Alin Depot; Alin Oftalmico; Amplidermis; Anemul mono; Auricularum; Auxiloson; Baycadron; Baycuten; Baycuten N; Cortidexason; Cortisumman; Decacort; Decadrol; Decadron DP; Decalix; Decameth; Decasone R.p.; Dectancyl; Dekacort; Deltafluorene; Deronil; Desamethasone; Desameton; Dexa-Mamallet; Dexa-Rhinosan; Dexa-Scheroson; Dexa-sine; Dexacortal; Dexacortin; Dexafarma; Dexafluorene; Dexalocal; Dexamecortin; Dexameth; Dexamethasone Intensol; Dexamethasonum; Dexamonozon; Dexapos; Dexinoral; Dexone; Dinormon; Fluorodelta; Fortecortin; Gammacorten; Hexadecadrol; Hexadrol; Lokalison-F; Loverine; Methylfluorprednisolone; Millicorten; Mymethasone; Orgadrone; Spersadex; TaperDex; Visumetazone; ZoDex; Drug: Idarubicin; Given IV; Other Names: 4-Demethoxydaunomycin; 4-demethoxydaunorubicin; 4-DMDR

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Participants Complete Response	Response is Complete Response (CR) is Neutrophil count >/= 1.0 x 10^9/L, . Platelet count >/= 100 x 10^9/L, Bone marrow aspirate < 5% blasts, No extramedullary leukemia.	Up to 2 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
4-week Mortality Rate	Number of participants who died after 4 weeks of treatment.	At 4 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Elias Jabbour, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• MD Anderson Cancer Center Website

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 27, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 21, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): February 21, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 8, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 8, 2014
• First Posted (Estimated): May 12, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 22, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 20, 2024
• Last Verified: March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Immune System Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Lymphatic Diseases; Immunoproliferative Disorders; Disease Attributes; Hematologic Diseases; Leukemia, Lymphoid; Leukemia; Acute Disease; Leukemia, Biphenotypic, Acute; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Anti-Infective Agents; Autonomic Agents; Peripheral Nervous System Agents; Antiviral Agents; Enzyme Inhibitors; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Antirheumatic Agents; Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; Antimetabolites; Antineoplastic Agents; Immunosuppressive Agents; Immunologic Factors; Tubulin Modulators; Antimitotic Agents; Mitosis Modulators; Antiemetics; Gastrointestinal Agents; Glucocorticoids; Hormones; Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists; Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; Protease Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; Topoisomerase II Inhibitors; Topoisomerase Inhibitors; Protein Kinase Inhibitors; Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone acetate; BB 1101; Antibodies; Sorafenib; Clofarabine; Immunoglobulins; Rituximab; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Cytarabine; Vincristine; Idarubicin
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2013-0073 (Other Identifier: M D Anderson Cancer Center); NCI-2014-02322 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program))

Drug and device information, study documents

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