Uproleselan With Pre-Transplant Conditioning in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for AML

A Phase 1/2 Trial of Uproleselan Combined With High Dose Busulfan Pre-Transplant Conditioning in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Patients With Chemotherapy Resistant Acute Myeloid Leukemia

This research study is studying a new drug, uproleselan, to see if it is safe and effective in decreasing relapse after stem cell transplant and improving leukemia-free survival in pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

The name of the study drugs involved in this study are:

• Uproleselan
• Busulfan
• Clofarabine
• Fludarabine
• Tacrolimus
• Methotrexate
• Mycophenolate Mofetil

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Acute Myeloid Leukemia; Pediatric Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Uproleselan; Drug: Fludarabine; Drug: Clofarabine; Drug: Busulfan

Detailed Description

This is a single arm, multi-center, phase 1/2 trial involving the use of the study drug, uproleselan, as part of the pre stem cell transplant conditioning regimen for pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). This study is looking to learn what dose of uproleselan should be given and the safety of uproleselan when combined with other drugs as part of the pre stem cell transplant conditioning regimen.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved uproleselan as a treatment for any disease. This is the first time that uproleselan will be given to children. Uproleselan is expected to treat acute myeloid leukemia (AML) by making AML cells sensitive to chemotherapy drugs that are part of standard of care pre-transplant conditioning regimen which could help make the transplant more effective..The standard of care conditioning regimen will include the drugs busulfan, clofarabine, and fludarabine. The standard of care drugs tacrolimus, and either methotrexate or mycophenolate mofetil will be used during the stem cell transplant course.

The research study procedures include screening for eligibility and study treatment including evaluations and follow up visits.

Participants will receive study drug doses for 7 days before their stem cell transplant and will be followed for 2 years following their stem cell transplant.

It is expected that about 28 people will take part in this research study.

GlycoMimetics, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, is supporting this research study by providing the study drug (uproleselan) and funding for some of the laboratory tests.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 28
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Mary Kate Czepiel; Phone Number: 617-632-5915; Email: UPROTRIAL@PARTNERS.ORG
• Study Contact Backup: Name: John Horan; Phone Number: (617) 582-7742; Email: john_horan@dfci.harvard.edu

Study Locations

• United States
  • Alabama
    • Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233
      • Recruiting
      • University of Alabama Birmingham
      • Contact: Joseph H Chewning, MD; Email: jhchewning@uabmc.edu
      • Contact: Jana Iqal; Email: pedsCTO@uabmc.edu
  • Massachusetts
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
      • Recruiting
      • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
      • Contact: John Horan, MD, MPH; Phone Number: 617-582-7742; Email: john_horan@dfci.harvard.edu
      • Principal Investigator: John Horan, MD, MPH
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
      • Recruiting
      • Boston Children's Hospital
      • Contact: John Horan, MD, MPH; Phone Number: 617-582-7742; Email: john_horan@dfci.harvard.edu
      • Principal Investigator: John Horan, MD, MPH
  • Michigan
    • Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49503
      • Recruiting
      • Helen DeVos Children's Hospital/Spectrum Health
      • Contact: Troy Quigg, DO; Email: troy.quigg@corewellhealth.org
      • Contact: Mary E Readwin, RN; Email: mary.readwin2@corewellhealth.org
  • New York
    • New York, New York, United States, 10174
      • Recruiting
      • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
      • Contact: Jaap Jan Boelens, MD, PhD; Email: boelensj@mskcc.org
      • Contact: Andrew C Harris, MD; Email: harrisa7@mskcc.org

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 1 year to 30 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age ≥12 months and ≤ 39 years

  • The minimum and maximum number of subjects enrolled on the study are 20 and 28, respectively. In order to ensure at least 70% of the population are under the age of 18 years of age, the number of subjects >=18 years old will be limited as follows:
  • At least 7 of the first 10 subjects must be under 18 years old
  • At least 7 of the second 10 subjects must be under 18 years old
  • At least 6 of the last 8 subjects enrolled must be under 18 years old
• Lansky/Karnofsky performance status ≥70% (see Appendix A)
• Weight ≥10 kg

• Acute myeloid leukemia that arises de novo or is secondary to:

  • cytotoxic chemoradiotherapy
  • myelodysplastic syndrome
  • a leukemia predisposition syndrome or inherited marrow failure syndrome other than ones associated with transplant-related morbidity and mortality. A predisposition resulting from a germline RUNX1 mutation is example of an eligible disorder. Fanconi Anemia and Dyskeratosis Congenita are examples of ineligible disorders.

• Disease status: Multidimensional flow cytometry (MDF) to assess disease status for eligibility will be performed centrally by Hematologics.

  • In a first or second complete remission (defined as marrow with ≤1% leukemic blasts by MDF and no evidence of extramedullary disease) with minimal residual disease (MRD, defined as marrow with ≥0.05% leukemic blasts by MDF) after at least 2 cycles of induction/re-induction chemotherapy.
  • Have newly diagnosed disease or disease in first relapse that is refractory (defined as marrow with >1% leukemic blasts by MDF or persistence of extramedullary disease) to at least 2 cycles of induction/re-induction chemotherapy.

This sample will be used for eligibility as well as correlative biomarkers. Please see section 9.2 for details regarding collection, processing, and shipping of the sample.

• Graft and Donor Types:

  • Patients must be receiving bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells from a HLA identical related or HLA matched unrelated (allele level matched at A, B, C and DRB1 loci) donor.
  • Eligibility of prospective donors should be determined in compliance with requirements of 21 CFR Part 1271. This should include donor screening for COVID-19 exposure or infection. https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/safety-availability-biologics/updated-information-human-cell-tissue-or-cellular-or-tissue-based-product-hctp-establishments
• Ability to understand and/or the willingness of their parent or legally authorized representative to sign a written informed consent document.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants who have had a previous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
• Participants who have had prior treatment with uproleselan
• CNS 3 disease at time of admission for HSCT. Patients previously diagnosed CNS 3 disease that has improved (CNS1 or CNS2) will be eligible. (See Section 3.3 for definitions).
• Down Syndrome
• Fanconi Anemia, Dyskeratosis Congenita and other disorders associated with excess risk for transplant related toxicities
• Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
• Multiply relapsed (≥2) disease
• Pregnancy (positive serum beta-HCG) or breastfeeding Because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with uproleselan, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with uproleselan. These potential risks also apply to other agents used in this study.
• Absolute neutrophil count <300/μL due to treatment (chemotherapy or immunotherapy).

Patients with neutropenia due to disease related marrow dysfunction (refractory disease, underlying myelodysplasia or an underlying marrow failure disorder) will be eligible regardless of the absolute neutrophil count. However, enrolling centers must provide clear evidence that the neutrophil count is not rising, that the patient does not have an inadequately controlled infection (see section 3.2.15), and that the patient is on broad anti-fungal prophylaxis. Given the serious risk associated with starting conditioning in patients with severe neutropenia, centers are encouraged to delay transplant if they have any reason to believe that the absolute neutrophil count may improve.

• Estimated GFR of <60 mL/min/1.73 m2. Estimated GFR may be calculated using the CKD-EPI Creatinine Equation (2009) for patients ≥19 years or creatinine-based Bedside Schwartz equation (2009) for patients <19 years. It is recommended that estimates be determined using the calculators found on the National Kidney Foundation website. the (https://www.kidney.org/professionals/KDOQI/gfr_calculator). Any patient for whom these equations yields a GFR less than 90 mL/min/1.73 m2 should have radionucleotide testing. Measurement of 24-hour urine creatinine clearance is not an acceptable substitute for radionucleotide testing.
• Cardiac ejection fraction <50% or shortening fraction <27%
• Total bilirubin (with elevated direct bilirubin) or ALT >2 X ULN.
• Pulmonary disease with FVC, FEV1 or DLCO (corrected for hemoglobin) <50 % predicted or requiring supplemental oxygen. Children who are developmentally unable to perform pulmonary function testing will be assessed solely on their need for supplemental oxygen
• Active hepatitis B or C infection
• Active, poorly controlled infections. In patients being treated for infection at the time of enrollment, source documentation of the results of all microbiologic, radiographic and pathology assessments performed for diagnosis and for evaluation of response to treatment will be required.

• Patients with a known history of HIV are excluded, unless they meet all of the following conditions:

  • No history of HIV complications with the exception of CD4 count <200 cells/mm3
  • No antiretroviral therapy with overlapping toxicity such as myelosuppression
  • CD4 count >500 cells/mm3 prior to the diagnosis of relapsed AML
  • HIV viral loads below the limit of detection
  • No history of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)-resistant HIV
• Patients who have received another investigational drug within 28 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer).

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: Uproleselan with pre-transplant conditioning; Participants will receive IV uproleselan on day -8 prior to stem cell transplant. Uproleselan will be administered IV twice daily from day -7 through day -2. Participants will also receive a standard pre-transplant conditioning regimen with fludarabine, clofarabine and busulfan. Each of these 3 drugs will be administered IV once daily from day -7 through day -4.

Drug: Uproleselan; Administered by intravenous infusion; Drug: Fludarabine; Administered by intravenous infusion; Other Names: Fludara; Drug: Clofarabine; Administered by intravenous infusion; Other Names: Clolar; Drug: Busulfan; Administered by intravenous infusion; Other Names: Busulfex; Myleran

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Recommend Phase 2 Dose	Dose recommended by study team based on maximum tolerated dose (MTD). Highest dose level at or below the maximally administered dose where ≤1 out of 6 patients experienced a Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT)	Day -8 pre- transplant through post-transplant Day +30
Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT) Phase 1	All observed toxicities will be summarized using frequencies, proportions, and 95% confidence intervals by type (organ affected or laboratory determination), severity (by CTCAEv5.0), attribution, and expectedness. Only the maximum grade for each type of toxicity will be tabulated for each patient.	Transplant Day 0 through post-transplant Day +30
Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT) Phase 2	All observed toxicities will be summarized using frequencies, proportions, and 95% confidence intervals by type (organ affected or laboratory determination), severity (by CTCAEv5.0), attribution, and expectedness. Only the maximum grade for each type of toxicity will be tabulated for each patient.	Transplant Day 0 through post-transplant Day +30

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Uproleselan Pharmacokinetics	Blood samples will be drawn for measurement of uproleselan plasma levels with the day -8 dose and the first day -4 dose. Four 1 ml samples will be drawn each day for patients less than 6 years. Five 2 ml samples will be drawn each day for patients 6 years and older. Measurements will be used to estimate uproleselan area under the curve.	Day -8 pre-transplant to day -4 pre- transplant
12-month Leukemia-Free Survival (LFS)	Progression-free survival based on the Kaplan-Meier method is defined as the duration of time from study entry to documented disease progression (PD) or death. Per RECIST 1.1 criteria:	12 months
Overall Survival (OS)	Overall Survival (OS) is based on the Kaplan-Meier method and defined as the time from study entry to death or censored at date last known alive per immune RECIST (iRECIST)	Date of transplant (Day 0) to 2 years post stem cell transplant
Relapse Rate at the RP2D	Rate of Relapse defined as the proportion of patients that has relapse on treatment or during the follow-up period	Up to 2 years
Number of Patients with Severe Oral or Gastrointestinal Mucositis	Defined as all grade 3 or higher oral or gastrointestinal mucositis related adverse events (AE) with treatment attribution of possibly, probably or definite based on CTCAEv5.	Between day 0 and post-transplant day 14

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: John Horan, MD
• Collaborators: GlycoMimetics Incorporated
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: John Horan, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 6, 2022
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2028

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 27, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 4, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): October 6, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): February 29, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 28, 2024
• Last Verified: February 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Acute Myeloid Leukemia; Pediatric Cancer
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Leukemia; Leukemia, Myeloid; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; Antimetabolites; Antineoplastic Agents; Immunosuppressive Agents; Immunologic Factors; Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; Alkylating Agents; Myeloablative Agonists; Clofarabine; Fludarabine; Busulfan
• Other Study ID Numbers: 22-063

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Plan Description: The Dana-Farber / Harvard Cancer Center encourages and supports the responsible and ethical sharing of data from clinical trials. De-identified participant data from the final research dataset used in the published manuscript may only be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement. Requests may be directed to: [contact information for Sponsor Investigator or designee]. The protocol and statistical analysis plan will be made available on Clinicaltrials.gov only as required by federal regulation or as a condition of awards and agreements supporting the research.
• IPD Sharing Time Frame: Data can be shared no earlier than 1 year following the date of publication
• IPD Sharing Access Criteria: DFCI - Contact the Belfer Office for Dana-Farber Innovations (BODFI) at innovation@dfci.harvard.edu BCH - Contact the Technology & Innovation Development Office at www.childrensinnovations.org or email TIDO@childrens.harvard.edu
• IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type: STUDY_PROTOCOL; SAP; ICF

Drug and device information, study documents

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