Comparison of Consolidation Strategies for Pediatric Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia

January 8, 2024 updated by: Grupo Argentino de Tratamiento de la Leucemia Aguda

Comparison of Consolidation Strategies for Pediatric Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Results of the Randomized GATLA 8-LMA-P'07 Trial

GATLA 8-AML´07 trial is an multicenter phase III dose-optimization trial for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemias in children and adolescents. Patients are treated with a combination of intensive chemotherapy in combination with intrathecal-injection by CNS and haematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

The patients are stratified in a standard-group (SR) and a high risk-group (HR). SR was defined as FAB (French-American-British) M1/M2 with Auer rods; FAB M4eo or favorable cytogenetics [t(8;21)/AML1-ETO or inv(16) or t(16;16) and/or CBFB/MYH11)]; bone marrow blasts ≤5% on day 15. HR was defined as all others. SR patients were reclassified to the HR group if FLT3-ITD positive.

Based on the experience of the BFM group, it was decided to randomly evaluate whether the six-drug conventional consolidation stage can be replaced with the use of a consolidation based by block therapy on drugs of proven efficacy in AML with the aim of reducing residual disease, and the toxicity of this stage. Patients are randomized once the double induction is completed into those who will receive the conventional consolidation phase and those who will receive consolidation with the combination of high doses cytarabine and two different anthracyclines sequentially.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

All patients in the trial, whether standard risk (SR) or high risk (HR), receive 2 Induction courses: AIE and HAM and then are randomized to continue with the consolidation phase: a conventional consolidation (Arm A) with 6 drugs vs 2 blocks of chemotherapy that are incorporated in this protocol (AI and haM) (Arm B) and then an Intensification phase with high doses of cytarabine and etoposide. The difference between the SR and AR groups is that the former don't continue with the maintenance phase, while those in HR receive 1 year of Maintenance if they don't have a histoidentical family donor. SR patients according to cytogenetics and with < 5% blasts in the bone marrow on day 15, haven´t indication for TCHP in 1st CR. HR patients, with a histoidentical family donor, will be transplanted in the 1st. CR after the Consolidation phases or the AI and haM blocks, according to the treatment arm that corresponded to them by randomization

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

258

Phase

  • Phase 3

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • De novo AML
  • FAB M0-M7
  • Primary myelosarcomas or acute mixed lineage leukemia / biphenotypic leukemia (predominantly myeloid).
  • Written informed consent from patients, parents, or guardians was obtained at study entry in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki

Exclusion Criteria:

  • AML as secondary malignancy
  • Children with Down's syndrome
  • Accompanying diseases which do not allow therapy according to the protocol
  • Pre-treatment for more than 14 days with another intensive induction therapy
  • Patients with APL
  • Patients with myelodysplasia
  • Patients with blast crisis of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
  • Patients who die before starting treatment

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: ARM A: Conventional Consolidation
Conventional consolidation (CONS) (active comparator) (6-thioguanine 60 mg/m2/d, on days 1 to 43 orally; prednisone 40 mg/m2/d, on days 1 to 28 orally; vincristine 1.5 mg/m2/d, on days 1, 8, 15, 22; idarubicin 7 mg/m2/d, on days 1, 8, 15, 22; cytarabine 75 mg/m2/d, on days 3-6, 10-13, 17-20, 24-27, 31-34, 38-41; intrathecal cytarabine on days 1, 15, 29, 43 [age-dependent dose]; cyclophosphamide 500 mg/m2/d, on days 29, 43)
Drug: ARM A: Active Comparator Drug
Consolidation 6-thioguanine 60 mg/m2/d, 1 to 43 po; prednisone 40 mg/m2/d, on days 1-28 orally; vincristine 1.5 mg/m2/d, days 1, 8, 15, 22; idarubicin 7 mg/m2/d, on days 1, 8, 15, 22; cytarabine 75 mg/m2/d, on days 3-6, 10-13, 17-20, 24-27, 31-34, 38-41; intrathecal cytarabine on days 1, 15, 29, 43; cyclophosphamide 500 mg/m2/d, days 29, 43.
Experimental: ARM B: Blocks Therapy
Block Therapy: AI block (randomized; cytarabine 500 mg/m2 as continuous infusion ×4 days and idarubicin 7 mg/m2 on days 3 and 5; intrathecal cytarabine on days 0 and 6), haM block (high-dose cytarabine 1 g/m2 every 12 hours for 3 days and mitoxantrone 10 mg/m2 on days 4 and 5, intrathecal cytarabine days 6 and 15)
Drug: ARM B: Blocks Therapy Drug

Blocks AI Cytarabine 500 mg/m2 as 24 infusion infusion x 4 d; Idarubicin 7 mg/m2 on days 3 and 5; Intrathecal cytarabine on days 0 and 6.

haM Cytarabine 1 g/m2 every 12 hours for 3 days; Mitoxantrone 10 mg/m2 days 4 and 5; Intrathecal cytarabine days 6 and 15.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Determine if two-cycle consolidation reduced the cumulative incidence of relapse compared to conventional consolidation (CONS) among newly diagnosed pediatric patients with AML.
Time Frame: 72 months
The GATLA 8-LMA-P'07 was a randomized trial including pediatric AML children in Argentina; the design was based on AML-BFM 98 with minor modifications.(10) Similar to AML-BFM 98, the trial compared two approaches to consolidation. The standard regimen was a 6-week consolidation phase (CONS), which was also used in AML-BFM 93 vs. the comparator regimen of two short chemotherapy cycles (two-cycle) with cytarabine plus idarubicin (AI) and high dose cytarabine plus mitoxantrone (haM). AML-BFM 98 previously demonstrated that haM was tolerable.10 We hypothesized that the two-cycle consolidation (two-cycle) would be associated with lower relapse rates related to dose intensification compared to the standard CONS approach.
72 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Evaluate Event-free survival (EFS) of pediatric patients with AML.
Time Frame: 72 months
EFS was calculated from date of randomization to first event (death, resistant leukemia, relapse or secondary malignancy) or date of last follow-up.
72 months
Evaluate Overall Survival (OS) of pediatric patients with AML.
Time Frame: 72 months
OS was also calculated from date of randomization to date of death or date of last follow-up.
72 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Grupo Argentino de Tratamiento de la Leucemia Aguda

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Alcyra Fynn, Dr., Grupo Argentino de Tratamiento de la Leucemia Aguda

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 1, 2007

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 15, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

December 21, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 8, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 8, 2024

First Posted (Estimated)

January 18, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

January 18, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 8, 2024

Last Verified

January 1, 2024

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Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • GATLA 8-AML´07

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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