RecruitingInterventionalPhase 2

Phase II Study of Treatment of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL) With ATRA, Arsenic Trioxide and Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin (GO)

NCT ID: NCT01409161Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterLast updated: 2026-05-20

Summary

This phase II trial studies how well tretinoin and arsenic trioxide with or without gemtuzumab ozogamicin works in treating patients with previously untreated acute promyelocytic leukemia. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as tretinoin and arsenic trioxide, 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. Immunotoxins, such as gemtuzumab ozogamicin, may find certain cancer cells and kill them without harming normal cells. Giving tretinoin and arsenic trioxide together with gemtuzumab ozogamicin may kill more cancer cells.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Assess whether a combination of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA \[tretinoin\]), and arsenic trioxide (ATO) can produce long-term event-free survival in patients with low-risk untreated acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). II. Assess whether administration of gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO) at the diagnosis in patients with high-risk APL (white blood cell \[WBC\] \> 10,000) and if the WBC rises to \> 10,000 after start of treatment (in patients with low-risk disease) will improve complete response (CR) rate without increasing toxicity in high-risk untreated APL. OUTLINE: INDUCTION: Patients receive tretinoin orally (PO) twice daily (BID), arsenic trioxide intravenously (IV) over 1-2 hours daily, and gemtuzumab ozogamicin IV over 2 hours once at weeks 1-4. CONSOLIDATION: Patients achieving CR receive arsenic trioxide IV 5 days per week during weeks 1-4, 9-12, 17-20, and 25-28 and tretinoin PO BID for 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off. Treatment repeats every 8 weeks for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 6-12 months.

Arms & interventions

DrugArsenic Trioxide
Given IV
DrugGemtuzumab Ozogamicin
Given IV
OtherLaboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
DrugTretinoin
Given PO

Outcome measures

Primary

Event free survival
Monitored using a Bayesian time-to-event model.
Time frame: The time from the start of treatment to first documentation of disease relapse or death, assessed up to 2 years

Eligibility criteria

Sex: AllAge: 10 Years and olderHealthy volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria: * A diagnosis of APL based on the presence of the PML-RAR-alpha fusion gene by cytogenetics, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), or POD test * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document indicating that they are aware of the investigational nature of the study * Patients in whom therapy for APL was initiated on an emergent basis are eligible (patients may have already started treatment with ATRA, ATO, and/or one dose of idarubicin due to the urgency to start therapy early) * Women of child-bearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test at screening; in addition to having a negative pregnancy test confirmed at screening, all female participants of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test confirmed within 48 hours prior to dosing with the study drug * All sexually active subjects (males and females of child-bearing potential) agree to use 2 effective methods of contraception for the duration of the study Exclusion Criteria: * Fridericia corrected QT (QTcF) interval on the electrocardiogram (EKG) greater than 480 milliseconds * Patients with creatinine \> 2.5 times upper limit of normal unless felt to be related the underlying leukemia by the treating physician or hemolysis or Gilbert's disease * Patients with total bilirubin \>= 2.0 times upper limit of normal unless felt to be related the underlying leukemia by the treating physician or hemolysis or Gilbert's disease * Patients with alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \> 3 times upper limit of normal unless felt to be related the underlying leukemia by the treating physician or hemolysis or Gilbert's disease

Study locations (5)

M D Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, 77030

Recruiting

Farhad Ravandi-Kashani · Contact

713-745-0394