A Randomized Phase 3 Trial of Fludarabine/Cytarabine/Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin With or Without Venetoclax in Children With Relapsed AML
Summary
A study to evaluate if the randomized addition of venetoclax to a chemotherapy backbone (fludarabine/cytarabine/gemtuzumab ozogamicin \[GO\]) improves survival of children/adolescents/young adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in 1st relapse who are unable to receive additional anthracyclines, or in 2nd relapse.
Detailed description
Relapse of AML is driven by chemotherapy resistant stem cells. One mechanism of chemotherapeutic resistance in AML is the overexpression of the protein B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL-2), an anti-apoptotic protein which sequesters intracellular activators of apoptosis. Venetoclax is a selective, potent, orally bioavailable, small molecule inhibitor of BCL-2 that restores programmed cell death in cancer cells. This is a trial for children, adolescents and young adults with 2nd relapsed AML or 1st relapsed AML unable to receive additional anthracycline. This is randomized trial of venetoclax in combination with intensive chemotherapy (fludarabine/cytarabine/gemtuzumab ozogamicin) for the first two cycles (42-day-cycles) that would inform and evaluate if this agent is an effective option for this population to improve its poor prognosis. Participants can receive up to two cycles of induction chemotherapy before hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). If participants who have perceived clinical benefit cannot be transplanted after the 2 cycles, maintenance treatment may be given at the discretion of the investigator. In Arm B (experimental arm), participants can continue venetoclax if they have perceived clinical benefit, and maintenance therapy will combine venetoclax with azacitidine for a maximum of 24 cycles. In Arm A (control arm), participants will receive azacitidine in monotherapy. Maintenance is continued until clinical progression or unacceptable toxicity with a maximum of 24 cycles.
Arms & interventions
- DrugFludarabine
Intravenous (IV) infusion
- DrugCytarabine
Intravenous (IV) infusion
- DrugGemtuzumab Ozogamicin
Intravenous (IV) infusion
- DrugAzacitidine
Intravenous (IV) infusion or subcutaneous injection
- DrugVenetoclax
Orally via tablet or powder suspension
Outcome measures
Primary
Overall Survival (OS)
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Secondary
Morphology Event Free Survival (EFS)
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Flow-based Event Free Survival (EFS)
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Flow-based Overall Response Rate (ORR)
Time frame: Up to Day 84
Morphological Overall Response Rate (ORR)
Time frame: Up to Day 84
Duration of Response (DOR)
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Cumulative Incidence of Relapse (CIR)
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Disease-related Mortality
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Non-disease-related Mortality
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) Rate
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Number of Participants with Adverse Events (AEs)
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of Venetoclax
Time frame: Pre-dose, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 24 hours post-dose on Cycle 1 Day 8 and Day 13 (cycle is 42 days); once on follow-up visits of Cycle 2 between Day 5 and Day 21
Time to Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Tmax) of Venetoclax
Time frame: Pre-dose, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 24 hours post-dose on Cycle 1 Day 8 and Day 13 (cycle is 42 days); once on follow-up visits of Cycle 2 between Day 5 and Day 21
Area Under the Plasma Concentration-time Curve Over a 24-hour Dose Interval (AUC0-24)
Time frame: Pre-dose, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 24 hours post-dose on Cycle 1 Day 8 and Day 13 (cycle is 42 days); once on follow-up visits of Cycle 2 between Day 5 and Day 21
Number of Participants That Are Pediatric Minimal Residual Disease (Ped-MRD) Negative with Complete Remission (CR), Partial Complete Remission (CRp), or Complete Remission with Incomplete Hematologic Recovery (CRi)
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Number of Participants with International Working Group Complete Response (IWG-CR)
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Eligibility criteria
Study locations (45)
Phoenix Children's Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona, 85016
Arkansas Children's Hospital
Little Rock, Arkansas, 72202
MemorialCare Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach
Long Beach, California, 90806
Children's Hospital of Orange County Main Campus - Orange
Orange, California, 92868
Benioff Children's Hospital - Mission Bay
San Francisco, California, 94158
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, 80045
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, 06511
Nemours Alfred I. Dupont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, Delaware, 19803
Children's National - Main Hospital
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010
Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida
Fort Myers, Florida, 33908
University of Florida Health Shands Children's Hospital
Gainesville, Florida, 32610
Nemours Children's Specialty Care Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida, 32207
Nemours Children's Hospital - Orlando
Orlando, Florida, 32827
Saint Joseph's Hospital - Tampa
Tampa, Florida, 33607
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322
Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children
Honolulu, Hawaii, 96826
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, 60611
Comer Children's Hospital
Chicago, Illinois, 60637
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202
University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital
Iowa City, Iowa, 52242
Norton Children's Hospital
Louisville, Kentucky, 40202
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215
C.S. Mott Children's Hospital
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-4259
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Detroit, Michigan, 48201
Masonic Cancer Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi, 39216
The Children's Mercy Hospital - Adele Hall Campus
Kansas City, Missouri, 64108
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
St Louis, Missouri, 63110
Alliance for Childhood Diseases dba Cure 4 The Kids Foundation
Las Vegas, Nevada, 89135
Hackensack University Medical Center, HMH
Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601
Morristown Medical Center
Morristown, New Jersey, 07960
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, New York, 10032
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - New York
New York, New York, 10065
Cohen Children's Medical Center
Queens, New York, 11040
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, Ohio, 43205
Doernbecher Children's Hospital
Portland, Oregon, 97239
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104
Prisma Health Richland Hospital
Columbia, South Carolina, 29203
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee, 38105-3678
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
Nashville, Tennessee, 37232
Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dallas, Texas, 75235
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas, 77030
Primary Children's Hospital
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84113
Children's Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia, 23219
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, Washington, 98105
References
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