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A Randomized Phase 3 Trial of Fludarabine/Cytarabine/Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin With or Without Venetoclax in Children With Relapsed AML

NCT ID: NCT05183035Sponsor: PedAL BCU, LLCLast updated: 2026-05-19

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

Sex: AllAge: 29 Days to 21 YearsHealthy volunteers: No
Inclusion Criteria * Participants must have enrolled on APAL2020SC, NCT Number: NCT04726241 prior to enrollment on ITCC-101/APAL2020D. (This is only applicable for participants in USA/Canada/Australia/New Zealand sites/Blood Cancer United territory). * Participants must be ≥ 29 days of age and ≤ 21 years of age at enrollment. * Participants must have one of the following: 1. Children, adolescents, and young adults with AML without demonstrated FLT3/internal tandem duplication (ITD) mutation. Ideally, the status of the mutation needs to be proven in the current relapse. Nevertheless, patients with previous FLT3/ITD negative test from prior lines can be included based on local results in order to not delay the start of treatment. 2. And participants must have AML which is either: * Untreated second relapse, in participants who are sufficiently fit to undergo another round of intensive chemotherapy, or * Untreated first relapse, in participants who cannot tolerate additional anthracycline containing chemotherapy per investigator discretion. * Participants must have a performance status corresponding to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scores of 0, 1 or 2 (≥ 50% Lansky or Karnofsky score). * Participants must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior anti-cancer therapy and must meet the following minimum duration from prior anti-cancer directed therapy prior to start of protocol treatment: 1. Cytotoxic chemotherapy: Must not have received cytotoxic chemotherapy within 14 days prior to start of protocol treatment, except for corticosteroids, low dose cytarabine or hydroxyurea that can be given up to 24 hours prior to start of protocol treatment. 2. Intrathecal cytotoxic therapy: No wash-out time is required for participants having received any combination of intrathecal cytarabine, methotrexate, and/or hydrocortisone. 3. Antibodies: ≥ 21 days must have elapsed from infusion of last dose of an antibody-drug conjugate before start of protocol treatment. For unmodified antibodies or T cell engaging antibodies, 2 half-lives must have elapsed before start of protocol treatment. Any toxicity related to prior antibody therapy must be recovered to Grade ≤ 1. 4. Interleukins, Interferons and Cytokines (other than Hematopoietic Growth Factors): ≥ 21 days after the completion of interleukins, interferon or cytokines (other than Hematopoietic Growth Factors) before start of protocol treatment. 5. Hematopoietic growth factors: ≥ 14 days after the last dose of a long-acting growth factor (e.g., pegfilgrastim) or ≥7 days for short-acting growth factor before start of protocol treatment. 6. Radiation therapy (RT) (before start of protocol treatment): * ≥ 14 days have elapsed for local palliative RT (small port); * ≥ 84 days must have elapsed if prior craniospinal RT or if ≥ 50% radiation of pelvis; * ≥ 42 days must have elapsed if other substantial bone marrow (BM) radiation. 7. Stem Cell Infusions (before start of protocol treatment): * ≥ 84 days since allogeneic (non-autologous) bone marrow or stem cell transplant (with or without total body irradiation \[TBI\]) or boost infusion (any stem cell product; not including donor lymphocyte infusion \[DLI\]); * No evidence of active graft versus host disease (GVHD). 8. Participants who are receiving cyclosporine, tacrolimus or other agents to treat or prevent either graft-versus-host disease post bone marrow transplant or organ rejection post-transplant are not eligible for this trial. Participants must be off medications to treat or prevent either graft-versus-host disease post bone marrow transplant or organ rejection post-transplant for at least 14 days prior to enrollment. 9. Cellular Therapy: ≥ 42 days after the completion of donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) or any type of cellular therapy (e.g., modified T cells, natural killer \[NK\] cells, dendritic cells, etc.) before start of protocol treatment. 10. Participants with prior exposure to venetoclax are eligible in this trial. * Adequate organ function: 1. Adequate Renal Function defined as: * Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥ 60ml/min/1.73 m\^2, or * Normal serum creatinine based on age/sex 2. Adequate Liver Function defined as: * Direct bilirubin \< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN), and * Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 x ULN, and * Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 x ULN. If higher transaminases outside these ranges (up to 5x ULN) are due to a radiographically identifiable leukemia infiltrate, the participant will remain eligible. Transaminase elevation up to 5x ULN is also allowed in case of steatosis on echography. 3. Cardiac performance: Minimum cardiac function defined as: * No history of congestive heart failure in need of medical treatment * No pre-treatment diminished left ventricular function on echocardiography (shortening fraction \[SF\] \< 25% or ejection fraction \[EF\] \< 40%) * No signs of congestive heart failure at presentation of relapse. * Participant, parent or guardian must sign and date informed consent and pediatric assent (when required), prior to the initiation of screening or study specific procedures, according to local law and legislation. Exclusion Criteria * Participants who in the opinion of the investigator may not be able to comply with the study requirements of the study, are not eligible. * Participants with Down syndrome. * Participants with Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) or Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML). * Participants with isolated CNS3 disease or symptomatic CNS3 disease. * Participants with malabsorption syndrome or any other condition that precludes enteral administration of venetoclax. * Participants who are currently receiving an investigational drug other than those specified for this study. * Participants with Fanconi anemia, Kostmann syndrome, Shwachman syndrome or any other known congenital bone marrow failure syndrome. * Participants with known prior allergy to any of the medications used in protocol therapy. * Participants with documented active, uncontrolled infection at the time of study entry. * Known hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) (known positive hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen (HBsAg) results), or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. * Concomitant Medications * Participants who have received strong and moderate CYP3A inducers such as rifampin, carbamazepine, phenytoin, and St. John's wort within 7 days of the start of study treatment. * Participants who have consumed grapefruit, grapefruit products, Seville oranges (including marmalade containing Seville oranges) or starfruit within 3 days of the start of study treatment. * Participants who have hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients listed in summary of product characteristics (SPC). * Pregnancy or Breast-Feeding: * Participants who are pregnant or breast-feeding. * Participants of reproductive potential may not participate unless they have agreed to use a highly effective contraceptive method per Clinical Trial Facilitation Group (CTFG) guidelines for the duration of study therapy and at least 30 days after last dose of venetoclax, or 7 months after gemtuzumab ozogamicin treatment, or for 6 months after the completion of all study therapy, whichever is longer. * Male participants must use a condom during intercourse and agree not to father a child or donate sperm during therapy and for the duration of study therapy and at least 30 days after last dose of venetoclax or 4 months after last dose of gemtuzumab ozogamicin, 6 months from the last dose of cytarabine, or 90-days after last exposure to any other chemotherapy, whichever is longer. Additional criteria to receive a gemtuzumab ozogamicin infusion: Gemtuzumab ozogamicin should not be given: * to participants with history of veno-occlusive disease (VOD)/Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (SOS) grade 3 or 4 * to participants with CD33 negative leukemic blasts (determined at local lab) Note that these participants are eligible for the study but will not be treated with gemtuzumab ozogamicin.

Study locations (45)

Phoenix Children's Hospital

Phoenix, Arizona, 85016

Recruiting

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Little Rock, Arkansas, 72202

Recruiting

MemorialCare Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach

Long Beach, California, 90806

Recruiting

Children's Hospital of Orange County Main Campus - Orange

Orange, California, 92868

Recruiting

Benioff Children's Hospital - Mission Bay

San Francisco, California, 94158

Recruiting

Children's Hospital Colorado

Aurora, Colorado, 80045

Recruiting

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut, 06511

Recruiting

Nemours Alfred I. Dupont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, Delaware, 19803

Recruiting

Children's National - Main Hospital

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010

Recruiting

Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida

Fort Myers, Florida, 33908

Recruiting

University of Florida Health Shands Children's Hospital

Gainesville, Florida, 32610

Recruiting

Nemours Children's Specialty Care Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Florida, 32207

Recruiting

Nemours Children's Hospital - Orlando

Orlando, Florida, 32827

Recruiting

Saint Joseph's Hospital - Tampa

Tampa, Florida, 33607

Recruiting

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia, 30322

Recruiting

Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children

Honolulu, Hawaii, 96826

Recruiting

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, 60611

Recruiting

Comer Children's Hospital

Chicago, Illinois, 60637

Recruiting

Indiana University School of Medicine

Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202

Recruiting

University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital

Iowa City, Iowa, 52242

Recruiting

Norton Children's Hospital

Louisville, Kentucky, 40202

Recruiting

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, 02215

Recruiting

C.S. Mott Children's Hospital

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-4259

Recruiting

Children's Hospital of Michigan

Detroit, Michigan, 48201

Recruiting

Masonic Cancer Center

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455

Recruiting

University of Mississippi Medical Center

Jackson, Mississippi, 39216

Recruiting

The Children's Mercy Hospital - Adele Hall Campus

Kansas City, Missouri, 64108

Recruiting

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

St Louis, Missouri, 63110

Recruiting

Alliance for Childhood Diseases dba Cure 4 The Kids Foundation

Las Vegas, Nevada, 89135

Recruiting

Hackensack University Medical Center, HMH

Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601

Recruiting

Morristown Medical Center

Morristown, New Jersey, 07960

Recruiting

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

New York, New York, 10032

Recruiting

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - New York

New York, New York, 10065

Recruiting

Cohen Children's Medical Center

Queens, New York, 11040

Recruiting

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, Ohio, 43205

Recruiting

Doernbecher Children's Hospital

Portland, Oregon, 97239

Recruiting

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104

Recruiting

Prisma Health Richland Hospital

Columbia, South Carolina, 29203

Recruiting

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Memphis, Tennessee, 38105-3678

Recruiting

Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt

Nashville, Tennessee, 37232

Recruiting

Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center

Dallas, Texas, 75235

Recruiting

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, Texas, 77030

Recruiting

Primary Children's Hospital

Salt Lake City, Utah, 84113

Recruiting

Children's Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia, 23219

Recruiting

Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle, Washington, 98105

Recruiting

References

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