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Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) AbnormalitiesPhase 1NCT00039117

Oblimersen, Cytarabine, and Daunorubicin in Treating Older Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia

A Phase 1 study testing oblimersen sodium, cytarabine and daunorubicin hydrochloride in people with Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) Abnormalities and Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Inv(16)(p13;q22), run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of combining oblimersen with cytarabine and daunorubicin in treating older patients who have previously untreated acute myeloid leukemia. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 60 years and older
What is being tested?
oblimersen sodium, cytarabine and daunorubicin hydrochloride
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
32 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Apr 2002to Sep 2003
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 60 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Histologically confirmed primary or secondary acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
  • More than 20% bone marrow blasts
  • Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) or a chronic myeloproliferative disorder antecedent to AML allowed
  • Therapy-related AML allowed
  • No acute promyelocytic leukemia
  • At least 4 weeks
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  • Bilirubin no greater than 2 mg/dL
  • ALT and AST no greater than 2 times upper limit of normal (unless directly attributable to AML)
  • Creatinine no greater than 2.5 mg/dL
  • Ejection fraction at least 50% by MUGA or echocardiogram
  • No symptomatic congestive heart failure
  • No unstable angina pectoris
  • No cardiac arrhythmia
  • No allergy to any of the study medications
  • No other uncontrolled concurrent illness
  • No serious medical or psychiatric illness that would preclude giving informed consent
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No prior therapy for primary AML except emergency leukapheresis
  • No prior anthracyclines
  • No prior chemotherapy for primary AML except hydroxyurea for hyperleukocytosis
  • At least 3 months since prior chemotherapy for MDS or chronic myeloproliferative disorders antecedent to AML
  • No other concurrent chemotherapy
  • No concurrent corticosteroids as anti-emetics
  • No concurrent steroids except for adrenal failure or septic shock
  • No concurrent hormonal therapy except hormones for non-disease-related conditions (e.g., insulin for diabetes, tamoxifen or equivalent for breast cancer prevention or adjuvant treatment, or estrogens or progestins for gynecologic indications)
  • No prior radiotherapy for primary AML except cranial radiotherapy for CNS leukostasis
  • No concurrent palliative radiotherapy
  • No concurrent whole brain radiotherapy
  • No other concurrent investigational or commercial agents or therapies
  • No concurrent cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors

Who cannot join

None listed.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site

  • Ohio State University Medical Center

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210

Other trials in United States

About this study

Official title: A Phase I Study of G3139 ( NSC # 683428) in Combination With Cytarabine and Daunorubicin in Previously Untreated Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)>= 60 Years of Age

Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of combining oblimersen with cytarabine and daunorubicin in treating older patients who have previously untreated acute myeloid leukemia. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Oblimersen may help cytarabine and daunorubicin kill more cancer cells by making them more sensitive to chemotherapy.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  1. Determine the maximum tolerated dose of daunorubicin in combination with cytarabine and oblimersen in older patients with previously untreated acute myeloid leukemia.

II. Determine the qualitative and quantitative toxic effects of this regimen in these patients.

III. Determine the pharmacokinetics of oblimersen in this regimen in these patients.

IV. Determine the disease-free survival and overall survival of patients treated with this regimen.

  1. Assess the spontaneous rate of apoptosis in leukemic blasts in patients before and after initiation of treatment with oblimersen.

VI. Determine therapeutic response (complete remission) in patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of daunorubicin. Patients are stratified according to disease status (primary vs secondary).

INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive oblimersen (G3139) IV continuously on days 1-10 and cytarabine IV continuously on days 4-10. Patients also receive daunorubicin IV daily on days 4-6.

Patients with bone marrow cellularity of at least 20% and at least 5% leukemic blasts at day 17 or evidence of refractory disease receive a second induction comprising G3139 IV continuously on days 1-8, cytarabine IV continuously on days 4-8, and daunorubicin IV on days 4-5.

CONSOLIDATION THERAPY: Beginning no sooner than 14 days after hematologic recovery from induction therapy, patients receive G3139 IV continuously on days 1-8 and cytarabine IV over 4 hours on days 4-8. Patients receive a second course of consolidation therapy no sooner than 14 days after hematologic recovery from the first course.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of daunorubicin until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.

Patients are followed every 2 months for 2 years.

Being tested
oblimersen sodium, cytarabine, daunorubicin hydrochloride, laboratory biomarker analysis, pharmacological study
Medical subject headings
Congenital Abnormalities

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • oblimersen sodiumBiological

    Also called augmerosen, G3139, G3139 bcl-2 antisense oligodeoxynucleotide, Genasense

    Given IV

  • cytarabineDrug

    Also called ARA-C, arabinofuranosylcytosine, arabinosylcytosine, Cytosar-U

    Given IV

  • daunorubicin hydrochlorideDrug

    Also called Cerubidin, Cerubidine, daunomycin hydrochloride, daunorubicin

    Given IV

  • laboratory biomarker analysisOther

    Correlative studies

  • pharmacological studyOther

    Also called pharmacological studies

    Correlative studies

Study groups in NCT00039117
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Arm IExperimentalINDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive oblimersen (G3139) IV continuously on days 1-10 and cytarabine IV continuously on days 4-10. Patients also receive daunorubicin IV daily on days 4-6. Patients with bone marrow cellularity of at least 20% and at least 5% leukemic blasts at day 17 or evidence of refractory disease receive a second induction comprising G3139 IV continuously on days 1-8, cytarabine IV continuously on days 4-8, and daunorubicin IV on days 4-5. CONSOLIDATION THERAPY: Beginning no sooner than 14 days after hematologic recovery from induction therapy, patients receive G3139 IV continuously on days 1-8 and cytarabine IV over 4 hours on days 4-8. Patients receive a second course of consolidation therapy no sooner than 14 days after hematologic recovery from the first course.
Receives: Biological: oblimersen sodium; Drug: cytarabine; Drug: daunorubicin hydrochloride; Other: laboratory biomarker analysis; Other: pharmacological study

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. MTD of cytarabine and daunorubicin in combination with G3139, defined as the dose level just below the dose level at which DLT is observed in 2 patients, graded according to NCI CTC version 2.0

    Measured: Up to day 10

  2. Incidence of adverse events, graded according to NCI CTC version 2.0

    We will define the qualitative and quantitative toxicities in regard to organ specificity, time course, predictability, and reversibility.

    Measured: Up to 2 years

Secondary outcomes (6)

  1. Pharmacokinetics of G3139

    Measured: During induction therapy on day 1 at hour 0 and 24hours after G3139 administration; day 4 at hour 73 before cytarabine administration; day 11 at hour 0 and .5, 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 hours

  2. Level of bcl-2 in circulating and/or marrow leukemic blasts before and after initiation of treatment with G3139

    Measured: Up to 18 weeks

  3. Spontaneous rate of apoptosis in leukemic blasts before and after initiation of treatment with G3139

    Measured: Up to 18 weeks

  4. Incidence of therapeutic response (complete remission [CR])

    Measured: Up to 2 years

  5. Disease-free survival

    Measured: Up to 2 years

  6. Overall survival

    Measured: Up to 2 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startApr 2002
  3. Primary completionSep 2003

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
32 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00039117
Sponsor's protocol ID
NCI-2012-01409
Other IDs
OSU-0164, NCI-4630, CDR0000069353, U01CA076576
Status last verified
Jun 2013
First submitted
6 Jun 2002
Last updated
4 Dec 2015
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing oblimersen sodium, cytarabine and daunorubicin hydrochloride in people with Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) Abnormalities and Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Inv(16)(p13;q22), run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 31 inclusion and 0 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Dec 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

MTD of cytarabine and daunorubicin in combination with G3139, defined as the dose level just below the dose level at which DLT is observed in 2 patients, graded according to NCI CTC version 2.0 (time frame: Up to day 10). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00039117.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 4 Dec 2015.

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