Acute Lymphocytic LeukemiaPhase 1NCT00349596
A Study of Low-Dose Decitabine in Relapsed or Refractory Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
A Phase 1 study testing Decitabine in people with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, run by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The goal of this clinical research study is to find the safety of decitabine in patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia. Upon agreement of the patient, additional blood and bone marrow samples to be used to evaluate the effect of the treatment on leukemic cells. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Any age
- Conditions the study is for
- Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
- What is being tested?
- Decitabine
- Type of treatment
- Injection or infusion
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 40 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Jul 2006to Oct 2014
- 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 Any age
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Patients with refractory or relapsed acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL).
- Signed informed consent indicating that patients are aware of the investigational nature of this study in keeping with the policies of University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC).
- Patients of any age are eligible.
- Patients must have been off chemotherapy for 1 week prior to entering this study and recovered from the toxic effects (< grade 2) of that therapy, unless there is evidence of rapidly progressive disease. Use of high dose steroids with dexamethasone is allowed during the first 2 courses of therapy. Imatinib mesylate (Gleevec) must be stopped 1 week prior to entering this study.
- Adequate liver function (bilirubin of < 3 mg/dL, serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) < 5 x ULN) and renal function (creatinine < 3mg/dL) unless proven to be related to disease infiltration.
- Women of childbearing potential must practice contraception. Child bearing potential defined as not post-menopausal for 12 months or no previous surgical sterilization. Men and women must continue birth control for the duration of the trial.
Who cannot join
- 1) Nursing and pregnant females are excluded.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030
About this study
Official title: Phase I Study of Low Dose 5-Aza-2'-Deoxycytidine Administered Daily for 5 Days Every Other Week for Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
The goal of this clinical research study is to find the safety of decitabine in patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia. Upon agreement of the patient, additional blood and bone marrow samples to be used to evaluate the effect of the treatment on leukemic cells. Also, with agreement of the patient, any leftover blood and bone marrow samples that are collected at the start of the study and during the regularly scheduled evaluations to be sent for research studies. The research studies will examine changes in the blood and bone marrow cells that might help explain the causes of leukemia.
Read the detailed description
Decitabine is a potent hypomethylating agent with clinical activity in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), and acute and chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). In vitro, decitabine induces loss of cell viability and apoptosis in ALL derived cell lines with known DNA methylation alterations. Exposure of these cell lines to decitabine results in hypomethylation and reactivation of putative tumor suppressor genes, an effect that is thought to have a role in the antineoplastic activity of decitabine.
Aberrant DNA methylation of multiple promoter CpG islands is frequently observed in patients with ALL both at initial presentation and at the time of relapse. Indeed these methylation marks are stable in over 70% of patients with ALL at the time of relapse. Importantly, methylation of specific molecular pathways has been associated with an extremely poor prognosis in patients with ALL. For instance, data from our laboratory has identified methylation, and silencing, of a cell cycle pathway composed of p73 and the cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors p57KIP2 and p15, as a marker of poor prognosis in patients with Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) negative disease. These results have been corroborated at the protein level: expression of p57KIP2 and or p15/p73 has been associated with a better prognosis. Finally, although the global methylation patterns observed in children with ALL, that overall have an excellent prognosis, do not seem to differ with those of older patients with the same genetic characteristics, methylation of prognostically significant pathways, such as P73/P15/P57KIP2 are remarkably lower in the younger patients. Finally, introduction of p57KIP2 in methylated/silenced ALL cell lines results in cell cycle arrest and induction of apoptosis.
All these data indicates that aberrant methylation has a role in the clinical behavior of patients with ALL and that its reversal may result in clinical benefit.
- Conditions
- Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Being tested
- Decitabine
- Keywords
- Hypomethylating agent, Chemotherapy, Relapsed or refractory ALL, Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
- Medical subject headings
- Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, Recurrence
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
DecitabineDrug
Also called 5-Aza-2'-Deoxycytidine, Dacogen
Administered intravenously (IV) over 1 hour at 10 mg/m2 daily x 5 days every other week.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Decitabine | Experimental | Decitabine administered intravenously (IV) over 1 hour at 10 mg/m2 daily x 5 days every other week. Receives: Drug: Decitabine |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
To determine the safety and tolerability of 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (decitabine) administered daily for 5 days every other week in patients with relapsed or refractory acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL).
Measured: 4 Years
To determine the clinical activity of this schedule of decitabine in this patient population.
Measured: 4 Years
To determine the safety and tolerability of decitabine in combination with hyperCVAD based chemotherapy in patients with relapsed or refractory ALL.
Measured: 4 Years
To determine the clinical activity of this schedule of decitabine in combination with hyperCVAD in this patient population.
Measured: 4 Years
Secondary outcomes (1)
To determine the effects of decitabine administration on DNA methylation and gene expression in this patient population.
Measured: 4 Years
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted7 Jul 2006 (estimated)
- Study startJul 2006
- Primary completionOct 2014
- Study completionOct 2014
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Acute Lymphocytic LeukemiaStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
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
- 40 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Eisai Inc.
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Guillermo Garcia-Manero, MD, Principal investigator, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00349596
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 2005-0895
- Other IDs
- NCI-2012-01369
- Status last verified
- Oct 2014
- First submitted
- 6 Jul 2006
- Last updated
- 15 Oct 2014
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 15 Oct 2014. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Phase I Study of Low Dose 5-Aza-2'-Deoxycytidine Administered Daily for 5 Days Every Other Week for Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00349596
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 2005-0895
- Conditions
- Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Keywords
- Hypomethylating agent, Chemotherapy, Relapsed or refractory ALL, Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 40 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Eisai Inc.
- Study start
- Jul 2006
- Primary completion
- Oct 2014 (actual)
- Study completion
- Oct 2014 (actual)
- First posted
- 7 Jul 2006 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The goal of this clinical research study is to find the safety of decitabine in patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia. Upon agreement of the patient, additional blood and bone marrow samples to be used to evaluate the effect of the treatment on leukemic cells. Also, with agreement of the patient, any leftover blood and bone marrow samples that are collected at the start of the study and during the regularly scheduled evaluations to be sent for research studies. The research studies will examine changes in the blood and bone marrow cells that might help explain the causes of leukemia.
Detailed description
Decitabine is a potent hypomethylating agent with clinical activity in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), and acute and chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). In vitro, decitabine induces loss of cell viability and apoptosis in ALL derived cell lines with known DNA methylation alterations. Exposure of these cell lines to decitabine results in hypomethylation and reactivation of putative tumor suppressor genes, an effect that is thought to have a role in the antineoplastic activity of decitabine.
Aberrant DNA methylation of multiple promoter CpG islands is frequently observed in patients with ALL both at initial presentation and at the time of relapse. Indeed these methylation marks are stable in over 70% of patients with ALL at the time of relapse. Importantly, methylation of specific molecular pathways has been associated with an extremely poor prognosis in patients with ALL. For instance, data from our laboratory has identified methylation, and silencing, of a cell cycle pathway composed of p73 and the cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors p57KIP2 and p15, as a marker of poor prognosis in patients with Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) negative disease. These results have been corroborated at the protein level: expression of p57KIP2 and or p15/p73 has been associated with a better prognosis. Finally, although the global methylation patterns observed in children with ALL, that overall have an excellent prognosis, do not seem to differ with those of older patients with the same genetic characteristics, methylation of prognostically significant pathways, such as P73/P15/P57KIP2 are remarkably lower in the younger patients. Finally, introduction of p57KIP2 in methylated/silenced ALL cell lines results in cell cycle arrest and induction of apoptosis.
All these data indicates that aberrant methylation has a role in the clinical behavior of patients with ALL and that its reversal may result in clinical benefit.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Decitabine | Experimental | Drug: DecitabineDecitabine administered intravenously (IV) over 1 hour at 10 mg/m2 daily x 5 days every other week. |
Who may qualify
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Patients with refractory or relapsed acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL).
- Signed informed consent indicating that patients are aware of the investigational nature of this study in keeping with the policies of University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC).
- Patients of any age are eligible.
- Patients must have been off chemotherapy for 1 week prior to entering this study and recovered from the toxic effects (< grade 2) of that therapy, unless there is evidence of rapidly progressive disease. Use of high dose steroids with dexamethasone is allowed during the first 2 courses of therapy. Imatinib mesylate (Gleevec) must be stopped 1 week prior to entering this study.
- Adequate liver function (bilirubin of < 3 mg/dL, serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) < 5 x ULN) and renal function (creatinine < 3mg/dL) unless proven to be related to disease infiltration.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- 1) Nursing and pregnant females are excluded.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| DecitabineAlso: 5-Aza-2'-Deoxycytidine, DacogenAdministered intravenously (IV) over 1 hour at 10 mg/m2 daily x 5 days every other week. | Drug | Decitabine |
Primary outcome
To determine the safety and tolerability of 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (decitabine) administered daily for 5 days every other week in patients with relapsed or refractory acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL).
Time frame: 4 Years
To determine the clinical activity of this schedule of decitabine in this patient population.
Time frame: 4 Years
To determine the safety and tolerability of decitabine in combination with hyperCVAD based chemotherapy in patients with relapsed or refractory ALL.
Time frame: 4 Years
To determine the clinical activity of this schedule of decitabine in combination with hyperCVAD in this patient population.
Time frame: 4 Years
1 secondary outcome
To determine the effects of decitabine administration on DNA methylation and gene expression in this patient population.
Time frame: 4 Years
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 15 Oct 2014.
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center WebsiteLink provided by the sponsor.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Guillermo Garcia-Manero, MD principal investigator
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 1 study testing Decitabine in people with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, run by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 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 6 inclusion and 1 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 15 Oct 2014. 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?
To determine the safety and tolerability of 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (decitabine) administered daily for 5 days every other week in patients with relapsed or refractory acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). (time frame: 4 Years). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
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 15 Oct 2014.