Acute Myeloid LeukemiaPhase 2AMBINEBNCT00391014
Nebulized Liposomal Amphotericin B Ambisome for Prophylaxis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis
A Phase 2 study testing liposomal Amphotericine B in people with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Allogeneic Haematopoietic Progenitor Cell Transplant, run by PETHEMA Foundation at 4 sites in Spain.
Trial summary
The trial is planned as a multicentric, national, phase II, open-label trial to evaluate safety and tolerance of nebulized Liposomal Amphotericin B (Ambisome) for LMA patients during the induction therapy ,intensification, plus Allogeneic Haematopoietic Progenitor Cell transplant in due course, as well for patients… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Allogeneic Haematopoietic Progenitor Cell Transplant
- What is being tested?
- liposomal Amphotericine B
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 150 participants
- Where
- 4 sitesSpain
- Study dates
- Jan 2006to Apr 2009
- Phase
- Phase 2
- 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 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Patient has decided voluntary to consent his or her participation signing the consent form before performance of any study-related procedure not part of normal medical care, with the understanding that consent may be withdrawn by the patient at any time without prejudice to their future medical care.
- Patients with Acute myeloid Leukemia (AML), that will start induction chemotherapy or those patients submitted to an Allogeneic haematopoietic progenitor cell transplant.
- The patient is >18 years old.
Who cannot join
- Patient with prior Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis (IPA) history.
- History of allergy or hypersensitivity to Amphotericin B.
- Patient with intellectual deficit or patients with psychological alterations that make impossible the trial understanding.
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
- Patient has received other investigational drug or non traded product within 30 days before trial beginning.
- Patient is enrolled in another clinical research study or/and is receiving an investigational agent for any reason.
- Patient had major surgery within 4 weeks before enrollment.
Trial locations and contacts
4 sites in 1 country.
Spain4 sites
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Barcelona, Barcelona
Hospital Universitario de la Princesa
Madrid, Madrid
Hospital Universitario de Salamanca
Salamanca
Hospital Universitario la Fe
Valencia, Valencia
About this study
Official title: AMBINEB: Clinical Trial to Evaluate Tolerance and Safety of Nebulized Liposomal Amphotericin B Ambisome for Prophylaxis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Allogeneic Haematopoietic Progenitor Cell Transplant (Alo-HPCT)
The trial is planned as a multicentric, national, phase II, open-label trial to evaluate safety and tolerance of nebulized Liposomal Amphotericin B (Ambisome) for LMA patients during the induction therapy ,intensification, plus Allogeneic Haematopoietic Progenitor Cell transplant in due course, as well for patients diagnosed of several malignant haematologic diseases and treated with Allogeneic Haematopoietic Progenitor Cell Transplant
Read the detailed description
The invasive fungal infection (IFI) is the most common cause of mortality related to autologous stem cell transplant. Taking into account that Saprophytic Aspergillus is usually acquired by inhalation, to protect the bronchial tree just before the tissue invasion is quite attractive. In haematologic patients, as well as those ones subjected to an Allogeneic haematopoietic progenitor cell transplant, there is another group of patients at high risk of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis (IPA). These are those patients with acute myeloid leucemia (AML), submitted to induction, intensification or consolidation polychemotherapy. The IPA incidence rate in these patients, whenever during their evolution, reaches 18-20%, with usual treatments. Furthermore, unlike allogeneic haematopoietic progenitor cell transplant patients, neutropenia was the only IPA risk factor. Nowadays, pharmacologic prophylaxis against IPA, in patients with allogeneic haematopoietic progenitor cell transplant and patients affected by AML in induction or intensification therapy is far from being optimal, because of problems related to tolerance and drug interactions .
The Nebulized Liposomal Amphotericin B (Ambisome) prophylaxis against IPA has shown good tolerance, safety and efficacy in lung transplant recipients.
Extrapolating the results obtained in lung transplant recipients, we get the conclusion that it would be essential to study safety and tolerance of nebulized AMBISOME in the group of patients with different peculiarities, mucositis secondary to chemotherapy, and high incidence of IPA in order to reach the goal of evaluate its efficacy as prophylaxis against IPA in this kind of patients
- Being tested
- liposomal Amphotericine B
- Keywords
- Acute myeloid Leukemia, Allogeneic haematopoietic progenitor cell transplant, Acute Invasive Aspergillosis
- Medical subject headings
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
liposomal Amphotericine BDrug
AML patients in induction chemotherapy treatment will received prophylaxis with nebulized liposomal amphotericin B (24 mg/week). It will be maintained during the intensification chemotherapy and in periods between cycles.
If patient required ALO-TPH, the prophylaxis should be followed.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Experimental | AML patients in induction chemotherapy treatment will received prophylaxis with nebulized liposomal amphotericin B (24 mg/week). It will be maintained during the intensification chemotherapy and in periods between cycles.
If patient required ALO-TPH, the prophylaxis should be followed. Receives: Drug: liposomal Amphotericine B |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Efficacy and safety prophylaxis against IPA in LMA patients.
Measured: 1 year
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted23 Oct 2006 (estimated)
- Study startJan 2006
- Primary completionDec 2008
- Study completionApr 2009
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (24)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Acute Myeloid LeukemiaStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- 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 2
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 150 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- PETHEMA Foundation
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Investigators
- Ruiz Isabel, Dr, Principal investigator, Hospital Vall d'HebronRovira Montserrat, Dr, Principal investigator, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00391014
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 2005-000703-34
- Other IDs
- AMBINEB, 2005
- Acronym
- AMBINEB
- Status last verified
- May 2009
- First submitted
- 20 Oct 2006
- Last updated
- 12 May 2009
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Publications
Denning DW. Invasive aspergillosis. Clin Infect Dis. 1998 Apr;26(4):781-803; quiz 804-5. doi: 10.1086/513943. No abstract available.
PubMed 9564455Marr KA, Carter RA, Boeckh M, Martin P, Corey L. Invasive aspergillosis in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients: changes in epidemiology and risk factors. Blood. 2002 Dec 15;100(13):4358-66. doi: 10.1182/blood-2002-05-1496. Epub 2002 Aug 22.
PubMed 12393425Winston DJ, Maziarz RT, Chandrasekar PH, Lazarus HM, Goldman M, Blumer JL, Leitz GJ, Territo MC. Intravenous and oral itraconazole versus intravenous and oral fluconazole for long-term antifungal prophylaxis in allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplant recipients. A multicenter, randomized trial. Ann Intern Med. 2003 May 6;138(9):705-13. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-138-9-200305060-00006.
PubMed 12729424Siwek GT, Dodgson KJ, de Magalhaes-Silverman M, Bartelt LA, Kilborn SB, Hoth PL, Diekema DJ, Pfaller MA. Invasive zygomycosis in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients receiving voriconazole prophylaxis. Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Aug 15;39(4):584-7. doi: 10.1086/422723. Epub 2004 Jul 30.
PubMed 15356827Kramer MR, Denning DW, Marshall SE, Ross DJ, Berry G, Lewiston NJ, Stevens DA, Theodore J. Ulcerative tracheobronchitis after lung transplantation. A new form of invasive aspergillosis. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1991 Sep;144(3 Pt 1):552-6. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm/144.3_Pt_1.552.
PubMed 1654038Yeldandi V, Laghi F, McCabe MA, Larson R, O'Keefe P, Husain A, Montoya A, Garrity ER Jr. Aspergillus and lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 1995 Sep-Oct;14(5):883-90.
PubMed 8800724Westney GE, Kesten S, De Hoyos A, Chapparro C, Winton T, Maurer JR. Aspergillus infection in single and double lung transplant recipients. Transplantation. 1996 Mar 27;61(6):915-9. doi: 10.1097/00007890-199603270-00013.
PubMed 8623160Cahill BC, Hibbs JR, Savik K, Juni BA, Dosland BM, Edin-Stibbe C, Hertz MI. Aspergillus airway colonization and invasive disease after lung transplantation. Chest. 1997 Nov 5;112(5):1160-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.112.5.1160.
PubMed 9367451Reichenspurner H, Gamberg P, Nitschke M, Valantine H, Hunt S, Oyer PE, Reitz BA. Significant reduction in the number of fungal infections after lung-, heart-lung, and heart transplantation using aerosolized amphotericin B prophylaxis. Transplant Proc. 1997 Feb-Mar;29(1-2):627-8. doi: 10.1016/s0041-1345(96)00363-6. No abstract available.
PubMed 9123449Calvo V, Borro JM, Morales P, Morcillo A, Vicente R, Tarrazona V, Paris F. Antifungal prophylaxis during the early postoperative period of lung transplantation. Valencia Lung Transplant Group. Chest. 1999 May;115(5):1301-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.115.5.1301.
PubMed 10334143Dubois J, Bartter T, Gryn J, Pratter MR. The physiologic effects of inhaled amphotericin B. Chest. 1995 Sep;108(3):750-3. doi: 10.1378/chest.108.3.750.
PubMed 7656628Schmitt HJ, Bernard EM, Hauser M, Armstrong D. Aerosol amphotericin B is effective for prophylaxis and therapy in a rat model of pulmonary aspergillosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1988 Nov;32(11):1676-9. doi: 10.1128/AAC.32.11.1676.
PubMed 3252750Monforte V, Roman A, Gavalda J, Bravo C, Tenorio L, Ferrer A, Maestre J, Morell F. Nebulized amphotericin B prophylaxis for Aspergillus infection in lung transplantation: study of risk factors. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2001 Dec;20(12):1274-81. doi: 10.1016/s1053-2498(01)00364-3.
PubMed 11744410Monforte V, Roman A, Gavalda J, Lopez R, Pou L, Simo M, Aguade S, Soriano B, Bravo C, Morell F. Nebulized amphotericin B concentration and distribution in the respiratory tract of lung-transplanted patients. Transplantation. 2003 May 15;75(9):1571-4. doi: 10.1097/01.TP.0000054233.60100.7A.
PubMed 12792517Lambros MP, Bourne DW, Abbas SA, Johnson DL. Disposition of aerosolized liposomal amphotericin B. J Pharm Sci. 1997 Sep;86(9):1066-9. doi: 10.1021/js9604218.
PubMed 9294824
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 12 May 2009. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- AMBINEB: Clinical Trial to Evaluate Tolerance and Safety of Nebulized Liposomal Amphotericin B Ambisome for Prophylaxis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Allogeneic Haematopoietic Progenitor Cell Transplant (Alo-HPCT)
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00391014
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- AMBINEB / 2005-000703-34
- Keywords
- Acute myeloid Leukemia, Allogeneic haematopoietic progenitor cell transplant, Acute Invasive Aspergillosis
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 150 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- PETHEMA FoundationUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Jan 2006
- Primary completion
- Dec 2008 (actual)
- Study completion
- Apr 2009 (actual)
- First posted
- 23 Oct 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 trial is planned as a multicentric, national, phase II, open-label trial to evaluate safety and tolerance of nebulized Liposomal Amphotericin B (Ambisome) for LMA patients during the induction therapy ,intensification, plus Allogeneic Haematopoietic Progenitor Cell transplant in due course, as well for patients diagnosed of several malignant haematologic diseases and treated with Allogeneic Haematopoietic Progenitor Cell Transplant
Detailed description
The invasive fungal infection (IFI) is the most common cause of mortality related to autologous stem cell transplant. Taking into account that Saprophytic Aspergillus is usually acquired by inhalation, to protect the bronchial tree just before the tissue invasion is quite attractive. In haematologic patients, as well as those ones subjected to an Allogeneic haematopoietic progenitor cell transplant, there is another group of patients at high risk of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis (IPA). These are those patients with acute myeloid leucemia (AML), submitted to induction, intensification or consolidation polychemotherapy. The IPA incidence rate in these patients, whenever during their evolution, reaches 18-20%, with usual treatments. Furthermore, unlike allogeneic haematopoietic progenitor cell transplant patients, neutropenia was the only IPA risk factor. Nowadays, pharmacologic prophylaxis against IPA, in patients with allogeneic haematopoietic progenitor cell transplant and patients affected by AML in induction or intensification therapy is far from being optimal, because of problems related to tolerance and drug interactions .
The Nebulized Liposomal Amphotericin B (Ambisome) prophylaxis against IPA has shown good tolerance, safety and efficacy in lung transplant recipients.
Extrapolating the results obtained in lung transplant recipients, we get the conclusion that it would be essential to study safety and tolerance of nebulized AMBISOME in the group of patients with different peculiarities, mucositis secondary to chemotherapy, and high incidence of IPA in order to reach the goal of evaluate its efficacy as prophylaxis against IPA in this kind of patients
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Experimental | Drug: liposomal Amphotericine BAML patients in induction chemotherapy treatment will received prophylaxis with nebulized liposomal amphotericin B (24 mg/week). It will be maintained during the intensification chemotherapy and in periods between cycles. If patient required ALO-TPH, the prophylaxis should be followed. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Patient has decided voluntary to consent his or her participation signing the consent form before performance of any study-related procedure not part of normal medical care, with the understanding that consent may be withdrawn by the patient at any time without prejudice to their future medical care.
- Patients with Acute myeloid Leukemia (AML), that will start induction chemotherapy or those patients submitted to an Allogeneic haematopoietic progenitor cell transplant.
- The patient is >18 years old.
Key exclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Patient with prior Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis (IPA) history.
- History of allergy or hypersensitivity to Amphotericin B.
- Patient with intellectual deficit or patients with psychological alterations that make impossible the trial understanding.
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
- Patient has received other investigational drug or non traded product within 30 days before trial beginning.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| liposomal Amphotericine BAML patients in induction chemotherapy treatment will received prophylaxis with nebulized liposomal amphotericin B (24 mg/week). It will be maintained during the intensification chemotherapy and in periods between cycles. If patient required ALO-TPH, the prophylaxis should be followed. | Drug | 1 |
Primary outcome
Efficacy and safety prophylaxis against IPA in LMA patients.
Time frame: 1 year
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 12 May 2009.
- Background: PubMed 9564455Denning DW. Invasive aspergillosis. Clin Infect Dis. 1998 Apr;26(4):781-803; quiz 804-5. doi: 10.1086/513943. No abstract available.
- Background: PubMed 12393425Marr KA, Carter RA, Boeckh M, Martin P, Corey L. Invasive aspergillosis in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients: changes in epidemiology and risk factors. Blood. 2002 Dec 15;100(13):4358-66. doi: 10.1182/blood-2002-05-1496. Epub 2002 Aug 22.
- Background: PubMed 12729424Winston DJ, Maziarz RT, Chandrasekar PH, Lazarus HM, Goldman M, Blumer JL, Leitz GJ, Territo MC. Intravenous and oral itraconazole versus intravenous and oral fluconazole for long-term antifungal prophylaxis in allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplant recipients. A multicenter, randomized trial. Ann Intern Med. 2003 May 6;138(9):705-13. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-138-9-200305060-00006.
- Background: PubMed 15356827Siwek GT, Dodgson KJ, de Magalhaes-Silverman M, Bartelt LA, Kilborn SB, Hoth PL, Diekema DJ, Pfaller MA. Invasive zygomycosis in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients receiving voriconazole prophylaxis. Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Aug 15;39(4):584-7. doi: 10.1086/422723. Epub 2004 Jul 30.
- Background: PubMed 1654038Kramer MR, Denning DW, Marshall SE, Ross DJ, Berry G, Lewiston NJ, Stevens DA, Theodore J. Ulcerative tracheobronchitis after lung transplantation. A new form of invasive aspergillosis. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1991 Sep;144(3 Pt 1):552-6. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm/144.3_Pt_1.552.
- Background: PubMed 8800724Yeldandi V, Laghi F, McCabe MA, Larson R, O'Keefe P, Husain A, Montoya A, Garrity ER Jr. Aspergillus and lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 1995 Sep-Oct;14(5):883-90.
- Background: PubMed 8623160Westney GE, Kesten S, De Hoyos A, Chapparro C, Winton T, Maurer JR. Aspergillus infection in single and double lung transplant recipients. Transplantation. 1996 Mar 27;61(6):915-9. doi: 10.1097/00007890-199603270-00013.
- Background: PubMed 9367451Cahill BC, Hibbs JR, Savik K, Juni BA, Dosland BM, Edin-Stibbe C, Hertz MI. Aspergillus airway colonization and invasive disease after lung transplantation. Chest. 1997 Nov 5;112(5):1160-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.112.5.1160.
- Background: PubMed 9123449Reichenspurner H, Gamberg P, Nitschke M, Valantine H, Hunt S, Oyer PE, Reitz BA. Significant reduction in the number of fungal infections after lung-, heart-lung, and heart transplantation using aerosolized amphotericin B prophylaxis. Transplant Proc. 1997 Feb-Mar;29(1-2):627-8. doi: 10.1016/s0041-1345(96)00363-6. No abstract available.
- Background: PubMed 10334143Calvo V, Borro JM, Morales P, Morcillo A, Vicente R, Tarrazona V, Paris F. Antifungal prophylaxis during the early postoperative period of lung transplantation. Valencia Lung Transplant Group. Chest. 1999 May;115(5):1301-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.115.5.1301.
- Background: PubMed 7656628Dubois J, Bartter T, Gryn J, Pratter MR. The physiologic effects of inhaled amphotericin B. Chest. 1995 Sep;108(3):750-3. doi: 10.1378/chest.108.3.750.
- Background: PubMed 3252750Schmitt HJ, Bernard EM, Hauser M, Armstrong D. Aerosol amphotericin B is effective for prophylaxis and therapy in a rat model of pulmonary aspergillosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1988 Nov;32(11):1676-9. doi: 10.1128/AAC.32.11.1676.
- Spanish association of HaematologyLink 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.
Ruiz Isabel, Dr principal investigator
Hospital Vall d'Hebron
Rovira Montserrat, Dr principal investigator
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
4 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 2 study testing liposomal Amphotericine B in people with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Allogeneic Haematopoietic Progenitor Cell Transplant, run by PETHEMA Foundation at 4 sites in Spain.
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 3 inclusion and 7 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 12 May 2009. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 4 sites in Spain. 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 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.
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?
Efficacy and safety prophylaxis against IPA in LMA patients. (time frame: 1 year). 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 NCT00391014, which also lists 24 linked publications.
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 12 May 2009.