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Myelodysplastic SyndromesPhase 3NCT01186939

An Extension to Study AZA PH GL 2003 CL 001 Allowing for Continuation of Azacitidine Treatment in Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

A Phase 3 study testing Azacitidine in people with Myelodysplastic Syndromes, run by Celgene at 22 sites in 11 countries.

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

At the conclusion of study AZA PH GL 2003 CL 001 (NCT00071799), eligible participants could be enrolled in an optional extension phase in order to continue treatment with azacitidine until it became commercially available; the continued treatment was for ethical and safety reasons only and not to provide additional… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
What is being tested?
Azacitidine
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
40 participants
Where
22 sitesin 11 countries
Study dates
1 Apr 2007to 1 Sep 2009
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

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

  • Participants were considered eligible if they had been randomized to azacitidine treatment in the primary study and were receiving azacitidine at the time of study closure, had completed 12 months of treatment and observation in the primary study, and had signed the informed consent document for the extension phase of the study.
  • See study: AZA PH GL 2003 CL 001 for a list of inclusion criteria for the primary study.

Who cannot join

  • None specific to the extension phase of the study
  • See study: AZA PH GL 2003 CL 001 for a list of exclusion criteria for the primary study.

Trial locations and contacts

22 sites in 11 countries.

22 sites in 11 countries

Australia4 sites
  • Study site

    East Melbourne, Victoria

  • Study site

    Herston

  • Study site

    Perth

  • Study site

    Woolloongabba

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Germany4 sites
  • Study site

    Berlin

  • Study site

    Düsseldorf

  • Study site

    Essen

  • Study site

    Kiel

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Italy4 sites
  • Study site

    Bologna

  • Study site

    Florence

  • Study site

    Genova

  • Study site

    Rome

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Greece2 sites
  • Study site

    Haidari

  • Study site

    Heraklio, Crete

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Spain2 sites
  • Study site

    Avda Campanar

  • Study site

    León

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Bulgaria1 site
  • Study site

    Plovdiv

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France1 site
  • Study site

    Aulnay-sous-Bois

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Hungary1 site
  • Study site

    Budapest

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Netherlands1 site
  • Study site

    Nijmegen

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Poland1 site
  • Study site

    Lodz

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United Kingdom1 site
  • Study site

    London

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About this study

Official title: AZA PH GL 2003 CL 001 - Extension A Multicenter, Randomized, Open-label, Parallel-group, Phase 3 Trial of Subcutaneous Azacitidine Plus Best Supportive Care Versus Conventional Care Regimens Plus Best Supportive Care for the Treatment of Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

At the conclusion of study AZA PH GL 2003 CL 001 (NCT00071799), eligible participants could be enrolled in an optional extension phase in order to continue treatment with azacitidine until it became commercially available; the continued treatment was for ethical and safety reasons only and not to provide additional efficacy data.

Read the detailed description

At the conclusion of study AZA PH GL 2003 CL 001 (NCT00071799), eligible participants could be enrolled in an optional extension phase in order to continue treatment with azacitidine until it became commercially available; the continued treatment was for ethical and safety reasons only and not to provide additional efficacy data.

During the extension phase, participants were treated based on 28-day cycles and monitored for hematologic, nonhematologic, and renal toxicities. Recommended monitoring procedures included complete blood count with differential and platelets at least once each cycle prior to dosing and as needed, bone marrow biopsy and aspirate as clinically indicated, and additional tests or more frequent monitoring at the investigator's discretion based on the patient's clinical status. The azacitidine dose could be modified for toxicities. Laboratory data were not collected during the extension phase.

Being tested
Azacitidine
Keywords
Myelodysplastic Syndromes, MDS
Medical subject headings
Myelodysplastic Syndromes

What participants receive

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

  • AzacitidineDrug

    Also called AZA

    Azacitidine was injected subcutaneously (SC) for 7 days. The 7-day dosing was repeated every 28 days with dose adjustments allowed. The initial dose during the primary study was 75mg/m^2/day.

Study groups in NCT01186939
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
AzacitidineExperimentalAzacitidine (study drug) plus best supportive care.
Receives: Drug: Azacitidine

What is being measured

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

  1. Number of Participants in Different Categories of Treatment Emergent Adverse Events for the Extension Period

    Participant counts for a variety of subsets of treatment emergent adverse events (TEAEs)during the extension study period (43-68 months). Subsets include participants counts for serious TEAEs, serious TEAEs that the investigator evaluated as releated to treatment, TEAEs leading to discontinuation of therapy, or a dose reduction, or a dose interruption.

    Measured: 43- 68 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted23 Aug 2010 (estimated)
  2. Study start1 Apr 2007
  3. Primary completion1 Sep 2009
  4. Study completion1 Sep 2009

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 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
40 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01186939
Sponsor's protocol ID
AZA PH GL 2003 CL001 E
Status last verified
Oct 2019
First submitted
20 Aug 2010
Last updated
14 Nov 2019
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Fenaux P, Mufti GJ, Hellstrom-Lindberg E, Santini V, Finelli C, Giagounidis A, Schoch R, Gattermann N, Sanz G, List A, Gore SD, Seymour JF, Bennett JM, Byrd J, Backstrom J, Zimmerman L, McKenzie D, Beach C, Silverman LR; International Vidaza High-Risk MDS Survival Study Group. Efficacy of azacitidine compared with that of conventional care regimens in the treatment of higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes: a randomised, open-label, phase III study. Lancet Oncol. 2009 Mar;10(3):223-32. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(09)70003-8. Epub 2009 Feb 21.

    PubMed 19230772
  • Fenaux P, Mufti GJ, Hellstrom-Lindberg E, Santini V, Gattermann N, Germing U, Sanz G, List AF, Gore S, Seymour JF, Dombret H, Backstrom J, Zimmerman L, McKenzie D, Beach CL, Silverman LR. Azacitidine prolongs overall survival compared with conventional care regimens in elderly patients with low bone marrow blast count acute myeloid leukemia. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Feb 1;28(4):562-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2009.23.8329. Epub 2009 Dec 21.

    PubMed 20026804
  • Gore SD, Fenaux P, Santini V, Bennett JM, Silverman LR, Seymour JF, Hellstrom-Lindberg E, Swern AS, Beach CL, List AF. A multivariate analysis of the relationship between response and survival among patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes treated within azacitidine or conventional care regimens in the randomized AZA-001 trial. Haematologica. 2013 Jul;98(7):1067-72. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2012.074831. Epub 2013 Apr 12.

    PubMed 23585522
  • Savona MR, Kolibaba K, Conkling P, Kingsley EC, Becerra C, Morris JC, Rifkin RM, Laille E, Kellerman A, Ukrainskyj SM, Dong Q, Skikne BS. Extended dosing with CC-486 (oral azacitidine) in patients with myeloid malignancies. Am J Hematol. 2018 Oct;93(10):1199-1206. doi: 10.1002/ajh.25216. Epub 2018 Sep 3.

    PubMed 30016552
  • Seymour JF, Fenaux P, Silverman LR, Mufti GJ, Hellstrom-Lindberg E, Santini V, List AF, Gore SD, Backstrom J, McKenzie D, Beach CL. Effects of azacitidine compared with conventional care regimens in elderly (>/= 75 years) patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2010 Dec;76(3):218-27. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2010.04.005. Epub 2010 May 6.

    PubMed 20451404
  • Garcia-Manero G, Scott BL, Cogle CR, Boyd TE, Kambhampati S, Hetzer J, Dong Q, Kumar K, Ukrainskyj SM, Beach CL, Skikne BS. CC-486 (oral azacitidine) in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes with pretreatment thrombocytopenia. Leuk Res. 2018 Sep;72:79-85. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2018.08.001. Epub 2018 Aug 3.

    PubMed 30114559
  • Ma X, Steensma DP, Scott BL, Kiselev P, Sugrue MM, Swern AS. Selection of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes from a large electronic medical records database and a study of the use of disease-modifying therapy in the United States. BMJ Open. 2018 Jul 23;8(7):e019955. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019955.

    PubMed 30037860
  • de Lima M, Oran B, Champlin RE, Papadopoulos EB, Giralt SA, Scott BL, William BM, Hetzer J, Laille E, Hubbell B, Skikne BS, Craddock C. CC-486 Maintenance after Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndromes. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2018 Oct;24(10):2017-2024. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2018.06.016. Epub 2018 Jun 20.

    PubMed 29933073
  • Wehmeyer J, Zaiss M, Losem C, Schmitz S, Niemeier B, Harde J, Hannig CV, Harich HD, Muller J, Klausmann M, Tessen HW, Potthoff K. Impact of performance status and transfusion dependency on outcome of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome, acute myeloid leukemia and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia treated with azacitidine (PIAZA study). Eur J Haematol. 2018 Dec;101(6):766-773. doi: 10.1111/ejh.13160. Epub 2018 Oct 25.

    PubMed 30091166
  • Platzbecker U, Middeke JM, Sockel K, Herbst R, Wolf D, Baldus CD, Oelschlagel U, Mutherig A, Fransecky L, Noppeney R, Bug G, Gotze KS, Kramer A, Bochtler T, Stelljes M, Groth C, Schubert A, Mende M, Stolzel F, Borkmann C, Kubasch AS, von Bonin M, Serve H, Hanel M, Duhrsen U, Schetelig J, Rollig C, Kramer M, Ehninger G, Bornhauser M, Thiede C. Measurable residual disease-guided treatment with azacitidine to prevent haematological relapse in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukaemia (RELAZA2): an open-label, multicentre, phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2018 Dec;19(12):1668-1679. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30580-1. Epub 2018 Nov 12.

    PubMed 30442503
  • Boutault R, Peterlin P, Boubaya M, Sockel K, Chevallier P, Garnier A, Guillaume T, Le Bourgeois A, Debord C, Godon C, Le Bris Y, Theisen O, Kroschinsky F, Moreau P, Bene MC, Platzbecker U, Eveillard M. A novel complete blood count-based score to screen for myelodysplastic syndrome in cytopenic patients. Br J Haematol. 2018 Dec;183(5):736-746. doi: 10.1111/bjh.15626. Epub 2018 Nov 8.

    PubMed 30406952
  • Wenk C, Garz AK, Grath S, Huberle C, Witham D, Weickert M, Malinverni R, Niggemeyer J, Kyncl M, Hecker J, Pagel C, Mulholland CB, Muller-Thomas C, Leonhardt H, Bassermann F, Oostendorp RAJ, Metzeler KH, Buschbeck M, Gotze KS. Direct modulation of the bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cell compartment by azacitidine enhances healthy hematopoiesis. Blood Adv. 2018 Dec 11;2(23):3447-3461. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2018022053.

    PubMed 30518537
  • Zeidan AM, Klink AJ, McGuire M, Feinberg B. Treatment sequence of lenalidomide and hypomethylating agents and the impact on clinical outcomes for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes. Leuk Lymphoma. 2019 Aug;60(8):2050-2055. doi: 10.1080/10428194.2018.1551538. Epub 2019 Jan 14.

    PubMed 30636526
  • Leung KK, Nguyen A, Shi T, Tang L, Ni X, Escoubet L, MacBeth KJ, DiMartino J, Wells JA. Multiomics of azacitidine-treated AML cells reveals variable and convergent targets that remodel the cell-surface proteome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Jan 8;116(2):695-700. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1813666116. Epub 2018 Dec 24.

    PubMed 30584089
  • Craddock C, Slade D, De Santo C, Wheat R, Ferguson P, Hodgkinson A, Brock K, Cavenagh J, Ingram W, Dennis M, Malladi R, Siddique S, Mussai F, Yap C. Combination Lenalidomide and Azacitidine: A Novel Salvage Therapy in Patients Who Relapse After Allogeneic Stem-Cell Transplantation for Acute Myeloid Leukemia. J Clin Oncol. 2019 Mar 1;37(7):580-588. doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.00889. Epub 2019 Jan 17.

    PubMed 30653424

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing Azacitidine in people with Myelodysplastic Syndromes, run by Celgene at 22 sites in 11 countries.

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 2 inclusion and 2 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 14 Nov 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 22 sites in Australia, Germany, Italy, Greece, Spain and 6 more countries. 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 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

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

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 21 Sep 2010). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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?

Number of Participants in Different Categories of Treatment Emergent Adverse Events for the Extension Period (time frame: 43- 68 months). 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 NCT01186939, which also lists 16 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 14 Nov 2019.

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