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Acute Myeloid LeukemiaPhase 2DELTANCT02446145

A Randomized Placebo-controlled Phase 2 Study of Decitabine With or Without Eltrombopag in AML Patients

A Phase 2 study testing Eltrombopag in people with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, run by Technische Universität Dresden at 15 sites in Germany.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

Official record
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Trial summary

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a disease with a poor prognosis including a 5-year overall survival (OS) of app. 20% for the entire population. In particular, the outcome of elderly patients with AML is dismal and the majority of patients die within the first year after diagnosis. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 65 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
What is being tested?
Eltrombopag
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
132 participants
Where
15 sitesGermany
Study dates
May 2015to 25 Jan 2023
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 65 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Newly diagnosed AML (including therapy-related or with antecedent MDS) other than acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) according to WHO criteria, i.e. bone marrow aspirate / biopsy or peripheral blood must contain ≥20% blasts in AML defined by cytogenetic aberrations according to WHO the proportion of blasts may be <20%
  • Age ≥ 65 years
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG) 0-3
  • patients not eligible for intensive induction therapy (according to investigator's decision)
  • planned therapy with DAC/AZA
  • platelet count <75 Gpt/L taken within 4 weeks prior to randomization
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  • adequate liver function as assessed by the following laboratory requirements during screening (within 4 weeks prior to study inclusion):
  • Total bilirubin ≤ 3 times the upper limit of normal (except for Gilbert's Syndrome)
  • Alanine transaminase (ALAT) and Aspartate transaminase (ASAT) ≤ 3 times upper limit of normal
  • signed Informed Consent

Who cannot join

  • acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL)
  • history of higher-risk MDS or AML treatment with thrombopoietin receptor (TPO-R) agonists, hypomethylating agents or intensive chemotherapy
  • substance abuse, medical, psychological or social conditions that may interfere with the patient's participation in the study or evaluation of the study results
  • treatment with an investigational drug within 30 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) preceding to first dose of study mediation
  • uncontrolled active infection
  • New York Heart Association (NYHA) stage ≥ 2 due to heart insufficiency
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  • positive Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Hepatitis B / C serology
  • patients unable to swallow medication
  • known immediate or delayed hypersensitivity reaction or idiosyncrasy to drugs chemically related to EPAG or DAC or excipients that contraindicates their participation

Trial locations and contacts

15 sites in 1 country.

15 sites in 1 country

Germany15 sites
  • Uniklinik RWTH Aachen

    Aachen

  • Charite Campus Benjamin Franklin

    Berlin

  • Klinikum Chemnitz GmbH

    Chemnitz

  • Universitätsklinikum Dresden

    Dresden

  • Marienhospital Düsseldorf GmbH

    Düsseldorf

  • Universitätsklinikum Essen

    Essen

  • Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale)

    Halle

  • St. Marien-Hospital Hamm

    Hamm

  • Klinikum rechts der Isar der TU München

    München

  • Klinikum Nürnberg-Nord

    Nuremberg

  • Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum für Blut- und Krebserkrankungen

    Potsdam

  • Wissenschaftskontor Nord GmbH & Co KG

    Rostock

  • Diakonie-Klinikum Schwäbisch Hall gGmbH

    Schwäbisch Hall

  • Rems-Murr-Klinikum Winnenden

    Winnenden

  • Universitätsklinikum Würzburg

    Würzburg

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About this study

Official title: A Randomized Placebo-controlled Phase 2 Study of Decitabine With or Without Eltrombopag in AML Patients ≥65 Years of Age Not Eligible for Intensive Chemotherapy

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a disease with a poor prognosis including a 5-year overall survival (OS) of app. 20% for the entire population. In particular, the outcome of elderly patients with AML is dismal and the majority of patients die within the first year after diagnosis. This is also because treatment options for elderly patients with AML significantly differ from patients of younger age. In fact, comorbid conditions are common among the elderly such as heart disease, renal insufficiency and vascular disease thus influencing the ability to withstand intensive therapy. Elderly patients are also more likely than younger patients to develop severe, life threatening infections during the course of treatment. In addition to infectious complications, hemorrhages due to severe thrombocytopenia are responsible for morbidity and mortality in a considerable amount of patients. Compared with younger AML patients, elderly individuals with AML display a higher incidence of poor-prognosis karyotypes, of a preceding myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and greater expression of proteins involved in intrinsic resistance to chemotherapeutic agents. As a result conventional anthracycline based chemotherapy is only infrequently used in patients above the age of 65 years. Based on a recent randomized trial (Kantarjian et al. 2012) low-intensity epigenetic therapy with decitabine (DAC) has become the first-line standard of care in most European countries including Germany. Nevertheless, even with this treatment the 1-year OS is approximately 30 % only. Furthermore, severe thrombocytopenia is a main side effect of this therapy and can prevent adequate continuation of treatment being crucially for treatment success. Supportive care with platelet transfusions is effective primarily only over short periods and often requires hospitalization and therefore lowers the quality of life of these patients in their palliative situation. Therefore, patients could benefit from an approach aiming at an increase of platelet counts through combined use of Azacitidine (AZA) or DAC with an oral thrombopoietin receptor agonist like eltrombopag (EPAG). This could allow for a better adherence to DAC/AZA therapy by preventing dose delays due to prolonged thrombocytopenia. Additionally, the potential antileukemic effect of EPAG could also be beneficial for these AML patients.

Read the detailed description

The DELTA-trial is designed as a two-arm, double-blind, multicenter randomized-controlled phase- II study of EPAG or placebo in combination with standard-dose DAC/AZA treatment as concomitant medication in subjects at least 65 years of age with AML not eligible for intensive chemotherapy and planned therapy with Decitabine (DAC)/Azacitidine(AZA). Patients will be randomized 1:1 into the experimental study arm and the control study arm. EPAG 200 mg (100 mg for East Asian patients) once daily has been selected as the starting dose for this study because this regimen has been investigated to be safe and potentially effective in increasing platelet counts in patients with AML. Concomitant medication with DAC/AZA will be according to the european label and the summary of product characteristics. There will be a dose adjustment of EPAG depending on the platelet counts obtained on day 1 of a planned DAC/AZA cycle. EPAG or placebo will be taken for 14 days in each treatment cycle starting on day 12 with a minimum treatment gab of 2 days before and after each DAC/AZA course.

Concomitant medication will be either Decitabine (DAC) 20 mg/m2 body surface i.v. over 30 minutes on days 1-5 of each cycle or Azacitidine (AZA) 75 mg/m2 body surface sc. on days 1-7. One cycle lasts 28 days.

Patients will receive medication as long as they benefit from treatment and in the absence of relevant adverse events indicating a treatment discontinuation; but for a maximum of 12 cycles. During Follow Up (up to 4 years) patient survival and first treatment change will be observed.

Being tested
Eltrombopag, Placebo
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.

  • EltrombopagDrug

    Also called Revolade

    Patients will receive EPAG in addition to their background standard treatment with Decitabine/Azacitidine

    • concomitant medication: either Decitabine days 1-5 of each cycle: 20 mg/sqm i.v. over 30 minutes or Azacitidine (AZA) days 1-7 of each cycle: 75 mg/sqm s.c.
  • PlaceboDrug

    Patients will receive Placebo in addition to their background standard treatment with Decitabine/Azacitidine

    • concomitant medication: either Decitabine days 1-5 of each cycle: 20 mg/sqm i.v. over 30 minutes or Azacitidine (AZA) days 1-7 of each cycle: 75 mg/sqm s.c.
Study groups in NCT02446145
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Experimental intervention armExperimentalEltrombopag daily from day 12 to 25: 200 mg/day p.o. (100 mg for east asian patients) dose modification 100 mg up to 300 mg/d p.o. (50 - 150 mg for east asian patients) * concomitant medication: either Decitabine days 1-5 of each cycle: 20 mg/sqm i.v. over 30 minutes or Azacitidine (AZA) days 1-7 of each cycle: 75 mg/sqm s.c. * one cycle lasts 28 days
Receives: Drug: Eltrombopag
Control intervention armPlacebo comparatorPlacebo daily from day 1: 200 mg/day p.o. (100 mg for east asian patients) dose modification 100 mg up to 300 mg/d p.o. (50 - 150 mg for east asian patients) * concomitant medication: either Decitabine days 1-5 of each cycle: 20 mg/sqm i.v. over 30 minutes or Azacitidine (AZA) days 1-7 of each cycle: 75 mg/sqm s.c. * one cycle lasts 28 days
Receives: Drug: Placebo

What is being measured

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

  1. treatment change-free survival

    time from randomization until day one of the new disease modifying treatment or death as the primary endpoint of this study

    Measured: up to 4 years

Secondary outcomes (9)
  1. overall survival

    Overall survival is defined as months from day 1 of cycle 1 until death and is calculated as (date of death - date of day 1 of cycle 1 + 1) / 30.43

    Measured: up to 4 years

  2. relapse free survival

    Relapse free survival is defined for patients who achieved CR, CRi, CRc, or CRm.

    Measured: up to 4 years

  3. overall response rate

    Overall response is defined as achievement of stable disease (SD), partial remission (PR), or complete remission (CR, including CRi, CRc, CRm) at any time during treatment period.

    Measured: up to 4 years

  4. number of bone marrow blasts after 5, 9, and 12 months

    Bone marrow blasts are determined locally and by central review. The blast count from the central review is preferred in the analysis. In case of missing blast count from central review the locally determined blast count will be used for analysis.

    Measured: screening, month 5, 9 and 12

  5. quality of life questionnaire (QLQ-C30)

    Quality of life is assessed by the EORTC QLQ-C30 and the SF36 questionnaires. Quality of life will be assessed only in patients with complete baseline assessment. QOL will only be assessed in analysis sets for which information is available for more than 75% of individuals.

    Measured: screening, month 1, 3, 6, 9, 12

  6. Short Form questionnaire 36 (SF-36)

    Quality of life is assessed by the EORTC QLQ-C30 and the SF36 questionnaires. Quality of life will be assessed only in patients with complete baseline assessment. QOL will only be assessed in analysis sets for which information is available for more than 75% of individuals.

    Measured: screening, month 1, 3, 6, 9, 12

  7. median platelet counts

    Platelet counts are analysed as recorded in the study database.

    Measured: month 1 - 12

  8. number of platelet transfusions

    Number of platelet transfusions during cycle 1-4 is defined as the cumulative sum of platelet transfusions documented in cycles 1 to 4.

    Measured: month 1 - 4

  9. incidence of serious adverse events (SAE)

    incidence of SAE including death, incidence of bleeding events and hospitalization rate and duration

    Measured: up to 4 years

Timeline

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

  1. First posted18 May 2015 (estimated)
  2. Study startMay 2015
  3. Primary completion26 Dec 2020
  4. Study completion25 Jan 2023

Why it stopped: Due to COVID-19 pandemia, recruitment was insufficient to reach required sample size in an acceptable time line. Furthermore, new drugs have recently been licensed resulting in alternative treatment regimens with a better prognosis.

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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
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Quadruple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
132 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02446145
Sponsor's protocol ID
TUD-DELTA1-063
Other IDs
2014-003150-13, 2014
Acronym
DELTA
Status last verified
Mar 2024
First submitted
11 Feb 2015
Last updated
29 Mar 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Eltrombopag in people with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, run by Technische Universität Dresden at 15 sites in Germany.

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 10 inclusion and 9 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 29 Mar 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 15 sites in Germany. 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. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. 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 was stopped early (reason given: Due to COVID-19 pandemia, recruitment was insufficient to reach required sample size in an acceptable time line. Furthermore, new drugs have recently been licensed resulting in alternative treatment regimens with a better prognosis.). Results are not available in the source record.

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?

treatment change-free survival (time frame: up to 4 years). 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 29 Mar 2024.

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