Randomised Study of Azacitidine Versus Azacitidine With Vorinostat in Patients With AML or High Risk MDS

NCT ID: NCT01617226

Last Updated: 2021-05-05

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

260 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-09-30

Study Completion Date

2020-12-31

Brief Summary

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This is a multicentre, open-label, randomised phase II trial comparing azacitidine monotherapy with combined azacitidine and vorinostat in patients with newly diagnosed, relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukaemia or high risk myelodysplastic syndromes ineligible for intensive chemotherapy.

Detailed Description

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Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) is a common haematological malignancy. As a result of improvements in myelosuppressive chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation, the outcome of children and young adults with AML has improved substantially in the past three decades. By contrast there has only been limited progress in the development of new treatments for older adults in whom long term survival is less than 20% at present.

There is an urgent need to develop more effective treatment options for the treatment of AML and high risk MDS in older adults. Accumulating evidence suggests that Azacitidine is a potentially important treatment modality in newly diagnosed, relapsed/refractory AML and high risk MDS. Phase II trials in AML and MDS demonstrate increased clinical activity of azacitidine when combined with a HDACi. However no randomised trials have yet examined the important question of whether concurrent HDACi administration increases the clinical activity of Azacitidine. Vorinostat is a new HDACi which shows significant clinical activity in combination with Azacitidine in patients with AML and MDS.

We therefore propose a randomised trial of azacitidine compared with azacitidine and vorinostat combination therapy in older adults with newly diagnosed, relapsed, refractory AML or high risk MDS ineligible for intensive chemotherapy. This will represent the first randomised trial, addressing whether there is a clinical benefit to be gained from combining treatment with azacitidine with a HDACi in patients with newly diagnosed, relapsed, refractory AML or high risk MDS for whom limited therapeutic options currently exist.

Conditions

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Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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azacitidine

azacitidine (75mg/m2) by SC injection on 7 consecutive days (excluding weekends), starting day 1 of 28-day cycles for up to 6 cycles. This should be delivered in a 5-2-2 schedule

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Azacitidine

Intervention Type DRUG

Azacitidine both arms; 75mg/m\^2 by subcutaneous injection for 7 days of a 28-day cycle for up to 6 cycles.

azacitidine and vorinostat

Patients will receive (75mg/m2) azacitidine by SC injection on 7 consecutive days (excluding weekends), starting day 1 of 28-day cycles for up to 6 cycles. Azacitidine should be delivered in a 5-2-2 schedule. Vorinostat (300mg bid) will be taken orally for 7 consecutive days starting on day 3 of each cycle in 28-day cycles for up to 6 cycles. (Day 3 is defined as the 3rd day of azacitidine administration).

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Azacitidine

Intervention Type DRUG

Azacitidine both arms; 75mg/m\^2 by subcutaneous injection for 7 days of a 28-day cycle for up to 6 cycles.

Vorinostat

Intervention Type DRUG

Vorinostat (with azacitidine) combined therapy arm; 300mg twice daily for 7 days starting on day 3 of each cycle in 28-day cycles for up to 6 cycles.

Interventions

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Azacitidine

Azacitidine both arms; 75mg/m\^2 by subcutaneous injection for 7 days of a 28-day cycle for up to 6 cycles.

Intervention Type DRUG

Vorinostat

Vorinostat (with azacitidine) combined therapy arm; 300mg twice daily for 7 days starting on day 3 of each cycle in 28-day cycles for up to 6 cycles.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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vidaza, ATC code L01BC07, cas number 320-67-2 MK-0683, ATC code L01XX38, cas number 149647-78-9

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

\- Adults with AML (except Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia (APL)) as defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Classification or patients with high risk MDS categorised as INT-2 or high risk according to the International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) who are deemed ineligible for intensive chemotherapy on the grounds of age or co-morbidities with ONE of the following disease status:- i) Newly diagnosed OR

ii) Relapsed Disease: patients must have achieved a previous morphological CR and show evidence of recurrent disease OR

iii) Refractory Disease: patients who have failed to achieve a morphological CR with previous therapy

* Patients are able to receive treatment as out-patient
* Adequate renal and hepatic function as defined in the Protocol
* Patients have given written informed consent
* ECOG performance status less than or equal to 2

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with greater than class III NYHA cardiac impairment
* Blastic transformation of Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia
* Prior allogeneic/autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplant
* Pregnant or lactating women
* Adults of reproductive potential not willing to use appropriate, effective, contraception during the trial and for specified amount of time afterwards
* Patients who have received prior histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi) treatment as anti-tumour therapy. (Patients who have received HDACi treatment for other indications e.g valproic acid for epilepsy may enrol after a 30-day washout period)
* Previous anti-tumour therapies, including prior experimental agents or approved anti-tumour small molecules and biologics, within 30 days before the start of protocol treatment. (Patients receiving anti-tumour therapies to control blood counts may enrol into the trial)
* Patients who have received prior treatment with demethylating agents such as 5-azacitidine or decitabine
* Patients with contraindications to receiving azacitidine or vorinostat such as hypersensitivity, patients unable to have a subcutaneous injection or swallow oral capsules
* Active symptomatic fungal, bacterial, and/or viral infection including known active HIV or known viral (A, B, or C) hepatitis
* Any co-morbidity that could limit compliance with the trial
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Leukemia Research Fund

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Celgene

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Birmingham

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Professor Charles Craddock

Professor of Haemato-Oncology, Director of Stem Cell Transplant Unit and Transitional Director of Birmingham Health Partners

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Charles F Craddock, Professor

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Birmingham

Locations

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Barts and the London NHS Trust

London, Greater London, United Kingdom

Site Status

King's College Hospital

London, Greater London, United Kingdom

Site Status

Hammersmith Hospital

London, Greater London, United Kingdom

Site Status

The Christie Hospital

Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Site Status

Royal Liverpool University Hospital

Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

Site Status

Belfast City Hospital

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Site Status

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Site Status

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Site Status

University Hospital of Wales

Cardiff, South Wales, United Kingdom

Site Status

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Site Status

St James's University Hospital

Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Site Status

Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre

Glasgow, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Southampton General Hospital

Southampton, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

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Other Identifiers

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RG_11-187

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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