Study to Compare Azacitidine Plus Pevonedistat Versus Azacitidine in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Not Eligible for Standard Chemotherapy
NCT ID: NCT04090736
Last Updated: 2025-03-17
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Basic Information
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ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
PHASE3
302 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2019-09-24
2025-06-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Subjects will be randomized to one of the two treatment arms in a 1:1 ratio, both of which will have treatment cycles of 28 days:
* Arm A: Pevonedistat (PEVO) 20 mg/m2 IV on days 1, 3, and 5 plus Azacitidine (AZA) 75 mg/m2 subcutaneous (SC) administered on a 5-on/2-off \[weekend\]/2-on schedule in 28-day cycles (IV AZA can be administered for any patients who have non-tolerated local reactions)
* Arm B: AZA 75 mg/m2 SC on a 5-on/2-off \[weekend\]/2-on schedule in 28-day cycle (IV AZA can be administered for any patients who have non-tolerated local reactions)
466 subjects will be randomized in the study. Subjects will continue their study treatment until documented disease progression per Investigator assessment, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, or the subject meets other protocol criteria for discontinuation
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Arm A: Pevonedistat plus Azacitidine
Pevonedistat 20 mg/m2 IV on days 1, 3, and 5 plus Azacitidine 75 mg/m2 subcutaneous administered on a 5-on/2-off \[weekend\]/2-on schedule in 28-day cycles (intravenous Azacitidine can be administered for any patients who have non-tolerated local reactions)
Pevonedistat
Pevonedistat 20 mg/m2 intravenous on days 1, 3, and 5 (28-day cycles)
Azacitidine
Azacitidine 75 mg/m2 subcutaneous on a 5-on/2-off \[weekend\]/2-on schedule (28-day cycle). Intravenous for patients who have non-tolerated local reactions
Arm B: Azacitidine
Azacitidine 75 mg/m2 subcutaneous on a 5-on/2-off \[weekend\]/2-on schedule in 28-day cycle (intravenous azacitidine can be administered for any patients who have non-tolerated local reactions)
Azacitidine
Azacitidine 75 mg/m2 subcutaneous on a 5-on/2-off \[weekend\]/2-on schedule (28-day cycle). Intravenous for patients who have non-tolerated local reactions
Interventions
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Pevonedistat
Pevonedistat 20 mg/m2 intravenous on days 1, 3, and 5 (28-day cycles)
Azacitidine
Azacitidine 75 mg/m2 subcutaneous on a 5-on/2-off \[weekend\]/2-on schedule (28-day cycle). Intravenous for patients who have non-tolerated local reactions
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. Morphological diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) (WHO criteria 2008)
3. Subject must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance status (PS) of 0 to 3 (ECOG 0-2 for patients greater than or equal to 75 years old).
4. Newly diagnosed AML
5. Patient must be considered be ineligible for treatment with a standard Ara-C and anthracycline induction regimen due to age or co-morbidities defined by one of the following:
1. ≥ 75 years of age
2. Or ≥ 18 to 74 years of age with at least one of the following:
* ECOG Performance Status of 2 or 3;
* Cardiac history of cardiac heart failure requiring treatment or Ejection Fraction ≤ 50% or chronic stable angina;
* Diffusing Capacity of the Lung for Carbon Monoxide (DLCO) ≤ 65% or Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second (FEV1) ≤ 65% or significant history of chronic pulmonary obstructive disease;
* Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥ 30 mL/min to \< 50 ml/min or levels of creatinine between the upper limit of the normal range (ULN) and 2.5 mg/dL (≤ 250 μmol/l).
* Hepatic impairment with total bilirubin \> 1.5 to ≤ 3 × ULN or with alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and/or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \> 2.5×ULN to ≤ 5×ULN
* Non active/controlled prior neoplastic disease
* Any other patient´s comorbidity or disease condition that the physician judges to be incompatible with intensive chemotherapy must be reviewed, documented, and approved by the Sponsor before study enrollment).
6. Clinical laboratory values within the following parameters (repeat within 3 days before the first dose of study drug if laboratory values used for randomization were obtained more than 3 days before the first dose of study drug):
* Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN except in patients with Gilbert's syndrome or ≤ 3 × ULN if elevation is attributed to underlying leukemia. Patients with Gilbert's syndrome may enroll with direct bilirubin ≤3 × ULN of the direct bilirubin. Elevated indirect bilirubin due to posttransfusion hemolysis is allowed.
* ALT and AST ≤ 2.5×ULN or ≤ 5×ULN if elevation is attributed to underlying leukemia.
* Adequate renal function as demonstrated by a creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min (calculated by the Cockcroft Gault formula, (see Appendix 5).
* Albumin \>2.7 g/dL.
7. Subject has a white blood cell count \<50 × 109/L. Patients who are cytoreduced with leukapheresis or with hydroxyurea may be enrolled if they meet the eligibility criteria before starting therapy.
8. Female subjects must be either postmenopausal for at least 1 year before screening (see Appendix 12 for definition) OR permanently surgical sterile (bilateral oophorectomy, bilateral salpingectomy or hysterectomy) OR Women of Childbearing Potential (WOCBP) must agree to practice 1 highly effective method and 1 additional effective (barrier) method of contraception (see Appendix 11), at the same time, from the time of signing the informed consent through 4 months after the last dose of study drug (female and male condoms should not be used together), or Agree to practice true abstinence, when this is in line with the preferred and usual lifestyle of the subject. (Periodic abstinence \[e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, postovulation methods\] withdrawal, spermicides only, and lactational amenorrhea are not acceptable methods of contraception). Female subjects of childbearing potential must have negative results for pregnancy test performed and must not be lactating and breastfeeding.
9. Male subjects even if surgically sterilized (i.e., status post vasectomy), who are sexually active, must agree, from Study Day 1 through at least 4 months after the last dose of study drug, to practice effective barrier contraception during the entire study treatment period and through 4 months after the last dose of study drug (female and male condoms should not be used together), or agree to practice true abstinence, when this is in line with the preferred and usual lifestyle of the subject. (Periodic abstinence \[e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, postovulation methods for the female partner\] withdrawal, spermicides only, and lactational amenorrhea are not acceptable methods of contraception.)
10. Subject must voluntarily sign and date an informed consent, approved by an Independent Ethics Committee (IEC)/Institutional Review Board (IRB), prior to the initiation of any screening or study specific procedures, with the understanding that consent may be withdrawn by the patient at any time without prejudice to future medical care.
* The reason a patient is not eligible for intensive chemotherapy must be documented in the electronic case report form (eCRF).
5. Patients with either clinical evidence of or history of central nervous system involvement by AML.
6. Diagnosed or treated for another malignancy within 1 year before randomization or previously diagnosed with another malignancy and have any evidence of residual disease which may compromise the administration of AZA or AZA+PEVO.
7. Psychological,social, or geographic factors that otherwise preclude the patient from giving informed consent, following the protocol, or potentially hamper compliance with study treatment and follow-up.
8. Subject has a white blood cell count \> 50 × 109/L.
9. Contraindications for PEVO or AZA.
10. Known hypersensitivity to pevonedistat or its excipients.
11. Female patients who intend to donate eggs (ova) during the course of this study or for 4 months after receiving their last dose of study drug(s).
12. Female patients who are both lactating and breastfeeding or have a positive serum pregnancy test during the screening period or a positive urine pregnancy test on Day 1 before first dose of study drug.
13. Male patients who intend to donate sperm or father a child during the course of this study or for 4 months after receiving their last dose of study drug(s).
14. Subject is known to be positive for HIV (HIV testing is not required for eligibility assessment). Known HIV positive patients who meet the following criteria will be considered eligible:
* Cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) count \> 350 cells/mm3
* Undetectable viral load
* Maintained on modern therapeutic regimens utilizing non-cytochrome P450 (CYP)-interactive agents
* No history of AIDS-defining opportunistic infections
15. Subject is known to be positive for hepatitis B or C infection, with the exception of those with an undetectable viral load within 3 months (Hepatitis B or C testing is not required for eligibility assessment).
16. Known hepatic cirrhosis or severe preexisting hepatic impairment.
17. Patients with the following will be excluded: uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to known cardiopulmonary disease defined as unstable angina, clinically significant arrhythmia, congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association Class III or IV; see Appendix 7), and/or ST elevation myocardial infarction within 6 months before first dose, or severe symptomatic pulmonary hypertension requiring pharmacologic therapy, severe uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias, or electrocardiographic evidence of acute ischemia or active conduction system abnormalities. As an example, well-controlled atrial fibrillation would not be an exclusion whereas uncontrolled atrial fibrillation would be an exclusion. Patients with medical comorbidities that will preclude safety evaluation of the combination should not be enrolled.
18. Subject has chronic respiratory disease that requires continuous oxygen, or significant history of renal, neurologic, psychiatric, endocrinologic, metabolic, immunologic, hepatic, cardiovascular disease, any other medical condition that in the opinion of the investigator would adversely affect his/her participating in this study.
19. Treatment with strong Cytochrome P450, family 3, subfamily A (CYP3A) inducers (see Appendix 8) within 14 days before the first dose of pevonedistat.
20. Patients with uncontrolled coagulopathy or bleeding disorder.
21. High blood pressure which cannot be controlled by standard treatments
22. Prolonged rate corrected QT (QTc) interval ≥ 500 msec, calculated according to institutional guidelines.
23. As infection is a common feature of AML, patients with active infection are permitted to enroll provided that the infection is under control and no signs of systemic inflammatory response beyond low grade fever that makes patient clinically unstable in the opinion of the investigator. Patients with uncontrolled infection shall not be enrolled until infection is treated and brought under control.
24. Patients who have received an investigational agent (for any indication) within 5 half-lives of the agent and until toxicity from this has resolved to grade 1 or less; if the half-life of the agent is unknown, patients must wait 4 weeks prior to first dose of study treatment.
25. Systemic antineoplastic therapy for malignant conditions other than myeloid neoplasms within 14 days before the first dose of any study drug.
Exclusion Criteria
2. Subject has history MPN with BCR-ABL1 translocation and AML with BCR-ABL1 translocation.
3. Genetic diagnosis of acute promyelocytic leukemia.
4. Eligible for intensive chemotherapy and/or allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
INDUSTRY
Dynamic Science S.L.
INDUSTRY
PETHEMA Foundation
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Locations
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Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago
Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
Hospital Txagorritxu
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Alava, Spain
ICO Badalona- Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol
Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
ICO Hospitalet- Hospital Duran i Reynals
Hospitalet Del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Hospital Universitario Donostia
San Sebastián, Guipuzcoa, Spain
Complejo Hospitalario de Jaén
Jaén, Jaen, Spain
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
Hospital Universitario Quirón Madrid
Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain
Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía
San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain
Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga
Málaga, Malaga, Spain
Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria
Málaga, Malaga, Spain
Hospital General Universitario Santa Lucía
Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias
Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain
Hospital Universitario de Canarias
San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Spain
Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío
Seville, Sevila, Spain
Hospital General Nuestra Señora del Prado
Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain
Hospital Universitario de Cruces
Barakaldo, Vizcaya, Spain
Hospital Universitario de Basurto
Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain
Hospital Universitario de Galdakao
Galdakao, Vizcaya, Spain
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña
A Coruña, , Spain
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete
Albacete, , Spain
Hospital General Universitario de Alicante
Alicante, , Spain
Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas
Almería, , Spain
Hospital Dr. José Molina Orosa
Arrecife, , Spain
Hospital San Agustin
Avilés, , Spain
Complejo Asistencial de Ávila
Ávila, , Spain
Hospital Universitario de Badajoz
Badajoz, , Spain
Hospital del Mar
Barcelona, , Spain
Hospital Vithas Xanit Internacional
Benalmádena, , Spain
Hospital Universitario de Burgos
Burgos, , Spain
Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar
Cadiz, , Spain
Hospital General Universitario de Castellón
Castelló, , Spain
Complejo Hospitalario de Cáceres
Cáceres, , Spain
Complejo Hospitalario Regional Reina Sofía
Córdoba, , Spain
Hospital General Universitario de Elche
Elche, , Spain
ICO Girona- Hospital Universitari Dr Josep Trueta
Girona, , Spain
Hospital Universitario de Guadalajara
Guadalajara, , Spain
Hospital Universitario Juan Ramón Jiménez
Huelva, , Spain
Hospital San Jorge
Huesca, , Spain
Complejo Hospitalario Lucus Augusti
Lugo, , Spain
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
Madrid, , Spain
Hospital Clínico San Carlos
Madrid, , Spain
Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz
Madrid, , Spain
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
Madrid, , Spain
Hospital Universitario Madrid Norte Sanchinarro
Madrid, , Spain
Hospital Quirón de Málaga
Málaga, , Spain
Hospital General Universitario Morales Meseguer
Murcia, , Spain
Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense
Ourense, , Spain
Hospital Son Llàtzer
Palma de Mallorca, , Spain
Complexo Hospitalario de Pontevedra
Pontevedra, , Spain
Hospital Universitario de Salamanca
Salamanca, , Spain
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, , Spain
Hospital General de Segovia
Segovia, , Spain
Hospital de Valme
Seville, , Spain
Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII
Tarragona, , Spain
Hospital Virgen de la Salud
Toledo, , Spain
Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia
Valencia, , Spain
Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset Aleixandre
Valencia, , Spain
Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe
Valencia, , Spain
Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid
Valladolid, , Spain
Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa
Zaragoza, , Spain
Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet
Zaragoza, , Spain
Countries
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