Chemotherapy (Decitabine in Combination With FLAG-Ida) and Total-Body Irradiation Followed by Donor Stem Cell Transplant for the Treatment of Adults With Myeloid Malignancies at High Risk of Relapse

NCT ID: NCT06928662

Last Updated: 2025-11-06

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE1/PHASE2

Total Enrollment

36 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-09-23

Study Completion Date

2028-11-29

Brief Summary

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This phase I/II trial studies the safety, side effects, and best dose of decitabine in combination with fludarabine, cytarabine, filgrastim, and idarubicin (FLAG-Ida) and total body irradiation (TBI) followed by a donor stem cell transplant in treating adult patients with cancers of blood-forming cells of the bone marrow (myeloid malignancies) that are at high risk of coming back after treatment (relapse). Cancers eligible for this trial are acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML). Decitabine is in a class of medications called hypomethylation agents. It works by helping the bone marrow produce normal blood cells and by killing abnormal cells in the bone marrow. The FLAG-Ida regimen consists of the following drugs: fludarabine, cytarabine, filgrastim, and idarubicin. These are chemotherapy drugs that work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Filgrastim is in a class of medications called colony-stimulating factors. It works by helping the body make more neutrophils, a type of white blood cell. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays, particles, or radioactive seeds to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. TBI is radiation therapy to the entire body. Giving chemotherapy and TBI before a donor peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) transplant helps kill cancer cells in the body and helps make room in the patient's bone marrow for new blood-forming cells (stem cells) to grow. When the healthy stem cells from a donor are infused into a patient, they may help the patient's bone marrow make more healthy cells and platelets. Giving decitabine in combination with FLAG-Ida and TBI before donor PBSC transplant may work better than FLAG-Ida and TBI alone in treating adult patients with myeloid malignancies at high risk of relapse.

Detailed Description

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OUTLINE: This is a phase I, dose-escalation study of decitabine in combination with FLAG-Ida, TBI, and HCT followed by a phase II study.

DONORS: Participants undergo apheresis for collection of PBSCs on study.

PATIENTS: Patients receive decitabine intravenously (IV) daily over 1 hour on days -12 to -10, -14 to -10, -16 to -10, or -19 to -10, filgrastim subcutaneously (SC) daily on days -9 to -4, idarubicin IV over 60 minutes daily on days -8 to -6, fludarabine IV over 30 minutes daily on days -8 to -4, cytarabine IV over 2 hours daily on days -8 to -4, and undergo TBI twice daily (BID) on day -1 or 0 OR daily on days -1 and 0 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then undergo HCT (receive donor PBSCs via infusion) on day 0. Patients also undergo multi-gated acquisition (MUGA) scan or echocardiography (ECHO) during screening, chest X-rays and bone marrow aspiration and/or biopsy during screening and as clinically indicated, and collection of blood samples throughout the study.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years.

Conditions

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Acute Myeloid Leukemia Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia Recurrent Acute Myeloid Leukemia Recurrent Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia Recurrent Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia Recurrent Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia Recurrent Myelodysplastic Syndrome Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia Refractory Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia Refractory Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia Refractory Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia Refractory Myelodysplastic Syndrome Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Treatment (decitabine, FLAG-Ida, HCT)

DONORS: Participants undergo apheresis for collection of PBSCs on study.

PATIENTS: Patients receive decitabine IV daily over 1 hour on days -12 to -10, -14 to -10, -16 to -10, or -19 to -10, filgrastim SC daily on days -9 to -4, idarubicin IV over 60 minutes daily on days -8 to -6, fludarabine IV over 30 minutes daily on days -8 to -4, cytarabine IV over 2 hours daily on days -8 to -4, and undergo TBI BID on day -1 or 0 OR daily on days -1 and 0 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then undergo HCT (receive donor PBSCs via infusion) on day 0. Patients also undergo MUGA scan or ECHO during screening, chest X-rays and bone marrow aspiration and/or biopsy during screening and as clinically indicated, and collection of blood samples throughout the study.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Decitabine

Intervention Type DRUG

Given IV

Bone Marrow Aspiration

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo bone marrow aspiration and/or biopsies

Bone Marrow Biopsy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo bone marrow aspiration and/or biopsies

Chest Radiography

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo chest X-rays

Cytarabine

Intervention Type DRUG

Given IV

Echocardiography Test

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo ECHO

Filgrastim

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Given SC

Fludarabine

Intervention Type DRUG

Given IV

Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Given via infusion

Idarubicin

Intervention Type DRUG

Given IV

Multigated Acquisition Scan

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo MUGA

Pheresis

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo apheresis

Total-Body Irradiation

Intervention Type RADIATION

Undergo TBI

Biospecimen Collection

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo collection of blood

Interventions

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Decitabine

Given IV

Intervention Type DRUG

Bone Marrow Aspiration

Undergo bone marrow aspiration and/or biopsies

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Bone Marrow Biopsy

Undergo bone marrow aspiration and/or biopsies

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Chest Radiography

Undergo chest X-rays

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Cytarabine

Given IV

Intervention Type DRUG

Echocardiography Test

Undergo ECHO

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Filgrastim

Given SC

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Fludarabine

Given IV

Intervention Type DRUG

Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Given via infusion

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Idarubicin

Given IV

Intervention Type DRUG

Multigated Acquisition Scan

Undergo MUGA

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Pheresis

Undergo apheresis

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Total-Body Irradiation

Undergo TBI

Intervention Type RADIATION

Biospecimen Collection

Undergo collection of blood

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Other Intervention Names

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5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine Dacogen Decitabine for Injection Deoxyazacytidine Dezocitidine Biopsy of Bone Marrow Biopsy, Bone Marrow Chest X-ray .beta.-Cytosine arabinoside 1-.beta.-D-Arabinofuranosyl-4-amino-2(1H)pyrimidinone 1-.beta.-D-Arabinofuranosylcytosine 1-Beta-D-arabinofuranosyl-4-amino-2(1H)pyrimidinone 1-Beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine 1.beta.-D-Arabinofuranosylcytosine 2(1H)-Pyrimidinone, 4-Amino-1-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl- 2(1H)-Pyrimidinone, 4-amino-1.beta.-D-arabinofuranosyl- Alexan Ara-C ARA-cell Arabine Arabinofuranosylcytosine Arabinosylcytosine Aracytidine Aracytin Aracytine Beta-Cytosine Arabinoside CHX-3311 Cytarabinum Cytarbel Cytosar Cytosine Arabinoside Cytosine-.beta.-arabinoside Cytosine-beta-arabinoside Erpalfa Starasid Tarabine PFS U 19920 U-19920 Udicil WR-28453 EC Echocardiography Filgrastim Biosimilar Filgrastim-sndz Filgrastim Biosimilar Tbo-filgrastim Filgrastim XM02 Filgrastim-aafi Filgrastim-ayow Filgrastim-sndz G-CSF Granix Neupogen Neutroval Nivestim Nivestym r-metHuG-CSF Recombinant Methionyl Human Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor Releuko rG-CSF Tbo-filgrastim Tevagrastim XM02 Zarxio Fluradosa HCT Hematopoietic Stem Cell Infusion HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANT Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation HSCT SCT Stem Cell Transplant stem cell transplantation Stem Cell Transplantation, NOS 4-Demethoxydaunomycin 4-Demethoxydaunorubicin 4-DMDR Blood Pool Scan Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiography Gated Blood Pool Imaging Gated Heart Pool Scan MUGA MUGA Scan Multi-Gated Acquisition Scan Radionuclide Ventriculogram Scan Radionuclide Ventriculography RNV Scan RNVG SYMA Scanning Synchronized Multigated Acquisition Scanning Apheresed Apheresis Blood Component Removal Collection, Apheresis/Leukapheresis Hemapheresis SCT_TBI TBI Total Body Irradiation Whole Body Whole Body Irradiation Whole-Body Irradiation Biological Sample Collection Biospecimen Collected Specimen Collection

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age ≥ 18 years with an HCT-co-morbidity index (CI) ≤ 5 for patients over 60 years.
* AML (2022 World Health Organization \[WHO\] criteria) that is either primary refractory (as defined by failure of 2 cycles of 7+3-like chemotherapy, 1 cycle of high-dose cytarabine-based chemotherapy, or at least 2 cycles of venetoclax in combination with other therapies) or is in untreated or unsuccessfully treated first or subsequent relapse. Patients in morphologic remission (i.e. \< 5% blasts in the bone marrow) but evidence of minimal residual disease (MRD) by multiparameter flow cytometry, cytogenetics/fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), or molecular means will be eligible for trial participation. Patients with relapsed or refractory acute leukemia of ambiguous lineage (acute undifferentiated leukemia or mixed phenotype acute leukemia) that is either primary refractory or is in untreated or unsuccessfully treated first or subsequent relapse are also eligible.
* MDS and CMML: Subjects with previously treated MDS and CMML, defined as prior treatment with at least one hypomethylating agent (hypomethylating agent \[HMA\]; azacitidine, decitabine and/or decitabine-cedazuridine) whose disease progressed, relapsed, or was refractory to HMA treatment as follows: 1) patients who have failed at least 4 cycles of monotherapy with azacitidine, decitabine or decitabine-cedazuridine, 2) patients who received at least 2 cycles of HMA in combination with another therapeutic agent. Subjects with MDS and CMML who failed at least 1 cycle of induction chemotherapy will be also eligible. Patients with MDS or CMML who progress to secondary AML will be eligible if they received at least 4 cycles of HMA alone or 2 cycles of HMA in combination with another therapeutic agent.
* Patients may have previously received hypomethylating agents or chemotherapy with a mitoxantrone, idarubicin- or cladribine/fludarabine-based regimen for MDS or AML. Patients who previously received up to 1 cycle of cladribine-cytarabine-filgrastim-mitoxantrone (CLAG-M) or FLAG-Ida will be eligible. Sensitivity to either CLAG-M or FLAG-Ida is not required.
* The use of hydroxyurea prior to initiation of study treatment is allowed. Patients with symptoms/signs of hyperleukocytosis, white blood cells (WBC) \> 100,000/μL or with concern for other complications of high tumor burden of high tumor dynamics (e.g. disseminated intravascular coagulation) can be treated with leukapheresis or may receive up to 2 doses of cytarabine (up to 500 mg/m\^2 per dose) prior to start of study treatment.
* Karnofsky score ≥ 70; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0-1.
* Adequate cardiac function defined as absence of decompensated congestive heart failure and/or uncontrolled arrhythmia and left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ 45%.
* Bilirubin ≤ 2.5 x Institutional Upper Limit of Normal unless elevation is thought to be due to hepatic infiltration by AML, Gilbert's syndrome, or hemolysis
* Adequate pulmonary function defined as absence of oxygen (O2) requirements and either diffusion capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) corrected ≥ 70%mmHg or DLCO corrected 60-69%mmHg and partial pressure of oxygen (pO2) ≥ 70mmHg.
* Creatinine clearance \> 60 mL/min.
* Prior autologous HCT is permissible if relapse occurred \> 6 months after HCT.
* Prior TBI-containing allogeneic HCT up to 3 Gy is permissible if \> 6 months after HCT.
* A human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched sibling/unrelated donor, mismatched unrelated donor or haploidentical donor for collection of stimulated peripheral blood stem cells must be identified and readily available.
* Ability to understand and sign a written informed consent document (or legal representative).
* SIBLING DONOR: Related to the patient and genotypically or phenotypically identical for HLA-A, B, C, DRB1 and DQB1. Phenotypic identity must be confirmed by high-resolution typing.
* MATCHED UNRELATED DONOR: Matched for HLA-A, B, C, DRB1 and DQB1 by high resolution typing; OR mismatched for a single allele without antigen mismatching at HLA-A, B, or C as defined by high resolution typing but otherwise matched for HLA-A, B, C, DRB1 and DQB1 by high resolution typing.
* MATCHED UNRELATED DONOR: Donors are excluded when preexisting immunoreactivity is identified that would jeopardize donor hematopoietic cell engraftment. The recommended procedure for patients with 10 of 10 HLA allele level (phenotypic) match is to obtain panel reactive antibody (PRA) screens to class I and class II antigens for all patients before HCT. If the PRA shows \> 10% activity, then flow cytometric or B and T cell cytotoxic cross matches should be obtained. The donor should be excluded if any of the cytotoxic cross match assays are positive. For those patients with an HLA Class I allele mismatch, flow cytometric or B and T cell cytotoxic cross matches should be obtained regardless of the PRA results. A positive anti-donor cytotoxic crossmatch is an absolute donor exclusion.
* MATCHED UNRELATED DONOR: Patient and donor pairs homozygous at a mismatched allele in the graft rejection vector are considered a two-allele mismatch, i.e., the patient is A\*0101 and the donor is A\*0102, and this type of mismatch is not allowed.
* MISMATCHED UNRELATED DONOR: HLA-matching must be based on results of high resolution typing at HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, and -DQ.
* MISMATCHED UNRELATED DONOR: Mismatch for one HLA class I antigen with or without an additional mismatch for one HLA-class I allele but matched for HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQ.
* MISMATCHED UNRELATED DONOR: Mismatched for two HLA class I alleles but matched for HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQ.
* MISMATCHED UNRELATED DONOR: HLA class I HLA-A, -B, -C allele matched donors allowing for any one or two DRB1 and/or DQB1 antigen/allele mismatch.
* MISMATCHED UNRELATED DONOR: If the patient is homozygous at the mismatch HLA class I locus or II locus, the donor must be heterozygous at that locus and one allele must match the patient (i.e., patient is homozygous A\*01:01 and donor is heterozygous A\*01:01, A\*02:01). This mismatch will be considered a one-antigen mismatch for rejection only.
* HAPLOIDENTICAL DONOR: Donors must be haploidentical relatives of the patients. Donor-recipient compatibility will be tested through HLA typing at high resolution for the HLA loci (-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, -DQB1). Donor and recipient should share at least 5/10 HLA loci.
* HAPLOIDENTICAL DONOR: Age ≥ 18 years.
* HAPLOIDENTICAL DONOR: Weight ≥ 40 kg.
* HAPLOIDENTICAL DONOR: Donor must meet the selection criteria as defined by the Foundation of the Accreditation of Cell Therapy (FACT) and will be screened per the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) guidelines.
* DONOR: In case of more available donors, selection criteria should include, in this order:

* For cytomegalovirus (CMV) seronegative recipients, a CMV seronegative donor
* Red Blood Cell compatibility

* Red blood cell (RBC) cross match compatible
* Minor ABO incompatibility
* Major ABO incompatibility
* DONOR: Donors will undergo diagnostic evaluation (clinical, laboratory test and imaging) as indicated per institutional guidelines.

Exclusion Criteria

* Active central nervous system (CNS) disease.
* Concomitant illness associated with a likely survival of \< 1 year.
* Active systemic fungal, bacterial, viral, or other infection, unless disease is under treatment with antimicrobials and/or controlled or stable. Patients with fever thought to be likely secondary to myeloid malignancy are eligible.
* Known hypersensitivity or contraindication to any study drug used in this trial.
* Pregnancy or lactation.
* Concurrent treatment with any other approved or investigational anti-leukemia agent.
* HAPLOIDENTICAL DONOR: Since detection of anti-donor-specific antibodies (anti-DSA) is associated with higher graft rejection rate, patients will be screened for anti-DSA pre-transplant. Patient with DSA mean fluorescent intensity (MFI) \< 5000 after desensitization treatment, will be considered eligible to participate in the study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Naveed Ali, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium

Locations

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Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium

Seattle, Washington, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Naveed Ali, MD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 206-667-5854

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Naveed Ali, MD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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NCI-2025-01992

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

FHIRB0020797

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

RG1125142

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id