Venetoclax and CLAG-M for the Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia and High-Grade Myeloid Neoplasms

University of Washington

Status and phase

Enrolling

Phase 2

Phase 1

Conditions

Refractory Myeloid Neoplasm

Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia

Refractory Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia

Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Relapsed Myeloid Neoplasm

Refractory Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia

Relapsed Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia

Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia

Myeloid Neoplasm

Recurrent Myeloid Sarcoma

Relapsed Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia

Relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Treatments

Biological: Recombinant Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor

Procedure: Biospecimen Collection

Drug: Cytarabine

Drug: Mitoxantrone

Procedure: Bone Marrow Biopsy

Procedure: Bone Marrow Aspiration

Drug: Venetoclax

Drug: Cladribine

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Industry

Identifiers

NCT04797767

NCI-2021-01379 (Registry Identifier)

RG1121403

10793 (Registry Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This phase I/II trial finds the best dose, side effects and how well giving venetoclax in combination with cladribine, cytarabine, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, and mitoxantrone (CLAG-M) in treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia and high-grade myeloid neoplasms. Venetoclax may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking Bcl-2, a protein needed for cancer cell survival. Chemotherapy drugs, such as cladribine, cytarabine, and mitoxantrone, 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. Giving venetoclax with CLAG-M may kill more cancer cells.

Full description

OUTLINE:

This is a dose-escalation study of venetoclax.

Patients will receive induction with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor subcutaneously (SC) on days 0-5 (if peripheral white blood cell count is less than 20,000/uL), cladribine intravenously (IV) on days 1-5, cytarabine IV on days 1-5, and mitoxantrone IV on days 1-3. Patients also receive venetoclax orally (PO) on days 1-14. Treatment repeats every 28-35 days for up to 2 induction cycles including mitoxantrone, and up to 4 consolidation cycles without mitoxantrone in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo bone marrow biopsy and/or aspiration, and blood sample collection throughout the study.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for 12 months.

Enrollment

62 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (per the World Health Organization [WHO] 2016 classification) or high-grade myeloid neoplasm (>= 10% myeloid blasts in peripheral blood or marrow as assessed by morphology or multiparameter flow cytometry at initial presentation). Patients with biphenotypic or mixed phenotype acute leukemia are eligible.
PHASE I:
- Newly diagnosed patients presenting for trial entry must have adverse risk disease as per the European LeukemiaNet 2017 guidelines
- Relapsed/refractory patients presenting for trial entry must require first or subsequent salvage therapy and have detectable blasts in peripheral blood or >= 5% blasts in bone marrow, as assessed by morphology or multiparameter flow cytometry; or extramedullary myeloid sarcoma, per European LeukemiaNet 2017 guidelines.
- These patients are only allowed in the phase 1 portion of the trial
PHASE II: Newly diagnosed patients presenting for trial entry must have adverse risk disease as per the European LeukemiaNet 2022 guidelines
Age >= 18 years
Aspartate transaminase (AST) and alanine transaminase (ALT) =< 3.0 X upper limit of normal (ULN)
Bilirubin =< 1.5 x ULN (unless bilirubin rise is due to Gilbert's syndrome or of non-hepatic origin)
Subject must have adequate renal function as demonstrated by a creatinine clearance >= 30 mL/min; calculated by the Cockcroft Gault formula or measured by 24 hours urine collection
Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) >= 45%, assessed by multigated acquisition (MUGA) or echocardiogram (ECHO) within 3 months prior to study day 0 or after most recent anthracycline administration if appropriate and no clinical evidence of congestive heart failure
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) =< 2
Treatment-related mortality (TRM) score < 13.1
Female subjects of childbearing potential must have negative results for pregnancy test. Female subjects of childbearing potential and male subjects with female partners of childbearing potential must agree to use an effective method of birth control from the time of signing the consent form until at least 3 months after the last dose of study drug
Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
White blood cell count in peripheral blood must be < 25,000/ul prior to initiation of study therapy (CLAG-M plus venetoclax). Cytoreduction with hydroxyurea and/or cytarabine (e.g., 500 mg/m^2 per dose) is allowed to decrease the risk of tumor lysis syndrome

Exclusion criteria

Acute promyelocytic leukemia or chronic myeloid leukemia in myeloid blast crisis
Known active central nervous system (CNS) involvement with acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Concomitant illness associated with a likely survival of < 1 year
Active systemic infection, unless disease is under treatment with antimicrobials and considered controlled or stable; patients with fever thought to be likely secondary to leukemia are eligible. Patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV) requiring treatment would be excluded. Note: subjects with serologic evidence of prior vaccination to HBV (i.e. hepatitis B surface [HBs] antigen negative-, anti-HBs antibody positive and anti-hepatitis B core [HBc] antibody negative) or positive anti-HBc antibody from intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) may participate
Known hypersensitivity to any study drug
Pregnancy or lactation because of the unknown risks of this combination
Concurrent treatment with any other investigational agent
Subject is known to be positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Subjects who cannot discontinue concomitant CYP3A inhibitors, except for voriconazole, prior to cycle 1 day 1 (C1D1)
Treatment with any of the following within 7 days prior to the first dose of venetoclax
- Steroid therapy for anti-neoplastic intent
Administration or consumption of any of the following within 3 days prior to the first dose of venetoclax:
- Grapefruit or grapefruit products
- Seville oranges (including marmalade containing Seville oranges)
- Star fruit

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

N/A

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

62 participants in 1 patient group

Treatment (CLAG-M, venetoclax)

Experimental group

Description:

Patients will receive induction with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor on days 0-5 (if peripheral white blood cell count is less than 20,000/uL), cladribine on days 1-5, cytarabine on 1-5, and mitoxantrone on days 1-3. Patients also receive venetoclax orally (PO) on days 1-14. Treatment repeats every 28-35 days for up to 2 induction cycles including mitoxantrone, and up to 4 consolidation cycles without mitoxantrone in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo bone marrow biopsy and/or aspiration, and blood sample collection throughout the study.

Treatment: