Status:

TERMINATED

Safety and Efficacy Study of Nilotinib Combined With Mitoxantrone, Etoposide, and High-dose Cytarabine Induction Chemotherapy Followed by Consolidation for Patients With C-kit Positive Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Lead Sponsor:

University Health Network, Toronto

Collaborating Sponsors:

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Conditions:

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This is a phase I/II open-label study that is evaluating the toxicity and efficacy of nilotinib combined with mitoxantrone, etoposide, and high-dose cytarabine (NOVE-HiDAC) chemotherapy for patients w...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • AML as defined by WHO (World Health Organization) criteria, all subtypes except APL (acute promyelocytic leukemia).
  • One of the following poor risk features:
  • Persistent leukemia (at least 10% bone marrow blasts) after induction therapy, consisting of cytarabine 100-200 mg/m2 plus an anthracycline.
  • Relapse within two years of achieving complete remission with such induction therapy. Any consolidation therapy is acceptable, including stem cell transplantation.
  • No prior inductions, but antecedent myeloproliferative disorder or CMML (chronic myelomonocytic leukemia) (These patients are given NOVE-HiDAC as frontline therapy at Princess Margaret Hospital).
  • Positivity for c-kit (CD117) in at least 30% of blasts as measured by flow cytometry. For relapsed patients, this will be assessed at the time of relapse. For primary induction failures the initial diagnostic sample may be used.
  • Age 18-65.
  • ECOG performance status \< 3 (see Appendix I).
  • Patients must have the following laboratory values within normal limits (WNL) at the local institution lab or corrected to WNL with supplements prior to first dose of study medication.
  • Potassium (WNL)
  • Magnesium (WNL)
  • No chemotherapy within the previous four weeks, other than hydroxyurea to control counts. Hydroxyurea may be continued up to Day 4 of treatment with nilotinib. If hydroxyurea is used, it must be stopped at least 48 hours prior to starting chemotherapy.
  • Able to give informed consent.

Exclusion

  • Active uncontrolled infection.
  • Active CNS (central nervous system) leukemia
  • Serum creatinine \> 200 umol/L.
  • Serum bilirubin \> 1.5 x ULN, AST (aspartate aminotransferase) or ALT (alanine aminotransferase) \> 2x ULN (upper limit of normal).
  • Serum amylase and lipase \> 1.5x ULN
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction \< 50%
  • Impaired cardiac function including any of the following:
  • Long QT syndrome or a known family history of long QT syndrome
  • History or presence of clinically significant ventricular or atrial tachyarrhythmias
  • Clinically significant resting bradycardia (\< 50 beats per minute)
  • Inability to monitor the QT interval by ECG
  • QTc \> 450 msec on baseline ECG (electrocardiogram). If QTc \> 450 and electrolytes are not within normal ranges, electrolytes should be corrected and then the patient re-screened for QTc
  • Myocardial infarction within 1 year of starting study drug
  • Other clinically significant heart disease (e.g., unstable angina, congestive heart failure, or uncontrolled hypertension)
  • Patients currently receiving treatment with strong CYP3A4 inhibitors as listed in Section 5.8 and treatment cannot be either discontinued or switched to a different medication prior to starting study drug.
  • Impaired gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may significantly alter the absorption of study drug
  • History of acute or chronic pancreatic disease.
  • Women who are pregnant, breast feeding, or of childbearing potential without a negative serum test at baseline. Male or female patients of childbearing potential unwilling to use contraceptive precautions throughout the trial and 3 months following discontinuation of study drug. Post-menopausal women must be amenorrheic for at least 12 months to be considered of non-childbearing potential. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test prior to the first dose of nilotinib.
  • Known hypersensitivity to study drugs or other components.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

12 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01222143

Start Date

October 1 2010

End Date

April 1 2015

Last Update

June 22 2015

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Princess Margaret Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2M9