Status:

TERMINATED

Azacitidine + Lenalidomide Combo in the Elderly With Previously Treated AML & High-Risk MDS

Lead Sponsor:

Stanford University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Celgene Corporation

Conditions:

Leukemia

Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Eligibility:

All Genders

60+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of the trial is to study how the elderly patients who have previously undergone treatment for acute myeloid leukemia and high-rRisk myelodysplastic syndromes, respond to a combined treatme...

Detailed Description

This is an open label, single-center, and phase 2 study of the combination of azacitidine with lenalidomide in previously treated elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and/or high-risk my...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • acute myeloid leukemia (AML) (according to the WHO 2008 classification):
  • De novo
  • Secondary AML previously treated with demethylating agents for AML
  • Secondary AML previously treated with demethylating agents for MDS
  • Secondary AML previously treated with high dose lenalidomide for AML (≥ 25mg)
  • High Risk MDS:
  • Del (5q)
  • Non-del (5q), previously-treated with lenalidomide.
  • Novo or secondary HR-MDS previously treated with demethylating agents
  • White blood cell (WBC) ≤ 10,000
  • Age ≥ 60
  • Not an immediate candidate for allogeneic stem cell transplantation
  • Unwilling or unable to receive conventional chemotherapy
  • Prior therapy:
  • with single agent demethylator (5-Azacitidine or Decitabine)
  • with Lenalidomide
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status ≤ 2
  • Life expectancy \> 2 months
  • All study participants must be registered into the mandatory RevAssist program
  • Willing and able to comply with the requirements of RevAssist
  • Females of childbearing potential (FCBP)† must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test 10-14 days prior to study enrollment and again within 24 hours of prescribing lenalidomide
  • Must commit to either continued abstinence from intercourse or begin two acceptable methods of birth control, at least 28 days before she starts taking lenalidomide.
  • Must also agree to ongoing pregnancy testing.
  • Men must agree to use a latex condom during sexual contact with a FCBP even if they have had a successful vasectomy.
  • Willing and able to understand and voluntarily sign a written informed consent
  • Able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements

Exclusion

  • Patients with LR-MDS progressing to HR-MDS after low dose lenalidomide or 5-day azacitidine will not be eligible.
  • History of intolerance to thalidomide
  • development of erythema nodosum while taking thalidomide or similar drugs
  • Known or suspected hypersensitivity to azacitidine or mannitol
  • Patients with advanced malignant hepatic tumors.
  • Concomitant treatment with other anti-neoplastic agents, with the exception of hydroxyurea
  • Previous participation on the VIREL study with the concomitant use of azacitidine plus lenalidomide.
  • Anti-neoplastic treatment less than four weeks prior to enrollment, with the exception of hydroxyurea
  • Use of any other experimental drug or therapy within 28 days of baseline
  • Inability to swallow or absorb drug
  • Active opportunistic infection or treatment for opportunistic infection within four weeks of first day of study drug dosing
  • New York Heart Association Class III or IV heart failure
  • Unstable angina pectoris
  • Uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia
  • Uncontrolled psychiatric illness that would limit compliance with requirements
  • Known HIV infection
  • Pregnant
  • Breast feeding
  • Lactating females must agree not to breast feed while taking lenalidomide
  • Other medical or psychiatric illness or organ dysfunction or laboratory abnormality
  • Laboratory abnormalities:
  • Either creatinine ≥ 1.5 mg / dL or creatinine clearance ≤ 50 mL / min
  • Total bilirubin \>1.5 x institutional ULN
  • AST and ALT \> 2.5 x institutional ULN

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

33 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01442714

Start Date

August 1 2011

End Date

May 1 2014

Last Update

January 3 2018

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Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, California, United States, 94305