Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) AbnormalitiesPhase 1NCT00357708
Vorinostat and Decitabine in Treating Patients With Relapsed, Refractory, or Poor-Prognosis Hematologic Cancer or Other Diseases
A Phase 1 study testing decitabine, vorinostat and laboratory biomarker analysis in people with Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) Abnormalities and Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Del(5q), run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of vorinostat and decitabine in treating patients with relapsed, refractory, or poor-prognosis hematologic cancer or other diseases. Vorinostat may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) Abnormalities, Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Del(5q), Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Inv(16)(p13;q22)
- What is being tested?
- decitabine, vorinostat and laboratory biomarker analysis
- Type of treatment
- Pill or oral medicine, Injection or infusion
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 50 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Jun 2006to Oct 2009
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Patients must have histologically confirmed acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or myeloproliferative disease (MPD)
- Patients with refractory or relapsed acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) IPSS intermediate 1 and above and myeloproliferative disease (MPD) will be considered for the study; patients with CML are eligible if they have documented hematologic resistance to imatinib mesylate, or lack of any cytogenetic response to imatinib mesylate after 12 months of therapy; patients with Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML) or Philadelphia negative CML are eligible if their disease is not controlled by standard therapy (e.g. hydroxyurea) or if they show signs of disease progression on standard therapy (blast count > 5%, platelet count < 100K); patients with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia are eligible only if they have progressed after standard chemotherapy, ATRA as well as Arsenic Trioxide therapy; untreated patients older than 60 years of age with AML (except APL) or MDS IPSS intermediate 1 and above, not eligible for standard therapy, are also eligible
- Patients must have been off chemotherapy for 2 weeks (six weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering this study and recovered from the toxic effects of that therapy unless there is evidence of rapidly progressive disease; if there is evidence or rapidly progressive disease, the use of hydroxyurea is allowed prior to starting the clinical trial and during the first cycle of therapy; other histone deacetylase inhibitors, including valproic acid, should be stopped 2 weeks prior to entering this study
- Life expectancy of greater than 8 weeks
- ECOG performance status 0-2
- Total bilirubin =< 2 mg/dL
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- AST(SGOT) or ALT(SGPT) =< 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
- Creatinine =< 2 mg/dL
- Cardiac ejection fraction >= 50%
- Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
Who cannot join
- Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents
- Patients with clinical evidence of CNS disease should be excluded from this clinical trial because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and other adverse events
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to vorinostat or decitabine
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
- Pregnant women are excluded from this study; breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with vorinostat
- HIV-positive patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible
- Vorinostat should not be taken concomitantly with other HDAC inhibitors or compounds with HDAC inhibitor like activity, such as valproic acid; patients who have received such agents as anti-tumor therapy should not enroll in vorinostat oncology trials; patients who have received such agents for other indications, e.g. epilepsy, may enroll on vorinostat trials after a 30 day washout period
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: A Phase I Trial of SAHA (NSC 701852) and Decitabine (IND 50733, NSC 127716) in Patients With Relapsed, Refractory or Poor Prognosis Leukemia
This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of vorinostat and decitabine in treating patients with relapsed, refractory, or poor-prognosis hematologic cancer or other diseases. Vorinostat may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as decitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving vorinostat together with decitabine may kill more cancer cells
Read the detailed description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
- To determine the maximal tolerated dose (MTD) and dose limiting toxicities (DLT) of vorinostat in combination with Decitabine in patients with relapsed/refractory or poor prognosis acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or chronic myeloid leukemia in accelerated or blastic phase (CML-BP).
1.2 To describe the clinical activity of the combination of Decitabine and vorinostat in this patient population.
1.3 To determine the in vivo molecular effects of this combination. This will include measuring the effects on DNA methylation, histone H3 and H4 acetylation and changes in gene expression.
1.4 To determine the pharmacokinetic characteristics of the combination.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study.
Patients receive decitabine IV over 1 hour on days 1-5 and oral vorinostat (SAHA) three times daily on days 6-19. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Cohorts of 6 patients receive escalating doses of decitabine and SAHA until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. Once the MTD is determined, 10 additional patients are treated at that dose.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed for 4 weeks.
- Conditions
- Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) Abnormalities, Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Del(5q), Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Inv(16)(p13;q22), Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(15;17)(q22;q12), Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(16;16)(p13;q22), Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(8;21)(q22;q22)
- Being tested
- decitabine, vorinostat, laboratory biomarker analysis, pharmacological study
- Medical subject headings
- Congenital Abnormalities, Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic, Myeloproliferative Disorders, Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
decitabineDrug
Also called 5-aza-dCyd, 5AZA, DAC
Given IV
vorinostatDrug
Also called L-001079038, SAHA, suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid, Zolinza
Given orally
laboratory biomarker analysisOther
Correlative studies
Also called pharmacological studies
Correlative studies
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment (decitabine, vorinostat) | Experimental | Patients receive decitabine IV over 1 hour on days 1-5 and oral vorinostat (SAHA) three times daily on days 6-19. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Cohorts of 6 patients receive escalating doses of decitabine and SAHA until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. Once the MTD is determined, 10 additional patients are treated at that dose. Receives: Drug: decitabine; Drug: vorinostat; Other: laboratory biomarker analysis; Other: pharmacological study |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Maximum tolerated dose and dose-limiting toxicity of vorinostat and decitabine
Measured: 28 days
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted27 Jul 2006 (estimated)
- Study startJun 2006
- Primary completionOct 2009
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) AbnormalitiesStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by National Cancer Institute (NCI)The sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 50 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Sponsor type
- US National Institutes of Health
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Jean-Pierre Issa, Principal investigator, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00357708
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- NCI-2012-03088
- Other IDs
- 2005-0723, U01CA062461
- Status last verified
- Jan 2013
- First submitted
- 26 Jul 2006
- Last updated
- 7 Jan 2013
- Results posted
- No
Publications
Bernot KM, Siebenaler RF, Whitman SP, Zorko NA, Marcucci GG, Santhanam R, Ahmed EH, Ngangana M, McConnell KK, Nemer JS, Brook DL, Kulp SK, Chen CS, Frankhouser D, Yan P, Bundschuh R, Zhang X, Dorrance AM, Dickerson KE, Jarjoura D, Blum W, Marcucci G, Caligiuri MA. Toward personalized therapy in AML: in vivo benefit of targeting aberrant epigenetics in MLL-PTD-associated AML. Leukemia. 2013 Dec;27(12):2379-82. doi: 10.1038/leu.2013.147. Epub 2013 May 10. No abstract available.
PubMed 23660685
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 7 Jan 2013. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Phase I Trial of SAHA (NSC 701852) and Decitabine (IND 50733, NSC 127716) in Patients With Relapsed, Refractory or Poor Prognosis Leukemia
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00357708
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- NCI-2012-03088
- Conditions
- Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) Abnormalities, Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Del(5q), Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Inv(16)(p13;q22), Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(15;17)(q22;q12), Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(16;16)(p13;q22), Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(8;21)(q22;q22)
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 50 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)US National Institutes of Health
- Study start
- Jun 2006
- Primary completion
- Oct 2009 (actual)
- First posted
- 27 Jul 2006 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of vorinostat and decitabine in treating patients with relapsed, refractory, or poor-prognosis hematologic cancer or other diseases. Vorinostat may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as decitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving vorinostat together with decitabine may kill more cancer cells
Detailed description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
- To determine the maximal tolerated dose (MTD) and dose limiting toxicities (DLT) of vorinostat in combination with Decitabine in patients with relapsed/refractory or poor prognosis acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or chronic myeloid leukemia in accelerated or blastic phase (CML-BP).
1.2 To describe the clinical activity of the combination of Decitabine and vorinostat in this patient population.
1.3 To determine the in vivo molecular effects of this combination. This will include measuring the effects on DNA methylation, histone H3 and H4 acetylation and changes in gene expression.
1.4 To determine the pharmacokinetic characteristics of the combination.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study.
Patients receive decitabine IV over 1 hour on days 1-5 and oral vorinostat (SAHA) three times daily on days 6-19. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Cohorts of 6 patients receive escalating doses of decitabine and SAHA until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. Once the MTD is determined, 10 additional patients are treated at that dose.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed for 4 weeks.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment (decitabine, vorinostat) | Experimental | Drug: decitabine, Drug: vorinostat, Other: laboratory biomarker analysis, Other: pharmacological studyPatients receive decitabine IV over 1 hour on days 1-5 and oral vorinostat (SAHA) three times daily on days 6-19. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Cohorts of 6 patients receive escalating doses of decitabine and SAHA until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. Once the MTD is determined, 10 additional patients are treated at that dose. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (11 listed)
- Patients must have histologically confirmed acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or myeloproliferative disease (MPD)
- Patients with refractory or relapsed acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) IPSS intermediate 1 and above and myeloproliferative disease (MPD) will be considered for the study; patients with CML are eligible if they have documented hematologic resistance to imatinib mesylate, or lack of any cytogenetic response to imatinib mesylate after 12 months of therapy; patients with Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML) or Philadelphia negative CML are eligible if their disease is not controlled by standard therapy (e.g. hydroxyurea) or if they show signs of disease progression on standard therapy (blast count > 5%, platelet count < 100K); patients with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia are eligible only if they have progressed after standard chemotherapy, ATRA as well as Arsenic Trioxide therapy; untreated patients older than 60 years of age with AML (except APL) or MDS IPSS intermediate 1 and above, not eligible for standard therapy, are also eligible
- Patients must have been off chemotherapy for 2 weeks (six weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering this study and recovered from the toxic effects of that therapy unless there is evidence of rapidly progressive disease; if there is evidence or rapidly progressive disease, the use of hydroxyurea is allowed prior to starting the clinical trial and during the first cycle of therapy; other histone deacetylase inhibitors, including valproic acid, should be stopped 2 weeks prior to entering this study
- Life expectancy of greater than 8 weeks
- ECOG performance status 0-2
Key exclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents
- Patients with clinical evidence of CNS disease should be excluded from this clinical trial because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and other adverse events
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to vorinostat or decitabine
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
- Pregnant women are excluded from this study; breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with vorinostat
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| decitabineAlso: 5-aza-dCyd, 5AZA, DACGiven IV | Drug | Treatment (decitabine, vorinostat) |
| vorinostatAlso: L-001079038, SAHA, suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid, ZolinzaGiven orally | Drug | Treatment (decitabine, vorinostat) |
| laboratory biomarker analysisCorrelative studies | Other | Treatment (decitabine, vorinostat) |
| pharmacological studyAlso: pharmacological studiesCorrelative studies | Other | Treatment (decitabine, vorinostat) |
Primary outcome
Maximum tolerated dose and dose-limiting toxicity of vorinostat and decitabine
Time frame: 28 days
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 7 Jan 2013.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 23660685Bernot KM, Siebenaler RF, Whitman SP, Zorko NA, Marcucci GG, Santhanam R, Ahmed EH, Ngangana M, McConnell KK, Nemer JS, Brook DL, Kulp SK, Chen CS, Frankhouser D, Yan P, Bundschuh R, Zhang X, Dorrance AM, Dickerson KE, Jarjoura D, Blum W, Marcucci G, Caligiuri MA. Toward personalized therapy in AML: in vivo benefit of targeting aberrant epigenetics in MLL-PTD-associated AML. Leukemia. 2013 Dec;27(12):2379-82. doi: 10.1038/leu.2013.147. Epub 2013 May 10. No abstract available.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Jean-Pierre Issa principal investigator
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 1 study testing decitabine, vorinostat and laboratory biomarker analysis in people with Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) Abnormalities and Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Del(5q), run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 11 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Jan 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Maximum tolerated dose and dose-limiting toxicity of vorinostat and decitabine (time frame: 28 days). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00357708, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 Jan 2013; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 7 Nov 2026.