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Acute Myeloid LeukemiaPhase 1NCT01861314

Bortezomib, Sorafenib Tosylate, and Decitabine in Treating Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia

A Phase 1 study testing Bortezomib, Decitabine and Laboratory Biomarker Analysis in people with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Acute Myeloid Leukemia Post Cytotoxic Therapy, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.

Active, not recruiting

Under way, not looking for participants. Everyone needed has enrolled. The study is still running.

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Trial summary

This phase I trial studies the side effects and the best dose of bortezomib and sorafenib tosylate when given together with decitabine in treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Bortezomib and sorafenib tosylate 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
What is being tested?
Bortezomib, Decitabine and Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
15 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
3 Jul 2013to 19 Mar 2027
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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 or cytologically confirmed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) by World Health Organization (WHO) criteria in the blood and/or marrow AND age >= 60 and not candidates/refuse standard induction treatment OR who have one of the following: poor risk cytogenetics, AML following antecedent hematologic disorder, or therapy-related AML
  • Patients with relapsed or refractory AML age >= 18 years are also eligible for treatment; patients may have been treated for antecedent hematologic disorder with myeloid growth factors, recombinant erythropoietin, thalidomide, lenalidomide, 5-azacitidine or the 5 day schedule of decitabine; patients who have received the 10 day schedule of decitabine for treatment an antecedent hematologic disorder or AML are not eligible
  • If the patient has co-morbid medical illness, life expectancy attributed to this must be greater than 6 months
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 2
  • Total bilirubin < 2.0 mg/dL
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transferase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transferase [SGPT]) < 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
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  • Creatinine < 2.0 mg/dL or creatinine clearance (CrCl) >= 60 mL/min
  • Prothrombin time (PT)/international normalized ratio (INR) monitoring, < 1.5 x institutional upper limits of normal
  • Both women and men must agree to use adequate contraception (barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation; if the patient does not agree, the patient is not eligible
  • Ability to understand and willingness to sign the written informed consent document

Who cannot join

  • Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 2 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study; hydroxyurea may be administered for count control both pre-treatment and during cycle 1 only
  • Patients receiving any other investigational agents or patients that have received other investigational agents within 14 days of enrollment
  • Patients with active central nervous system disease or with granulocytic sarcoma as sole site of disease
  • Patients with a history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to sorafenib, bortezomib or decitabine that are not easily managed
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, serious cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements; as infection is a common feature of AML, patients with active infection are permitted to enroll provided that the infection is under control; myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to enrollment or has New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV heart failure, uncontrolled angina, uncontrolled hypertension, severe uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias, or electrocardiographic evidence of acute ischemia or active conduction system abnormalities
  • Patients with serious medical or psychiatric illness likely to interfere with participation in this clinical study
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  • Patients with pre-existing grade 2 or higher neuropathy or other serious neurologic toxicity that would significantly increase risk of complications from bortezomib therapy are excluded
  • Patients with a known confirmed diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection who are taking chronic anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) are ineligible if there is a potential for drug-drug interactions with the chemotherapeutic agents; patients with a known confirmed diagnosis of HIV infection who meet standard eligibility criteria and are not taking HAART with a potential for drug-drug interactions are eligible
  • Patients with advanced malignant solid tumors are excluded
  • Patients with known impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may significantly alter the absorption of sorafenib
  • Patients who are taking concomitant medications that in the investigator's opinion are strong inducers of the cytochrome P450, family 3, subfamily A, polypeptide 4 (CYP3A4) enzymes and therefore likely to interact with the study agents, will not be eligible

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site

  • Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210

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About this study

Official title: Phase I Study of The Combination of Bortezomib and Sorafenib Followed by Decitabine in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia

This phase I trial studies the side effects and the best dose of bortezomib and sorafenib tosylate when given together with decitabine in treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Bortezomib and sorafenib tosylate 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, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving bortezomib and sorafenib tosylate together with decitabine may work better in treating acute myeloid leukemia.

Read the detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To identify the biologically effective and tolerable dose (BETD) of the bortezomib/sorafenib (sorafenib tosylate) combination in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with biological activity defined as the dose(s) that induce a 100% increase (i.e. a doubling) in the level of microRNA-29b (miR-29b) in bone marrow (BM) after bortezomib/sorafenib treatment from pretreatment levels in at least 5 out of 6 patients at a given dose levels.

II. To recommend a dose level for a Phase II study using this agent combination in patients with AML.

III. To define the specific toxicities and the dose limiting toxicity (DLT) of bortezomib in combination with sorafenib and decitabine.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To determine the overall response rate (ORR) of this combination. II. To determine the rate of complete remission (CR) of this combination. III. To conduct pharmacodynamic studies by measuring the effect of this chemotherapy combination on the micronome, kinome and epigenome.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of bortezomib and sorafenib tosylate.

STEP A: Patients receive bortezomib subcutaneously (SC) on days 1 and 4, sorafenib tosylate orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-14, and decitabine intravenously (IV) over 1 hour on days 5-14.

STEP B: Patients receive bortezomib SC on days 1, 4, and 8 or 1, 4, 8 and 11, sorafenib tosylate PO BID on days 1-14, and decitabine IV over 1 hour on days 9-18 or 12-21.

STEP C: Patients receive bortezomib SC on days 1, 4, and 8 or 1, 4, 8 and 11, sorafenib tosylate PO BID on days 1-14, and decitabine IV over 1 hour on days 5-14.

Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 4 courses in the absence of unacceptable toxicity. Patients achieving complete response (CR) or incomplete CR (CRi) receive maintenance therapy comprising decitabine IV on days 1-5. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for at least 30 days.

Being tested
Bortezomib, Decitabine, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis, Pharmacological Study, Sorafenib Tosylate
Medical subject headings
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • BortezomibDrug

    Also called [(1R)-3-Methyl-1-[[(2S)-1-oxo-3-phenyl-2-[(pyrazinylcarbonyl)amino]propyl]amino]butyl]boronic Acid, Boruzu, LDP 341, LDP-341

    Given SC

  • DecitabineDrug

    Also called 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine, Dacogen, Decitabine for Injection, Deoxyazacytidine

    Given IV

  • Laboratory Biomarker AnalysisOther

    Correlative studies

  • Pharmacological StudyOther

    Correlative studies

  • Sorafenib TosylateDrug

    Also called BAY 43-9006 Tosylate, BAY 54 9085, BAY 54-9085, BAY 549085

    Given PO

Study groups in NCT01861314
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Treatment (bortezomib, sorafenib tosylate, decitabine)ExperimentalSTEP A: Patients receive bortezomib SC on days 1 and 4, sorafenib tosylate PO BID on days 1-14, and decitabine IV over 1 hour on days 5-14. STEP B: Patients receive bortezomib SC on days 1, 4, and 8 or 1, 4, 8 and 11, sorafenib tosylate PO BID on days 1-14, and decitabine IV over 1 hour on days 9-18 or 12-21. STEP C: Patients receive bortezomib SC on days 1, 4, and 8 or 1, 4, 8 and 11, sorafenib tosylate PO BID on days 1-14, and decitabine IV over 1 hour on days 5-14. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 4 courses in the absence of unacceptable toxicity. Patients achieving CR or CRi receive maintenance therapy comprising decitabine IV on days 1-5. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Receives: Drug: Bortezomib; Drug: Decitabine; Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Other: Pharmacological Study; Drug: Sorafenib Tosylate

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. BETD of bortezomib, sorafenib tosylate, and decitabine using National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4

    Analysis will include summarization of the toxicity and tolerability by dose level. Frequency and severity of adverse events and tolerability of the regimen in each of the dose levels will be collected and summarized using descriptive statistics.

    Measured: 28 days

Secondary outcomes (2)

  1. CR rate

    Will be correlated with miR29b levels at baseline and day 5 (or days 9 and 12). Assessment of clinical response will be made according to International Working Group criteria.

    Measured: Up to 30 days

  2. Change in miR-29b expression in blood and bone marrow

    miR-29b expression as a continuous measure will be summarized quantitatively and graphically by dose level in addition to the assessment of the ability to achieve a two-fold change in this expression from baseline at each of the dose levels.

    Measured: Baseline to up to day 12 of course 1

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted23 May 2013 (estimated)
  2. Study start3 Jul 2013
  3. Primary completion6 Nov 2015
  4. Study completion19 Mar 2027 (estimated)

Resources

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
15 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01861314
Sponsor's protocol ID
NCI-2013-00999
Other IDs
NCI-2013-00999, OSU-11186, OSU 11186, OSU 11186, 9422, P30CA016058, R01CA158350, U01CA076576
Status last verified
Sep 2026
First submitted
20 May 2013
Last updated
11 Sep 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Bortezomib, Decitabine and Laboratory Biomarker Analysis in people with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Acute Myeloid Leukemia Post Cytotoxic Therapy, 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 10 inclusion and 11 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: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Sep 2026. 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?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

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?

BETD of bortezomib, sorafenib tosylate, and decitabine using National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4 (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 NCT01861314.

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 11 Sep 2026.

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