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Acute Promyelocytic LeukemiaPhase 4NCT01987297

Combined Retinoic Acid,Arsenic Trioxide and Chemo for Newly-diagnosed APL

A Phase 4 study testing ATRA+Arsenic and ATRA+Chemo in people with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia, run by Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine at 1 site in China.

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Trial summary

In this prospective randomized study for patients with newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia, patients will be randomized (1:1) into two groups which receive retinoic acid and arsenic trioxide based treatment versus retinoic acid and chemotherapy based regimen. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 65 years
Conditions the study is for
Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
What is being tested?
ATRA+Arsenic and ATRA+Chemo
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
738 participants
Where
1 siteChina
Study dates
Jun 2012to 31 Dec 2020
Phase
Phase 4
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 to 65 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Newly-diagnosed patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia via cytogenetics and molecular assay
  • Age: 18-65
  • Hepatic/renal function: Bil≤35μmol/L,AST/ALT less than 2Xnormal range, Cr 150μmol/L
  • Normal cardial function
  • ECOG:0-4
  • Informed consent

Who cannot join

  • QTC interval >450ms
  • Pregnant or breast feeding patients
  • Patients with drug addiction or mental illness
  • Patients documented of CNS infiltration at diagnosis
  • Patients with severe heart disease (acute myocardial infarction or heart failure)
  • Patients with concurrent active malignancy, tuberculosis or HIV infection
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  • Patients with contraindication or allergy to anthracyclines or other agent in the protocol
  • Patients enrolled in other clinical trials
  • Patients not apply to the study protocol

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

China1 site
  • Department of Hematology

    Shanghai, 200025

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About this study

Official title: Combined Retinoic Acid,Arsenic Trioxide and Chemotherapy for Newly-diagnosed Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia: Chinese National Multi-center Randomized Study

In this prospective randomized study for patients with newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia, patients will be randomized (1:1) into two groups which receive retinoic acid and arsenic trioxide based treatment versus retinoic acid and chemotherapy based regimen.

Read the detailed description

The study is carried out based on Sanz risk stratification of newly-diagnosed APL patients into low-, intermediate- and high-risk groups, and all of them will receive ATRA and ATO as induction therapy (ATRA 25 mg/m2 per day orally + ATO 0.16mg/kg intravenously daily). Anthracycline is added to both high-risk groups or intermediate-risk group with hyperleukocytosis developed during induction therapy but not in low-risk groups.

After achieving CR, patients enter into consolidation therapy. Low-risk patients receive either 2 courses of ATRA plus ATO (Experimental group) or 2 courses of ATRA plus anthracycline chemotherapy (Control group). Intermediate-risk patients receive either 3 courses of ATRA plus ATO (Experimental group) or 2 courses of ATRA plus anthracycline chemotherapy (Control group). Patients of high-risk disease receive 2 courses of ATRA plus ATO and anthracycline and 1 course of ATRA plus ATO treatment (Experimental group) or 2 courses of ATRA plus anthracycline and cytarabine and 1 course of ATRA plus mid-dose cytarabine (Control group).

After consolidation therapy, patients with molecular complete remission (mCR) enter into maintenance therapy. Low- and intermediate-risk patients receive 3 cycles of ATRA and ATO sequential treatment, while those of high-risk receive 5 cycles of ATRA, ATO and methotrexate (MTX) treatment.

For low- and intermediate-risk patients who fail to achieve mCR after consolidation therapy, 3 courses of consolidation therapy of high-risk group will be given with cross-over (i.e. patients in Experimental group received the therapy of Control group, and patients in Control group received the therapy of Experimental group). If patients still fail to achieve mCR, together with high-risk group who fail to achieve mCR after consolidation therapy will be withdrawn from the study and proceed to salvage treatment.

Being tested
ATRA+Arsenic, ATRA+Chemo
Keywords
acute promyelocytic leukemia, ATRA, arsenic
Medical subject headings
Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute

What participants receive

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

  • ATRA+ArsenicDrug

    Also called retinoic acid + arsenic trioxide

    ATRA: 25mg/m2 daily;Induction: D1 to CR; Consolidation: D1-14 each course; Maintenance: D1-14 each course.

    Arsenic: 0.16mg/kg daily. Induction: D1 to CR; Consolidation: low/intermediate-risk patients 28 days each course; high-risk: 14 days each course; Maintenance: 14 days on and off each course.

    Idarubicin 8mg/m2 or Daunorubicin 45mg/m2 daily. Induction: 3-4 days in high-risk patients or intermediated-risk patients with leukocytosis developed during induction therapy. Consolidation: 3 days in high-risk patients in first 2 courses.

    MTX: 15mg/m2 qw Maintenance: qw x 4 in each course for high-risk patients.

  • ATRA+ChemoDrug

    Also called retinoic acid + idarubicin or daunorubicin +/- Cytarabine

    ATRA: 25mg/m2 daily;Induction: D1 to CR; Consolidation: D1-14 each course; Maintenance: D1-14 each course.

    Arsenic: 0.16mg/kg daily. Induction: D1 to CR; Maintenance: 14 days on and off each course.

    Idarubicin 8mg/m2 or Daunorubicin 45mg/m2 daily. Induction: 3-4 days in high-risk patients or intermediated-risk patients with leukocytosis developed during induction therapy. Consolidation: 3 days in all patients in 2 courses.

    Cytarabine: 150mg/m2 or 1g/m2. Consolidation: 150mg/m2 daily x 7 days in high risk patients in first 2 courses; 1g/m2 q12 x 6 doses in third course.

    MTX: 15mg/m2 qw Maintenance: qw x4 in each course for high-risk patients.

Study groups in NCT01987297
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
ATRA+ArsenicExperimentalAll low- and intermediate-risk patients receive retinoic acid and arsenic trioxide based consolidation. High-risk patients receive ATRA+Arsenic+Anthracycline consolidation.
Receives: Drug: ATRA+Arsenic
ATRA+chemoActive comparatorAll low-risk and intermediate-risk patients receive retinoic acid and chemotherapy with idarubicin or daunorubicin as consolidation. High-risk patients receive ATRA+anthracycline and cytarabine as consolidation.
Receives: Drug: ATRA+Chemo

What is being measured

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

  1. Disease free survival (DFS)

    DFS is defined for patients having achieve CR as time to relapse either in bone marrow or extra medullary site, or fail to achieve molecular remission, or death of all causes.

    Measured: 3 year

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. Complete remission (CR) rate

    Blast and promyelocytic leukemia less than 5% in bone marrow

    Measured: after induction therapy

  2. Molecular CR (mCR)

    mCR is defined the absence of detectable PML-RARα transcripts by nested RT-PCR or RQ-PCR in two successive bone marrow samples

    Measured: after consolidation therapy

  3. Early death (ED) rate

    Early death is referred to death within 30 days from the entry into the treatment.

    Measured: 30 days

  4. Overall survival (OS)

    OS is defined for patients entering the study as time to death of all causes.

    Measured: 3 years

  5. Cumulated incidence of relapse (CIR)

    CIR is defined for patients having achieved CR as time to any relapse or persistence of PCR positivity after consolidation therapy

    Measured: 3 years

Timeline

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

  1. First posted19 Nov 2013 (estimated)
  2. Study startJun 2012
  3. Primary completion31 Dec 2020 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 Dec 2020 (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 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
738 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01987297
Sponsor's protocol ID
APL2012
Status last verified
Aug 2019
First submitted
6 Dec 2012
Last updated
19 Aug 2019
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Chen L, Zhu HM, Li Y, Liu QF, Hu Y, Zhou JF, Jin J, Hu JD, Liu T, Wu DP, Chen JP, Lai YR, Wang JX, Li J, Li JY, Du X, Wang X, Yang MZ, Yan JS, Ouyang GF, Liu L, Hou M, Huang XJ, Yan XJ, Xu D, Li WM, Li DJ, Lou YJ, Wu ZJ, Niu T, Wang Y, Li XY, You JH, Zhao HJ, Chen Y, Shen Y, Chen QS, Chen Y, Li J, Wang BS, Zhao WL, Mi JQ, Wang KK, Hu J, Chen Z, Chen SJ, Li JM. Arsenic trioxide replacing or reducing chemotherapy in consolidation therapy for acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL2012 trial). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Feb 9;118(6):e2020382118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2020382118.

    PubMed 33495363

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 4 study testing ATRA+Arsenic and ATRA+Chemo in people with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia, run by Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine at 1 site in China.

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 6 inclusion and 9 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Aug 2019. 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 China. 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 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

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?

Disease free survival (DFS) (time frame: 3 year). 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 NCT01987297, 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 19 Aug 2019.

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