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Blasts More Than 5 Percent of Bone Marrow Nucleated CellsPhase 1/2NCT04049539

Vyxeos for Re-induction Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients With Persistent Disease After Induction

A Phase 1/2 study testing Liposome-encapsulated Daunorubicin-Cytarabine in people with Blasts More Than 5 Percent of Bone Marrow Nucleated Cells and Persistent Disease, run by Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center at 2 sites in United States.

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Sites and contacts
Official record
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Trial summary

This phase II trial studies the side effects and how well Vyxeos works in treating patients with intermediate and high-risk acute myeloid leukemia who have failed an initial cycle of standard cytarabine and daunorubicin chemotherapy. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 75 years
What is being tested?
Liposome-encapsulated Daunorubicin-Cytarabine
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
28 participants
Where
2 sitesUnited States
Study dates
29 Jan 2021to 31 May 2027
Phase
Phase 1/2
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 to 75 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Subject must be able to provide written informed consent
  • Patients must have a diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia
  • Patients must have received standard induction chemotherapy (cytarabine 100-200mg/m2 by continuous infusion on days 1-7 and either daunorubicin 45-90mg/m2 or idarubicin 10-12mg/ m2 daily for 3 days during days 1-7) within the 14-33 days prior to starting trial treatment and have documented persistent disease (13-29 days from the start of 7+3 treatment). Patients who have received a 7+3 regimen utilizing gemtuzumab ozogamicin may enroll. Patients who received lower doses of the above agents due to appropriate adjustments for reduced renal or hepatic clearance may also enroll. Persistent disease will be defined as bone marrow cellularity of >10-20% and bone marrow blast percentage of >5-10% or clear evidence of immunophenotypically aberrant leukemia cells in the bone marrow. The final determination of persistent AML will be made by the treating physician, but must meet NCCN criteria for persistent disease1. Enrollment of patients with less than 20% cellularity or less than 10% blasts will require approval of the principal investigator. Patients who received concomitant treatment with another targeted therapy for AML that is FDA-approved for administration with 7+3 (e.g. midostaurin) may enroll and can continue to receive this treatment (according to the FDA-approved 7+3 re-induction dosing schedule) during Vyxeos treatment.
  • Patients must be deemed by the treating physician to be unlikely to achieve complete response (CR) without further therapy
  • Patients must be deemed by the treating physician to be able to tolerate intensive chemotherapy (similar to 7+3 chemotherapy)
  • Normal left ventricular ejection fraction (>= 50% by echocardiography or multi-gated acquisition radionuclide angiocardiography [MUGA]) and lifetime daunorubicin dose of less than 462mg/m^2 (including recent course of 7+3), or equivalent doses of another anthracycline medications. (This is 550mg/m^2 [maximum lifetime dose] minus 88mg/m^2 [planned dose of Vyxeos on study].)
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  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) functional status of 0, 1, or 2
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) < 5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for the local laboratory
  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) < 5 x ULN for the local laboratory
  • Total bilirubin < 1.5 x ULN (except for patients with known Gilbert?s syndrome) for the local laboratory
  • Calculated creatinine clearance (according to the Cockcroft-Gault equation) > 40 mL/min OR serum creatinine < 1.5 x the ULN for the local laboratory
  • Female patients of childbearing potential must agree to use two forms of contraception from screening visit until 6 months following the last dose of study treatment. Female patients must have a documented negative pregnancy test
  • Male patients of childbearing potential having intercourse with females of childbearing potential must agree to abstain from heterosexual intercourse or have their partner use two forms of contraception from screening visit until 6 months after the last dose of study treatment. They must also refrain from sperm donation from screening visit until 6 months following the last dose of study treatment

Who cannot join

  • Acute promyelocytic leukemia (or M3 AML)
  • Patients known to have core binding factor AML (defined as presence of t(8;21), inv(16), or other cytogenetically equivalent abnormalities)
  • Patients known to have inactivating mutations of TP53 or evidence of an absence of p53 protein activity as indicated by a monosomal karyotype. Monosomal karyotype will be defined as two or more monosomies (loss of an entire chromosome or the entire long arm of a chromosome [such as 7q-]) or a single monosomy in the setting of a complex karyotype. Patients with a complex karyotype without a monosomy are eligible to enroll
  • Patients that the treating physician does not feel are able to tolerate intensive chemotherapy
  • History of serious (>= grade 3) hypersensitivity reaction to cytarabine, daunorubicin, or any component of the formulation
  • Known Wilson's disease or other symptomatic abnormality of copper metabolism (laboratory screening is not required in the absence of clinical or historical evidence of Wilson's disease or other problems of copper metabolism)
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  • Total lifetime daunorubicin dose of more than 462 mg/m^2 (including recent course of 7+3) or equivalent total doses of other anthracycline medications. (This is 550mg/m^2 maximum dose - 88mg/m^2 planned dose of Vyxeos on study.)
  • Pregnancy or inability to use highly effective method of contraception for 6 months following last dose of Vyxeos. Potentially fertile patients must have documented negative serum pregnancy test. Breastfeeding should be avoided for at least 14 days after the last dose Vyxeos
  • Patients with uncontrolled infection shall not be enrolled until infection is treated and brought under control. As infection is a common feature of AML, patients with active infections are permitted to enroll provided that the infection is under control
  • Patients who have received an investigational agent (for any indication) within 5 half-lives of the agent and until toxicity from this has resolved to grade 1 or less; if the half-life of the agent is unknown, patients must wait 4 weeks prior to first dose of study treatment. An investigational agent is one for which there is no approved indication by the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Patients with psychological, familial, social, or geographic factors that otherwise preclude them from giving informed consent, following the protocol, or potentially hamper compliance with study treatment and follow-up
  • Any other significant medical condition, including psychiatric illness or laboratory abnormality, that would preclude the patient participating in the trial or would confound the interpretation of the results of the trial
  • Patients with the following will be excluded: uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, serious cardiac arrhythmia, myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to enrollment, New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV heart failure, severe uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias, or electrocardiographic evidence of acute ischemia or active conduction system abnormalities
  • Other malignancy currently requiring active therapy (except minor surgery for non-melanoma skin cancer and for hormonal/anti-hormonal treatment, e.g. in prostate or breast cancer)

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center contact

1-800-293-5066

OSUCCCClinicaltrials@osumc.edu

United States2 sites, 1 recruiting
  • Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210

    Gregory K. Behbehani, MD, PhD, gregory.behbehani@osumc.edu

    Ana Swatzell, 614-685-9573, adriana.swatzell@osumc.edu

    Recruiting
  • UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Sacramento, California, 95817

    Active, not recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Open-Label Phase 2 Trial of Vyxeos in Patients With Intermediate and High-Risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia Who Have Failed an Initial Cycle of Standard Cytarabine and Daunorubicin Chemotherapy

This phase II trial studies the side effects and how well Vyxeos works in treating patients with intermediate and high-risk acute myeloid leukemia who have failed an initial cycle of standard cytarabine and daunorubicin chemotherapy. Vyxeos is a combination of both chemotherapy drugs cytarabine and daunorubicin contained in a liposome. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cytarabine and daunorubicin, 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. Cytarabine and daunorubicin given together in liposomes may have fewer side effects and work better than cytarabine and daunorubicin given alone in patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Read the detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To demonstrate the safety and estimate the efficacy of liposome-encapsulated daunorubicin-cytarabine (Vyxeos) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients who have failed to achieve a hypocellular marrow after an initial course of 7+3.

SECONDARY AND/OR EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

  1. Determination of rate of morphologic leukemia-free state (MLFS). II. Determination of progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS) at 2 years.

III. Mass cytometric measurement relative clearance of quiescent leukemia stem/repopulating cells (LSCs) and blasts as compared to the same patient's preceding cycle of 7+3 and to a separate control population receiving re-induction with traditional 7+3.

IIIa. Measurement of blast cell cycle fraction before and after Vyxeos treatment.

IIIb. Relative clearance immunophenotypically abnormal blast and stem cells after Vyxeos.

IIIc. Comparison of efficacy of blast cell and LSC elimination in patients receiving Vyxeos re-induction compared to similar blast cells and LSCs in patients receiving standard 7+3 or 5+2 re-induction.

OUTLINE:

Within 14-33 days after the start of previous cycle of chemotherapy, patients receive liposome-encapsulated daunorubicin-cytarabine intravenously (IV) over 90 minutes on days 1 and 3 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up weekly for 60 days, then at least monthly for 2 years.

Being tested
Liposome-encapsulated Daunorubicin-Cytarabine
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.

  • Liposome-encapsulated Daunorubicin-CytarabineDrug

    Also called CPX-351, Cytarabine-Daunorubicin Liposome for Injection, Liposomal AraC-Daunorubicin CPX-351, Liposomal Cytarabine-Daunorubicin

    Given IV

Study groups in NCT04049539
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Treatment (liposome-encapsulated daunorubicin-cytarabine)ExperimentalWithin 14-33 days after the start of previous cycle of chemotherapy, patients receive liposome-encapsulated daunorubicin-cytarabine IV over 90 minutes on days 1 and 3 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Receives: Drug: Liposome-encapsulated Daunorubicin-Cytarabine

What is being measured

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

  1. Incidence of adverse events

    Will be measured by the time to count recovery, incidence of symptomatic cardiac dysfunction, incidence of hepatic or renal toxicity, incidence of severe hemorrhage, and incidence of severe infection. Will be summarized by National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4, and frequency counts will be tabulated with a focus on severe (grade 3+) adverse events and toxicities that are deemed at least possibly related to study treatment. The incidence of specific toxicities will be calculated as the proportion of patients experience these toxicities over all patients who receive any study drug.

    Measured: Up to 60 days

  2. Calculation rate of complete response (CR) and complete response with incomplete hematologic recovery (CRi)

    CR and CRi rate will be defined as the proportion of patients who achieve CR or CRi over all evaluable patients. The rates will be provided with 95% binomial confidence intervals.

    Measured: Up to 2 years

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Progression-free survival

    Will be calculated by the method of Kaplan-Meier, with the 2-year estimate provided with 95% confidence interval.

    Measured: Up to 2 years

  2. Overall survival

    Will be calculated by the method of Kaplan-Meier, with the 2-year estimate provided with 95% confidence interval.

    Measured: From the date of the first dose of study treatment to death from any cause, up to 2 years

Timeline

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

  1. First posted8 Aug 2019
  2. Study start29 Jan 2021
  3. Primary completion31 May 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 May 2027 (estimated)

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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 1/2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
28 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04049539
Sponsor's protocol ID
OSU-19060
Other IDs
NCI-2019-04724
Status last verified
Sep 2026
First submitted
6 Aug 2019
Last updated
9 Sep 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1/2 study testing Liposome-encapsulated Daunorubicin-Cytarabine in people with Blasts More Than 5 Percent of Bone Marrow Nucleated Cells and Persistent Disease, run by Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center at 2 sites 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 13 inclusion and 14 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 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 2 sites 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 combined 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.

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

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?

Contact The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center (1-800-293-5066, OSUCCCClinicaltrials@osumc.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Incidence of adverse events (time frame: Up to 60 days). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 9 Sep 2026.

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