NCT00046930

Daunorubicin & Cytarabine +/- Zosuquidar inTreating Older Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Refractory Anemia

A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double Blind, Trial of the Administration of the MDR Modulator, Zosuquidar Trihydrochloride (LY335979), During Conventional Induction and Post-Remission Therapy in Patients Greater Than 60 Years of Age With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Refractory Anemia With Excess Blasts in Transformation or High-Risk Refractory Anemia With Excess Blasts

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 449 (actual)
• Sponsor: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group · Network
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Zosuquidar trihydrochloride, a modulator of multidrug resistance (MDR), may help daunorubicin and cytarabine kill more cancer cells by making cancer cells more sensitive to the drugs. It is not yet known whether daunorubicin and cytarabine are more effective with or without zosuquidar trihydrochloride in treating acute myeloid leukemia or anemia. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying how well giving zosuquidar trihydrochloride together with daunorubicin and cytarabine works compared to daunorubicin and cytarabine alone in treating older patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia or anemia that has not responded to previous treatment.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: * Compare the overall survival and progression-free survival of elderly patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia, refractory anemia with excess blasts (RAEB) in transformation, or high-risk RAEB treated with daunorubicin and cytarabine with or without zosuquidar trihydrochloride. * Compare the complete remission rate of patients treated with these regimens. * Compare the toxicity of these regimens in these patients. * Compare the systemic exposure of daunorubicin and cytarabine in patients treated with zosuquidar trihydrochloride vs placebo. OUTLINE: This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to age (60-69 years vs 70 years and over), disease (refractory anemia with excess blasts \[RAEB\] vs RAEB in transformation or acute myeloid leukemia \[AML\]), and disease type (de novo vs secondary). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms. * Induction: * Arm I: Patients receive daunorubicin via intravenous (IV) infusion over 10-15 minutes and zosuquidar trihydrochloride IV over 6 hours on days 1-3. Patients also receive cytarabine IV continuously on days 1-7. * Arm II: Patients receive daunorubicin and cytarabine as in arm I. Patients also receive placebo IV over 6 hours on days 1-3. Beginning on day 12, patients who achieve aplasia receive filgrastim (G-CSF) or sargramostim (GM-CSF) subcutaneously (SC) or IV daily until blood counts recover. Patients who have evidence of persistent AML are eligible to receive a second identical course of induction chemotherapy. * Consolidation I (beginning within 8 weeks after documentation of complete remission \[CR\] or measurable remission \[MR\]): Patients who achieve a CR or MR receive cytarabine IV over 1 hour once or twice daily on days 1-6 and GM-CSF or G-CSF SC or IV beginning on day 7 and continuing until blood counts recover. * Consolidation II: Patients who have maintained peripheral blood evidence of a remission receive daunorubicin, cytarabine, and zosuquidar trihydrochloride or placebo as in induction chemotherapy. Patients also receive GM-CSF or G-CSF SC or IV beginning on day 8 or after last cytarabine dose and continuing until blood counts recover. Patients are followed monthly for 1 year, every 2 months for 1 year, every 3 months for 1 year, and then every 6 months for 2 years. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 450 patients (225 per treatment arm) accrued over 4.1 years.

Conditions

• Leukemia
• Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BIOLOGICAL	filgrastim	250 μg/m2/day by either intravenous or subcutaneous injection starting day 12, provided marrow aplasia is achieved, through recovery of absolute neutrophil count (ANC) to \> 500 cells/μl, sustained for 3 consecutive days. The dose may be rounded to the nearest vial size.
BIOLOGICAL	sargramostim	5 μg/kg/day by either intravenous or subcutaneous injection starting day 12, provided marrow aplasia is achieved, through recovery of absolute neutrophil count (ANC) to \> 500 cells/μl, sustained for 3 consecutive days. The dose may be rounded to the nearest vial size.
DRUG	cytarabine	100 mg/m²/day by continuous intravenous infusion for 7 days (days 1-7).
DRUG	daunorubicin hydrochloride	45 mg/m²/day by 10 - 15 minute intravenous infusion for 3 days (days 1, 2, and 3).
DRUG	zosuquidar trihydrochloride	Zosuquidar 550 mg/day by continuous intravenous infusion through a central venous catheter over approximately 6 hours on days 1, 2, and 3. The infusion will begin approximately one hour prior to daunorubicin on days 1, 2 and 3.
DRUG	Placebo	Placebo 550 mg/day by continuous intravenous infusion through a central venous catheter over approximately 6 hours on days 1, 2, and 3. The infusion will begin approximately one hour prior to daunorubicin on days 1, 2 and 3. Placebo consisted of a 1:1000 dilution of Infuvite, appropriately colored.

Timeline

• Start date: 2002-09-17
• Primary completion: 2009-06-01
• First posted: 2003-01-27
• Last updated: 2023-07-05
• Results posted: 2010-09-06

Locations

92 sites across 2 countries: United States, Israel