NCT02049801

MEK Inhibitor MEK162, Idarubicin, and Cytarabine in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia

A Phase I Study of MEK Inhibitor MEK162 Combined With Idarubicin and Cytarabine Induction in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory RAS-Mutated Acute Myeloid Leukemia

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1 (actual)
• Sponsor: Bruno C. Medeiros · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This phase I trial studies the MEK inhibitor MEK162 to see if it is safe in patients when combined with idarubicin and cytarabine. MEK inhibitor MEK162 may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as idarubicin and cytarabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving MEK inhibitor MEK162, cytarabine, and idarubicin may be an effective treatment for acute myeloid leukemia.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Determine maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of MEK162 (MEK inhibitor MEK162) in patients with RAS-mutated acute myeloid leukemia (AML) when combined with sequential induction chemotherapy (3+4) as measured by development of grade 3-4 dose-limiting toxicities (DLT). SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Analyze downstream inhibition of RAS signaling following therapy with single-agent MEK162 with exploratory pharmacodynamics (PD) studies. II. Perform preliminary efficacy analysis of combination of MEK162 and induction chemotherapy (3+4) in patients with RAS-mutated AML by measuring complete remission rate, 2-year overall survival, and duration of response. OUTLINE: INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive MEK inhibitor MEK162 orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days -4 to -1 and days 5-18, cytarabine intravenously (IV) continuously over 24 hours on days 1-4, and idarubicin IV over 1 hour on days 1-3. Patients may receive a second course of induction at the discretion of the principal investigator. POST-REMISSION THERAPY: Patients receive cytarabine IV continuously over 24 hours on days 1-3, idarubicin IV over 1 hour on days 1 and 2, and MEK inhibitor MEK 162 PO BID on days 4-17. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 30 days.

Conditions

• Adult Acute Minimally Differentiated Myeloid Leukemia (M0)
• Adult Acute Monoblastic Leukemia (M5a)
• Adult Acute Monocytic Leukemia (M5b)
• Adult Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia With Maturation (M2)
• Adult Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia Without Maturation (M1)
• 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)
• Adult Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia (M4)
• Adult Erythroleukemia (M6a)
• Adult Pure Erythroid Leukemia (M6b)
• Recurrent Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	MEK inhibitor MEK162	Given PO
DRUG	idarubicin	Given IV
DRUG	cytarabine	Given IV
OTHER	pharmacological study	Correlative studies
OTHER	laboratory biomarker analysis	Correlative studies

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-12-01
• Primary completion: 2015-02-04
• Completion: 2017-11-01
• First posted: 2014-01-30
• Last updated: 2017-12-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated drug study