Daunorubicin and Cytarabine With or Without Uproleselan in Treating Older Adult Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Receiving Intensive Induction Chemotherapy

Phase 2

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Acute Myeloid Leukemia
• Interventions: Procedure: Biospecimen Collection; Procedure: Bone Marrow Aspiration; Procedure: Bone Marrow Biopsy; Drug: Cytarabine; Drug: Daunorubicin; Procedure: Echocardiography Test; Procedure: Multigated Acquisition Scan; Drug: Uproleselan

• Registration Number: NCT03701308
• Lead Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Brief Summary

This phase II/III trial studies how well daunorubicin and cytarabine with or without uproleselan works in treating older adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia receiving intensive induction chemotherapy. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as daunorubicin and cytarabine, 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. Uproleselan may prevent cancer from returning or getting worse. Giving daunorubicin and cytarabine with uproleselan may work better in treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia compared to daunorubicin and cytarabine alone.

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Compare the event-free survival (EFS) of daunorubicin, cytarabine plus uproleselan versus daunorubicin and cytarabine in subjects \>= age 60 with previously untreated acute myeloid leukemia. (Phase II) II. Compare the overall survival (OS) of the daunorubicin, cytarabine plus uproleselan to daunorubicin and cytarabine in this patient population. (Phase III)

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Determine the rates of complete remission (CR), complete remission with incomplete count recovery (CRi), complete remission with incomplete hematopoietic recovery (CRh) and cytogenetic complete remission (CCyR) for each chemotherapy regimen.

II. Determine the overall survival (OS), and remission duration of patients for each chemotherapy regimen.

III. Describe the frequency and severity of adverse events for patients for each chemotherapy regimen.

IV. Describe the interaction of pretreatment disease and patient characteristics including morphology, cytogenetics, molecular genetic features, white blood cell (WBC) count and hemogram, and performance status on clinical outcomes.

CORRELATIVE SCIENCE OBJECTIVES:

I. Correlate specific karyotype groups (normal or various primary and secondary chromosomal abnormalities) with clinical and laboratory parameters and with response rates, response duration, survival and cure in patients treated with various induction and post-induction regimens.

II. Correlate specific karyotype groups with selected molecular abnormalities and with measurable residual disease.

III. To determine karyotype changes at end of consolidation and the influence of the type of change (or no change) in karyotype at the end of consolidation on subsequent clinical course.

IV. To determine karyotype changes at relapse and the influence of the type of change (or no change) in karyotype at relapse on subsequent clinical course.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM 1: INDUCTION: Patients receive daunorubicin intravenously (IV) on days 1-3 and cytarabine via continuous intravenous infusion (CIVI) over 168 hours on days 1-7. Patients with residual disease indicated by bone marrow examination receive a second induction including daunorubicin IV on days 1-3 and cytarabine CIVI over 12 hours on days 1-5.

CONSOLIDATION: Patients receive cytarabine IV over 3 hours on days 1-5. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

ARM 2: INDUCTION: Patients receive uproleselan IV QD on day 1 and then every 12 hours on days 2-10. Patients also receive daunorubicin IV on days 2-4 and cytrarabine CIVI over 168 hours on days 2-8 over 168 hours. Patients with residual disease indicated by bone marrow examination receive a second induction including uprleselan IV QD on day 1 and then every 12 hours on days 2-8, daunorubicin IV on days 2-3, and cytarabine CIVI over 120 hours on days 2-6.

CONSOLIDATION: Patients who achieve a CR or CRi receive uproleselan IV QD on day 1 and every 12 hours on days 2-8 and cytarabine IV over 3 hours on days 2-6. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 2 months for 1 year, every 3 months in year 2, and then every 6 months for up to 5 years.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-10-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-10-08
• Study First Posted: 2018-10-10
• Study Start: 2019-03-28
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-08
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-09
• Primary Completion: 2025-12-01
• Study Completion: 2025-12-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 670

Inclusion Criteria

• Diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) based on 2017 World Health Organization (WHO) criteria excluding acute promyelocytic leukemia with PML-RARA.

  • Note: Patients with myeloid sarcoma without bone marrow involvement, acute leukemia of ambiguous lineage or blast transformation of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) are not eligible.

• No activating mutation in the Fms-like tyrosine kinase-3 (FLT3) defined as a ratio of mutant to wild-type allele >= 0.05 by capillary electrophoresis or a variant allele fraction of >= 5% by next generation sequencing from either bone marrow or peripheral blood.

• No evidence of CNS involvement of AML.

• No prior chemotherapy for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) or AML including hypomethylating agents (e.g. azacitidine and decitabine), ruxolitinib or lenalidomide with the following exceptions:

  • Emergency leukapheresis.
  • Hydroxyurea.
  • Growth factor/cytokine support.
  • All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA).
  • Single dose of intrathecal cytarabine and/or methotrexate for patients undergoing lumbar puncture to evaluate for CNS involvement.

• Total bilirubin =< 3 x upper limit of normal (ULN)

• Creatinine < 3 x upper limit of normal (ULN) OR creatinine clearance >= 30 mL/min/1.73m^2

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Arm I (daunorubicin, cytarabine)	Biospecimen Collection	INDUCTION: Patients receive daunorubicin IV on days 1-3 and cytarabine via CIVI over 168 hours on days 1-7. Patients with residual disease indicated by bone marrow examination receive a second induction including daunorubicin IV on days 1-2 and cytarabine CIVI over 12 hours on days 1-5. CONSOLIDATION: Patients receive cytarabine IV over 3 hours on days 1-5. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, all patients undergo MUGA or ECHO during baseline, and bone marrow aspirate, bone marrow biopsy, and blood collection throughout the study.
Arm I (daunorubicin, cytarabine)	Bone Marrow Aspiration	INDUCTION: Patients receive daunorubicin IV on days 1-3 and cytarabine via CIVI over 168 hours on days 1-7. Patients with residual disease indicated by bone marrow examination receive a second induction including daunorubicin IV on days 1-2 and cytarabine CIVI over 12 hours on days 1-5. CONSOLIDATION: Patients receive cytarabine IV over 3 hours on days 1-5. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, all patients undergo MUGA or ECHO during baseline, and bone marrow aspirate, bone marrow biopsy, and blood collection throughout the study.
Arm I (daunorubicin, cytarabine)	Bone Marrow Biopsy	INDUCTION: Patients receive daunorubicin IV on days 1-3 and cytarabine via CIVI over 168 hours on days 1-7. Patients with residual disease indicated by bone marrow examination receive a second induction including daunorubicin IV on days 1-2 and cytarabine CIVI over 12 hours on days 1-5. CONSOLIDATION: Patients receive cytarabine IV over 3 hours on days 1-5. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, all patients undergo MUGA or ECHO during baseline, and bone marrow aspirate, bone marrow biopsy, and blood collection throughout the study.
Arm I (daunorubicin, cytarabine)	Cytarabine	INDUCTION: Patients receive daunorubicin IV on days 1-3 and cytarabine via CIVI over 168 hours on days 1-7. Patients with residual disease indicated by bone marrow examination receive a second induction including daunorubicin IV on days 1-2 and cytarabine CIVI over 12 hours on days 1-5. CONSOLIDATION: Patients receive cytarabine IV over 3 hours on days 1-5. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, all patients undergo MUGA or ECHO during baseline, and bone marrow aspirate, bone marrow biopsy, and blood collection throughout the study.
Arm I (daunorubicin, cytarabine)	Daunorubicin	INDUCTION: Patients receive daunorubicin IV on days 1-3 and cytarabine via CIVI over 168 hours on days 1-7. Patients with residual disease indicated by bone marrow examination receive a second induction including daunorubicin IV on days 1-2 and cytarabine CIVI over 12 hours on days 1-5. CONSOLIDATION: Patients receive cytarabine IV over 3 hours on days 1-5. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, all patients undergo MUGA or ECHO during baseline, and bone marrow aspirate, bone marrow biopsy, and blood collection throughout the study.
Arm I (daunorubicin, cytarabine)	Echocardiography Test	INDUCTION: Patients receive daunorubicin IV on days 1-3 and cytarabine via CIVI over 168 hours on days 1-7. Patients with residual disease indicated by bone marrow examination receive a second induction including daunorubicin IV on days 1-2 and cytarabine CIVI over 12 hours on days 1-5. CONSOLIDATION: Patients receive cytarabine IV over 3 hours on days 1-5. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, all patients undergo MUGA or ECHO during baseline, and bone marrow aspirate, bone marrow biopsy, and blood collection throughout the study.
Arm II (uproleselan, daunorubicin, cytarabine)	Biospecimen Collection	INDUCTION: Patients receive uproleselan IV QD on day 1 and then every 12 hours on days 2-10. Patients also receive daunorubicin IV on days 2-4 and cytrarabine CIVI over 168 hours on days 2-8 over 168 hours. Patients with residual disease indicated by bone marrow examination receive a second induction including uprleselan IV QD on day 1 and then every 12 hours on days 2-8, daunorubicin IV on days 2-3, and cytarabine CIVI over 120 hours on days 2-6. CONSOLIDATION: Patients who achieve a CR or CRi receive uproleselan IV QD on day 1 and every 12 hours on days 2-8 and cytarabine IV over 3 hours on days 2-6. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, all patients undergo MUGA or ECHO during baseline, and bone marrow aspirate, bone marrow biopsy, and blood collection throughout the study.
Arm I (daunorubicin, cytarabine)	Multigated Acquisition Scan	INDUCTION: Patients receive daunorubicin IV on days 1-3 and cytarabine via CIVI over 168 hours on days 1-7. Patients with residual disease indicated by bone marrow examination receive a second induction including daunorubicin IV on days 1-2 and cytarabine CIVI over 12 hours on days 1-5. CONSOLIDATION: Patients receive cytarabine IV over 3 hours on days 1-5. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, all patients undergo MUGA or ECHO during baseline, and bone marrow aspirate, bone marrow biopsy, and blood collection throughout the study.
Arm II (uproleselan, daunorubicin, cytarabine)	Bone Marrow Aspiration	INDUCTION: Patients receive uproleselan IV QD on day 1 and then every 12 hours on days 2-10. Patients also receive daunorubicin IV on days 2-4 and cytrarabine CIVI over 168 hours on days 2-8 over 168 hours. Patients with residual disease indicated by bone marrow examination receive a second induction including uprleselan IV QD on day 1 and then every 12 hours on days 2-8, daunorubicin IV on days 2-3, and cytarabine CIVI over 120 hours on days 2-6. CONSOLIDATION: Patients who achieve a CR or CRi receive uproleselan IV QD on day 1 and every 12 hours on days 2-8 and cytarabine IV over 3 hours on days 2-6. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, all patients undergo MUGA or ECHO during baseline, and bone marrow aspirate, bone marrow biopsy, and blood collection throughout the study.
Arm II (uproleselan, daunorubicin, cytarabine)	Bone Marrow Biopsy	INDUCTION: Patients receive uproleselan IV QD on day 1 and then every 12 hours on days 2-10. Patients also receive daunorubicin IV on days 2-4 and cytrarabine CIVI over 168 hours on days 2-8 over 168 hours. Patients with residual disease indicated by bone marrow examination receive a second induction including uprleselan IV QD on day 1 and then every 12 hours on days 2-8, daunorubicin IV on days 2-3, and cytarabine CIVI over 120 hours on days 2-6. CONSOLIDATION: Patients who achieve a CR or CRi receive uproleselan IV QD on day 1 and every 12 hours on days 2-8 and cytarabine IV over 3 hours on days 2-6. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, all patients undergo MUGA or ECHO during baseline, and bone marrow aspirate, bone marrow biopsy, and blood collection throughout the study.
Arm II (uproleselan, daunorubicin, cytarabine)	Cytarabine	INDUCTION: Patients receive uproleselan IV QD on day 1 and then every 12 hours on days 2-10. Patients also receive daunorubicin IV on days 2-4 and cytrarabine CIVI over 168 hours on days 2-8 over 168 hours. Patients with residual disease indicated by bone marrow examination receive a second induction including uprleselan IV QD on day 1 and then every 12 hours on days 2-8, daunorubicin IV on days 2-3, and cytarabine CIVI over 120 hours on days 2-6. CONSOLIDATION: Patients who achieve a CR or CRi receive uproleselan IV QD on day 1 and every 12 hours on days 2-8 and cytarabine IV over 3 hours on days 2-6. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, all patients undergo MUGA or ECHO during baseline, and bone marrow aspirate, bone marrow biopsy, and blood collection throughout the study.
Arm II (uproleselan, daunorubicin, cytarabine)	Daunorubicin	INDUCTION: Patients receive uproleselan IV QD on day 1 and then every 12 hours on days 2-10. Patients also receive daunorubicin IV on days 2-4 and cytrarabine CIVI over 168 hours on days 2-8 over 168 hours. Patients with residual disease indicated by bone marrow examination receive a second induction including uprleselan IV QD on day 1 and then every 12 hours on days 2-8, daunorubicin IV on days 2-3, and cytarabine CIVI over 120 hours on days 2-6. CONSOLIDATION: Patients who achieve a CR or CRi receive uproleselan IV QD on day 1 and every 12 hours on days 2-8 and cytarabine IV over 3 hours on days 2-6. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, all patients undergo MUGA or ECHO during baseline, and bone marrow aspirate, bone marrow biopsy, and blood collection throughout the study.
Arm II (uproleselan, daunorubicin, cytarabine)	Echocardiography Test	INDUCTION: Patients receive uproleselan IV QD on day 1 and then every 12 hours on days 2-10. Patients also receive daunorubicin IV on days 2-4 and cytrarabine CIVI over 168 hours on days 2-8 over 168 hours. Patients with residual disease indicated by bone marrow examination receive a second induction including uprleselan IV QD on day 1 and then every 12 hours on days 2-8, daunorubicin IV on days 2-3, and cytarabine CIVI over 120 hours on days 2-6. CONSOLIDATION: Patients who achieve a CR or CRi receive uproleselan IV QD on day 1 and every 12 hours on days 2-8 and cytarabine IV over 3 hours on days 2-6. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, all patients undergo MUGA or ECHO during baseline, and bone marrow aspirate, bone marrow biopsy, and blood collection throughout the study.
Arm II (uproleselan, daunorubicin, cytarabine)	Multigated Acquisition Scan	INDUCTION: Patients receive uproleselan IV QD on day 1 and then every 12 hours on days 2-10. Patients also receive daunorubicin IV on days 2-4 and cytrarabine CIVI over 168 hours on days 2-8 over 168 hours. Patients with residual disease indicated by bone marrow examination receive a second induction including uprleselan IV QD on day 1 and then every 12 hours on days 2-8, daunorubicin IV on days 2-3, and cytarabine CIVI over 120 hours on days 2-6. CONSOLIDATION: Patients who achieve a CR or CRi receive uproleselan IV QD on day 1 and every 12 hours on days 2-8 and cytarabine IV over 3 hours on days 2-6. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, all patients undergo MUGA or ECHO during baseline, and bone marrow aspirate, bone marrow biopsy, and blood collection throughout the study.
Arm II (uproleselan, daunorubicin, cytarabine)	Uproleselan	INDUCTION: Patients receive uproleselan IV QD on day 1 and then every 12 hours on days 2-10. Patients also receive daunorubicin IV on days 2-4 and cytrarabine CIVI over 168 hours on days 2-8 over 168 hours. Patients with residual disease indicated by bone marrow examination receive a second induction including uprleselan IV QD on day 1 and then every 12 hours on days 2-8, daunorubicin IV on days 2-3, and cytarabine CIVI over 120 hours on days 2-6. CONSOLIDATION: Patients who achieve a CR or CRi receive uproleselan IV QD on day 1 and every 12 hours on days 2-8 and cytarabine IV over 3 hours on days 2-6. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, all patients undergo MUGA or ECHO during baseline, and bone marrow aspirate, bone marrow biopsy, and blood collection throughout the study.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Overall survival (OS) (Phase III)	Up to 5 years	Will be measured from the date of randomization to death from any cause, with patients last known to be alive censored at the date of last contact.
Event-free survival (EFS) (Phase II)	Up to 5 years	EFS is defined as the time from the date of randomization to the first of failure to achieve a complete remission (CR)/ CR with incomplete blood count recovery (CRi) during induction, relapse, or death due to any cause, with patients last known to be alive and event-free censored at the date of last contact.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Disease-free survival (DFS)	Time from achieving a complete response to time of relapse or death, assessed up to 5 years
Impact of off-protocol transplantation	Up to 5 years	Sensitivity analyses will be conducted. In addition, the proportion of patients who received transplantation in the two arms will be summarized and compared using a chi-square test.
Consistency of the treatment effect among each subgroup	From baseline up to 5 years	Non-parametric methods such as Kaplan-Meier and log-rank tests will be used within each subgroup. Univariate/multivariate Cox models will be fit within each subgroups; hazard ratios will be used to quantify the treatment effect within each subgroup, along with the 95% confidence intervals.
EFS rate	Up to 1 year	Will be formally tested hierarchically in a confirmatory setting at an overall one sided alpha of 0.025 level at the same time as the primary endpoint. Both hazard ratio and p-value for EFS will be presented.
Complete remission (CR) and overall response rate	Up to 5 years
Prediction of CR, EFS, DFS, and OS by pretreatment characteristics such as age, morphology, cytogenetics, immunophenotype, molecular genetic features, WBC count and hemogram, and performance status with clinical outcomes	Up to 5 years	The associations between these baseline factors and CR, EFS, DFS, and OS will be analyzed using Kaplan-Meier curves, log-rank test, contingency table and chi-square test whenever appropriate. Multivariable analysis including Cox proportional hazards models and logistic regression models will be used as well to evaluate the associations.
Incidence of adverse events	Up to 5 years	Will be assessed according to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) version (v) 5.0. The maximum grade for each type of toxicity will be recorded for each patient, and frequency tables will be reviewed to determine toxicity patterns.

Trial Locations

Locations (188)

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; 🇺🇸 Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Community Cancer Institute; 🇺🇸 Clovis, California, United States

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; 🇺🇸 La Jolla, California, United States

Loma Linda University Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Loma Linda, California, United States

Cedars Sinai Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States

Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center at Saint Francis; 🇺🇸 Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Yale University; 🇺🇸 New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Delaware Clinical and Laboratory Physicians PA; 🇺🇸 Newark, Delaware, United States

Helen F Graham Cancer Center; 🇺🇸 Newark, Delaware, United States

Medical Oncology Hematology Consultants PA; 🇺🇸 Newark, Delaware, United States

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