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Dexamethasone Added to Intensive Chemotherapy in Older Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Phase 2
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT03609060
Lead Sponsor
French Innovative Leukemia Organisation
Brief Summary

Recent preclinical and clinical data strongly suggested that dexamethasone could improve the activity of intensive chemotherapy in AML. In this study, the FILO study group will assess the impact of adding dexamethasone to both induction and consolidation therapy in older AML patients with intermediate or favorable risk.

Detailed Description

Patients will receive dexamethasone in addition to induction and post-remission chemotherapy

The principal objective of the study is to determine whether adding dexamethasone to induction and post-remission therapy results in significant improvement of event-free survival (EFS) as compared with an historical cohort of the FILO LAM-SA 2007 trial.

Induction therapy: Idarabucin + Cyrarabine + Lomustine (ICL) + Dexamethasone. Idarubicin 8 mg/m²/day, IV over 15 minutes, D1 to D5; Cytarabine 100 mg/m²/d, IV continuous 24h-infusion D1 to D7; Lomustine 200 mg/m²/d, orally at D1; Dexamethasone 10 mg/12h, IV over 30 minutes, D1 to D3.

Post remission therapy: Idarabucin + Cyrarabine (IC) + Dexamethasone

Idarubicin 8 mg/m², IV over 15 minutes, D1; Cytarabine 50 mg/m²/12h, subcutaneous, D1 to D5; Dexamethasone 20 mg/d, IV over 30 minutes, D1.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria
  1. > 60 years of age.

  2. Newly diagnosed AML according to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2016 either de novo AML or therapy-related AML (i.e AML arising after previous cytotoxic therapy or radiation)

  3. AML with favorable or intermediate cytogenetic risk according to Medical Research Council (MRC 2010) classification.

  4. Subjects should be eligible for intensive chemotherapy by Idarubicin, cytarabine, Lomustine.

  5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status < 3 (appendix 1).

  6. SORROR score ≤ 3 (appendix 2).

  7. Adequate baseline organ function defined by the criteria below:

    • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) unless bilirubin rise is due to Gilbert's syndrome
    • Alanine Aminotransferase (ALAT) and Aspartate Transaminase (ASAT) ≤ 3xULN
    • creatinin clearance (Cockcroft-Gault) ≥ 30 ml/min
    • Unless considered due to leukemic organ involvement
  8. Adequate cardiac function with Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) ≥50%

  9. Absence of any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule.

  10. Women will be menopausal to be enrolled

  11. The patient must give written (personally signed and dated) informed consent before completing any study-related procedure which means assessment or evaluation that would not form part of the normal medical care of the patient and before the start of induction chemotherapy.

  12. Affiliated to the French Social Security (Health Insurance).

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Exclusion Criteria
  1. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) or acute megakaryocytic leukemia (AML-FAB M7).
  2. AML with adverse cytogenetic risk according to the MRC 2010 classification.
  3. AML arising from myelodysplastic syndromes, myeloproliferative disorders or chronic myelo-monocytic leukemia according to WHO classification (2016).
  4. AML with Philadelphia chromosome or with BCR-ABL1.
  5. Known active central nervous system leukemia
  6. Previous anti-AML treatment other than hydroxyurea.
  7. Cumulative anthracycline dose equivalent to ≥550 mg/m².
  8. Treatment with an investigational drug within 30 days or 5 half-life whichever is longer, preceding the first dose of study medication.
  9. Prior history of cancer unless controlled for at least 2 years and except for basal cell carcinoma, non-melanoma skin cancer and in situ cervical carcinoma.
  10. Severe medical or mental condition precluding the administration of protocol treatments
  11. Any sign of active uncontrolled disease including but not restricted to cardiac disease, infections, hepatitis.
  12. Any severe chronic disease potentially interfering with the protocol including HIV infection, active hepatitis B or C.
  13. Any severe conditions inducing contra-indications to dexamethasone including uncontrolled diabetes, infections, hypertension, stomach ulcer, mental illness, myasthenia or glaucoma.
  14. Any serious medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illness that would place the participant at an unacceptable risk or prevent them from giving informed consent.
  15. Known active HIV, Hepatitis B or C infection.
  16. Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
  17. Patients who are incapacitated, under wardship, legal guardianship, or under the protection of the courts.
  18. Patients under State Medical Assistance (AME).
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
DEXAMLDexamethasoneInduction therapy: Idarubicin 8 mg/m²/day, IV over 15 minutes, D1 to D5 + Cytarabine 100 mg/m²/d, IV continuous 24h-infusion D1 to D7 + Lomustine 200 mg/m²/d, orally at D1 + Dexamethasone 10 mg/12h, IV over 30 minutes, D1 to D3. Addition of midostaurin in patients with Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3-internal tandem ( FLT3-ITD) or Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3-tyrosine kinase domain (FLT3-TKD) mutations is allowed. Post remission therapy: Idarubicin 8 mg/m², IV over 15 minutes, D1 + Cytarabine 50 mg/m²/12h, subcutaneous, D1 to D5 + Dexamethasone 20 mg/d, IV over 30 minutes, D1. Addition of midostaurin in patients with FLT3-ITD or FLT3-TKD mutations is allowed. Intermediate dose cytarabine is allowed for patients with Core Binding Factor AML (CBF-AML). Allogeneic stem-cell transplantation allowed after 2 to 4 cycles
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Event Free survival (EFS)Within 2 years after the start of the Treatement

Time from the date of induction start to the date of induction failure, relapse from CR or CRi, or death from any cause, whichever occurs first. CR, CRi, relapse from CR or CRi and induction failure are defined according to the ELN 2017 recommendations

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Treatment responseUp to 45 day

Response to therapy after induction therapy defined as CR or CRi according to the 2017 European Leukemia Net (ELN) recommendations.

Remission duration (relapse from CR or CRi)two years

Time from the date of CR or CRi to the date of relapse according to the 2017 ELN recommendations

Minimal Residual Disease (MRD)Up to day 45 after induction chemotherapy, second and last consolidation cycle.

Presence of MRD after induction therapy and after post-remission therapy, measured by either quantitative PCR or flow cytometry

Allogenic Stem Cells Transplantation (ASCT)Up to one year

Number of patients with ASCT

Relapse Free Survival (RFS)two years

Time from the date of CR or CRi to the date of relapse or death from any cause, whichever occurs first, according to the ELN 2017 recommendations

Adverse eventsup to 60 months

Incidence and severity of Adverse Events according to the descriptions and grading scale found in the National Cancer Institute - Common Terminology Criteria (NCI-CTC) criteria v4.03

Overall Survival (OS)two years

Time from the date of randomization to the date of death from any cause

Trial Locations

Locations (25)

Hôpital Haut Levêque- CFM -Hématologie Clinique Et Thérapie Cellulaire

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Pessac, France

CHU Hautepierre - Hématologie

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Strasbourg, France

CH de Béziers - Hématologie

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Béziers, France

CH de la Côte Basque - Hématologie

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Bayonne, France

Clinique du Parc - Hématologie

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Castelnau-le-Lez, France

CHU Grenoble - Hématologie Clinique

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Grenoble, France

CHR de Mercy - Hématologie

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Metz, France

CHU La Milétrie - Hématologie Clinique

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Poitiers, France

CHU Reims - Hôpital Robert Debré - Hématologie Clinique

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Reims, France

CHU Pontchaillou - Hématologie

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Rennes, France

HOPITAL COCHIN - Hématologie

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Paris, France

CHRU JEAN MINJOZ - Hématologie

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Besançon, France

Institut Paoli-Calmettes - Hématologie 2

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Marseille, France

CHU HOTEL DIEU - Hématologie Clinique

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Nantes, France

HOPITAL E. MULLER - Hématologie

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Mulhouse, France

CHR ORLEANS - Hématologie

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Orléans, France

CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTJEAN - Hématologie Clinique

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Perpignan, France

CHU Bretonneau - Centre Henri Kaplan - Hématologie et Thérapie Cellulaire

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Tours, France

Ch Avignon

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Avignon, France

CHU Brest - Hôpital Morvan - Hématologie Clinique

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Brest, France

CHU ANGERS - Maladies du sang

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Angers, France

CHU Estaing - Hématologie Clinique Adulte

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Clermont-Ferrand, France

Hôpital Saint-Eloi - Hématologie Clinique

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Montpellier, France

Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse Oncopole - Service d'Hématologie

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Toulouse, France

CHU Nancy - Hopitaux Brabois

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Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France

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