E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Acute Myeloid Leukaemia and High Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
Acute Myeloid Leukaemia and High Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Cancer [C04] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
There are two distinct parts to this trial.
For patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) (other than acute promyelocytic leukaemia) and high risk myelodysplastic syndrome:
- To compare two induction chemotherapy schedules D(90)A versus D(60)A in course 1, followed by D(50)A as course 2 in both arms.
- To compare three versus four courses of treatment in total, comparing one versus two courses of HD-Ara-C in consolidation.
- In high risk patients to compare novel treatment, Daunorubicin/Clofarabine vs standard FLAG-Ida.
- In high risk patients, evaluate the value of allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT), whether standard allogeneic (allo-SCT) or non-myeloablative ―mini‖ allogeneic (mini-SCT).
- To assess the clinical value of minimal residual disease (MRD) monitoring for patients‘ overall survival.
For patients with acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL):
- To compare the Idarubicin based, AIDA Schedule with the chemo-free combination of ATRA and Arsenic Trioxide. |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
Blood and bone marrow will be required at diagnosis, during remission and at relapse to evaluate the therapeutic relevance of morphological, cytogenetic, molecular-genetic and immunophenotypic assessments, with particular respect to:
- The relevance of the molecular and immunophenotypic detection of minimal residual disease
- The relevance of the presence of a cytogenetic abnormality in the bone marrow of patients in morphological remission.
- To correlate plasma arsenic levels with disease response and treatment-related toxicities including differentiation syndrome in APL patients allocated to receive ATO therapy
- To store excess diagnostic material for future research. |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
Inclusion Criteria for Non APL Leukaemia
Patients:
- They have one of the forms of acute myeloid leukaemia as defined by the WHO Classification (Appendix A) — this can be any type of de novo or secondary AML or high risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (defined as >10% bone marrow blasts).
- Patients with acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL) are eligible and should be entered into the randomisations specifically for APL (see Section 19).
- They are considered suitable for intensive chemotherapy.
- They should normally be under the age of 60, but patients over this age are eligible if intensive therapy is considered a suitable option.
- Patients must have liver function tests within twice the upper limit of the normal local range to receive Mylotarg in course 2 for the Core Binding Factor Leukaemia subset.
- Women of child-bearing potential (ie women who are pre-menopausal or not surgically sterile) must use acceptable contraceptive methods (abstinence. Intrauterine device (IUD) and must have a negative pregnancy test within 2 weeks of trial entry. Pregnant or nursing patients are excluded. Sexually active men must also use acceptable contraceptive methods
- They have given written informed consent.
Inclusion Criteria for APL Patients:
- Signed written informed consent
- Clinical diagnosis of APL and subsequently confirmed to have PML-RARA fusion
- Age > 15 years
- WHO performance status 0-2
- Serum total bilirubin < 2.0 mg/dL (≤51 umol/L)
- Serum creatinine < 3.0 mg/dL (< 260 μmol/L)
- Women of child-bearing potential (ie women who are pre-menopausal or not surgically sterile) must use acceptable contraceptive methods (abstinence. Intrauterine device (IUD) and must have a negative pregnancy test within 2 weeks of trial entry. Pregnant or nursing patients are excluded. Sexually active men must also use acceptable contraceptive methods. |
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
Patients are not eligible for the AML17 trial if:
- They have previously received cytotoxic chemotherapy for AML. [Hydroxycarbamide, or similar low-dose therapy, to control the white count prior to initiation of intensive therapy is not an exclusion.]
- They are in blast transformation of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML).
- Have a LV ejection fraction of <45% (such patients can be placed on to the D(60)A arm
- They have a concurrent active malignancy.
- They are pregnant or lactating.
-The physician and patient consider that intensive therapy is not an appropriate treatment option.
Exclusion criteria for APL patients:
- Age < 16
- Active malignancy at time of study entry
- Lack of subsequent diagnostic confirmation of PML-RARA fusion at molecular level
- Significant arrhythmias, ECG abnormalities or neuropathy
- Cardiac contraindications for intensive chemotherapy (L-VEF <50%)
- Uncontrolled, life-threatening infections.
- Severe uncontrolled pulmonary or cardiac disease.
- Pregnant or lactating. |
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
Primary endpoints are:
Complete remission (CR) achievement and reasons for failure (for induction questions).
Duration of remission, relapse rates and deaths in first CR.
Overall survival.
Toxicity, both haematological and non-haematological.
Quality of life for patients in the disease monitoring randomisation.
Supportive care requirements (and other aspects of health economics.
For APL patients, the primary endpoints are:
- To compare quality of life and toxicity and resource usage of patients receiving the AIDA or the chemo-free treatment of ATRA + Arsenic Trioxide. |
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
Remission status will be assessed during/end of induction therapy and during/end of consolidation therapy, at 1 year follow up and at relapse/death.
Toxicity will be assessed during and at the end of therapy.
Quality of life assessments will be done at 3, 6 and 12 months after treatment. APL patients will have quality of life assessments at 3, 6, 12 and 24 months from diagnosis.
Health economics information on resource usage will be collected during treatment, follow up and at relapse. |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
Blood and bone marrow will be required at diagnosis, during remission and at relapse to evaluate the therapeutic relevance of morphological, cytogenetic, molecular-genetic and immunophenotypic assessments, with particular respect to:
- The relevance of the molecular and immunophenotypic detection of minimal residual disease.
- The relevance of the presence of a cytogenetic abnormality in the bone marrow of patients in morphological remission.
- To correlate plasma arsenic levels with disease response and treatment-related toxicities including differentiation syndrome in APL patients allocated to receive ATO therapy.
- To store excess diagnostic material for future research.
For APL patients, secondary endpoints will be:
- To compare CR, OS and relapse rates in the two arms.
- To compare the kinetics of MRD in the two arms.
- To correlate plasma arsenic levels with disease response and treatment-related toxicities in APL patients allocated to receive arsenic trioxide therapy. |
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
Blood and bone marrow samples will be collected at diagnosis, during remission and at relapse.
For APL patients and analysis of plasma arsenic levels, 3 blood samples will be taken during induction therapy.
For APL patients, bone marrow samples will be taken after each consolidation course and then at 3-monthly intervals for 36 months for MRD monitoring. |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | Yes |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | Yes |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | Yes |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 5 |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
| No |
E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 7 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | Yes |
E.8.5.1 | Number of sites anticipated in the EEA | 160 |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | Yes |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.6.3 | If E.8.6.1 or E.8.6.2 are Yes, specify the regions in which trial sites are planned |
Denmark |
New Zealand |
United Kingdom |
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E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | Yes |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 6 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 6 |