E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CP-CML) patients in major molecular response. |
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MedDRA Classification |
E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | Yes |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
To assess the efficacy of pioglitazone therapy in combination with imatinib in CML patients with residual molecular disease after imatinib monotherapy. |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
A. To determine the safety of pioglitazone therapy in combination with imatinib B. To assess the biological activity of the combination in vivo C. To investigate the relationship between biological activity and efficacy of the combination D. To determine the duration of effect in term of molecular response E. To document the rate of progression free survival and overall survival. F. To discontinue therapy in patients in complete molecular response for 2 years after the initiation of pioglitazone.
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
1. Patient aged 18y or more 2. Signed informed consent 3. Patient with Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic phase CML and M BCR-ABL transcript positivity 4. Treatment with imatinib for more than 2 years 5. No dose modification of imatinib within the last 3 months 6. Complete cytogenetic response on the last cytogenetic analysis within the last 12 months 7. Major molecular remission without complete molecular remission 8. ECOG grade 0 to 2 9. SGOT et SGPT ≤ 2.5 N 10. Bilirubin in serum ≤ 1.5 N 11. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must be using an adequate method of contraception
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1. Pregnant or lactating women, 2. Participation in another clinical trial with any investigative drug within 30 days prior to study enrolment, 3. Prior history of hématopoietic stem cell transplantation (autologous or allogenic) 4. Patient requiring anti-diabetic medication 5. Cardiovascular disease: • Stage I to IV congestive heart failure (CHF) as determined by the New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification system for heart failure. Note: patients with NYHA • Myocardial infarction within the previous 6 months • Symptomatic cardiac arrhythmia requiring treatment 6. Grade III or IV fluid retention 7. Known osteoporosis with therapy
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
The rate of patients achieving a complete molecular response (Sensitivity 10-5 or Bcr-Abl/Abl ratio < 0.001 %) 24 weeks after the initiation of pioglitazone, confirmed on by a second determination 2 months later. |
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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 | Yes |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | Yes |
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 | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.7.1.3 | Other | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | No |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | No |
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) | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.2.3 | Other | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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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 | 24 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | Information not present in EudraCT |
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 | 4 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |