Cytarabine With or Without SCH 900776 in Treating Adult Patients With Relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01870596 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : June 6, 2013
Results First Posted : September 1, 2016
Last Update Posted : September 1, 2016
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Adult Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia Adult Acute Monoblastic Leukemia Adult Acute Monocytic Leukemia Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Inv(16)(p13.1q22); CBFB-MYH11 Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Maturation Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Minimal Differentiation Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(16;16)(p13.1;q22); CBFB-MYH11 Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(8;21)(q22;q22); RUNX1-RUNX1T1 Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(9;11)(p22;q23); MLLT3-MLL Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia Without Maturation Adult Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia Adult Erythroleukemia Adult Pure Erythroid Leukemia Alkylating Agent-Related Acute Myeloid Leukemia Recurrent Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Drug: Cytarabine Drug: CHK1 Inhibitor SCH 900776 Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis | Phase 2 |
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To compare the rates of complete remission (CR) plus CR with incomplete recovery (CRi) achieved with cytosine arabinoside (ara-C) (cytarabine) plus the checkpoint kinase 1 (CHK1) inhibitor MK-8776 (Chk1 inhibitor SCH 900776) vs. ara-C alone for adults (ages 18-75) with relapsed acute myelogenous leukemia (AML).
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate and compare the toxicities of ara-C + MK-8776 vs. ara-C alone. II. To determine the disease free and overall survival of those achieving response to treatment.
III. To determine the impact of MK-8776 on AML blast cell deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) repair protein expression profiles and correlate the expression profiles with CR/CRi in response to ara-C + MK-8776 vs. ara-C alone.
IV. To evaluate and compare the amount of DNA damage induced in AML blasts by ara-C + MK-8776 vs. ara-C.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
ARM A: Patients receive cytarabine intravenously (IV) continuously over 72 hours on days 1-3 and 10-12 and Chk1 inhibitor SCH 900776 IV over 30 minutes on days 2, 3, 11, and 12.
ARM B: Patients receive cytarabine as in Arm A.
In both arms, courses may repeat every 28 days.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up periodically.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 32 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Randomized Phase II Trial of Timed Sequential Cytosine Arabinoside (Ara-C) With and Without the Checkpoint Kinase 1 (CHK1) Inhibitor MK-8776 in Adults With Relapsed AML |
Study Start Date : | May 2013 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2014 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2014 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Arm A (cytarabine, Chk1 inhibitor SCH 900776)
Patients receive cytarabine IV continuously over 72 hours on days 1-3 and 10-12 and Chk1 inhibitor SCH 900776 IV over 30 minutes on days 2, 3, 11, and 12.
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Drug: Cytarabine
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: CHK1 Inhibitor SCH 900776 Given IV
Other Name: SCH 900776 Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Correlative studies |
Active Comparator: Arm B (cytarabine)
Patients receive cytarabine as in Arm A.
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Drug: Cytarabine
Given IV
Other Names:
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Correlative studies |
- Response Rate(CR/CRi) Rate [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]For descriptive purposes, the CR/CRi (complete response/Complete response with incomplete blood count recovery) rate will be reported at the end of the study separately for Arm A and Arm B. Responses are following definitions consistent with those published by Dohner H, Estey EH, Amadori S, et al. CR is defined as Bone marrow showing less than 5% myeloblasts with normal maturation of all cell lines, an ANC of at least 1000/μL and a platelet count of 100,000/μL, absence of blasts in peripheral blood, absence of identifiable leukemic cells in the bone marrow, clearance of disease-associated cytogenetic abnormalities, and clearance of any previously existing extramedullary disease. CRi: All CR criteria except for residual neutropenia (ANC < 1000/μL)

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adults with the established, pathologically confirmed diagnosis of relapsed AML
- AML that has relapsed at least once or is primary induction failure
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2
- Patients must be able to give informed consent
- Female patients of childbearing age must have negative pregnancy test
- Serum creatinine =< 2.0 mg/dl
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =< 5 x upper limit normal (ULN), unless due to Gilbert's, hemolysis or leukemic infiltration
- Alkaline phosphatase =< 5 x ULN, unless due to Gilbert's, hemolysis or leukemic infiltration
- Bilirubin =< 2.0 mg/dl, unless due to Gilbert's, hemolysis or leukemic infiltration
- Left ventricular ejection fraction >= 45% by multi gated acquisition scan (MUGA) or echocardiogram
- Baseline Fridericia corrected QT (QTcF) < 480 msec
- Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for 30 days after study participation; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
- Patients who have undergone stem cell transplantation (SCT), autologous or allogeneic, are eligible provided that they are >= 4 weeks from stem cell infusion, have no active graft-vs-host disease (GVHD), and meet other eligibility criteria
- Patients who fail primary induction therapy or relapse after achieving complete remission (CR) are eligible if they have undergone no more than 2 prior cytotoxic regimens (a regimen is described as a distinctive planned collection of agent[s] and/or modalities to be utilized together during a cycle or course of therapy; i.e., induction+consolidation with or without stem cell transplant [SCT]), >= 2 weeks off cytotoxic chemotherapy, and >= 2 weeks off radiation therapy; patients must be off biologic therapies including hematopoietic growth factors >= 2 weeks; if using hydroxyurea (HU), steroids, imatinib or other tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), interferon, or other non-cytotoxics for blast count control, patient must be off for >= 24 hours (hrs) before starting MK-8776
- Fluvoxamine and ciprofloxacin must be stopped 7 days prior to day 1 of therapy, and be excluded during administration of study therapy; if the subject is using any of the other drugs that are cytochrome P4501A2 (CYP1A2) or P-glycoprotein (PgP) inhibitors, substitution should be considered and administration of these drugs should be avoided on the days of administration of MK-8776; in addition, smoking should be avoided and cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) substrates with a narrow therapeutic index should be avoided: alfentanil, astemizole, cisapride, cyclosporine, diergotamine, ergotamine, fentanyl, pimozide, quinidine, sirolimus, tacrolimus, terfenadine
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any previous treatment with MK-8776
- Considered refractory or treatment failure to most recent treatment regimen, unless primary refractory
- Concomitant chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or immunotherapy
- Hyperleukocytosis with >= 50,000 blasts/uL (if using HU, steroids, tyrosine kinase/src inhibitors (including fms-related tyrosine kinase 3 [FLT3] inhibitors), arsenic, interferon or leukapheresis for blast count control, patient must be off those agents for 24 hours prior to beginning ara-C +/- MK-8776)
- Acute progranulocytic leukemia (APL, M3)
- Active disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
- Active central nervous system (CNS) leukemia
- Active, uncontrolled infection; patients with infection under active treatment and controlled with antibiotics are eligible
- Presence of other life-threatening illness
- Patients with mental deficits and/or psychiatric history that preclude them from giving informed consent or from following protocol
- Pregnant women are excluded from this study; breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with MK-8776
- History of Fridericia corrected QT (QTcF) prolongation greater than grade 1 or 480 msec
- Subjects with the following cardiac risk factors must be excluded: transmural myocardial infarction (MI) within prior 6 months, severe/unstable angina pectoris, coronary/peripheral artery bypass graft, cerebrovascular accident or transient ischemic attack (TIA) or seizure disorder within 6 months prior to study drug administration
- Subjects with history of risk factors for torsades de pointes: clinical history of heart failure (New York Heart Association [NYHA] class III or IV), hypo- or hyper-kalemia or hypomagnesemia (supplementation to bring levels within normal limits prior to administration of MK-8776 is acceptable) or family history of Long QT Syndrome
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients receiving anti-retroviral therapy or who have a prior history of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) indicator conditions, other than history of lymphoma more than 3 years remote

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01870596
United States, Arizona | |
Mayo Clinic in Arizona | |
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85259 | |
United States, Georgia | |
Blood and Marrow Transplant Group of Georgia | |
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30342 | |
United States, Maryland | |
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Hospital | |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231 | |
Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center | |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287 | |
United States, Minnesota | |
Mayo Clinic | |
Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905 |
Principal Investigator: | B. Smith | Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Hospital |
Responsible Party: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01870596 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
NCI-2013-01097 NCI-2013-01097 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) ) J1319 ( Other Identifier: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Hospital ) 9362 ( Other Identifier: CTEP ) U01CA070095 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) P30CA006973 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | June 6, 2013 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | September 1, 2016 |
Last Update Posted: | September 1, 2016 |
Last Verified: | July 2016 |
Leukemia Leukemia, Myeloid Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Myeloproliferative Disorders Bone Marrow Diseases |
Hematologic Diseases Cytarabine Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic Antimetabolites Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents Immunosuppressive Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs |