Study of Decitabine Alone or in Combination With Valproic Acid and All-trans Retinoic Acid in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (DECIDER)
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Acute Myeloid Leukemia focused on measuring Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Low-dose Decitabine, Valproic acid, All-trans retinoic acid, Older Patients
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Written informed consent obtained according to international guidelines and local law;
- Male or female patients aged > 60 years without upper age limit;
- Patients with primary or secondary AML according to WHO (≥ 20% blasts in the peripheral blood (pB) or bone marrow (BM)) who are not expected to benefit from standard remission-induction chemotherapy;
- Patients with < 30 000 leukocytes/μl;
- Performance status ECOG 0, 1, 2;
- Creatinine < 2.0 mg/dl (unless leukemia-related);
- Ability to understand the nature of the study and the study related procedures and to comply with them.
Exclusion Criteria:
- AML of FAB subtype M3;
- Previous remission-induction chemotherapy for MDS or AML, previous allografting;
- Previous treatment with DAC, 5-azacytidine, VPA or another HDAC inhibitor, or ATRA;
- "Low-dose" chemotherapy (e.g. hydroxyurea, cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C), melphalan, clofarabine etc.) within 4 weeks prior to DAC treatment, except for cytoreduction of leukocytosis ≥ 30 000/μl with hydroxyurea or Ara-C as proscribed by the study protocol (section 7.3 and 7.4); the patient must have recovered from all clinically relevant reversible non-hematologic toxicities;
- Treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors, immunomodulating agents (IMIDS) or other investigational AML treatment within the last 4 weeks or in a time period of drug half-life x 5 (whatever is shorter) before the first administration of DAC;
- Treatment with cytokines within previous 4 weeks;
- Concomitant therapy which is considered relevant for the evaluation of efficacy or safety of the trial drug (i.e. other chemo- or immunotherapy);
- Other malignancy requiring treatment (previous chemotherapy for other malignancies is not an exclusion criteria);
- Cardiac insufficiency NYHA IV;
- Insufficient hepatic function (bilirubin, AST or ALT > = 2.5 x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN)) (unless leukemia-related);
- Fatal hepatic function disorder during treatment with valproic acid in siblings;
- Hepatic porphyria;
- Manifest serious pancreatic function disorder;
- Plasmatic coagulation disorder not related to AML;
- Known active hepatitis B or C;
- Known HIV infection;
- Other uncontrolled active infections;
- Known allergy against soy beans or peanuts;
- Psychiatric disorder that interferes with treatment;
- Patient without legal capacity who is unable to understand the nature, significance and consequences of the study;
- Known hypersensitivity to, or intolerance of, one of the trial drugs, another retinoid or the excipients of the trial drugs;
- Concomitant use of any other investigational drug or participation in a clinical trial within the last thirty days before the start of this study; simultaneous participation in registry and diagnostic trials is allowed;
- Female patients who are pregnant or breast feeding;
- Fertile patients refusing to use safe contraceptive methods during the study (for details see clinical trial protocol section 5.3);
- Known or persistent abuse of medication, drugs or alcohol.
Sites / Locations
- Klinikum der Technischen Universität Aachen
- Vivantes Klinikum Neukölln
- Augusta-Kranken-Anstalt gGmbH
- Klinikum Braunschweig
- DIAKO Ev. Diakonie-Krankenhaus gGmbH
- Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf
- Marien Hospital Düsseldorf
- Klinikum Esslingen GmbH
- Universität Frankfurt
- Medizinische Universitätsklinik Freiburg
- St. Marien-Hospital Hagen
- Universitätsklinikum Halle
- Evangelisches Krankenhaus Hamm gGmbH
- Med. Hochschule Hannover
- Universitätsklinikum Jena
- Ortenau Klinikum Lahr-Ettenheim
- Caritas Krankenhaus Lebach
- Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR
- Klinikum Lüdenscheid
- Philipps-Universität Marburg
- TU München
- University of Münster Medical Center
- Ortenau Klinikum
- Studienzentrum Onkologie Ravensburg
- Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- Universitätsklinikum Ulm
- Klinikum Villingen-Schwenningen
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Decitabine
Decitabine+VPA
Decitabine+ATRA
Decitabine+VPA+ATRA
i.v. Decitabine 20 mg/m² over 1h, 5 days (total dose 100 mg/m²), repeated every 4 weeks
i.v. Decitabine 20 mg/m² over 1h, 5 days (total dose 100 mg/m²), repeated every 4 weeks, and VPA (p.o.) from day 6 of first cycle continuously throughout all treatment cycles
i.v. Decitabine 20 mg/m² over 1h, 5 days (total dose 100 mg/m²), repeated every 4 weeks and ATRA (45 mg/m² p.o.) from day 6 to day 28 of each treatment cycle
i.v. Decitabine 20 mg/m² over 1h, 5 days (total dose 100 mg/m²), repeated every 4 weeks and VPA (p.o.) from day 6 continuously throughout all treatment cycles and ATRA (45 mg/m² p.o.), from day 6 to day 28 of each treatment cycle