Decitabine, Donor Natural Killer Cells, and Aldesleukin in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia

This is an interventional treatment trial for Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) Abnormalities focused on measuring AML, acute myeloid leukemia, decitabine Read More

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with relapsed or refractory AML

  • Patients without a response after two cycles of decitabine
  • Patients with primary refractory AML (persistent disease after standard induction with 7+3) or relapsed AML
  • Patients who have relapsed post-allogeneic transplant
• Patients with secondary AML or therapy related disease (t-AML) are eligible; patients who received decitabine or 5-azacytidine as prior treatment for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) remain eligible
• Patients with central nervous system (CNS) leukemia are eligible as long as they have received treatment and most recent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is negative for leukemia
• If the patient has co-morbid medical illness, life expectancy attributed to the comorbid illness must be greater than 6 months
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 2
• Total bilirubin < 2.0 mg/dL
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)(serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT)(serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) < 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
• Creatinine < 2.0 mg/dL
• New York Heart Association (NYHA) congestive heart failure (CHF) class II or better
• 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 the duration of study participation; if the patient does not agree, the patient is not eligible; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
• Ability to understand and willingness to sign the written informed consent document
• Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection without acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-defining criteria are eligible
• DONOR: Donors must be human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-haploidentical first-degree relatives of the patient; eligible donors include biological parents, siblings or half-siblings, or children
• DONOR: Donor must be in general good health and eligible for apheresis as determined by the medical provider
• DONOR: HLA-haploidentical donor/recipient match by at least class I serologic typing at the HLA-A and B loci
• DONOR: Willing and able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 2 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study
• Patients receiving any other investigational agents or patients that have received other investigational agents within 14 days of enrollment
• Patients with history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to decitabine that are not easily managed
• Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, serious cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements; as infection is a common feature of AML, patients with active infection are permitted to enroll provided that the infection is under control
• Patients with serious medical or psychiatric illness likely to interfere with participation in this clinical study
• Pregnant women or women who are breastfeeding are excluded from this study; confirmation that the subject is not pregnant must be established by a negative serum B-human chorionic gonadotropin (B-hCG) pregnancy test result obtained during screening; pregnancy testing is not required for post-menopausal or surgically sterilized women
• Patients with metastatic malignant solid tumors who received treatment in the past 6 months are excluded
• DONOR: Pregnancy
• DONOR: HIV