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Pre-reinductive Decitabine and Vorinostat in Relapsed Lymphoblastic Lymphoma or Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

A Therapeutic Trial of Decitabine and Vorinostat in Combination With Chemotherapy (Vincristine, Prednisone, Doxorubicin and PEG-Asparaginase) for Relapsed/Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) or Lymphoblastic Lymphoma (LL)

Status
Terminated
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00882206
Enrollment
15
Registered
2009-04-16
Start date
2009-04-30
Completion date
2013-01-31
Last updated
2017-12-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Leukemia, Lymphoma

Keywords

recurrent adult lymphoblastic lymphoma, recurrent childhood lymphoblastic lymphoma, recurrent adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia, recurrent childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Brief summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Decitabine and vorinostat may alter the cancer cells by reversing the cancer pathways needed for cell growth. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) together with decitabine and vorinostat may kill more cancer cells than with chemotherapy alone. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving decitabine and vorinostat together with combination chemotherapy works in treating patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia or lymphoblastic lymphoma that has relapsed or not responded to treatment.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Patients undergo blood and bone marrow sample collection at baseline, on day 5, Day 19 and at the end of study treatment for correlative laboratory studies. Samples are analyzed for hypermethylation at diagnosis and demethylation post-exposure with decitabine and vorinostat using LINE methylation. OUTLINE: Patients receive decitabine IV over 1 hour and oral vorinostat twice daily on days 1-4; vincristine sulfate IV on days 5, 12, 19, and 26; oral prednisone twice daily on days 5-33; doxorubicin hydrochloride IV over 15 minutes and cytarabine intrathecally (IT) on day 5; pegaspargase IV or intramuscularly on days 6, 12, 19, and 26; and methotrexate\* IT on days 12 and 33. Patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive disease may also receive oral imatinib mesylate once daily on days 5-33. NOTE: \*Patients with central nervous system (CNS)-positive disease also receive methotrexate IT on days 19 and 26. Patients undergo blood and bone marrow sample collection at baseline, on day 5, Day 19 and at the end of study treatment for correlative laboratory studies. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed for 60 days.

Interventions

DRUGcytarabine

At baseline when peripheral blood draw and bone marrow aspirate performed. \*Intrathecal Cytarabine administered dependent upon age - ranging from 30 mg to 70 mg.

DRUGdecitabine

Days 1-4, 15 mg/m\^2 intravenously (IV) over 1 hour

DRUGdoxorubicin hydrochloride

Day 5, 60 mg/m\^2 intravenously (IV) over 15 minutes

DRUGimatinib mesylate

340 mg/m2 by mouth every day (rounded to the nearest 100 mg) for age \<18 years and 400 mg orally every day for \>18 years on Days 5-33.

DRUGmethotrexate

\*\*Intrathecal Methotrexate administered dependent upon age - ranging from 8 mg to 15 mg.

DRUGpegaspargase

2,500 IU/m2 IM or IV q week (days 6, 12, 19, 26)

DRUGprednisone

40mg/m2/day divided BID (days 5 - 33)

DRUGvincristine sulfate

1.5mg/m2 (max 2 mg) iv push q week (days 5, 12, 19, 26)

DRUGvorinostat

Days 1-4, (230 mg/m2)orally divided twice a day (max dose 400 mg daily)

Sponsors

Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
2 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Diagnosis of lymphoblastic lymphoma or acute lymphoblastic leukemia with ≥ 5% blasts in the bone marrow (M2/M3) (with or without extramedullary disease) that meets 1 of the following criteria: * Refractory disease/induction failure (failure to achieve initial remission after 2 lines of induction therapy) * Relapsed disease (in first relapse or higher) * Central nervous system (CNS)-positive disease allowed * Karnofsky performance status (PS) 50-100% (for patients ≥ 16 years of age) OR Lansky PS 50-100% (for patients \< 16 years of age) * Life expectancy ≥ 8 weeks * Creatinine clearance ≥ 70 mL/min OR maximum serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows: * 0.4 mg/dL (for patients 1 to 5 months of age) * 0.5 mg/dL (for patients 6 to 11 months of age) * 0.6 mg/dL (for patients 1 year of age) * 0.8 mg/dL (for patients 2 to 5 years of age) * 1.0 mg/dL (for patients 6 to 9 years of age) * 1.2 mg/dL (for patients 10 to 12 years of age) * 1.5 mg/dL (males) or 1.4 mg/dL (females) (for patients 13 to 15 years of age) * 1.7 mg/dL (males) or 1.4 mg/dL (females) (for patients ≥ 16 years of age) * ALT \< 5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) * Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times ULN for age * LVEF ≥ 40% by ECHO/MUGA scan * Shortening fraction \> 29% by ECHO/MUGA scan * Able to swallow capsules * Not pregnant or nursing * Negative pregnancy test * Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 2 months after completion of study treatment * No untreated positive blood cultures or progressive infections as assessed by radiographic studies * No known allergy to any of the agents or their ingredients used in this study * Patients with clinically significant prior allergies to pegaspargase may be treated with asparaginase-Erwinia, if available * Patients who cannot receive asparaginase on this study (e.g., due to prior pancreatitis, stroke, or other toxicity) are eligible provided they meet all other inclusion/

Exclusion criteria

* Recovered from prior therapy (defined as CTCAE v3.0 toxicity ≤ grade 1) * More than 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy for cancer other than hydroxyurea for patients with WBC \> 10,000/mm³ * At least 7 days since prior hematopoietic growth factors (14 days for pegfilgrastim) * At least 1 month since prior biologic therapy, such as monoclonal antibodies * At least 3 months since prior hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Response to TreatmentDay 33Response includes both complete remission (defined as \<5% leukemic blasts in the bone marrow) and partial remission (defined as a greater than 35% reduction in the bone marrow leukemia blast percentage at day 33)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Level of MethylationDay 0the percentage of methylated DNA

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Decitabine / Vorinostat
This is a therapeutic trial investigating the combination of decitabine 15 mg/m2 and vorinostat 230 mg/m2 (maximum daily dose not to exceed 400 mg) in relapsed/refractory ALL/LL patients prior to induction chemotherapy.
13
Total13

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicDecitabine / Vorinostat
Age, Continuous16 years
Region of Enrollment
United States
13 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
4 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
9 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
13 / 13
serious
Total, serious adverse events
8 / 13

Outcome results

Primary

Response to Treatment

Response includes both complete remission (defined as \<5% leukemic blasts in the bone marrow) and partial remission (defined as a greater than 35% reduction in the bone marrow leukemia blast percentage at day 33)

Time frame: Day 33

Population: The following participants were removed from the analysis: two patients had an early death; one patient had early disease progression; one patient was found to have nervous system involvement on day 5 of therapy; and one patient stopped study therapy due to toxicities.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Decitabine / VorinostatResponse to Treatment6 participants
Secondary

Level of Methylation

the percentage of methylated DNA

Time frame: Day 0

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Decitabine / VorinostatLevel of Methylation84.98 percentage of DNAStandard Deviation 1.48
Secondary

Level of Methylation

the percentage of methylated DNA

Time frame: Day 5

Population: The following participants were removed from the analysis: two patients had an early death; one patient had early disease progression; one patient was found to have nervous system involvement on day 5 of therapy; and one patient stopped study therapy due to toxicities.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Decitabine / VorinostatLevel of Methylation79.82 percentage of DNAStandard Deviation 3.04
Secondary

Level of Methylation

the percentage of methylated DNA

Time frame: Day 33

Population: The following participants were removed from the analysis: two patients had an early death; one patient had early disease progression; one patient was found to have nervous system involvement on day 5 of therapy; and one patient stopped study therapy due to toxicities.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Decitabine / VorinostatLevel of Methylation86.1 percentage of DNAStandard Deviation 1.87

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 7, 2026