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CAV Regimen for R/R AML

Venetoclax, Cladribine Plus Low-dose Cytarabine for Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia: a Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Study

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05657639
Enrollment
68
Registered
2022-12-20
Start date
2022-10-01
Completion date
2026-10-01
Last updated
2025-12-29

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Conditions

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Keywords

venetoclax, cladribine, cytarabine, relapsed/refractory AML

Brief summary

This study aims to investigate the efficacy and safety of cladribine, combined with low-dose cytarabine and venetoclax (CAV regimen) for relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia (R/R AML).

Detailed description

Patients with relapse/refractory (R/R) acute myeloid leukemia often show resistance to conventional chemotherapy and have dismal prognosis. Salvage therapy using venetoclax combined with hypomethylation drugs achieved an overall response rate of only approximately 40% in R/R AML. Cladribine, a purine analogue, exerts cytotoxic, proapoptotic, and antiproliferative effects on AML cells.The efficacy of cladribine plus cytarabine and venetoclax in R/R AML has not been reported.

Interventions

DRUGCAV Regimen

Cladribine 5 mg/m2/day , cytarabine 20mg q12h, venetoclax 100mg d1, 200 d2, 400 mg/day from day 3 to day 21.

DRUGMEC Regimen

Mitoxantrone 8mg/m2 d1-5, etoposide 100mg/m2 d1-5, cytarabine 1g/m2 d1-5

Sponsors

The Second People's Hospital of Huai'an
CollaboratorOTHER
The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical University
CollaboratorOTHER
Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University
CollaboratorOTHER
Suzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
CollaboratorOTHER
Jining Medical University
CollaboratorOTHER
The First People's Hospital of Changzhou
CollaboratorOTHER
The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University
CollaboratorOTHER
First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University
CollaboratorOTHER
YANCHENG NO.1 PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Kaifeng Central Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Aged 16-70 years old. 2. Diagnosed with R/R AML. 3. Patients with AML must meet one of the following criteria, A or B: A: Refractory AML disease was defined as follows: (1) failure to attain CR following exposure to at least 2 courses of standard or intensive induction therapy; or (2) bone marrow leukemia cell decline index (BMCDI) \< 50% and \> 20% after 1 course of standard or intensive induction therapy. B: Relapsed AML disease was defined as follows: (1) reappearance of leukemic blasts in the peripheral blood after CR; or (2) detection of ≥ 5% blasts in the BM not attributable to another cause (e.g., BM regeneration after consolidation therapy); or (3) extramedullary relapse. 4\. ECOG performance status score less than 2. 5. Expected survival time ≥12 weeks. 6. Without serious heart, lung, liver, or kidney dysfunction. 7. Able to understand and provide informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients who are allergic to the study drug or drugs with similar chemical structures. 2. Pregnant or lactating women, and women of childbearing age who do not want to practice effective methods of contraception. 3. Active infection. 4. Active bleeding. 5. Patients with new thrombosis, embolism, cerebral hemorrhage, or other diseases or a medical history within one year before enrollment. 6. Patients with mental disorders or other conditions. 7. Liver function abnormalities (total bilirubin \> 1.5 times of the upper limit of the normal range, ALT/AST \> 2.5 times of the upper limit of the normal range or patients with liver involvement whose ALT/AST \> 1.5 times the upper limit of the normal range), or renal dysfunction (Ccr\<50ml/h). 8. Patients with a history of clinically significant QTc interval prolongation (male \> 450 ms; female \> 470 ms), ventricular heart tachycardia and atrial fibrillation, II-degree heart block, myocardial infarction attack within one year before enrollment, and congestive heart failure, and patients with coronary heart disease who have clinical symptoms and requiring drug treatment. 9. Patients who relapsed after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. 10. Drug abuse or long-term alcohol abuse that would affect the evaluation results. 11. Patients who have received organ transplants. 12. Patients not suitable for the study according to the investigator's assessment.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Overall response rate (ORR)ORR assessment is measured on days 21 from the start of CAV regimenThe overall response (completed remission, completed remission with incomplete blood count recovery, morphologic leukemia-free state and partial remission)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Overall Survival (OS)2 yearsOS is measured from the time of enrollment to this study to the date of death from any cause; patients not known to have died at last follow-up are censored on the date they were last known to be alive.
Event-free survival (EFS)2 yearsEFS is measured from the time of enrollment to this study to treatment failure or relapse or any cause of death.
Treatment-related mortality (TRM)2 monthsDeath due to treatment (within 8 weeks) during and after completion of chemotherapy.
Adverse events (AEs)2 monthsIt is evaluated and graded according to CTCAE 5.0.

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactSheng-Li Xue, M. D.
slxue@suda.edu.cn008651267781139

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026