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Reduced Intensity Conditioning Regimens for Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Reduced Intensity Conditioning With Fludarabine and Busulfan Versus Fludarabine and Melphalan Before Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation for Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome: A Randomised, Multi-Center, Phase III Study

Status
Enrolling by invitation
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05674539
Enrollment
200
Registered
2023-01-06
Start date
2023-02-15
Completion date
2025-12-30
Last updated
2025-02-10

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Conditions

Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Adult, Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Myelodysplastic Syndrome(MDS)

Keywords

hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), reduced intensity conditioning (RIC), Acute Myeloid Leukemia(AML), Myelodysplastic Syndrome(MDS)

Brief summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare outcomes of two reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens (fludarabine plus busulfan and fludarabine plus melphalan) in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) patients. The main questions it aims to answer are: * The safety of two reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens (fludarabine plus busulfan and fludarabine plus melphalan) in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for adult AML/MDS patients with HCT-CI≥3 or aged ≥55 years. * The efficacy of two reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens (fludarabine plus busulfan and fludarabine plus melphalan) in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for adult AML/MDS patients with HCT-CI≥3 or aged ≥55 years. Participants will be randomized to one of two reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens (fludarabine plus busulfan and fludarabine plus melphalan)

Detailed description

Patients are randomized to one of two reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens: the combination of fludarabine (30 mg/m\^2/day, days -6 to days -2, the total dase is 150 mg/m\^2) and busulfan (3.2 mg/kg/day, days -3 to days -2, the total dose is 6.4 mg/kg) (Flu/Bu) or fludarabine (30 mg/m\^2/day, days -6 to days -2, the total dose is 150 mg/m\^2) and melphalan (70 mg/m\^2/day, days -3 to days -2, the total dose is 140 mg/m\^2) (Flu/Mel). A total of 200 patients (100 to each arm) will be recruited in this study over a period of two years. Patients will be followed for up to 18 months from allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Interventions

Fludarabine with total dose of 150 mg/m\^2 in combination with Busulfan with total dose of 6.4 mg/kg

Fludarabine with total dose of 150 mg/m\^2 in combination with Melphalan with total dose of 140 mg/m\^2

Sponsors

Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Participants will be randomized to one of two reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens (fludarabine plus busulfan and fludarabine plus melphalan)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Age equal or more than 18 years old. * Patients diagnosed with AML or MDS. * Patients who have related or unrelated bone marrow or peripheral blood donors and plan to undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. * Hct-specific complication index score (HCT-CI) more than or equal to 3 or the age of Patients ≥55 years. * Sign the informed consent, promise to abide by the research procedures, and cooperate with the implementation of the whole process of the research.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with central nervous system involvement. * Patients with HIV seropositive. * Patients with other serious diseases and a life expectancy of less than six months * Patients with severe mental or psychological disorders. * Patients without written informed consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Progression-Free Survival (PFS)18 months post-randomizationSurvival without relapse or progression of the primary disease. Kaplan-Meier (KM) method was used to estimate median PFS.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Non-Relapse Mortality (NRM)18 months post-randomizationDeath not due to recurrence or progression of the primary disease. Recurrence was considered as a competing risk event, and the Gray test was used for statistical analysis.
Overall Survival (OS)18 months post-randomizationOverall survival is defined as survival duration from the date of randomization to the date of death from any cause. Kaplan-Meier (KM) method was used to estimate median OS
Disease Relapse18 months post-randomizationRelapse of the primary disease. Non-relapse mortality (TRM) was considered as a competing risk event, and Gray's test was used for statistical analysis.
Percentage of Participants With Severe Acute Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD)Day 100 post-transplantAcute GVHD is graded according to the scoring system proposed by Przepiorka et al.1995: Skin stage: 0: No rash Rash \<25% of body surface area Rash on 25-50% of body surface area Rash on \> 50% of body surface area Generalized erythroderma with bullous formation Liver stage (based on bilirubin level)\*: 0: \<2 mg/dL 2-3 mg/dL 3.01-6 mg/dL 6.01-15.0 mg/dL \>15 mg/dL GI stage\*: 0: No diarrhea or diarrhea \<500 mL/day Diarrhea 500-999 mL/day or persistent nausea with histologic evidence of GVHD Diarrhea 1000-1499 mL/day Diarrhea \>1500 mL/day Severe abdominal pain with or without ileus \* If multiple etiologies are listed for liver or GI, the organ system is downstaged by 1. GVHD grade: 0: All organ stages 0 or GVHD not listed as an etiology I: Skin stage 1-2 and liver and GI stage 0 II: Skin stage 3 or liver or GI stage 1 III: Liver stage 2-3 or GI stage 2-4 IV: Skin or liver stage 4
Percentage of Participants With Chronic GVHD18 months post-transplantChronic GVHD is classified as the occurrence of mild, moderate, or severe chronic GVHD per 2005 NIH Consensus Criteria (Filipovich et al. 2005)

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of Participants With ToxicitiesDays 1 to 60 post-transplantThe severity of oral ulcer or diarrhea in the early stage after transplantation, clinically significant abnormal laboratory findings.
Number of Lymphocyte SubsetsDays 28, days 60, 3 months post-transplant, 6 months post-transplant, 12months post-transplant, 18 months post-transplantNumber of Lymphocyte Subsets of Participants
Incidence and Percentage of Severe Infection18 months post-transplantList the type, number, and severity of infection events
Percentage of Participants With Neutrophil and Platelet EngraftmentDays 7 to 60 post-transplantNeutrophil engraftment is defined as achieving an absolute neutrophil count greater than 500x10\^6/liter for 3 continuous measurements on different days. The first of the 3 days will be labeled as the day of neutrophil engraftment. Platelet engraftment is defined as achieving platelet counts greater than 20,000/microliter for continuous measurements over 7 days without requiring platelet transfusions. The first day of the 7 days will be marked as the day of platelet engraftment.

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

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