A Phase I/II Multicenter, National, Open-Label Study of Panobinostat in Combination With Idarubicin and Cytarabine in Patients Aged 65 Years or Older With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloblastic Leukaemia (AML)
A phase Ib will be initially performed to establish the MTD of panobinostat that can be
administered in combination with the classic regimen of idarubicin and cytarabine in
patients aged 65 years or older. This MTD will be established in the induction cycle. For
this purpose, the first patients enrolled in the trial will be successively distributed into
three cohorts of patients for each dose level of panobinostat (20 mg, 30 mg, 40 mg) in
combination with idarubicin and cytarabine, according to the classical 3+3 schedule (vid
section 5.2). In case of an unacceptable toxicity in the first dose step (20 mg), a dose
reduction to a -1 step will be considered (10 mg). Patients included in the phase Ib part of
the study will continue throughout the treatment with the starting dose of panobinostat
corresponding to the step to which they were initially assigned (except for those patients
receiving a dose higher than the MTD which will be deescalated to the MTD). 9 additional
patients will be included at the MTD dose level to confirm the safety of this dose.
Once the MTD of panobinostat is determined, during the phase II of the study, up to a total
of 46 patients will be recruited (40 of them at the MTD dose) and the scheduled assessments
and visits will be carried out in three periods: Pre-treatment, Treatment, and Follow-up.
The pre-treatment period includes the screening visit where the written informed consent for
participating in the study is obtained. Then, during the screening visit that is completed
14 days before the baseline visit (Days -14 to -1), patients are assessed for eligibility.
The patients eligible for inclusion in the study will start the treatment period where they
will receive two or three cycles of cytarabine and idarubicin in combination with
panobinostat (induction and consolidation, or induction, re-induction and consolidation)
followed by treatment with panobinostat as monotherapy (vid. schema in appendix 4). The
induction cycle will comprise of cytarabine 100 mg/m2 (Day 1 to 7) and idarubicin 8 mg/m2
(Days 1 to 3) followed by panobinostat administered three times a week for three weeks (Days
8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26) (Table 4 ). The patients will be assessed by bone marrow
aspiration on day +14 and at the moment of the recovery from aplasia.
If the patient experiences an unsatisfactory response, i.e. partial remission or resistant
disease after the first cycle, a second induction cycle, identical to the first one
(re-induction cycle), will be administered not sooner than seven days after receiving the
last dose of panobinostat (in the induction cycle).
If the patient reaches a complete morphological remission (or CRi) after the induction or
the re-induction cycles, then, in the absence of unacceptable toxicity, a consolidation
cycle, identical to the induction cycle, will be administered once recovered from aplasia
and always leaving the seven days of Panobinostat treatment free interval. If a patient does
not reach a CR or CRi after the re-induction, she/he will be removed from the protocol.
Then, after the recovery from the aplasia caused by the last consolidation, all patients
will be assessed for efficacy and safety, and, in the absence of relapse (i.e. patients in
CR or CRi) or unacceptable toxicity will turn to the maintenance phase, during which they
will receive single agent panobinostat at a dose of 40 mg with the following treatment
regimen: three times a week for a total duration of three weeks (Days 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12,
15, 17 and 19), followed by a rest period of 9 days (Table 5). This cycle will be repeated
every 28 days and a total of six cycles will be administered in the absence of relapse or
unacceptable toxicity. During this period, patients will be assessed monthly for efficacy
based on the hematimetric values (bone marrow aspirate will be performed every three months
and when relapse is suspected) and toxicity/vital signs until the end of treatment.
Finally, during the follow-up period that starts once the patient completes the treatment,
patients will be assessed for efficacy based on the hematimetric values (bone marrow
aspirate will be performed every six months and when relapse is suspected) and toxicity
every 3 months for one additional year.
Safety will be assessed by monitoring all adverse events, physical examination, vital signs,
cardiological examinations, and blood and biochemical tests. The left ventricular ejection
fraction (LVEF) will be assessed by echocardiography. The response to treatment will be
assessed according to the standard Cheson response criteria. Furthermore, the impact of MRD
in the prognosis of these patients will be assessed. For this purpose, MRD changes at
different treatment time points will be tested by multiparametric flow cytometry: at Day +14
post-induction, before starting the first consolidation cycle (this is to say at the moment
of achieving CR), at the start of maintenance therapy, every three months during this phase
and every six months during the follow-up period.
Interventional
Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
To establish the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of panobinostat in combination with idarubicin and cytarabine after an induction cycle in patients aged 65 years or older with newly diagnosed AML
1 year
Yes
Spain: Ministry of Health
PANOBIDARA
NCT00840346
September 2009
September 2012
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