Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Valspodar in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Acute Myeloid Leukemia
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00003190 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : October 28, 2003
Last Update Posted : June 4, 2013
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Adult Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia (M7) Adult Acute Minimally Differentiated Myeloid Leukemia (M0) Adult Acute Monoblastic Leukemia (M5a) Adult Acute Monocytic Leukemia (M5b) Adult Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia With Maturation (M2) Adult Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia Without Maturation (M1) Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) Abnormalities Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Del(5q) Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Inv(16)(p13;q22) Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(16;16)(p13;q22) Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(8;21)(q22;q22) Adult Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia (M4) Adult Erythroleukemia (M6a) Adult Pure Erythroid Leukemia (M6b) Untreated Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Drug: cytarabine Drug: daunorubicin hydrochloride Drug: etoposide Drug: valspodar | Phase 3 |
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine whether the addition of PSC-833 to induction chemotherapy improves complete response rates and whether the addition of PSC-833 to induction and consolidation chemotherapy improves survival for patients with AML >= 60 years.
II. To determine whether the administration of low-dose, subcutaneous rIL-2 immunotherapy with intermittent high-dose boluses after chemotherapy prolongs disease-free survival.
OUTLINE: This is a partially randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to participating center and disease characteristics (de novo acute myeloid leukemia (AML) versus AML with antecedent myelodysplasia). Patients are randomized to one of two maintenance therapy arms.
Arm I: Patients receive cytarabine IV continuously over 7 days and daunorubicin IV bolus followed by etoposide IV over 2 hours on days 1-3.
Arm II: Patients receive treatment as in arm I with the addition of PSC 833 induction. A loading dose of PSC 833 IV is given over 2 hours, followed by a 74-hour continuous infusion of PSC 833 beginning 2 hours before daunorubicin and etoposide. Patients may receive a second induction course if residual leukemia is present in the bone marrow. Patients who experience a complete remission (CR) and meet certain other criteria receive postremission chemotherapy consisting of cytarabine IV continuously over 5 days plus daunorubicin IV followed by etoposide IV over 2 hours on days 1 and 2. Patients who are randomized to receive PSC 833 during induction chemotherapy receive a loading dose of PSC 833 before beginning a 48-hour continuous infusion of PSC 833 concurrently with cytarabine/daunorubicin/etoposide postremission chemotherapy.
After completing postremission chemotherapy, patients are randomized to a no further treatment group or interleukin-2 (IL-2) immunotherapy. Treatment begins within 5 months of postremission chemotherapy. IL-2 immunotherapy consists of low-dose subcutaneous (SC) IL-2 on days 1-14, 19-28, 33-42, 47-56, 61-70, and 75-90 and high-dose bolus SC IL-2 on days 15-17, 29-31, 43-45, 57-59, and 71-73.
Patients are followed every 2 months for 2 years, every 6 months for 2 years, annually until the tenth year, and then at relapse.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 640 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase III Study of MDR Modulation With PSC-833 (NSC #648265) Followed by Immunotherapy With rIL-2 (NSC #373364) vs. No Further Therapy in Previously Untreated Patients With AML >60 Years |
Study Start Date : | January 1998 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | August 2002 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Arm I (cytarabine, daunorubicin, etoposide)
Patients receive cytarabine IV continuously over 7 days and daunorubicin IV bolus followed by etoposide IV over 2 hours on days 1-3.
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Drug: cytarabine
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: daunorubicin hydrochloride Given IV
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Drug: etoposide Given IV
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Experimental: Arm II (valspodar, daunorubicin, etoposide, cytarabine)
Patients receive treatment as in arm I with the addition of PSC 833 induction. A loading dose of PSC 833 IV is given over 2 hours, followed by a 74-hour continuous infusion of PSC 833 beginning 2 hours before daunorubicin and etoposide. Patients may receive a second induction course if residual leukemia is present in the bone marrow. Patients who experience a CR and meet certain other criteria receive postremission chemotherapy consisting of cytarabine IV continuously over 5 days plus daunorubicin IV followed by etoposide IV over 2 hours on days 1 and 2. Patients who are randomized to receive PSC 833 during induction chemotherapy receive a loading dose of PSC 833 before beginning a 48-hour continuous infusion of PSC 833 concurrently with cytarabine/daunorubicin/etoposide postremission chemotherapy. After completing postremission chemotherapy, patients are randomized to a no further treatment group or IL-2 immunotherapy. |
Drug: cytarabine
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: daunorubicin hydrochloride Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: etoposide Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: valspodar Given IV
Other Names:
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- Disease-free survival [ Time Frame: From second randomization to relapse or death, assessed up to 10 years ]Analyzed by intention to treat.
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: Up to 10 years ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 60 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Unequivocal histologic diagnosis of AML, FAB classification (M0-M7), excluding M3 (acute promyelocytic leukemia); patients with a history of antecedent myelodysplasia remain eligible for treatment on this trial
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No prior treatment for acute leukemia or myelodysplasia with four permissible exceptions:
- Emergency leukapheresis;
- Emergency treatment for hyperleukocytosis with hyroxyurea;
- Cranial RT for CNS leukostasis (one dose only);
- Growth factor/cytokine support.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00003190
United States, Illinois | |
Cancer and Leukemia Group B | |
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60606 |
Principal Investigator: | Maria Baer | Cancer and Leukemia Group B |
Responsible Party: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00003190 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
NCI-2012-02793 CALGB-9720 U10CA031946 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | October 28, 2003 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 4, 2013 |
Last Verified: | June 2013 |
Leukemia Leukemia, Myeloid Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Myeloproliferative Disorders Bone Marrow Diseases Hematologic Diseases Cytarabine Etoposide Daunorubicin |
Etoposide phosphate Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic Antineoplastic Agents Topoisomerase II Inhibitors Topoisomerase Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic Antimetabolites Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents Immunosuppressive Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Antibiotics, Antineoplastic |