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Brief Title: Biomarkers in Predicting Treatment Response to Sirolimus and Chemotherapy in Patients With High-Risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Official Title: A Biomarker Validation Study to Establish Whether Serial Flow Cytometric Measurements Predict Clinical Response to Sirolimus and MEC (Mitoxantrone Etoposide Cytarabine) Treatment in Patients With High-Risk Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Study ID: NCT02583893
Brief Summary: This pilot phase II trial studies whether biomarkers (biological molecules) in bone marrow samples can predict treatment response to sirolimus and chemotherapy (mitoxantrone hydrochloride, etoposide, and cytarabine \[MEC\]) in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that is likely to come back or spread (high-risk). Sirolimus inhibits or blocks the pathway that causes cancer cells to grow. Adding sirolimus to standard chemotherapy may help improve patient response. Studying samples of bone marrow from patients treated with sirolimus in the laboratory may help doctors learn whether sirolimus reverses or turns off that pathway and whether changes in biomarker levels can predict how well patients will respond to treatment.
Detailed Description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To test the association between biochemical response and clinical response. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To estimate complete response rate of sirolimus MEC in patients with high risk AML. II. To estimate progression free survival in this patient population. III. To collect further information on the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of sirolimus in combination with MEC in patients with relapsed or refractory myeloid malignancies. OUTLINE: Patients undergo collection of bone marrow samples prior to sirolimus dosing on day 4 and within 1 week and no later than day 45 of hematologic recovery. Patients receive sirolimus orally (PO) on days 2-9 (loading dose on day 1 only), and standard MEC chemotherapy comprising mitoxantrone hydrochloride intravenously (IV) over 15 minutes, etoposide IV over 1 hour, and cytarabine IV over 1 hour every 24 hours on day 4-8. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Name: Margaret Kasner, MD
Affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR