Decitabine, Donor Natural Killer Cells, and Aldesleukin in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: 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(15;17)(q22;q12), Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(16;16)(p13;q22), Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(8;21)(q22;q22), Recurrent Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia

In brief

This pilot trial studies decitabine, donor natural killer cells, and aldesleukin in treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia that has come back after previous treatment (relapsed) or has not responded to previous treatment (refractory). Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as decitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving donor natural killer cells after decitabine may boost the patient's immune system by helping it see the remaining cancer cells as not belonging in the patient's body and causing it to destroy them (called graft-versus-tumor effect). Aldesleukin may stimulate natural killer cells to kill acute myeloid leukemia cells. Giving decitabine, donor natural killer cells, and aldesleukin may be a better treatment for acute myeloid leukemia.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT02316964
Run by: Sumithira Vasu
People needed: 8
Starts: 2015-04-21
Expected to finish: 2019-12-20
Last updated by the study team: 2020-03-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Patients with relapsed or refractory AML
Patients without a response after two cycles of decitabine
Patients with primary refractory AML (persistent disease after standard induction with 7+3) or relapsed AML
Patients who have relapsed post-allogeneic transplant
Patients with secondary AML or therapy related disease (t-AML) are eligible; patients who received decitabine or 5-azacytidine as prior treatment for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) remain eligible
Patients with central nervous system (CNS) leukemia are eligible as long as they have received treatment and most recent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is negative for leukemia
If the patient has co-morbid medical illness, life expectancy attributed to the comorbid illness must be greater than 6 months
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 2
Total bilirubin < 2.0 mg/dL
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)(serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT)(serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) < 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
Creatinine < 2.0 mg/dL
New York Heart Association (NYHA) congestive heart failure (CHF) class II or better
Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation; if the patient does not agree, the patient is not eligible; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
Ability to understand and willingness to sign the written informed consent document
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection without acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-defining criteria are eligible
DONOR: Donors must be human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-haploidentical first-degree relatives of the patient; eligible donors include biological parents, siblings or half-siblings, or children
DONOR: Donor must be in general good health and eligible for apheresis as determined by the medical provider
DONOR: HLA-haploidentical donor/recipient match by at least class I serologic typing at the HLA-A and B loci
DONOR: Willing and able to provide informed consent

You may not qualify if…

Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 2 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study
Patients receiving any other investigational agents or patients that have received other investigational agents within 14 days of enrollment
Patients with history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to decitabine that are not easily managed
Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, serious cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements; as infection is a common feature of AML, patients with active infection are permitted to enroll provided that the infection is under control
Patients with serious medical or psychiatric illness likely to interfere with participation in this clinical study
Pregnant women or women who are breastfeeding are excluded from this study; confirmation that the subject is not pregnant must be established by a negative serum B-human chorionic gonadotropin (B-hCG) pregnancy test result obtained during screening; pregnancy testing is not required for post-menopausal or surgically sterilized women
Patients with metastatic malignant solid tumors who received treatment in the past 6 months are excluded
DONOR: Pregnancy
DONOR: HIV

Where it is running

Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University Medical Center — Columbus, Ohio, United States

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