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Safety And Efficacy Of TKI Cessation For CML Patients With Stable Molecular Response In A Real World Population

Study Purpose

This is a single-arm, phase II study to evaluate safety and efficacy of tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) cessation for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients with stable molecular response in a real world population.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms

No
Study Type

An interventional clinical study is where participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions (or no intervention) so that researchers can evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or health-related outcomes.


An observational clinical study is where participants identified as belonging to study groups are assessed for biomedical or health outcomes.


Searching Both is inclusive of interventional and observational studies.

Interventional
Eligible Ages 18 Years and Over
Gender All
More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria. 1. Patients who are 18 years or older. 2. Patients have a diagnosis of Philadelphia chromosome- or BCR-ABL1-positive CML (as determined by cytogenetics, FISH, or PCR). 3. Prior evidence of a quantifiable BCR-ABL1 transcript by RT-PCR. 4. Patients who have been taking TKI for > 36 months. 5. Patients must have a history of stable molecular response, defined as MR4.5 for ≥24 months, as documented by ≥3 separate tests performed at least three months apart. 6. Patient must have a current status of complete molecular remission (CMR), defined as MR4.5 (per section 5.1), within 30 days of signing consent. 7. ECOG performance status < 2. 8. Patients must have normal marrow function within 30 days of registration, as defined:

  • - Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 10E9/L.
  • - Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL.
  • - Platelets ≥ 100 x 10E9/L.
9. Patients must not have any signs of extramedullary leukemia. 10. Patients must have a life expectancy of more than 12 months in the absence of any intervention. 11. All participants must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and must sign and give written informed consent. 12. Contraception requirements will be as per routine clinical practice. Exclusion Criteria. 1. Patients who are unable or unwilling to give their consent to participate to the study. 2. Previous or planned allogeneic stem cell transplantation. 3. Patients who have pathologies or treatments that are able to enhance the potential relapse risk after stopping Imatinib. 4. Patient has received an investigational agent within last 2 years. 5. Atypical BCR-ABL transcript not quantifiable by standard RQ-PCR. 6. Patient cannot have had a known interruption of TKI therapy of greater than 14 consecutive days or for a total of 6 weeks in the six months prior to registration. 7. Another primary malignant disease, except those that do not currently require treatment (adequately treated conditions, such as excised skin cancer or cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia would not be considered exclusion criteria. If in doubt, please refer to the Principal Investigator). 8. Any medical condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would exclude the patient from participating in this study. 9. Active liver disease (e.g., chronic active hepatitis, cirrhosis). 10. Known diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.

Trial Details

Trial ID:

This trial id was obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, providing information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants with locations in all 50 States and in 196 countries.

NCT04626024
Phase

Phase 1: Studies that emphasize safety and how the drug is metabolized and excreted in humans.

Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data.

Phase 3: Studies that gather more information about safety and effectiveness by studying different populations and different dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs.

Phase 4: Studies occurring after FDA has approved a drug for marketing, efficacy, or optimal use.

Phase 2
Lead Sponsor

The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data.

Baylor College of Medicine
Principal Investigator

The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.

Martha P. Mims, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator Affiliation Baylor College of Medicine
Agency Class

Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.

Other
Overall Status Recruiting
Countries United States
Conditions

The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, BCR/ABL-Positive, in Remission, Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Remission
Additional Details

Transitioning from busulfan, hydroxyurea, IFN-α to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) has dramatically altered the natural history of CML. Patients with CML appropriately managed with TKIs are able to benefit from near normal life expectancy. Given the age-adjusted incidence of 1.6 per 100,000 people combined with a reduced annual mortality of less than 2% to 3% per year, it is expected the prevalence in the US to increase from approximately 70,000 in 2010 to a projected 144,000 in 2030. Thus, advancing our knowledge regarding clinical management is critical in order to care for this expanding population. However the morbidity associated with prolonged TKI exposure remains a substantial burden on this patient population. In addition to a relatively benign side effect profile (edema, muscle cramps, diarrhea, nausea, musculoskeletal pain, rash and other skin problems, abdominal pain, fatigue, joint pain, and headaches), patients continued to experience grade 3 and 4 adverse events (neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, anemia, elevated liver enzymes, congestive heart failure, and other drug-related adverse events) more than 2 years after initiating therapy. For patients with high-risk CML that may benefit from faster and/or deeper molecular responses, or who develop intolerance or resistance to imatinib, second generation TKIs (dasatinib, nilotinib, and bosutinib) are available. Indeed, there is a structural and dose-dependent relationship between TKIs and ischemic heart disease, ischemic cerebrovascular events and/or peripheral artery disease accompanied with a linear increase in the cumulative frequency of these cardiovascular events over time. Additionally, experts believe the cost of CML medicines "are too high, are unsustainable, may compromise access of needy patients to highly effective therapy, and are harmful to the sustainability of our national health care systems." Given the implications on quality of life, adverse events and financial burden on patients, TKI therapy should be discontinued when medically appropriate. Thankfully, discontinuation of TKIs in CML-CP patients with RT-PCR negative for BCR-ABL1 transcripts (Undetectable Minimal Residual Disease, UMRD) or MR has established that 38% to 45% of patients are able to achieve TFR with persistence of UMRD and MR at 5 and 8 years, respectively. Subsequent studies (EURO-SKI, ENESTfreedom, ENESTop, and DADI) have independently validated these results, and patients who experience MR will mostly do so within three to six months after discontinuation. Furthermore, in patients with complete cytogenetic response, those who have a deeper molecular response (>3 log reduction in transcripts) compared to those without have an improved estimated 7-year event-free survival. ddPCR is a powerful tool that allows for the absolute quantitation of nucleic acids and provides a more precise and sensitive assay than real-time PCR (RT-PCR) in detecting BCR-ABL1 transcripts. There is neither a precise molecular mechanism to characterize MR, nor a clinically actionable assay to determine which patients will benefit from TKI cessation and achieve TFR. Thus, leveraging ddPCR can impact patient outcomes in CML-CP patients undergoing TKI treatment by potentially determining who is expected to achieve of TFR. Cancer causing mutations can affect oncogenes that normally stimulate growth, suppressor genes that normally inhibit growth, and repair genes that normally limit mutations. Of the 20,000 protein coding genes in the human genome, approximately ~140 genes can promote tumorigenesis while the remaining passenger mutations confer no selective growth advantage. In CML, genomic analysis has identified variants in patients with poor outcomes. Therefore, mutational analysis of clinically relevant genes and genes of emerging clinical relevance could provide insight into which patients are at risk for relapse. Prior to these findings, a truly curable clinical status after CML diagnosis was previously attainable only with allogeneic stem cell transplantation. It is known that successful remission in relapsing CML patients who have undergone stem cell transplantation was primarily driven by an alloreactive T-cell dependent graft-versus-leukemia effect. The cytotoxic role of a WT-1 peptide specific TCR Vβ21 T-cell clone against K562 cells has been demonstrated in vitro. Taken together, these data suggest a role of immune cells and the subsequent maturation, generation, and homing of CML-antigen-specific T-lymphocytes

  • - the hallmark of elimination during cancer immune surveillance.
Massively paralleled sequencing of the complementarity determining region 3 by TCR-sequencing (TCR-seq) allows for a detailed understanding of the T-cell repertoire and is representative of clonal distribution, antigenic response diversity, and the degree of T-cell immunomodulation. A diverse T-cell repertoire capable of recognizing CML-specific antigens with concomitant clonal expansion may be associated with successful TFR and potentially provide additional biomarkers towards identifying patients with CML-CP who should be optimal candidates for TKI cessation.

Arms & Interventions

Arms

Experimental: All Subjects Enrolled (stop taking TKI)

Patients with a diagnosis of Philadelphia chromosome- or BCR-ABL1-positive CML (as determined by cytogenetics, FISH, or PCR), prior evidence of a quantifiable BCR-ABL1 transcript by RT-PCR, and whom have been taking TKI for > 36 months with a current status of complete molecular remission (CMR). TKI cessation begins within 7 days of study registration. Patients undergo BCR-ABL1 test every month in 24 months.

Interventions

Other: - Imatinib Mesylate, Dasatinib, Nilotinib or Bosutinib Withdrawal

Stop taking TKI medication

Drug: - Imatinib Mesylate, Dasatinib, Nilotinib or Bosutinib Re-initiation

Re-start TKI medication

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Houston, Texas

Status

Recruiting

Address

Baylor College of Medicine- McNair Campus

Houston, Texas, 77030

Site Contact

Martha Mims, MD, PhD

[email protected]

713-798-7535

Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas

Status

Recruiting

Address

Ben Taub General Hospital

Houston, Texas, 77030

Site Contact

Martha Mims, MD, PhD

[email protected]

713-798-7535

Houston, Texas

Status

Recruiting

Address

CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center

Houston, Texas, 77030

Site Contact

Martha Mims, MD, PhD

[email protected]

713-798-7535

Harris Health System- Smith Clinic, Houston, Texas

Status

Recruiting

Address

Harris Health System- Smith Clinic

Houston, Texas, 77054

Site Contact

Martha Mims, MD, PhD

[email protected]

713-798-7535

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