Veliparib and Temozolomide in Treating Patients With Acute Leukemia

NCT01139970 | Completed Phase 1

• 14 other identifiers: NCI-2011-01457CDR0000674355GCC 0940JHUJ1051JHUJ1051; GCC 09408456N01CM00071N01CM62201N01CM62209P30CA006973U01CA062487U01CA062502U01CA070095UM1CA186691
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 66
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 3

Brief Summary

This phase I clinical trial is studies the side effects and best dose of giving veliparib together with temozolomide in treating patients with acute leukemia. Veliparib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as temozolomide, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving veliparib together with temozolomide may kill more cancer cells.

Conditions

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; Acute Myeloid Leukemia; Acute Myeloid Leukemia Arising From Previous Myelodysplastic Syndrome; Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Inv(16)(p13.1q22); CBFB-MYH11; Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(16;16)(p13.1;q22); CBFB-MYH11; Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(8;21); (q22; q22.1); RUNX1-RUNX1T1; Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(9;11)(p21.3;q23.3); MLLT3-KMT2A; Adult Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia With t(15;17)(q24.1;q21.2); PML-RARA; Adult B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; Adult B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia With t(9;22)(q34.1;q11.2); BCR-ABL1; Adult T Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; Alkylating Agent-Related Acute Myeloid Leukemia; Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia; Recurrent Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; Recurrent Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia; Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• MTD of veliparib, determined according to incidence of dose limiting toxicity, graded using the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.0

  28 days

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Response rate at the MTD, assessed using revised International Working Group response criteria

  Up to 30 days

• Changes in levels of poly(ADP-ribose) (PAR)

  From baseline to 6 hours after drug administration on day 1 of course 1

• Average expression of MGMT

  Up to 30 days

• Average change from baseline level in y-H2AX foci

  From baseline to 30 days

• Average change from baseline level in RAD51 foci

  From baseline to 30 days

Study Arms (1)

Treatment (temozolomide and veliparib)

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients receive veliparib PO QD on day 1 and twice daily on days 4-12 and temozolomide PO QD on days 3-9 of course 1. Beginning at least 30 days after the start of treatment, patients receive veliparib PO BID on days 1-8 and temozolomide PO QD on days 1-5. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients achieving complete remission receive 5 more courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Other: Pharmacological Study; Drug: Temozolomide; Drug: Veliparib

Interventions

Laboratory Biomarker Analysis OTHER

Correlative studies

Treatment (temozolomide and veliparib)

Pharmacological Study OTHER

Correlative studies

Treatment (temozolomide and veliparib)

Temozolomide DRUG

Given PO

Also known as: CCRG-81045, Gliotem, Imidazo[5,1-d]-1,2,3,5-tetrazine-8-carboxamide, 3, 4-dihydro-3-methyl-4-oxo-, M & B 39831, M and B 39831, Methazolastone, RP-46161, SCH 52365, Temcad, Temizole, Temodal, Temodar, Temomedac, TMZ

Treatment (temozolomide and veliparib)

Veliparib DRUG

Given PO

Also known as: ABT 888, ABT-888, ABT888, PARP-1 inhibitor ABT-888

Treatment (temozolomide and veliparib)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of one of the following:
• Relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML); patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia t(15;17) must have failed tretinoin (ATRA), arsenic, and gemtuzumab ozogamycin to be eligible (patients should be refractory to all three agents-absence of durable hematologic response or relapse with complete remission \[CR\] duration of less than 6 months)
• Relapsed or refractory pre-B- or T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL); patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) ALL \[t(9;22)\] will be eligible provided that they have failed (intolerance/resistance) at least 2 different tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) or have a mutation associated with resistance to TKIs (T315I)
• Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in accelerated or blastic phase; patients failed (resistance/intolerance) at least 2 different TKIs or have a mutation associated with resistance to TKIs (T315I)
• Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia-2 (CMML-2) defined as having \> 10% blasts (including promonocytes) in the bone marrow or \> 5-19% blasts (including promonocytes) in the peripheral blood
• AML arising in the setting of antecedent myelodysplasia (MDS) or myeloproliferative disorder (MPD)
• Therapy-related AML
• Untreated AML in adults 60 years of age and older who are not candidates for induction chemotherapy due to poor-risk features including adverse cytogenetics or molecular markers (fms-related tyrosine kinase 3 \[FLT3\] internal tandem duplication \[ ITD\]+), or are unwilling to receive intensive induction chemotherapy; adverse cytogenetics: complex karyotype (\>= 3 chromosomal abnormalities), 5q-, 7q-, 9q-, 20q-, abn12p, +21, +8, t(6;9), t(6;11), t(11;19), -7, -5, inv3/t(3;3), abn11q23, abn17p, abn21q
• Untreated ALL in adults 60 years of age and older who are not candidates for induction chemotherapy due to poor-risk features including adverse cytogenetics \[t(4;11); t(1;19), hypodyploidy\] or are unwilling to receive intensive induction chemotherapy; patients with Ph+ ALL \[t(9;22)\] will be eligible provided that they have failed (intolerance/resistance) at least 2 different TKIs or have a mutation associated with resistance to TKIs (T315I)
• Previous therapy
• Only patients who have received or are ineligible for established curative regimens, including stem cell transplantation when applicable, can be enrolled on this study
• Patients may have received any number of prior chemotherapy regimens, which may include allogeneic or autologous transplantation, provided that performance status and organ function are maintained
• Previous cytotoxic chemotherapy should have been completed at least 3 weeks and radiotherapy at least 2 weeks prior to treatment on the study (6 weeks if the last regimen included carmustine \[BCNU\] or mitomycin C) and all adverse events (excluding alopecia, acne, rash) due to agents administered more than 3 weeks earlier should recover to =\< grade 1; patients with hematologic malignancies are expected to have hematologic abnormalities at study entry; these abnormalities which are thought to be primarily related to the underlying leukemia, are not considered to be toxicities (AE) and do not need to resolve to =\< grade 1
• Patients should stop taking all biologic agents including hematopoietic growth factors, imatinib or similar TKIs, at least 1 week prior to treatment on the study and all adverse events (excluding alopecia, acne, rash) due to agents administered more than 1 week earlier should recover to =\< grade 1; since only patients with advanced Ph+ ALL and CML in accelerated/blast phase are eligible for this study, this short period off TKIs was selected to avoid rapid leukemia progression; if using hydroxyurea, corticosteroids, or leukopheresis for blast count control, patients must be off \>= 24 hrs before starting treatment on the study
• Patients who have undergone autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) are eligible provided that they are \>= 4 weeks from stem cell infusion and meet other eligibility criteria

You may not qualify if:

• Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents, or concurrent chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or immunotherapy
• Any previous treatment with temozolomide
• Patients with active central nervous system leukemia are excluded from this clinical trial because they may develop progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and other adverse events; patients with a history of central nervous system (CNS) leukemia but no active disease at the time of enrollment are eligible
• Hyperleukocytosis with \> 30,000 blasts/ul; (if using hydroxyurea, corticosteroids, or leukopheresis for blast count control, patients must be off \>= 24 hrs before starting treatment on the study); once patient starts treatment on the study the hydroxyurea use should be avoided, however, for patients with rapidly proliferating disease use of hydroxyurea is allowed on treatment days 1 through 12 if it becomes necessary to control a rising white blood cell (WBC) or leukostasis; the WBC need not reach 30,000/ul to start hydroxyurea during protocol days 1-12; the decision to start hydroxyurea during this time is at the discretion of the treating physician
• History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to ABT-888 or temozolomide used in this study
• Active, uncontrolled infection; patients with infection under active treatment and controlled with antibiotics are eligible
• Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
• Pregnant women are excluded from this study; breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with ABT-888
• Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients (HIV testing will not be performed as a part of screening) on combination antiretroviral therapy, exclusive of zidovudine or starvudine, or HIV infected patients not on or willing to suspend antiretroviral therapy will be eligible provided that their cluster of differentiation (CD)4 cell count is greater than 250/mm3; HIV infected patients with CD4 count equal or less than 250/mm3 will be excluded

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Cancer Institute (NCI): lead

Study Sites (3)

University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center

Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States

Location

University of Maryland/Greenebaum Cancer Center

Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States

Location

Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute; Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute; Burkitt Lymphoma; Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma; Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic

Interventions

Temozolomide; veliparib

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Leukemia, Lymphoid; Leukemia; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Hematologic Diseases; Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Lymphatic Diseases; Immunoproliferative Disorders; Immune System Diseases; Leukemia, Myeloid; Epstein-Barr Virus Infections; Herpesviridae Infections; DNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Infections; Tumor Virus Infections; Lymphoma, B-Cell; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin; Lymphoma; Myelodysplastic-Myeloproliferative Diseases; Bone Marrow Diseases; Chronic Disease; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Dacarbazine; Triazenes; Organic Chemicals; Imidazoles; Azoles; Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring; Heterocyclic Compounds

Study Officials

• Ivana Gojo

  Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 1
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: NIH
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 8, 2010
• First Posted: June 9, 2010
• Study Start: June 4, 2010
• Primary Completion: April 15, 2014
• Study Completion: December 1, 2018
• Last Updated: November 20, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-11

Locations

US (3)