The purpose of this prospective, open-label, single-center study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of VEN-AZA (venetoclax and azacytidine) followed by modified BUCY (busulfan and cyclophosphamide) as conditioning regimen for high-risk or relapsed/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT).
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (Allo-HSCT) is the only potentially curative therapy for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. However, relapse remains a leading cause for treatment failure after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) in patients, optimization of conditioning regimen can improve prognosis and decrease relapse. Abnormal gene methylation is common in ALL patients. Azacytidine is a DNA methylation transferase inhibitor that can re-express tumor suppressor genes in leukemia cells. Venetoclax is a selective BCL-2 inhibitor, which has antitumor activity against a variety of hematological malignancies. The combination of the two drugs show a synergistic anti-tumor effect. Multiple case reports the efficacy of Venetoclax-based regimens in patients with ALL is encouraging. The objective of this study is to evaluate the feasibility, safety and efficacy of VEN-AZA bridging allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the treatment of high-risk ALL.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
55
Venetoclax: 200mg/day\*7days(It should be combined with triazole antifungal drugs). Azacytidine: 75mg/ m²/day\*7days.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
RECRUITINGdisease-free survival (DFS)
It is measured from the time from randomization to the first of relapse or death.
Time frame: 3 years after transplantation
overall survival (OS)
It is measured from the time of entry into this trial to the date of death from any cause; patients not known to have died at last follow-up are censored on the date they were last known to be alive.
Time frame: 3 years after transplantation
veno-occlusive disease (VOD)
incidence of veno-occlusive disease (VOD) events (refer to modified Seattle Criteria of VOD)
Time frame: 3 years after transplantation
graft-versus-host disease (GvHD)
incidence and severity of acute (aGvHD) and chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD) (aGvHD refer to Glucksberg Criteria and cGvHD refer to the National Institutes of Health Consensus)
Time frame: 3 years after transplantation
transplant related mortality (TRM)
cumulative incidence of transplant related mortality
Time frame: 3 years after transplantation
Regimen related toxicity
Number of participants with regimen related toxicity as assessed by CTCAE v4.0
Time frame: 3 years after transplantation
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