Clinical trial • Phase III • Oncology

TRETINOIN for Acute myeloid leukemia

Phase III trial of TRETINOIN for Acute myeloid leukemia.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology
Trial Disease
Acute myeloid leukemia
Trial Stage
Phase III
Drug Modality
Small molecule|Other

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
27-09-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
16-10-2024

Trial design

Randomised, atra (vesanoid 10 mg capsules; active substance tretinoin; max daily dose listed as 45 mg/m2) versus placebo (p-tabletten weiß 7 mm lichtenstein, optically identical capsules). both given as add-on to backbone treatment with decitabine (dac) and venetoclax (ven). detailed schedules for atra/dac/ven are not specified in the provided record.-controlled Phase III trial across 30 sites in Germany.

Randomised
Yes
Comparator
ATRA (Vesanoid 10 mg capsules; active substance tretinoin; max daily dose listed as 45 mg/m2) versus Placebo (P-Tabletten weiß 7 mm Lichtenstein, optically identical capsules). Both given as add-on to backbone treatment with decitabine (DAC) and venetoclax (VEN). Detailed schedules for ATRA/DAC/VEN are not specified in the provided record.
Target Sample Size
256

Eligibility

Recruits 256 No vulnerable population selected. Patients without legal capacity are explicitly excluded. Written informed consent must be obtained according to international guidelines and local laws; ability to understand trial procedures is an inclusion requirement. No assent process for minors is provided (age ≥ 18 years required)..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Current or planned pregnancy, nursing period
Vulnerable Population
No vulnerable population selected. Patients without legal capacity are explicitly excluded. Written informed consent must be obtained according to international guidelines and local laws; ability to understand trial procedures is an inclusion requirement. No assent process for minors is provided (age ≥ 18 years required).

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"-Age ≥ 18 years"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Previously untreated AML (WHO 2016)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-ECOG ≤ 2"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-White blood cell count < 25×109/L (hydroxyurea or Ara-C are permitted to meet this criterion,"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Patients considered not to benefit from the induction therapy or whom standard induction chemotherapy is not feasible; the following criteria are accepted (example): -\tage ≥ 75 years -\t -\tECOG ≥ 1 -\t -\tHCT-CI ≥ 3 -\tadverse genetics -\t -\tpatient declines standard aggressive chemotherapy -\tmissing social support system"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Projected life expectancy of at least 8 weeks"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Written informed consent obtained according to international guidelines and local laws"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Ability to understand the nature, significance and consequences of the trial and the trial related procedures and to comply with them"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"-Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL, FAB M3)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Known allergy against soy-beans or peanuts (due to ATRA excipients)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Known hypersensitivity to or intolerance of one of the trial drugs or its constituents (e.g. other retinoids (ATRA) or sunset yellow FCF E110)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Known rare hereditary problems of galactose intolerance, the Lapp lactase deficiency, or glucose-galactose malabsorption"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Any malignancy requiring chemotherapy for which the patient received chemotherapy within 3 months prior to randomization"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Participation in any other interventional clinical trial within the last 30 days before randomization"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Simultaneous participation in other interventional trials which could interfere with this trial; simultaneous participation in registry and diagnostic trials is allowed"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Patient without legal capacity"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Known or persistent abuse of medication, drugs or alcohol"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Active COVID-19-infection or non-compliance with the prevailing hygiene measures regarding the COVID-19 pandemic"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Person who is in a relationship of dependence/employment with the sponsor or the investigator"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Previous treatment with DAC, azacitidine, or other DNA-hypomethylating agents, ATRA, venetoclax and other Bcl-2 inhibitors"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Current or planned pregnancy, nursing period"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-For fertile patients: failure to use one of the following safe methods of contraception: intra-uterine device or hormonal contraception in combination with a mechanical method of contraception."}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Previous allogeneic stem cell transplantation or solid organ transplantation"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Previous induction chemotherapy"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Previous low-dose chemotherapy (e.g. hydroxyurea, cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C), melphalan etc.) within 4 weeks prior to the first administration of study treatment, except for cytoreduction of leukocytosis ≥ 25,000/µl with hydroxyurea or Ara-C as proscribed prescribed by the clinical trial protocol; the patient must have recovered from all clinically relevant reversible non-hematologic toxicities"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Central nervous system (CNS) leukemia"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Severe congestive heart failure, clinically unstable cardiac disease or QTc prolongation ≥ CTCAE grade 3"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Known positivity for HIV, Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C"}
  • {"criterion_text":"-Uncontrolled bacterial, viral or fungal infection"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"-Overall survival (OS) time","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"-Objective best response (CR, CRi, MLFS or PR)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"-CR with negative MRD (CRMRD-)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"-OS time with objective best response (CR, CRi, MLFS or PR)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"-Quality of life (EORTC QLQ-C30) (especially fatigue) and FACIT Fatigue Scale","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured using EORTC QLQ-C30 and FACIT Fatigue Scale"}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
256
Recruitment Window Months
59
Consent Approach
Written informed consent required according to international guidelines and local laws. Inclusion requires ability to understand trial procedures. Subject information and informed consent form documents are provided (DE language versions listed in documents). No assent for minors (age ≥ 18 years).

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
30
Total Number Of Participants
256

Germany

Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
06-05-2026
Number Of Sites
30
Number Of Participants
256

Sites

Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Augsburg
Department Name
II. Medizinische Klinik
Contact Person Name
Bjoern Hackanson
Site Name
Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg
Department Name
Klinik für Innere Medizin IV
Contact Person Name
Haifa Kathrin Al-Ali
Contact Person Email
haifa.al-ali@uk-halle.de
Site Name
Barmherzige Brueder Trier gGmbH
Department Name
Innere Medizin I
Contact Person Name
Iordanis Deligiannis
Contact Person Email
i.deligiannis@bbtgruppe.de
Site Name
Caritas Traegergesellschaft Saarbruecken mbH (CTS)
Department Name
Klinik für Hämatologie und Onkologie
Contact Person Name
Jerome Schwingel
Contact Person Email
j.schwingel@caritasklinikum.de
Site Name
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Department Name
Hämatologie, Hämostaseologie, Onkologie und Stammzelltransplantation
Contact Person Name
Felicitas Thol
Contact Person Email
thol.felicitas@mh-hannover.de
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Aachen AöR
Department Name
Hämatologie, Onkologie, Hämostaseologie und Stammzelltransplantation
Contact Person Name
Martina Crysandt
Contact Person Email
mcrysandt@ukaachen.de
Site Name
Universitat Heidelberg
Department Name
Medizinische Klinik, Innere Medizin V
Contact Person Name
Tim Sauer
Site Name
Pius-Hospital Oldenburg
Department Name
Klinik für Hämatologie und Onkologie, Cancer Center Oldenburg
Contact Person Name
Frank Griesinger
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Bonn AöR
Department Name
Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik III
Contact Person Name
Lino Teichmann
Contact Person Email
lino.teichmann@ukbonn.de
Site Name
Schwarzwald-Baar Klinikum Villingen-Schwenningen GmbH
Department Name
Klinik für Innere Medizin II
Contact Person Name
Paul La Rosée
Contact Person Email
paul.larosee@sbk-vs.de
Site Name
HELIOS Klinikum Berlin-Buch GmbH
Department Name
Klinik für Hämatologie und Stammzelltransplantation
Contact Person Name
Snjezana Janjetovic
Site Name
Augusta-Kranken-Anstalt gGmbH
Department Name
Klinik für Hämtologie, Onkologie und Palliativmedizin
Contact Person Name
Stefan Lukic
Contact Person Email
s.lukic@augusta-bochum.de
Site Name
Rostock University Medical Center
Department Name
Medizinische Klinik III
Contact Person Name
Christian Junghanss
Site Name
Staedtisches Klinikum Braunschweig gGmbH
Department Name
Medizinische Klinik III
Contact Person Name
Juergen Krauter
Site Name
Universitat Heidelberg (Mannheim)
Department Name
III. Medizinische Klinik Hämatologie und Onkologie
Contact Person Name
Jan Koch
Contact Person Email
jan.koch@umm.de
Site Name
Vivantes Netzwerk fuer Gesundheit GmbH
Department Name
Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Palliativmedizin
Contact Person Name
Maike de Wit
Contact Person Email
maike.dewit@vivantes.de
Site Name
St.-Antonius-Hospital gGmbH
Department Name
Klinik für Hämatologie und Onkologie
Contact Person Name
Peter Staib
Contact Person Email
peter.staib@sah-eschweiler.de
Site Name
Maerkische Kliniken GmbH
Department Name
Klinik für Hämatologie und Onkologie
Contact Person Name
Monika Schwalenberg
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein AöR
Department Name
Klinik für Hämatologie und Onkologie
Contact Person Name
Lorenz Oelschläger
Contact Person Email
Lorenz.Oelschlaeger@uksh.de
Site Name
Ortenau Klinikum
Department Name
Onkologie
Contact Person Name
Oliver Schmah
Site Name
Staedtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe gGmbH
Department Name
Medizinische Klinik III
Contact Person Name
Lukas Kuendgen
Site Name
Klinikum Oldenburg AöR
Department Name
Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin – Onkologie und Hämatologie
Contact Person Name
Cyrus Khandanpour
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Jena KöR
Department Name
Klinik für Innere Medizin II
Contact Person Name
Ulf Schnetzke
Contact Person Email
ulf.schnetzke@med.uni-jena.de
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Duesseldorf AöR
Department Name
Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und klinische Immunologie
Contact Person Name
Ulrich Germing
Contact Person Email
germing@med.uni-duesseldorf.de
Site Name
Medical Center - University Of Freiburg
Department Name
Klinik für Innere Medizin I
Contact Person Name
Michael Luebbert
Site Name
Katholisches Krankenhaus Hagen gGmbH
Department Name
Klinik für Hämatologie und Onkologie
Contact Person Name
Doris Maria Kraemer
Contact Person Email
kraemerd@kkh-hagen.de
Site Name
Universitaet Muenster
Department Name
Medizinische Klinik A
Contact Person Name
Jan-Henrik Mikesch
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Ulm AöR
Department Name
Klinik für Innere Medizin III
Contact Person Name
Hartmut Doehner
Site Name
Klinikum Esslingen GmbH
Department Name
Klinik für Allgemeine Innere Medizin, Onkologie/Hämatologie, Gastroenterologie und Infektiologie
Contact Person Name
Swen Wessendorf
Site Name
Katholisches Karl-Leisner-Klinikum gGmbH, Wilhelm-Anton-Hospital Goch
Department Name
Klinik für Innere Medizin
Contact Person Name
Volker Runde
Contact Person Email
volker.runde@kkle.de

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Medical Center - University Of Freiburg
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
Germany

Third parties

  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Universitaetsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz KöR","duties_or_roles":"Manufacturing of IMP","organisation_type":"Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Medical Center - University Of Freiburg","duties_or_roles":"1,10,11,5,6,8","organisation_type":"Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Medizinische Hochschule Hannover","duties_or_roles":"4","organisation_type":"Educational Institution"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Universitaetsklinikum Ulm AöR","duties_or_roles":"4","organisation_type":"Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
Vesanoid 10 mg Kapseln
Active Substance
TRETINOIN
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL USE
Route
ORAL USE
Authorisation Status
Marketing authorisation information present (marketingAuthNumber: 1-21707, authorisationCountryCode: AT)
Maximum Dose
45 mg/m2 (max daily dose amount)
Investigational Product Name
P-Tabletten weiß 7 mm Lichtenstein
Active Substance
PLACEBO
Modality
Other
Routes Of Administration
ORAL USE
Route
ORAL USE
Authorisation Status
Marketing authorisation information present (marketingAuthNumber: 6866372.00.00, authorisationCountryCode: DE)
Maximum Dose
0 mg (max daily dose amount)
Combination Treatment
Yes

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