A Phase 2 interventional study of Arsenic Trioxide and Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia With PML-RARA, sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Recruiting at 5 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 10 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-05-20.
Sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment
This phase II trial studies how well tretinoin and arsenic trioxide with or without gemtuzumab ozogamicin works in treating patients with previously untreated acute promyelocytic leukemia. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as tretinoin and arsenic trioxide, 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. Immunotoxins, such as gemtuzumab ozogamicin, may find certain cancer cells and kill them without harming normal cells. Giving tretinoin and arsenic trioxide together with gemtuzumab ozogamicin may kill more cancer cells.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Assess whether a combination of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA [tretinoin]), and arsenic trioxide (ATO) can produce long-term event-free survival in patients with low-risk untreated acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL).
II. Assess whether administration of gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO) at the diagnosis in patients with high-risk APL (white blood cell [WBC] > 10,000) and if the WBC rises to > 10,000 after start of treatment (in patients with low-risk disease) will improve complete response (CR) rate without increasing toxicity in high-risk untreated APL.
OUTLINE:
INDUCTION: Patients receive tretinoin orally (PO) twice daily (BID), arsenic trioxide intravenously (IV) over 1-2 hours daily, and gemtuzumab ozogamicin IV over 2 hours once at weeks 1-4.
CONSOLIDATION: Patients achieving CR receive arsenic trioxide IV 5 days per week during weeks 1-4, 9-12, 17-20, and 25-28 and tretinoin PO BID for 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off. Treatment repeats every 8 weeks for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 6-12 months.
Exclusion Criteria:
INDUCTION: Patients receive tretinoin PO BID, arsenic trioxide IV over 1-2 hours daily, and gemtuzumab ozogamicin IV over 2 hours once at weeks 1-4. CONSOLIDATION: Patients achieving CR receive arsenic trioxide IV 5 days per week during weeks 1-4, 9-12, 17-20, and 25-28 and tretinoin PO BID for 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off. Treatment repeats every 8 weeks for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Drug: Arsenic Trioxide · Drug: Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin · Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis · Drug: Tretinoin
Given IV
Also known as: Arsenic (III) Oxide, Arsenic Sesquioxide, Arsenous Acid, Arsenous Acid Anhydride, Arsenous Oxide, Trisenox, White Arsenic
Given IV
Also known as: Calicheamicin-Conjugated Humanized Anti-CD33 Monoclonal Antibody, CDP-771, CMA-676, gemtuzumab, hP67.6-Calicheamicin, Mylotarg, WAY-CMA-676
Correlative studies
Given PO
Also known as: 2,4,6,8-Nonatetraenoic acid, 3, 7-dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-, (all-E)-, Aberel, Airol, Aknoten, all trans-Retinoic acid, All-trans Retinoic Acid, All-trans Vitamin A Acid, all-trans-Retinoic acid, all-trans-Vitamin A acid, ATRA, Avita, beta-Retinoic Acid, Cordes Vas, Dermairol, Epi-Aberel, Eudyna, Renova, Retin-A, Retin-A MICRO, Retin-A-Micro, retinoic acid, Retisol-A, Ro 5488, Stieva-A, Stieva-A Forte, Trans Retinoic Acid, Trans Vitamin A Acid, trans-Retinoic acid, Tretinoinum, Vesanoid, vitamin A acid, Vitamin A acid, all-trans-, Vitinoin
Event free survival
Monitored using a Bayesian time-to-event model.
Time frame: The time from the start of treatment to first documentation of disease relapse or death, assessed up to 2 years
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