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Bioelectrical Impedance Measurement for Predicting Treatment Outcome in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Leukemia

An interventional study of bioelectric impedance analysis in Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia, Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) Abnormalities and Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Del(5q), sponsored by Wake Forest University Health Sciences. Completed at 1 site in United States. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-08-13.

Sponsored by Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
102
Allocation
Not applicable
Sex
All
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Study summary

This clinical trial studies bioelectrical impedance measurement for predicting treatment outcome in patients with newly diagnosed acute leukemia. Diagnostic procedures, such as bioelectrical impedance measurement, may help predict a patient's response to treatment for acute leukemia.

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I: To determine the feasibility of obtaining standardized phase angle measurements (bioelectrical impedance measurement) on patients hospitalized for treatment of newly diagnosed acute leukemia.

II. To evaluate the association between standardized phase angle measured at the start of therapy and treatment-related outcomes including treatment related mortality (defined as 60-day mortality) III. Evaluate the association of the day 14 standardized phase angle and treatment related outcomes, 30-day mortality, length of hospitalization, transfer to intensive care unit during induction, treatment response (14 day bone marrow response, complete remission), receipt of post-remission therapy, overall survival.

IV. An exploratory analysis investigating associations with the primary and secondary outcomes using different ways to categorize the baseline standardized phase angle and, for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients, the standardized phase angle measure obtained just prior to the nadir marrow.

OUTLINE:

Patients undergo bioelectrical impedance phase angle measurement on day 1 of treatment. Patients with AML undergo a second measurement prior to the nadir marrow. Patients also undergo bioelectrical impedance measurements prior to any invasive procedures (bone marrow biopsy, leukapheresis, peripherally inserted central catheter [PICC] line placement, etc.).

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for two years.

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Conditions studied

  • Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia
  • Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) Abnormalities
  • Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Del(5q)
  • Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Inv(16)(p13;q22)
  • Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(15;17)(q22;q12)
  • Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(16;16)(p13;q22)
  • Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(8;21)(q22;q22)
  • Mast Cell Leukemia
  • Myeloid/NK-cell Acute Leukemia
  • Untreated Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
  • Untreated Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia
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In context

Leukemia

5,441 studies on the registry are indexed under Leukemia; 636 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 102 is above the median of 38 across 4,247 interventional studies indexed under Leukemia.

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Lead sponsor

Wake Forest University Health Sciences is the lead sponsor of 1,320 studies on the registry; 199 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Hospitalized for newly diagnosed acute leukemia
  • Receiving induction treatment while hospitalized
  • Willing and able to provide written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Presence of a pacemaker or defibrillator
  • Patients pregnant at the time of enrollment
  • Any condition or abnormality which may, in the opinion of the investigator, compromise the safety of patients
  • Unable/unwilling to follow protocol requirements
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
102 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Diagnostic (bioelectric impedance analysis)

    Patients undergo bioelectrical impedance phase angle measurement on day 1 of treatment. Patients with AML undergo a second measurement just prior to the nadir marrow. Patients also undergo bioelectrical impedance measurements prior to any invasive procedures (bone marrow biopsy, leukapheresis, PICC line placement, etc.).

    Procedure: bioelectric impedance analysis

Interventions

  • Procedurebioelectric impedance analysis

    Undergo bioelectric impedance analysis

    Also known as: BIA, bioelectric impedance, bioelectric impedance test, bioimpedance analysis

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Treatment Related Mortality Defined as the Percent of Patients no Longer Alive at 60 Days After Registration

    Logistic regression will be used to analyze the association between standardized phase angle and 60 day mortality. 60 day mortality rate is defined as the percent of patients no longer alive at 60 days after registration. Patients that are discharged to hospice care before 60 days without a known date of death will be counted towards 60 day mortality

    Time frame: 60 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Treatment Related Mortality Defined as the Percent of Patients no Longer Alive at 30 Days After Registration

    Logistic regression will be used to analyze the association between standardized phase angle and 30 day mortality. 30 day mortality rate is defined as the percent of patients no longer alive at 30 days after registration.

    Time frame: 30 days

  2. Length of Hospitalization

    A linear model will be used to look at the association of standardized phase angle and length of hospital stay.

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

  3. Number of Participants Transferred to Intensive Care Unit During Induction

    Logistic regression will be used to analyze the association between standardized phase angle and transfer to intensive care unit.

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

  4. Number of Participants With Bone Marrow Response

    Logistic regression will be used to analyze the significant association between standardized phase angle and marrow response at 14-day bone marrow biopsy to show the odds of having 14-day residual disease (presence cancer cells remaining after treatment) and non-residual disease (no cancer cells remaining after treatment). (14 day bone marrow response is defined as hypoplastic marrow with less than 20% cellularity and 5% blasts. Complete remission is defined as less than 5% marrow blasts, absolute neutrophil count \>1000, platelet count \>100,000 and freedom from red cell transfusions).

    Time frame: 14 days

  5. Number of Participants to Achieve Complete Remission

    Logistic regression will be used to analyze the association between standardized phase angle and complete remission. Complete remission is defined as less than 5% marrow blasts, absolute neutrophil count \> 1000, platelet count \> 100,000 and freedom from red cell transfusions

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

  6. Number of Participants With Receipt of Post-Remission Therapy

    Logistic regression will be used to analyze the association between standardized phase angle and receipt of post-remission therapy.

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

  7. Overall Survival

    Association between overall survival and standardized phase angle will be evaluated using a Cox proportional hazards model.

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

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Results

Posted Apr 27, 2020

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneDiagnostic (Bioelectric Impedance Analysis)
Started102
Completed101
Not completed1
Withdrew: Excluded from the analysis, ineligible1

Outcome measures

PrimaryTreatment Related Mortality Defined as the Percent of Patients no Longer Alive at 60 Days After Registration

Logistic regression will be used to analyze the association between standardized phase angle and 60 day mortality. 60 day mortality rate is defined as the percent of patients no longer alive at 60 days after registration. Patients that are discharged to hospice care before 60 days without a known date of death will be counted towards 60 day mortality

Time frame:
60 days
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Treatment Related Mortality Defined as the Percent of Patients no Longer Alive at 60 Days After Registration
ParticipantsDiagnostic (Bioelectric Impedance Analysis)
Alive91
Deceased10
SecondaryTreatment Related Mortality Defined as the Percent of Patients no Longer Alive at 30 Days After Registration

Logistic regression will be used to analyze the association between standardized phase angle and 30 day mortality. 30 day mortality rate is defined as the percent of patients no longer alive at 30 days after registration.

Time frame:
30 days
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Treatment Related Mortality Defined as the Percent of Patients no Longer Alive at 30 Days After Registration
ParticipantsDiagnostic (Bioelectric Impedance Analysis)
Alive95
Deceased6
SecondaryLength of Hospitalization

A linear model will be used to look at the association of standardized phase angle and length of hospital stay.

Time frame:
Up to 2 years
Reported as:
Mean · Days
Length of Hospitalization
DaysDiagnostic (Bioelectric Impedance Analysis)
Length of Hospitalization34.2 ± 11.9
SecondaryNumber of Participants Transferred to Intensive Care Unit During Induction

Logistic regression will be used to analyze the association between standardized phase angle and transfer to intensive care unit.

Time frame:
Up to 2 years
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants Transferred to Intensive Care Unit During Induction
ParticipantsDiagnostic (Bioelectric Impedance Analysis)
Transferred to ICU10
Not transferred to ICU91
SecondaryNumber of Participants With Bone Marrow Response

Logistic regression will be used to analyze the significant association between standardized phase angle and marrow response at 14-day bone marrow biopsy to show the odds of having 14-day residual disease (presence cancer cells remaining after treatment) and non-residual disease (no cancer cells remaining after treatment). (14 day bone marrow response is defined as hypoplastic marrow with less than 20% cellularity and 5% blasts. Complete remission is defined as less than 5% marrow blasts, absolute neutrophil count \>1000, platelet count \>100,000 and freedom from red cell transfusions).

Time frame:
14 days
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants With Bone Marrow Response
ParticipantsDiagnostic (Bioelectric Impedance Analysis)
Residual disease47
No residual disease40
SecondaryNumber of Participants to Achieve Complete Remission

Logistic regression will be used to analyze the association between standardized phase angle and complete remission. Complete remission is defined as less than 5% marrow blasts, absolute neutrophil count \> 1000, platelet count \> 100,000 and freedom from red cell transfusions

Time frame:
Up to 2 years
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants to Achieve Complete Remission
ParticipantsDiagnostic (Bioelectric Impedance Analysis)
Achieved complete remission81
Did not achieve complete remission20
SecondaryNumber of Participants With Receipt of Post-Remission Therapy

Logistic regression will be used to analyze the association between standardized phase angle and receipt of post-remission therapy.

Time frame:
Up to 2 years
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants With Receipt of Post-Remission Therapy
ParticipantsDiagnostic (Bioelectric Impedance Analysis)
Receipt of post-remission therapy79
Did not receive post-remission therapy22
SecondaryOverall Survival

Association between overall survival and standardized phase angle will be evaluated using a Cox proportional hazards model.

Time frame:
Up to 2 years
Reported as:
Median · Days
Overall Survival
DaysDiagnostic (Bioelectric Impedance Analysis)
Overall Survival532 (336 to 808)

Adverse events

Collected over Up to 2 years to assess for survival only. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Diagnostic (Bioelectric Impedance Analysis)16/101 (15.8%)——

Baseline characteristics

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Diagnostic (Bioelectric Impedance Analysis)
Median62.6 (22.9 to 83.8)
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Diagnostic (Bioelectric Impedance Analysis)
Female57
Male44
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Diagnostic (Bioelectric Impedance Analysis)
Hispanic or Latino4
Not Hispanic or Latino97
Unknown or Not Reported0
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Diagnostic (Bioelectric Impedance Analysis)
American Indian or Alaska Native3
Asian0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander0
Black or African American7
White91
More than one race0
Unknown or Not Reported0
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)Diagnostic (Bioelectric Impedance Analysis)
United States101
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Study locations

1 site
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, United States
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References and documents

Study documents

  • Protocol and statistical analysis plan · Jul 25, 2014
  • Informed consent form · Aug 21, 2018

Documents are hosted by the registry — open the source record to download them.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 13, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01869777
Lead sponsor
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Collaborators
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jun 5, 2013
Start date
Jul 2013
Primary completion
Mar 19, 2018
Completion
May 2020
Results posted
Apr 27, 2020
Last update
Aug 13, 2020

Study contacts

Timothy Pardee
principal investigator · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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