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Choline Magnesium Trisalicylate and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia

A Phase 2 interventional study of choline magnesium trisalicylate and idarubicin in Adult Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia (M7), Adult Acute Minimally Differentiated Myeloid Leukemia (M0) and Adult Acute Monoblastic Leukemia (M5a), sponsored by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-08-24.

Sponsored by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
27
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This randomized phase II trial studies how well choline magnesium trisalicylate with idarubicin and cytarabine works in treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as choline magnesium trisalicylate, idarubicin, and cytarabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. It is not yet know whether choline magnesium trisalicylate and combination chemotherapy is more effective than combination chemotherapy alone in treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine temporal changes in leukemic cell nuclear factor of kappa light chain enhancer of B-cells 1 (NF-kB) activity when salicylate (choline magnesium trisalicylate) is administered to patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) during induction chemotherapy.

II. To determine toxicities associated with administration of salicylate in the setting of induction chemotherapy.

III. To determine if salicylate alters the expression of NF-kB-regulated genes in AML cells.

IV. To determine if NF-kB modulation by salicylate alters AML chemotherapy drug efflux.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

ARM I: Patients receive choline magnesium trisalicylate orally (PO) every 8 hours on days 0-7, idarubicin intravenously (IV) on days 1-3, and cytarabine IV continuously on days 1-7.

ARM II: Patients receive idarubicin IV on days 1-3 and cytarabine IV continuously on days 1-7.

In both arms, treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up periodically.

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Conditions studied

  • Adult Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia (M7)
  • Adult Acute Minimally Differentiated Myeloid Leukemia (M0)
  • Adult Acute Monoblastic Leukemia (M5a)
  • Adult Acute Monocytic Leukemia (M5b)
  • Adult Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia With Maturation (M2)
  • Adult Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia Without Maturation (M1)
  • Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Remission
  • 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(16;16)(p13;q22)
  • Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(8;21)(q22;q22)
  • Adult Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia (M4)
  • Adult Erythroleukemia (M6a)
  • Adult Pure Erythroid Leukemia (M6b)
  • Recurrent Adult Acute Myeloid 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 27 is below the median of 38 across 4,247 interventional studies indexed under Leukemia.

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Lead sponsor

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is the lead sponsor of 496 studies on the registry; 130 are open to participants now.

Of its 38 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 30 (79%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients must have a diagnosis of non-M3 AML (patients with M3 subtype are excluded); determination of the presence of cytogenetic abnormalities will be by standard cytogenetics +/- fluorescent-in-situ (FISH) studies; additional molecular analyses for nucleophosmin (NPM) mutation and fms-related tyrosine kinase 3 (flt3) internal tandem duplication will be obtained as a part of standard care by institutional procedures
  • Leukemic blast count > 1500/mm\^3 of peripheral blood
  • Patients must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =\< 3
  • Total bilirubin \< 2 times the institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) \< 3 times the institutional ULN
  • Serum creatinine \< 1.5 times the institutional ULN
  • Multi gated acquisition scan (MUGA) or echocardiogram with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) > 50%
  • Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test
  • No uncontrolled psychiatric illness that the principal investigator feels will compromise obtaining informed consent from a patient
  • Patient must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and must give written informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines; patients who do not provide informed consent will not be eligible for the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Any coexisting medical condition or medications precluding full compliance with any of the arms of the study
  • Allergies to any investigational drugs and/or to the chemotherapeutic agents
  • Allergies to any non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)/salicylates (e.g., aspirin)
  • Endoscopically documented upper or lower gastrointestinal (GI) related hemorrhage within last 6 months; also, patients with a clinical diagnosis of GI bleeding requiring blood transfusions will be excluded
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
27 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Arm I (choline magnesium trisalicylate and chemotherapy)

    Patients receive choline magnesium trisalicylate PO every 8 hours on days 0-7, idarubicin IV on days 1-3, and cytarabine IV continuously on days 1-7.

    Drug: choline magnesium trisalicylate · Drug: idarubicin · Drug: cytarabine · Other: laboratory biomarker analysis

  • Active comparator
    Arm II (chemotherapy)

    Patients receive idarubicin IV on days 1- 3 and cytarabine IV continuously on days 1-7.

    Drug: idarubicin · Drug: cytarabine · Other: laboratory biomarker analysis

Interventions

  • Drugcholine magnesium trisalicylate

    Given PO

    Also known as: Trilisate, Trisalicylate

  • Drugidarubicin

    Given IV

    Also known as: 4-demethoxydaunorubicin, 4-DMDR, DMDR, IDA

  • Drugcytarabine

    Given IV

    Also known as: ARA-C, arabinofuranosylcytosine, arabinosylcytosine, Cytosar-U, cytosine arabinoside

  • Otherlaboratory biomarker analysis

    Correlative studies

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Inhibition of NF-kB Target Transcripts and/or Inhibition of Drug Efflux in at Least 50% of Patients

    The clinical trial will be based on a sequential monitoring so that we will have a 90% confidence that choline magnesium trisalicylate (CMT) based modulation of NF-kB transcriptional targets and/or drug efflux occurs in at least 50% of patients.

    Time frame: 24 hours

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Results

Posted Jul 24, 2018

Participant flow

Subjects were recruited through the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. The study was open to accrual on 10/31/2008 and completed on 01/06/2015. All participants visits were completed and the study was closed by the Principal Investigator on 04/26/2016.

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneArm I (Choline Magnesium Trisalicylate and Chemotherapy)Arm II (Chemotherapy)
Started1314
Completed1314
Not completed00

Outcome measures

PrimaryInhibition of NF-kB Target Transcripts and/or Inhibition of Drug Efflux in at Least 50% of Patients

The clinical trial will be based on a sequential monitoring so that we will have a 90% confidence that choline magnesium trisalicylate (CMT) based modulation of NF-kB transcriptional targets and/or drug efflux occurs in at least 50% of patients.

Time frame:
24 hours
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Inhibition of NF-kB Target Transcripts and/or Inhibition of Drug Efflux in at Least 50% of Patients
ParticipantsArm I (Choline Magnesium Trisalicylate and Chemotherapy)Arm II (Chemotherapy)
Inhibition of NF-kB Target Transcripts and/or Inhibition of Drug Efflux in at Least 50% of Patients1314
Statistical analysis
  • Arm I (Choline Magnesium Trisalicylate and Chemotherapy) vs Arm II (Chemotherapy) · Regression, Cox · p = <.05

Adverse events

Collected over Adverse events were collected over a period of approximately 1.5 months.. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Arm I (Choline Magnesium Trisalicylate and Chemotherapy)0/13 (0%)1/13 (7.7%)7/13 (53.8%)
Arm II (Chemotherapy)0/14 (0%)0/14 (0%)10/14 (71.4%)
Most frequent serious events
Most frequent serious events
EventArm I (Choline Magnesium Trisalicylate and Chemotherapy)Arm II (Chemotherapy)
Pneumonitis/pulmonary infiltratesRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders1/130/14
Most frequent other events
Showing 10 of 30
Most frequent other events
EventArm I (Choline Magnesium Trisalicylate and Chemotherapy)Arm II (Chemotherapy)
Febrile neutropenia (fever of unknown origin without clinically or microbiologically documented infeInfections and infestations1/134/14
Low HemoglobinBlood and lymphatic system disorders3/133/14
RashSkin and subcutaneous tissue disorders1/133/14
Low PlateletsBlood and lymphatic system disorders2/132/14
DiarrheaGastrointestinal disorders1/132/14
NauseaGastrointestinal disorders0/132/14
Fever (in the absence of neutropenia, where neutropenia is defined as ANC <1.0 x 10e9/L)General disorders0/132/14
Alkalosis (metabolic or respiratory)Blood and lymphatic system disorders1/130/14
Dermal change lymphedema, phlebolymphedemaBlood and lymphatic system disorders1/130/14
ConstipationGastrointestinal disorders1/130/14

Baseline characteristics

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)Arm I (Choline Magnesium Trisalicylate and Chemotherapy)Arm II (Chemotherapy)Total
<=18 years000
Between 18 and 65 years10919
>=65 years358
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Arm I (Choline Magnesium Trisalicylate and Chemotherapy)Arm II (Chemotherapy)Total
Female61016
Male7411
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Arm I (Choline Magnesium Trisalicylate and Chemotherapy)Arm II (Chemotherapy)Total
Hispanic or Latino101
Not Hispanic or Latino121426
Unknown or Not Reported000
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Arm I (Choline Magnesium Trisalicylate and Chemotherapy)Arm II (Chemotherapy)Total
American Indian or Alaska Native000
Asian011
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander000
Black or African American202
White111324
More than one race000
Unknown or Not Reported000
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(Participants)Arm I (Choline Magnesium Trisalicylate and Chemotherapy)Arm II (Chemotherapy)Total
United States131427
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Study locations

1 site
  • Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
    New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 24, 2021, 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
NCT02144675
Lead sponsor
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Collaborators
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Responsible party
Roger Strair, MD, PhD (Professor of Medicine, RWJMS, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 22, 2014
Start date
Jan 2009
Primary completion
Apr 26, 2016
Completion
Apr 26, 2016
Results posted
Jul 24, 2018
Last update
Aug 24, 2021

Study contacts

Roger Strair
principal investigator · Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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