The Gut Microbiome in FLT3- AL Undergoing Allo-HSCT With Or Without Sorafenib Maintenance

Acute Leukemia Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Gut Microbiome Changes in FMS-like Tyrosine Kinase 3 (FLT3) Negative Acute Leukemia (AL) Patients Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (Allo-HSCT) With or Without Sorafenib Maintenance Post-transplantation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05601895
• Other study ID #: Microbiota-Sora-FLT3-AL-2022
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: October 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: October 2022
• Source: Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University
• Contact: Li Xuan, MD
• Phone: +86-020-62787883
• Email: 356135708[@]qq.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This prospective trial investigates the effect of sorafenib maintenance therapy in FLT3 negative acute leukemia patients after allo-HSCT in terms of gut microbiome.

Description:

Acute leukemia is a heterogeneous group of clonal diseases. Leukemia relapse remains the main cause of treatment failure, including the patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Sorafenib, an inhibitor of multiple kinases including FLT3, has shown promising activity in FLT3-ITD-positive AML. The investigator's previous studies demonstrated that sorafenib maintenance post-transplantation could improve the outcomes of FLT3-ITD positive AML patients, which was associated with sorafenib enhancing the graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) effect. Recent studies have shown that sorafenib is also effective in patients with FLT3-negative acute leukemia. The investigator's previous exploratory study found that salvage therapy such as sorafenib combined with chemotherapy and donor lymphocyte infusion could significantly improve the CR rate and survival in patients with recurrent FLT3-negative acute leukemia after allo-HSC. More and more studies have shown that sorafenib and allo-HSCT have synergistic GVL effect. Some studies have demonstrated that gut microbiome is associated with graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) and GVL. However, the exact mechanism of sorafenib enhancing the GVL effect and the influence of gut microbiome on sorafenib maintenance after allo-HSCT in FLT3 negative acute leukemia patients remain unknown.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• FLT3 Negative Acute Leukemia
• Allo-HSCT Recipients

Exclusion Criteria:

• intolerance to sorafenib pretransplantation
• cardiac dysfunction (particularly congestive heart failure)
• hepatic abnormalities (bilirubin = 3 mg/dL, aminotransferase> 2 times the upper limit of normal)
• renal dysfunction (creatinine clearance rate < 30 mL/min)
• Any abnormality in a vital sign (e.g., heart rate, respiratory rate, or blood pressure)
• Patients with any conditions not suitable for the trial (according to the investigators' decision)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acute Leukemia
• Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
• Leukemia

Intervention

Drug:
• Sorafenib
The initial dose of sorafenib is 400 mg orally twice daily and is adjusted in case of suspected toxicity or resistance (dose range, 200-800 mg daily).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Department of Hematology,Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University	Guangzhou	Guangdong

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

References & Publications (6)

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Variation of Gut Microbiota Composition and Diversity	Variation of gut microbiota composition and diversity, as determined by 16sV3V4 rRNA sequencing of serial stool samples, during Sorafenib maintenance therapy and the period without Sorafenib maintenance.	3 months
Secondary	Variation of gut barrier integrity	As determined by serum levels of zonulin, I-FABP, and citrulline or other potential candidates.	3 months
Secondary	NRM	Non-relapse mortality	1 year
Secondary	Acute GVHD	The cumulative incidence of overall grades II-IV and grades III-IV acute GVHD will be assessed through six months after transplantation. Acute GVHD will be assessed using the Mount Sinai Acute GVHD International Consortium (MAGIC) criteria.	100 days
Secondary	Chronic GVHD	The cumulative incidence of overall grades of chronic GVHD will be assessed through 1 year after transplantation according to the 2014 NIH Consensus.	1 year
Secondary	AEs	Adverse Events	1 year
Secondary	OS	Overall Survival	1 year
Secondary	LFS	Leukemia-Free Survival	1 year
Secondary	Relapse	Cumulative incidence of relapse	1 year