Intervention: Lenalidomide
Trial phase: Phase 1 | Phase 2
ATC code: L04AX04
SMILES: Nc1cccc2c1CN(C1CCC(=O)NC1=O)C2=O
Sex: All
Age groups: Adult | Older Adult
Healthy volunteers: No
Participants at risk: 3
Group description: Patients receive lenalidomide PO QD on days 1-21. Courses repeat 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Laboratory Biomarker Analysis: Correlative studies

Lenalidomide: Given PO
Eligibility criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:

Patients must have a confirmed diagnosis of non-M3 AML; antecedent myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is acceptable
Post autologous stem cell transplant bone marrow biopsy core that is consistent with morphologic remission
Must have received induction and consolidation chemotherapy, and autologous stem cell transplant for AML
Life expectancy of greater than 12 months
Karnofsky performance status 70 or greater
Leukocytes >= 2,000/mcL
Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,000/mcL
Platelets >= 75,000/mcL
Total bilirubin =< 4 X institutional upper limit of normal unless 2nd to Gilbert's disease
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 4 X institutional upper limit of normal
Creatinine < 1.5 X institutional upper limit of normal OR creatinine clearance >= 30 mL/min/1.73 m^2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal
Able to take aspirin, or warfarin, or low molecular weight heparin as prophylactic anticoagulation
Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
Must be registered into the mandatory RevAssist® program and be willing and able to comply with the requirement of RevAssist®

Exclusion Criteria:

Patient received chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 2 weeks prior to entering the study or has not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier
Patient received another investigational agent after post autologous stem cell transplant
Patient who will be receiving another investigational product during the study
Patient who is growth factor or transfusion dependent
Patient has central nervous system leukemia
History of allergic reactions attributed to thalidomide or lenalidomide
History of erythema nodosum, characterized by a desquamating rash while taking thalidomide or similar drugs
Prior history of metastatic malignancy
Uncontrolled illness including, but not limited to ongoing or active infection, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements; patients must not have suffered recent (< 6 months) myocardial infarction, unstable angina, uncontrolled hypertension, or difficult to control cardiac arrhythmias
Evidence of uncontrolled congestive heart failure
Active hepatitis B as defined by hepatitis B surface antigen positivity, unless able to start dual anti-hepatitis B (HepB) therapy, or already on dual anti-HepB therapy
Patients who are positive for hepatitis B core antibody, but negative for the hepatitis B surface antigen, should be on lamivudine 100 mg daily until at least 3 months post-transplant
Patient is positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or human T-cell lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV-1)
Women of childbearing potential (defined as a sexually mature woman who has not undergone a hysterectomy or who has had menses at any time in the preceding 24 consecutive months)
Men who did not agree not to father a child and who refused to use a latex condom during any sexual contact with women of childbearing potential while taking lenalidomide and for 4 weeks after therapy is stopped, even if they have undergone a successful vasectomy