Clinical trial NCT02046694: A Pilot Study of Allopurinol As A Modifier of 6-MP Metabolism in Pediatric ALL
Official title: A Pilot Study of Allopurinol As A Modifier of 6-MP Metabolism in Pediatric ALL
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: EARLY_PHASE1
Conditions: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Keywords: acute lymphoblastic leukemia
ALL
pediatric
maintenance
allopurinol
6-MP
6-mercaptopurine
Lead sponsor: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2014-01-28
Enrollment: 34
Sex: ALL
Maximum age (years): 30
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Pilot Study
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This research is being done to determine if allopurinol can change the metabolism of the oral chemotherapeutic medication 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). 6-MP is originally started at a standard dose in children with ALL, but the dose is adjusted according to the absolute neutrophil count (ANC). Occasionally, 6-MP doses need to be increased in order to get the ANC into a specific target range. Also, increasing the 6-MP dose can lead to unwanted side effects, such as inflammation of the liver as shown by increases in laboratory values (ALT, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), bilirubin), nausea, and abdominal discomfort. Previous studies in children with inflammatory bowel disease has shown that combining allopurinol with 6-MP can decrease side effects associated with high doses of 6-MP and also increase the efficacy of 6-MP. Allopurinol is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of tumor lysis syndrome in ALL. Through this research study, the investigators hope to show that the combination of allopurinol and 6-MP will be safe, tolerable, and effective in children with ALL.

Detailed description: * Patients will have several visits to the Pediatric Oncology outpatient clinic. Each visit will consist of a physical examination and laboratory evaluation. Each laboratory evaluation will consist of taking approximately 10-15 milliliters of blood (or approximately three teaspoons). These clinic visits may actually coincide with clinic visits that were previously scheduled according to the patient's treatment protocol.
* At the first study visit, patients will have a physical examination and laboratory evaluation. At that visit, patients will be asked to stop taking 6-MP and methotrexate.
* At the second study visit, which is one week later, patients will again have a physical examination and laboratory evaluation. The investigators will prescribe allopurinol and restart 6-MP and methotrexate at half of the patient's previous doses.
* Clinic visits for physical examination and laboratory evaluation will be scheduled every 1-2 weeks for a total of 5 more visits. Doses of allopurinol, 6-MP, and methotrexate may be adjusted at these visits based on laboratory values or clinical symptoms.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Currently being treated in the maintenance phase of therapy for pediatric ALL
* Age ≤30 years
* 6-MMP:6-TGN ratio ≥40 within 21 days prior to enrollment
* 6-MMP ≥12,000/8x108 red blood cells (RBC) within 21 days prior to enrollment
* One of the following within 21 days prior to enrollment:

  1. ANC persistently ≥1500/mm3 (as measured by 3 CBCs done over 6 weeks or 2 successive monthly complete blood counts (CBCs) despite 6-MP ≥150% of Children's oncology group (COG) dosing OR
  2. Evidence of ≥ Grade 3 hepatotoxicity with one of the following:

     ALT ≥5x upper limit of normal (based on institutional standards) AST ≥5x upper limit of normal (based on institutional standards) Direct bilirubin ≥5x upper limit of normal (based on institutional standards) OR
  3. Evidence of ≥ Grade 2 gastrointestinal toxicity (including, but not limited to: nausea, vomiting, anorexia, gastrointestinal pain)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Allergy to allopurinol
* Active relapse of ALL or lymphoblastic lymphoma
* Currently enrolled on any therapeutic research study for the treatment of ALL or lymphoblastic lymphoma
* Known history of chronic liver disease (other than Gilbert's syndrome)
* Pregnant or breastfeeding females

Primary outcomes:
measure: Absolute neutrophil count
timeFrame: 8 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Feasibility of the addition of allopurinol to ALL maintenance therapy
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: Safety of the addition of allopurinol to ALL maintenance therapy
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: Effects of allopurinol on liver function tests
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: Alteration of 6-MP metabolism through the addition of allopurinol
timeFrame: 8 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Baltimore
country: United States
facility: Johns Hopkins Hospital
state: Maryland
city: Houston
country: United States
facility: Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers
state: Texas
city: Seattle
country: United States
facility: Seattle Children's Hospital
state: Washington
Study officials:
affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
name: Stacy Cooper, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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