Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:09 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:09 AM
NCT ID:
NCT01810705
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion criteria:
* Patient \> 65 years old and \< 85 years old
* Newly diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) or post myelodysplastic syndrome diagnosed within 6 months prior to study enrollment
* Unfit for intensive chemotherapy (at risk to suffer treatment related pejorative toxicities /early death) due to the presence of one or more of the following criteria: Dependence in activities of daily living owing to the presence of comorbidities other than those resulting from the deterioration caused by the neoplastic disease. Presence in the patient's medical history of three or more of the following comorbidities, even if they are under control with proper treatment: Congestive heart failure, other chronic cardiovascular diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral neuropathy, chronic kidney failure, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, systemic vasculitis, severe arthritis
* Presence of geriatric syndromes such as fecal or urinary incontinence, spontaneous bone fractures, mild and moderate dementia, or patients who fall repeatedly, or, patient unwilling to receive intensive chemotherapy
* Eligible to receive low-dose cytarabine treatment
* ECOG performance status ≤ 2
* Female patients of childbearing potential and males must agree to use adequate contraception (e.g., hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) for the duration of study treatment and for 6 months after the last dose of Cytarabine or 3 months after last dose of GRASPA (whichever is the longest).
* Negative serum pregnancy test at study entry for female subjects of childbearing potential
* Subscription to social security insurance (if applicable, in accordance with local regulations)
* Ability to understand, and willingness to sign, a written informed consent document and to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plans, laboratory tests, and other study procedures
Exclusion criteria:
* Patients with M3 AML of FAB classification (APL, acute promyelocytic leukemia)
* Patients with AML involving chromosome 16 abnormalities or translocation (8:21) (CBF-AML)
* Patient with secondary AML subsequent to prior malignant blood disorder such as: Myelodysplastic syndrome diagnosed more than 6 months before study entry or Myeloproliferative syndrome
* Prior therapy to AML (standard therapy or investigational agents)
* Inadequate organ function : Uncontrolled or severe cardiovascular disease including myocardial infarction within 6 months of enrollment, New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV heart failure, uncontrolled angina, clinically significant pericardial disease, or cardiac amyloidosis, Serum creatinine concentration \> 2 x ULN (Upper Limit of Normal), AST or ALT levels \> 3.5xULN or 5xULN if related to AML, Total bilirubin \> 2 x ULN, INR \> 1.5, unless patient under chronic treatment with anticoagulants (in this case, INR should be within expected ranges for the specific condition), Insulin-dependent or uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
* Concurrent malignancies other than AML requiring chemotherapy
* Severe active infection, HIV seropositivity, or known active type B or C viral hepatitis
* Known or suspected hypersensitivity or intolerance to mannitol
* Breastfeeding or lactating women
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
65 Years
Maximum Age:
85 Years
Study:
NCT01810705
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01810705