Summary
The aim of this study is to demonstrate that targeting minimal residual disease (MRD) in people with progressive acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) may be an effective approach to maintaining their disease status being in remission for longer. The trial will also determine if a range of novel treatments aimed at targeting MRD will result in improved treatment outcomes.
You may be eligible to participate in this study if you are an adult with AML and are currently in your first or second morphologic remission with a known and trackable MRD marker.
If you enter the trial your MRD marker(s) will be monitored as per standard practice until evidence of MRD profression and/or morphological relapse. When this occurs you will then be allocated to the best treatment option for your MRD markers. This is determined by a set of clinical decision rules upon discussion with a MRD committee (a group of specialist doctors in AML). If there is no preference for a specific treatment for you, you may be randomly allocated to one.
Once on treatment you will continue to have your MRD monitored, if you do not respond to treatment or your disease worsens you may be removed from treatment and be reassessed for the next best treatment option for you to receive (either on or off trial). During treatment you will be assessed regularly which will include physical exams, blood tests, ECG (test on your heart), bone marrow biopsies, toxicities to the treatment, quality of life. If responding to the treatment you will continue on treatment for 12 months. After treatment your disease will continue to be monitored and if you have MRD progression or morphological relapse you will be assessed for the next best treatment option for you.
It is hoped that the results of this trial will help us understand the natural history of MRD markers in people during their course of their disease through diagnosis, treatment and relapse as well as making new treatments available to people with AML at a faster rate using the platform trial design (many treatments tested through one trial) than with current clinical trial practices.