About this trial

This clinical trial will test the safety and efficacy of combining trametinib and azacitidine in patients with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML). Newly diagnosed lower-risk JMML patients will receive trametinib and azacitidine. High-risk JMML patients will receive trametinib, azacitidine, fludarabine, and cytarabine.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Peripheral blood monocyte count ≥ 1 × 109/L*

Splenomegaly†

Blast percentage in PB and BM < 20%

Absence of BCR::ABL1

Disqualifiers

Patients cannot have a known allergy to any of the drugs used in the study.

Patients cannot have a systemic fungal, bacterial, viral, or other infection that is exhibiting ongoing signs/symptoms related to the infection without improvement despite appropriate antibiotics or other treatment. The patient needs to be off pressors and have negative blood cultures for 48 hours.

Patients cannot have a plan to administer non-protocol chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or immunotherapy during the study period.

Patients cannot have significant concurrent disease, illness, psychiatric disorder or social issue that would compromise patient safety or compliance with the protocol treatment or procedures, interfere with consent, study participation, follow up, or interpretation of study results.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Trametinib
  • Azacitidine
  • Fludarabine
  • Cytarabine

Treatment groups

58 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Locations

19
Arizona
Phoenix Children's Hospital85016, Phoenix United States
California
Children's Hospital Los Angeles900027, Los Angeles United States
University of California San Francisco94158, San Francisco United States
Colorado
Children's Hospital of Colorado80045, Denver United States

Sponsors and collaborators

Therapeutic Advances in Childhood Leukemia Consortium

Lead sponsor