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Frontline Oral Arsenic Trioxide for APL

Is NCT04687176 recruiting? Yes, currently enrolling (May 2026). This Phase 2 trial studies Oral Arsenic Trioxide Formulation for acute promyelocytic leukemia.

Phase 2RecruitingThe University of Hong KongNCT04687176Data as of May 2026

Treatment: Oral Arsenic Trioxide FormulationThe investigators have formulated an oral preparation of arsenic trioxide (oral-ATO), and shown that it is efficacious for APL in R1, inducing CR2 in more than 90% of patients \[8,9\]. Furthermore, in an effort to prevent relapse, the investigators have moved oral-ATO forward to the maintenance of CR1. This strategy results in favorable overall-survival (OS) and leukemia-free-survival (LFS) \[10\], implying that prolonged treatment with oral-ATO may prevent relapses. Current protocols have incorporated i.v.-ATO in the treatment of newly-diagnosed APL \[11-15\]. For regimens comprising oral-ATO, ATRA and chemotherapy, 5-year OS in excess of 90% is achieved \[11-15\]. The investigators have also published long-term data showing the use of oral-ATO is highly effective and safe in the relapsed and frontline settings \[16,17\]. In this study, the investigators evaluate the use of oral-ATO and ATRA based induction regimens in newly diagnosed patients with APL with no of minimal chemotherapy in a prospective multicentre phase 2 study.

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Extracted eligibility criteria

Cancer type

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Biomarker criteria

Required: RARA translocation

t(15;17)(q24;q21) or AML with variant RARA translocation

Performance status

ECOG 0–2(Ambulatory, capable of self-care)

Prior therapy

No prior treatment (treatment-naive required)
Max 0 prior lines

Lab requirements

Kidney function

Glomerular filtration rate (GRF) by Cockcroft-Gault formula or eGFR (MDRD) of less than 30mL/min in adults (aged ≥ 18) or Creatinine clearance < 50ml/min/1.73m2 in paediatric and adolescent patients (Age ≤ 17) [excluded]

Liver function

Significant liver function derangement (Bilirubin > 3 times upper limit normal and/or ALT > 5 times upper limit of normal) [excluded]

Cardiac function

Decompensated heart failure with left-ventricular ejection fraction of less than 40% and global hypokinesia on echocardiogram. Prolonged corrected QT interval (QTc) ≥ 500ms, in the absence of electrolyte disturbances and medications known to prolong QTc [excluded]

Decompensated heart failure with left-ventricular ejection fraction of less than 40% and global hypokinesia on echocardiogram. Prolonged corrected QT interval (QTc) ≥ 500ms, in the absence of electrolyte disturbances and medications known to prolong QTc. Significant liver function derangement (Bilirubin > 3 times upper limit normal and/or ALT > 5 times upper limit of normal). Glomerular filtration rate (GRF) by Cockcroft-Gault formula or eGFR (MDRD) of less than 30mL/min in adults (aged ≥ 18) or Creatinine clearance < 50ml/min/1.73m2 in paediatric and adolescent patients (Age ≤ 17)

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