Phase II Study of ONTAK in Previously Treated Patients With Low-grade Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL)

A Randomized, Multicenter, Phase II Evaluation of ONTAK (Denileukin Diftitox) in Patients With Previously Treated, Indolent, B-Cell, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

The purpose of this study is to look at the safety and effectiveness of ONTAK in previously treated patients with NHL.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma; Lymphoma, B-cell; Lymphoma, Low-grade
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: ONTAK

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 9
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Kentucky
    • Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40503
      • Central Baptist Hospital
  • Louisiana
    • Metairie, Louisiana, United States, 70006
      • Hematology and Oncology Services

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pathological diagnosis of low-grade (indolent), B-cell, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
• Positive expression for CD25 of tumor cells in a lymph node biopsy as defined by greater than 20% of malignant cells staining for CD25 by standardized immunohistochemical assay.
• Modified Ann Arbor Stage I, II, III or IV.
• Patients must have received at least two but no more than five prior therapies. One prior therapy must have been cytotoxic chemotherapy and one prior therapy must have been monoclonal antibody therapy. Combination chemotherapy, including regimens used prior to bone marrow transplantation, will count as a single therapy for purposes of eligibility.
• Patients must have bidimensionally measurable disease.
• Patients must be 18 years of age or older.
• An ECOG performance status of 0, 1, or 2.

• Acceptable organ function defined as follows:

  • absolute neutrophil count (ANC) > or = to 1,000/mm3, platelet count > or = to 50,000/mm3, Hemoglobin > or = to 8 g/dL;
  • Bilirubin < or = to 1.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN);
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) < or = to 1.5 times the upper limit of normal;
  • Serum creatinine <1.8mg/dL;
  • Serum albumin > or = to 3.0 g/dL.
• New York Heart Association classification of I or II and no history of poorly controlled hypertension.
• Must be free of serious concurrent illness.

• Female patients must meet the following criteria:

  • If the patient is a female of childbearing potential, she must have negative serum beta human chorionic gonadotropin (B-hCG) pregnancy test within seven days prior to study entry and must have used an effective means of contraception or have been sexually abstinent for at least four weeks prior to the negative serum pregnancy test and through to study entry.
  • Female patients of childbearing potential must agree to practice an effective method of birth control during the entire treatment period and for at least three weeks after their last treatment on protocol.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.
• Patients previously treated with ONTAK (DAB389lL-2) or DAB486IL-2.
• Inability to comply with protocol requirements for this study.
• Pregnant women or lactating women who are breast feeding or women planning to become pregnant during the treatment period or three weeks after their last treatment on protocol.
• Serious intercurrent medical illnesses or active infections requiring parenteral antibiotics, which would interfere with the ability of the patient to carry out the treatment program.
• Sero-positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody. History of ongoing Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C infection.
• Another malignancy or history of another cancer with less than five disease-free years (other than resected basal or squamous cell skin cancers or in situ cervical cancer).
• Patients with a known hypersensitivity to ONTAK or any of its components: diphtheria toxin, interleukin-2, or excipients.
• Any investigational agents within one month prior to study entry.
• Prior radiation therapy within four weeks of enrollment or to the only site of evaluable disease.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Objective Clinical Response: Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) at Week 24, or, in the Event of Lengthened Cycle Intervals, at the End of Cycle 8.	Complete response: achievement of a complete regression for >4 weeks of all palpable and x-ray demonstrable disease and bone marrow disease. Partial response: response to therapy with a 75% reduction in the greatest diameters of the measurable lesions for >4 weeks and had indeterminate bone marrow biopsy	24 Weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Duration of Response	The duration of response was defined as the time interval from start of the first response (CR or PR) to the time of documented disease progression.	From beginning of response to time of relapse
Time-to-Treatment Failure		From start of first treatment

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Eisai Inc.
• Investigators: Study Director: Elyane Lombardy, M.D., Ligand Pharmaceuticals

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: May 1, 2000
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 1, 2001
• Study Completion (Actual): September 1, 2006

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 31, 2002
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 2, 2003
• First Posted (Estimate): January 3, 2003

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): July 13, 2012
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 7, 2012
• Last Verified: July 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Immune System Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Lymphatic Diseases; Immunoproliferative Disorders; Lymphoma; Lymphoma, B-Cell; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
• Other Study ID Numbers: L4389-30