A Phase 2 Multi-Center Study of Entinostat (SNDX-275) in Patient With Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin's Lymphoma (ENGAGE-501)

A Phase 2 Multi-Center Study of Entinostat (SNDX-275) in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin's Lymphoma

This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of entinostat, SNDX-275, in patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Hodgkin's Lymphoma
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Entinostat

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 49
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • Beverly Hills, California, United States
      • Tower Cancer Research Foundation
  • Colorado
    • Denver, Colorado, United States
      • University of Colorado
  • Maryland
    • Baltimore, Maryland, United States
      • Johns Hopkins
  • Nebraska
    • Omaha, Nebraska, United States
      • University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • New York
    • Buffalo, New York, United States
      • Roswell Park Cancer Institute
  • Texas
    • Houston, Texas, United States
      • MD Anderson Cancer Center

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:

1. Pathologic confirmation of relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin's lymphoma from the last biopsy available. Relapsed disease is defined as progressive disease following systematic therapy(ies) with curative intent. Refractory disease is defined as disease not responding to or having progressed within 3 months of the last dose of most recent systemic therapy.
2. Must have progressed after, or been ineligible for, stem cell transplantation.
3. Documented disease that is radiographically measurable (≥ 1.5 cm in the largest transverse dimension). If only 1 site of radiographically measurable lesion with the longest diameter < 2.5 cm, lesion must be positive by Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography (FDG-PET) or biopsy.
4. Last dose of cytotoxic chemotherapy must be > 21 days before the first dose of study drug.
5. European Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.
6. Age 18 years or older.
7. Total Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) and Aspartate Transaminase (AST) and Alanine Transaminase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 x ULN, possible exceptions if documented Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL) liver involvement.
8. Serum Creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN.
9. Absolute neutrophil counts of ≥ 1,000/µL, and platelet counts ≥ 50,000/µL
10. Patients or their legal representative must be able to read, understand, and sign a written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with another active cancer (excluding basal cell carcinoma or CIN/cervical carcinoma in situ or melanoma in situ). Prior history of other cancer is allowed, excluding active disease within the prior 5 years.
2. Prior allogeneic stem cell transplantation requiring active immunosuppressive therapy within 3 months of registration or with evidence of active Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD).
3. Pregnant or lactating women. Women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP) must have a negative serum pregnancy test prior to start of study drug.
4. WOCBP and men whose partners are WOCBP must use an acceptable method of contraception while enrolled on this study, and for a period of 3 months following the last dose of study drug.
5. Patients with uncontrolled intercurrent illness, active or uncontrolled infections, or a fever > 38.5⁰C that has not been evaluated for infection on the day of scheduled dosing.
6. Patients who have been treated with any investigational drug within 28 days prior to the first dose of study medication, or who are receiving concurrent treatment with other experimental drugs or anti-cancer therapy.
7. Prior treatment with Histone Deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors (e.g. valproic acid, Zolinza (SAHA), romidepsin (Istodax),and experimental compounds such as MethylGene's MCGD0103 and Novartis' LBH589).
8. History of pericarditis or pericardial effusion that had required medical or surgical intervention in the last 6 months, or myocardial infarction or arterial thromboembolic events within 6 months, or experiencing severe or unstable angina, or New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV disease or a QTc interval >0.47 seconds.
9. Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or a history of active Hepatitis B or C as evidenced by laboratory abnormalities in addition to positive serology.
10. Active central nervous system lymphoma and lymphoma with leptomeningeal involvement.
11. Any condition (e.g., known or suspected poor compliance, psychological instability, geographical location, etc) that, in the judgment of the investigator, may affect the patient's ability to sign the informed consent and comply with study procedures.
12. Any condition that will put the patient at undue risk or discomfort as a result of adherence to study procedures.
13. History of gastrointestinal disorders (medical disorder or extensive surgery) that could interfere with absorption of study drug.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: Entinostat; Regimen determined by protocol version. Regimen 1: entinostat 10 mg (two 5 mg tablets) orally, once every two weeks (Days 1 and 15) in a 28-day cycle until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Regimen 2: entinostat 10 mg (two 5 mg tablets) orally on Day 1, increased to 15 mg (three 5 mg tablets) beginning on Day 15 of Cycle 1 for participants who had not experienced treatment-related adverse events with severity grade ≥2 (moderate), then continue 15 mg every two weeks (Days 1 and 15) in a 28-day cycle until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Regimen 3: entinostat 15 mg (three 5 mg tablets), orally, once weekly for 3 weeks followed by a 1-week break in a 4-week (28-day) cycle until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Drug: Entinostat; Entinostat tablets; Other Names: SNDX-275

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of Participants With Best Overall Response Based on the Participant's Best Response That is Documented Within the First 6 Cycles of Protocol Therapy	Best Overall Response was defined as Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR). Tumor response was assessed by the Investigators using the International Working Group revised response criteria for malignant lymphoma (Cheson, Pfistner et al. 2007). CR was defined as complete disappearance of all detectable clinical and radiographic evidence of disease and disappearance of all disease-related symptoms if present before therapy, and normalization of those biochemical abnormalities definitely assignable to HL. PR was defined as: At least a 50% decrease in sum of the products of the greatest diameters (SPD) of the six largest dominant nodes or nodal masses, No increase in the size of other nodes, No new sites of disease.	Up to 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of Participants With Best Overall Response Based on the Participant's Best Response Documented Through the Entire Course of Protocol Therapy	Best Overall Response was defined as Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR). Tumor response was assessed by the Investigators using the International Working Group revised response criteria for malignant lymphoma (Cheson, Pfistner et al. 2007). CR was defined as complete disappearance of all detectable clinical and radiographic evidence of disease and disappearance of all disease-related symptoms if present before therapy, and normalization of those biochemical abnormalities definitely assignable to HL. PR was defined as: At least a 50% decrease in sum of the products of the greatest diameters (SPD) of the six largest dominant nodes or nodal masses, No increase in the size of other nodes, No new sites of disease.	Regimen 1 and 2 median follow-up 36.6 months; Regimen 3 median follow-up 18.4 months
Duration of Objective Response for Participants Achieving CR or PR	Duration of objective response was defined as the number of days from the start date of CR or PR (whichever status is recorded first), until the first date that recurrent or progressive disease was objectively documented.	Regimen 1 and 2 median follow-up 36.6 months; Regimen 3 median follow-up 18.4 months
Number of Participants With Serious Adverse Events (SAE) and Adverse Events (AEs)	An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a patient or clinical investigation participant administered a pharmaceutical product and which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment. A Treatment-Emergent Adverse Event (TEAE) is an AE that occurred after receive study drug. Any changes from baseline in vital signs, electrocardiogram results, and laboratory parameters assessed by the investigator to be clinically significant were reported as AEs. A SAE is defined as an AE that: is fatal, is life threatening, requires in-patient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity is a congenital anomaly/birth defect, is another significant medical hazard, such as new malignancy.	First dose to within 30 days of the last dose of study drug (Up to 34 months)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Syndax Pharmaceuticals

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Batlevi CL, Kasamon Y, Bociek RG, Lee P, Gore L, Copeland A, Sorensen R, Ordentlich P, Cruickshank S, Kunkel L, Buglio D, Hernandez-Ilizaliturri F, Younes A. ENGAGE- 501: phase II study of entinostat (SNDX-275) in relapsed and refractory Hodgkin lymphoma. Haematologica. 2016 Aug;101(8):968-75. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2016.142406. Epub 2016 May 5.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: April 13, 2009
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 8, 2013
• Study Completion (Actual): February 8, 2013

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 19, 2009
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 19, 2009
• First Posted (Estimate): March 20, 2009

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 22, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 3, 2019
• Last Verified: October 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Hodgkin's Lymphoma; Refractory Hodgkin's Lymphoma; Relapsed Hodgkin's Lymphoma
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Immune System Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Lymphatic Diseases; Immunoproliferative Disorders; Lymphoma; Hodgkin Disease; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Enzyme Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents; Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors; Entinostat
• Other Study ID Numbers: SNDX-275-0501

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No