Combination Chemotherapy and Ofatumumab in Treating Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or Lymphoblastic Lymphoma

Phase II Study of the Hyper - CVAD Regimen in Combination With Ofatumumab as Frontline Therapy for Patients With CD-20 Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

This phase II trial studies how well combination chemotherapy and ofatumumab work in treating patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia or lymphoblastic lymphoma. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cyclophosphamide, vincristine sulfate, doxorubicin hydrochloride, and dexamethasone, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Immunotherapy with ofatumumab, may induce changes in body's immune system and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving combination chemotherapy together with ofatumumab may be an effective treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia or lymphoblastic lymphoma.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Burkitt Lymphoma; Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; Lymphoblastic Lymphoma; CD20 Positive; Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Complete Remission; Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Complete Remission; Burkitt Leukemia
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Drug: Cytarabine; Drug: Cyclophosphamide; Drug: Vincristine Sulfate; Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride; Drug: Methotrexate; Biological: Ofatumumab; Drug: Dexamethasone

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the clinical efficacy of the combination of hyper-CVAD (cyclophosphamide, vincristine sulfate, doxorubicin hydrochloride, and dexamethasone) + ofatumumab in patients with newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia with any level of CD20 expression: event-free survival; overall response rate; overall survival.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the safety of this combination.

OUTLINE:

COURSES 1, 3, 5, 7: Patients receive hyper-CVAD comprising cyclophosphamide intravenously (IV) over 3 hours every 12 hours on days 1-3; doxorubicin hydrochloride IV over 24 hours on day 4; vincristine sulfate IV over 15 minutes on days 4 and 11; and dexamethasone IV over 30 minutes or orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-4 and 11-14. Patients also receive ofatumumab IV over 4-6 hours on days 1 and 11 of courses 1 and 3.

COURSES 2, 4, 6, 8: Patients receive high-dose methotrexate IV over 2 hours and then over 22 hours on day 1 and cytarabine IV over 2 hours every 12 hours on days 2-3. Patients also receive ofatumumab IV over 4-6 hours on days 1 and 8 of courses 2 and 4.

Treatment repeats every 21-28 days for 8 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may receive maintenance therapy for an additional 30 months.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days and then every 3 months for 1 year.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 72
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Texas
    • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
      • M D Anderson Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients of all ages with newly diagnosed, previously untreated CD-20+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), or lymphoblastic lymphoma, Burkitt leukemia/lymphoma or having achieved complete remission (CR) with one course of induction chemotherapy
• Failure to one induction course of chemotherapy (these patients will be analyzed separately)
• Performance status of 0, 1, or 2
• Creatinine less than or equal to 3.0 mg/dL (unless considered tumor related)
• Bilirubin less than or equal to 3.0 mg/dL (unless considered tumor related)
• Adequate cardiac function defined as no clinically significant history of arrhythmia as determined by the principal investigator (PI) and/or the treating physician, history of myocardial infarction (MI) or clinically significant abnormal electrocardiogram (EKG), as determined by the PI and/or the treating physician, within 3 months prior to study enrollment; cardiac function will be assessed by history and physical examination
• No active or co-existing malignancy (other than ALL or lymphoblastic lymphoma) with life expectancy less than 12 months due to that malignancy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant or nursing women
• Known to be human immunodeficiency virus positive (HIV+)
• Philadelphia chromosome (Ph)+ ALL
• Active and uncontrolled disease/infection as judged by the treating physician
• Unable or unwilling to sign the consent form
• Subjects who have current active hepatic or biliary disease (with exception of patients with Gilbert's syndrome, asymptomatic gallstones, liver metastases or stable chronic liver disease per investigator assessment)
• Treatment with any known non-marketed drug substance or experimental therapy within 5 terminal half-lives (calculated by multiplying the reported terminal half-life by 5) or 4 weeks prior to enrollment, whichever is longer, or currently participating in any other interventional clinical study
• History of significant cerebrovascular disease in the past 6 months or ongoing event with active symptoms or sequelae
• Positive serology for hepatitis B (HB) defined as a positive test for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg); in addition, if negative for HBsAg but hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) positive (regardless of HBsAb status), a HB deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test will be performed and if positive the subject will be excluded; consult with a physician experienced in care & management of subjects with hepatitis B to manage/treat subjects who are anti-HBc positive
• Positive serology for hepatitis C (HC) defined as a positive test for hepatitis C antibody (HCAb), in which case reflexively perform a HC radioimmunoblotting assay (RIBA) immunoblot assay on the same sample to confirm the result

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: Treatment (hyper-CVAD, ofatumumab); COURSES 1, 3, 5, 7: Patients receive hyper-CVAD comprising cyclophosphamide IV over 3 hours every 12 hours on days 1-3; doxorubicin hydrochloride IV over 24 hours on day 4; vincristine sulfate IV over 15 minutes on days 4 and 11; and dexamethasone IV over 30 minutes or PO QD on days 1-4 and 11-14. Patients also receive ofatumumab IV over 4-6 hours on days 1 and 11 of courses 1 and 3. COURSES 2, 4, 6, 8: Patients receive high-dose methotrexate IV over 2 hours and then over 22 hours on day 1 and cytarabine IV over 2 hours every 12 hours on days 2-3. Patients also receive ofatumumab IV over 4-6 hours on days 1 and 8 of courses 2 and 4. Treatment repeats every 21-28 days for 8 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may receive maintenance therapy for an additional 30 months.

Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Correlative studies; Drug: Cytarabine; Given IV; Other Names: .beta.-Cytosine arabinoside; 1-.beta.-D-Arabinofuranosyl-4-amino-2(1H)pyrimidinone; 1-.beta.-D-Arabinofuranosylcytosine; 1-Beta-D-arabinofuranosyl-4-amino-2(1H)pyrimidinone; 1-Beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine; 1.beta.-D-Arabinofuranosylcytosine; 2(1H)-Pyrimidinone, 4-Amino-1-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl-; 2(1H)-Pyrimidinone, 4-amino-1.beta.-D-arabinofuranosyl-; Alexan; Ara-C; ARA-cell; Arabine; Arabinofuranosylcytosine; Arabinosylcytosine; Aracytidine; Aracytin; Aracytine; CHX-3311; Cytarabinum; Cytarbel; Cytosar; Cytosine Arabinoside; Cytosine-.beta.-arabinoside; Cytosine-beta-arabinoside; Erpalfa; Starasid; Tarabine PFS; U 19920; U-19920; Udicil; WR-28453; Beta-cytosine Arabinoside; Drug: Cyclophosphamide; Given IV; Other Names: Cytoxan; CTX; (-)-Cyclophosphamide; 2H-1,3,2-Oxazaphosphorine, 2-[bis(2-chloroethyl)amino]tetrahydro-, 2-oxide, monohydrate; Carloxan; Ciclofosfamida; Ciclofosfamide; Cicloxal; Clafen; Claphene; CP monohydrate; CYCLO-cell; Cycloblastin; Cycloblastine; Cyclophospham; Cyclophosphamid monohydrate; Cyclophosphamidum; Cyclophosphan; Cyclophosphane; Cyclophosphanum; Cyclostin; Cyclostine; Cytophosphan; Cytophosphane; Fosfaseron; Genoxal; Genuxal; Ledoxina; Mitoxan; Neosar; Revimmune; Syklofosfamid; WR- 138719; Drug: Vincristine Sulfate; Given IV; Other Names: Oncovin; Kyocristine; Leurocristine, sulfate; Vincasar; Vincosid; Vincrex; Vincristine, sulfate; Leurocristine sulfate; Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride; Given IV; Other Names: Adriamycin; 5,12-Naphthacenedione, 10-[(3-amino-2,3,6-trideoxy-alpha-L-lyxo-hexopyranosyl)oxy]-7,8, 9,10-tetrahydro-6,8,11-trihydroxy-8-(hydroxyacetyl)-1-methoxy-, hydrochloride, (8S-cis)- (9CI); ADM; Adriacin; Adriamycin Hydrochloride; Adriamycin PFS; Adriamycin RDF; ADRIAMYCIN, HYDROCHLORIDE; Adriamycine; Adriblastina; Adriblastine; Adrimedac; Chloridrato de Doxorrubicina; DOX; DOXO-CELL; Doxolem; Doxorubicin.HCl; Doxorubin; Farmiblastina; FI 106; FI-106; hydroxydaunorubicin; Rubex; Drug: Methotrexate; Given IV; Other Names: Abitrexate; Folex; Mexate; MTX; Alpha-Methopterin; Amethopterin; Brimexate; CL 14377; CL-14377; Emtexate; Emthexat; Emthexate; Farmitrexat; Fauldexato; Folex PFS; Lantarel; Ledertrexate; Lumexon; Maxtrex; Medsatrexate; Metex; Methoblastin; Methotrexate LPF; Methotrexate Methylaminopterin; Methotrexatum; Metotrexato; Metrotex; Mexate-AQ; Novatrex; Rheumatrex; Texate; Tremetex; Trexeron; Trixilem; WR-19039; Biological: Ofatumumab; Given IV; Other Names: Arzerra; HuMax-CD20; GSK1841157; HuMax-CD20, 2F2; Drug: Dexamethasone; Given IV or PO; Other Names: Decadron; Aacidexam; Adexone; Aknichthol Dexa; Alba-Dex; Alin; Alin Depot; Alin Oftalmico; Amplidermis; Anemul mono; Auricularum; Auxiloson; Baycuten; Baycuten N; Cortidexason; Cortisumman; Decacort; Decadrol; Decalix; Decameth; Decasone R.p.; Dectancyl; Dekacort; Deltafluorene; Deronil; Desamethasone; Desameton; Dexa-Mamallet; Dexa-Rhinosan; Dexa-Scheroson; Dexa-sine; Dexacortal; Dexacortin; Dexafarma; Dexafluorene; Dexalocal; Dexamecortin; Dexameth; Dexamethasonum; Dexamonozon; Dexapos; Dexinoral; Dexone; Dinormon; Fluorodelta; Fortecortin; Gammacorten; Hexadecadrol; Hexadrol; Lokalison-F; Loverine; Methylfluorprednisolone; Millicorten; Mymethasone; Orgadrone; Spersadex; Visumetazone

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Participants With Complete Remission (CR)	Complete Remission is Normalization of the peripheral blood and bone marrow with 5% or less blasts in marrow with a granulocyte count of 1 x 109/L or above and a platelet count of 100x 109/L or above. Complete resolution of all sites of extramedullary disease is required for CR.	Up to 8 years
4-Year Overall Survival	Overall Survival is defined as time from date of treatment start until date of death due to any cause or last Follow-up. For continuous data, summary statistics including n, mean, standard deviation, median, minimum and maximum will be computed. The posterior median time to event and it 95% credible interval will be estimated. Kaplan-Meier method, Log rank test and Cox proportional hazards regression modeling will be utilized to analyze survival at 4 years.	Up to 4 years
4-year Event Free Survival	Event Free Survival defined as the time from the start of therapy to time of primary refractory disease, relapse from CR, death from any cause or last follow-up. Kaplan-Meier method will be utilized to analyze event free survival for the 4 year percent alive and in CR.	Up to 4 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Shi Z, Zhu Y, Zhang J, Chen B. Monoclonal antibodies: new chance in the management of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Hematology. 2022 Dec;27(1):642-652. doi: 10.1080/16078454.2022.2074704.
• Sasaki K, Kantarjian HM, Morita K, Short NJ, Konopleva M, Jain N, Ravandi F, Garcia-Manero G, Wang S, Khoury JD, Jorgensen JL, Champlin RE, Khouri IF, Kebriaei P, Schroeder HM, Khouri M, Garris R, Takahashi K, O'Brien SM, Jabbour EJ. Hyper-CVAD plus ofatumumab versus hyper-CVAD plus rituximab as frontline therapy in adults with Philadelphia chromosome-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A propensity score analysis. Cancer. 2021 Sep 15;127(18):3381-3389. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33655. Epub 2021 Jun 17.
• Jabbour E, Richard-Carpentier G, Sasaki Y, Konopleva M, Patel K, Roberts K, Gu Z, Wang F, Huang X, Sasaki K, Short NJ, Jain N, Ravandi F, Daver NG, Kadia TM, Alvarado Y, DiNardo CD, Issa GC, Pemmaraju N, Garcia-Manero G, Verstovsek S, Wang S, Khoury JD, Jorgensen J, Champlin R, Khouri I, Kebriaei P, Schroeder H, Khouri M, Mullighan CG, Takahashi K, O'Brien SM, Kantarjian H. Hyper-CVAD regimen in combination with ofatumumab as frontline therapy for adults with Philadelphia chromosome-negative B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: a single-arm, phase 2 trial. Lancet Haematol. 2020 Jul;7(7):e523-e533. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(20)30144-7.

Helpful Links

• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Website

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 12, 2011
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 8, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): April 8, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 27, 2011
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 27, 2011
• First Posted (Estimate): June 1, 2011

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 3, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 6, 2021
• Last Verified: April 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Virus Diseases; Infections; Immune System Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Lymphatic Diseases; Immunoproliferative Disorders; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin; DNA Virus Infections; Tumor Virus Infections; Epstein-Barr Virus Infections; Herpesviridae Infections; Lymphoma, B-Cell; Lymphoma; Leukemia; Burkitt Lymphoma; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma; Leukemia, Lymphoid; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Anti-Infective Agents; Autonomic Agents; Peripheral Nervous System Agents; Antiviral Agents; Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; Enzyme Inhibitors; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Antirheumatic Agents; Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; Antimetabolites; Antineoplastic Agents; Immunosuppressive Agents; Immunologic Factors; Tubulin Modulators; Antimitotic Agents; Mitosis Modulators; Antiemetics; Gastrointestinal Agents; Glucocorticoids; Hormones; Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists; Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; Protease Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; Alkylating Agents; Myeloablative Agonists; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; Topoisomerase II Inhibitors; Topoisomerase Inhibitors; Dermatologic Agents; Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; Reproductive Control Agents; Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal; Abortifacient Agents; Folic Acid Antagonists; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone acetate; BB 1101; Cyclophosphamide; Ofatumumab; Doxorubicin; Liposomal doxorubicin; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Cytarabine; Methotrexate; Vincristine
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2010-0708 (Other Identifier: M D Anderson Cancer Center); NCI-2011-01061 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program))

Drug and device information, study documents

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