Alisertib in Combination With Vorinostat in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Recurrent Hodgkin Lymphoma, B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, or Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma

April 10, 2018 updated by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Phase I Study of the Aurora Kinase a Inhibitor MLN8237 in Combination With the Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Vorinostat in Lymphoid Malignancies

This phase I trial studies the side effects and the best dose of alisertib when given together with vorinostat in treating patients with Hodgkin lymphoma, B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, or peripheral T-cell lymphoma that has come back. Alisertib and vorinostat may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the maximum-tolerated dose (MTD) of MLN8237 (alisertib) when given in combination with vorinostat and to select a dose and schedule for further testing (recommended Phase 2 dose: RP2D) in patients with lymphoid malignancies.

II. To describe the toxicities of MLN8237 when given in combination with vorinostat on a 21-day schedule.

III. To determine any clinical responses with MLN8237 in combination with vorinostat.

IV. To compare the plasma pharmacokinetics of MLN8237 when given alone and in combination with vorinostat.

V. To perform immunohistochemistry (IHC) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis to determine aurora kinase A (AURKA) expression in archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded sections from the most recent available tumor specimens of patients.

VI. To perform correlative studies for apoptosis and proliferation on bone marrow and lymph node specimens, where available, obtained from patients in the expanded cohort at RP2D.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of alisertib.

Patients receive alisertib orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-7 or days 1-3 and 8-10, and vorinostat PO BID on days 1-14 or days 1-5 and 8-12. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for at least 30 days.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

34

Phase

  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • Duarte, California, United States, 91010
        • City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
      • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
        • USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
      • Sacramento, California, United States, 95817
        • University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • Pennsylvania
      • Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033-0850
        • Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center
      • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15232
        • University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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:

  • Patients must have a histologically or cytologically confirmed lymphoid malignancy (like Hodgkin lymphoma or one of the mature B- or T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas as classified by World Health Organization [WHO]) for which standard curative or palliative measures do not exist or are no longer effective

  • Patients must have measurable disease in two dimensions and >= 2 cm is acceptable (or 1.5 cm if 0.5 slices are used, as in spiral computed tomography [CT] scans); lesions that are considered intrinsically non-measurable include the following:

    • Bone lesions
    • Leptomeningeal disease
    • Ascites
    • Pleural/pericardial effusion
    • Inflammatory breast disease
    • Lymphangitis cutis/pulmonis
    • Abdominal masses that are not confirmed and followed by imaging techniques
    • Cystic lesions
    • Lesions that are situated in a previously irradiated area
  • Patients must have had at least 1 prior systemic chemotherapy (not just steroids or local radiation); last chemotherapy or radiation must be at least 4 weeks prior to enrollment on this study; patients who decline other potentially curative therapy may be eligible; prior radiation therapy must not have been to more than 25% of the bone marrow; whole pelvic radiation is considered to be over 25%
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 2 (Karnofsky >= 60%)
  • Life expectancy of greater than 12 weeks
  • Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL
  • Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
  • Total/direct bilirubin < 1.5 X institutional upper limit of normal; patients with elevation of indirect (unconjugated) bilirubin alone, as in Gilbert's syndrome, are eligible
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) < 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
  • Creatinine =< institutional upper limit of normal OR creatinine clearance >= 60 mL/min/1.73 m^2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal
  • Prior allogeneic stem cell transplant patients will be allowed to enroll if they are past day +100 of transplant, have no active graft-versus-host-disease, are not on any immunosuppressants and have been off immunosuppressants for at least 4 weeks; prior autologous stem cell transplant patients will also be allowed to enter this study if they are past their day +100 of transplant
  • Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry, for the duration of study participation, and 4 months after completion of MLN8237 administration; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately; men treated or enrolled on this protocol must also agree to use adequate contraception prior to the study, for the duration of study participation, and 4 months after completion of MLN8237 administration
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
  • According to current guidelines, patients must be able to take oral medication and to maintain a fast as required for 2 hours before and 1 hour after MLN8237 administration; these guidelines may change pending results from an ongoing food effects study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier
  • Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents
  • Patients with known brain metastases should be excluded from this clinical trial
  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to MLN8237, including but not limited to established allergic reaction to benzodiazepines
  • Treatment with valproic acid within 14 days prior to initiation of study and during the study
  • Prior use of valproic acid or any other histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor for lymphoma treatment
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
  • Pregnant women are excluded from this study; breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with MLN8237
  • Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible; appropriate studies will be undertaken in patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy when indicated
  • Known history of uncontrolled sleep apnea syndrome and other conditions that could result in excessive daytime sleepiness, such as severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; requirement for supplemental oxygen; or any conditions that could result in excessive toxicity associated with the benzodiazepine-like effects of MLN8237
  • Requirement for constant administration of proton pump inhibitor, histamine (H2) antagonist, or pancreatic enzymes; intermittent uses of antacids or H2 antagonists are allowed
  • Inability to swallow oral medication or to maintain a fast as required for 2 hours before and 1 hour after MLN8237 administration or any condition that would modify small bowel absorption of oral medications, including malabsorption, or resection of pancreas or upper bowel
  • Treatment with clinically significant enzyme inducers, such as the enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs phenytoin, carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, primidone or phenobarbital, or rifampin, rifabutin, rifapentine, or St. John's wort within 14 days prior to the first dose of MLN8237 and during the study
  • Patients with New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II-IV heart failure

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Treatment (alisertib, vorinostat)
Patients receive alisertib PO BID on days 1-7 or days 1-3 and 8-10, and vorinostat PO BID on days 1-14 or days 1-5 and 8-12. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
Other: Pharmacological Study
Correlative studies
Drug: Vorinostat
Given PO
Other Names:
  • SAHA
  • Suberoylanilide Hydroxamic Acid
  • MSK-390
  • Zolinza
  • L-001079038
  • Suberanilohydroxamic Acid
Drug: Alisertib
Given PO
Other Names:
  • MLN8237
  • Aurora A Kinase Inhibitor MLN8237
  • MLN-8237

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
MTD of alisertib defined as the highest dose tested in which less than 33% of patients experienced dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) graded according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version (v.)4.0
Time Frame: 21 days
The toxicities observed at each dose level will be summarized in terms of type (organ affected or laboratory determination such as absolute neutrophil count), severity (by NCI CTCAE version 4.0) and nadir or maximum values for the laboratory measures, time of onset (i.e. course number), duration, and reversibility or outcome. Tables will be created to summarize these toxicities and side effects by dose and by course.
21 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Incidence of toxicities produced by alisertib in combination with vorinostat assessed by the NCI CTCAE version 4.0
Time Frame: Up to 2 years
The toxicities observed at each dose level will be summarized in terms of type (organ affected or laboratory determination such as absolute neutrophil count), severity (by NCI CTCAE version 4.0) and nadir or maximum values for the laboratory measures, time of onset (i.e. course number), duration, and reversibility or outcome. Tables will be created to summarize these toxicities and side effects by dose and by course.
Up to 2 years
Clinical response rate
Time Frame: Up to 2 years
Summarized by exact binomial confidence intervals.
Up to 2 years

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Degree of apoptosis, described using IHC and flow cytometry
Time Frame: Baseline to up to 2 years
All correlative study data summaries will be descriptive.
Baseline to up to 2 years
Degree of proliferation described using IHC and flow cytometry
Time Frame: Baseline to up to 2 years
All correlative study data summaries will be descriptive.
Baseline to up to 2 years
Change in AURKA expression in tissue samples by IHC and FISH
Time Frame: Baseline to up to 2 years
All correlative study data summaries will be descriptive.
Baseline to up to 2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Tanya Siddiqi, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 16, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 29, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

March 29, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 29, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 29, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

March 30, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 11, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 10, 2018

Last Verified

April 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • NCI-2012-00715 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program))
  • P30CA033572 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • U01CA062505 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • UM1CA186717 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • NCI#9091
  • PHI-67 (Other Identifier: City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center)
  • CDR0000729769
  • CHNMC-PHI-67
  • 9091 (Other Identifier: CTEP)

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