A Study Combining Ibrutinib With Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, and Prednisone in Patients With CD20-Positive B-Cell Non Hodgkin Lymphoma

A Phase 1b Study Combining Ibrutinib With Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, and Prednisone (R-CHOP) in Subjects With CD20-Positive B-Cell Non Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL)

The purpose of this study is to identify if, and at what dose, ibrutinib may be administered with R-CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone) and to document responses of this combination in patients with newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: CD20-positive B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Part 1, Cohort 1; Drug: Part 1, Cohort 2; Drug: Part 1, Cohort 3; Drug: Part 2, Cohort 1; Drug: Part 2, Cohort 2

Detailed Description

This is an open-label (individuals will know the identity of study treatments), dose escalation study to establish the recommended dose of ibrutinib combined with standard R-CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone) in approximately 33 adults with CD20-positive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) for whom R-CHOP is an appropriate therapy. There will be 3 periods of the study: a pretreatment (screening) period of up to 28 days before enrollment; an open-label treatment period (up to 6 cycles of ibrutinib and R-CHOP; ending at the end-of-treatment visit); and a posttreatment follow-up period until the end of study (maximum of up to 1 year after the last patient has completed the end-of-treatment visit). There are 2 parts to the study (dose escalation [Part 1] and expansion [Part 2]). During the dose escalation period, the "3+3" design will be applied and approximately 18 patients with CD20 positive B cell NHL (diffuse large B-cell lymphoma [DLBCL], mantle cell lymphoma [MCL], and follicular lymphoma [FL]) may be enrolled. Patients will be assigned to cohorts of increasing oral daily doses of ibrutinib (280, 420, and 560 mg) administered in combination with R-CHOP. The maximum tolerated dose (MTD), assessed in Cycle 1 (dose-limiting toxicity [DLT] period), is defined as the highest dose of the combination regimen at which <=33% of patients experience DLT. Baseline and follow-up electrocardiograms will be performed throughout the study. A Study Evaluation Team will review all available data upon completion of the first cycle for all patients at each dose cohort to determine DLTs, if dose escalation is acceptable, and subsequently will determine the recommended Phase 2 dose. Once the recommended Phase 2 dose is determined, approximately 15 patients with newly diagnosed DLBCL will be entered into the expansion cohort at the dose level selected to further assess the safety, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacogenomics, and activity of the combination. Patients whose disease has not progressed at the end of Cycle 1 will continue to receive ibrutinib and R CHOP up to a maximum of 6 cycles. During the posttreatment follow-up period, long term safety, survival status, disease progression, and subsequent antilymphoma therapy will be collected. The study will end 1 year after the last patient has completed the end of treatment visit.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 33
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Lille Cedex, France
  • Paris, France
  • Vandoeuvre Les Nancy, France
• United States
  • New York
    • New York, New York, United States
    • Rochester, New York, United States
  • Tennessee
    • Nashville, Tennessee, United States
  • Texas
    • Houston, Texas, United States

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:

• Histopathologically-confirmed CD20-positive B-cell non Hodgkin lymphoma disease for whom R-CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone) is an appropriate therapy (diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, mantle cell lymphoma, or follicular lymphoma); for the expansion cohort, at least 1 cohort will only include patients with newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
• Stage I AX (bulk defined as single lymph node mass >=10 cm in diameter) to Stage IV disease
• At least 1 measurable site of disease based on the Revised Response Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0, 1, or 2
• Adequate bone marrow, liver, and renal function

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of protocol-defined disallowed therapies
• Prior multidrug chemotherapy treatment for lymphoma
• History of stroke or intracranial hemorrhage within 6 months prior to the first dose of study drug
• Major surgery within 3 weeks before enrollment
• Known bleeding diatheses, platelet dysfunction disorders, or requires therapeutic anticoagulation
• Known lymphoma of the central nervous system
• Uncontrolled or severe cardiovascular disease including myocardial infarction within 6 months of enrollment, New York Heart Association Class III or IV heart failure, uncontrolled angina, pericardial disease, cardiac amyloidosis, clinically significant cardiac arrhythmia, or left ventricular ejection fraction outside of institutional limits
• Active systemic infection requiring treatment including hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection
• Documented or suspected human immunodeficiency virus infection
• Diagnosed or treated for a malignancy other than non-Hodgkin lymphoma except; adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, curatively treated in situ cancer of the cervix, ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast, or other solid tumors curatively treated with no evidence of disease for >5 years
• Has any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would make study participation not be in the best interest (eg, compromise the well-being) of the patient or that could prevent, limit, or confound the protocol-specified assessments

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: Ibrutinib; Part 1 (Dose Escalation): Escalating doses of ibrutinib (starting on Day 3 for Cycle 1 and on Day 1 for subsequent cycles) administered once daily in with standard-of-care doses of R-CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone) until maximum tolerated dose is achieved. Part 2: Ibrutinib at the recommended Part 1 dose administered once daily with standard-of-care doses of R-CHOP.

Drug: Part 1, Cohort 1; Type=exact number, unit=mg, number=280, form=capsule, route=oral use. Escalating doses of ibrutinib (starting on Day 3 for Cycle 1 and on Day 1 for subsequent cycles) administered once daily in with standard-of-care doses of R-CHOP until maximum tolerated dose is achieved.; Drug: Part 1, Cohort 2; Type=exact number, unit=mg, number=420, form=capsule, route=oral use. Escalating doses of ibrutinib (starting on Day 3 for Cycle 1 and on Day 1 for subsequent cycles) administered once daily in with standard-of-care doses of R-CHOP until maximum tolerated dose is achieved.; Drug: Part 1, Cohort 3; Type=exact number, unit=mg, number=560, form=capsule, route=oral use. Escalating doses of ibrutinib (starting on Day 3 for Cycle 1 and on Day 1 for subsequent cycles) administered once daily in with standard-of-care doses of R-CHOP until maximum tolerated dose is achieved.; Drug: Part 2, Cohort 1; Ibrutinib at the recommended Part 1 dose administered once daily with standard-of-care doses of R-CHOP in patients with newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.; Drug: Part 2, Cohort 2; Ibrutinib at the recommended Part 1 dose administered once daily with standard-of-care doses of R-CHOP in patients with newly diagnosed with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Part 1 maximum tolerated dose of ibrutinib	The Part 1 maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is the Part 2 recommended ibrutinib dose.	Up to Cycle 1, Day 21 in Part 1

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
The number of participants affected by an adverse event	Up to 30 days after the last dose of study medication
The number of participants affected by a dose-limiting toxicity	Up to Cycle 6, Day 21 in Part 1
Number of participants with potential drug-drug interactions between ibrutinib and vincristine	Up to Cycle 6, Day 21 in Part 2
Overall response rate	Up to Cycle 6, Day 21 in Part 2
Duration of response	Up to Cycle 6, Day 21 in Part 2
Progression-free survival	Up to Cycle 6, Day 21 in Part 2
Mean plasma concentrations of ibrutinib	Up to Cycle 6, Day 21 in Part 2
Maximum observed plasma concentration of ibrutinib	Up to Cycle 6, Day 21 in Part 2
Time to reach the maximum plasma concentration of ibrutinib	Up to Cycle 6, Day 21 in Part 2
Area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time 0 to 24 hours of ibrutinib	Up to Cycle 6, Day 21 in Part 2
Elimination half-life associated with the terminal slope of the semilogarithmic drug concentration-time curve of ibrutinib	Up to Cycle 6, Day 21 in Part 2
Elimination half-life associated with the terminal slope of the semilogarithmic drug concentration-time curve of vincristine	Up to Cycle 6, Day 21 in Part 2
Partial area under the plasma concentration versus time curve of vincristine	Up to Cycle 6, Day 21 in Part 2
The number of participants with pharmacodynamic markers of ibrutinib in peripheral blood mononuclear cells	Up to Cycle 6, Day 21 in Part 2
The number of participants with biomarkers predictive of clinical response	Up to Cycle 6, Day 21 in Part 2

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Janssen Research & Development, LLC
• Collaborators: Pharmacyclics LLC.

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Younes A, Thieblemont C, Morschhauser F, Flinn I, Friedberg JW, Amorim S, Hivert B, Westin J, Vermeulen J, Bandyopadhyay N, de Vries R, Balasubramanian S, Hellemans P, Smit JW, Fourneau N, Oki Y. Combination of ibrutinib with rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (R-CHOP) for treatment-naive patients with CD20-positive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a non-randomised, phase 1b study. Lancet Oncol. 2014 Aug;15(9):1019-26. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(14)70311-0. Epub 2014 Jul 17.

Helpful Links

• A Phase 1b Study Combining Ibrutinib with Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, and Prednisone (R-CHOP) in Subjects with CD20-Positive B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL)

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 14, 2012
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 4, 2014
• Study Completion (Actual): September 4, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 30, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 30, 2012
• First Posted (Estimate): April 3, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 22, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 18, 2017
• Last Verified: August 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Rituximab; Cyclophosphamide; Doxorubicin; Ibrutinib; Vincristine; Follicular lymphoma; Prednisone; R-CHOP; Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; Mantle cell lymphoma; CD20-positive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma
• 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: CR100844; PCI-32765DBL1002 (Other Identifier: Janssen Research & Development, LLC); 2012-000546-35 (EudraCT Number)

Drug and device information, study documents

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