A Phase Ib Study of Belinostat With RDHAP Chemotherapy (Dexamethasone, Cytarabine, Cisplatinum) in Adults With Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma

The goal of this clinical research study is to find the highest tolerable dose of belinostat that can be combined with standard chemotherapy drugs (rituximab, cisplatin, cytarabine, and dexamethasone) in patients with relapsed or refractory DLBCL who are eligible for an autologous stem cell transplant (a transplant of the patient's own stem cells). The safety of the study drug will also be studied.

Study Overview

• Status: Withdrawn
• Conditions: Lymphoma
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Belinostat; Drug: Rituximab; Drug: Cisplatin; Drug: Cytarabine; Drug: Dexamethasone; Drug: Ciprofloxacin; Drug: Fluconazole

Detailed Description

Study Groups:

If participant is found to be eligible to take part in this study, they will be assigned to a dose level of belinostat based on when they join this study. Up to 4 dose levels of belinostat will be tested. Between 3-6 participants will be enrolled at each dose level. The first group of participants will receive the lowest dose level. Each new group will receive a higher dose than the group before it, if no intolerable side effects were seen. This will continue until the highest tolerable dose of belinostat is found.

All participants will receive the same dose level of the standard chemotherapy drugs.

Study Drug Administration:

Participant will receive belinostat with standard chemotherapy for up to two 21-day cycles.

Participant will receive belinostat by vein on Days 1 and 2 of each cycle. The infusions will last 24 hours.

Participant will receive rituximab and cisplatin by vein on Day 2 of each cycle. Participant will receive cytarabine by vein on Day 2 or 3 of each cycle, depending on when they join this study. Rituximab will be given over 4-5 hours, cisplatin will be given over 3-4 hours, and cytarabine will be given over 1 hour.

Participant will take dexamethasone once a day by mouth on Days 2-5 of both study cycles.

Blood (about 5 tablespoons) and bone marrow will be collected about 10 business days (Monday-Friday) before participant begins receiving belinostat. The blood and bone marrow will be used for peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) testing. This testing is designed to learn if participant will respond to treatment. To collect a bone marrow biopsy, an area of the hip or other site is numbed with anesthetic, and a small amount of bone marrow is withdrawn through a large needle.

Participant will also receive filgrastim, pegfilgrastim, SMX, valacyclovir, ciprofloxacin and fluconazole to reduce side effects. Participant's study doctor will discuss with them when and how they will take these drugs.

If participant's doctor thinks it is necessary, they will also have a bone marrow biopsy and aspirate performed to check the status of the disease within 4 weeks before they begin receiving belinostat. To collect a bone marrow biopsy/aspirate, an area of the hip or other site is numbed with anesthetic, and a small amount of bone marrow and bone is withdrawn through a large needle.

Study Visits:

Within 5 working/business days before the start of each cycle:

• Participant will have a physical exam.
• Blood (about 4-6 tablespoons) will be drawn for routine tests.

One (1) time a week after the completion of therapy during each cycle, blood (about 4-6 tablespoons) will be drawn for routine tests.

Blood (about 4 tablespoons) will be drawn on Days 1,2, 3, and 21 (+/- 72 hours) of Cycles 1 and 2 for PBMC testing.

Length of Treatment:

Participant may continue taking belinostat combined with chemotherapy for up to 3 cycles. Participant will no longer be able to take the study drugs if the disease gets worse, if intolerable side effects occur, or if they are unable to follow study directions.

Patient's participation on the study will be over after the follow-up visits.

End-of-Dosing Visit:

Within 3 weeks after the start of the last cycle:

• Participant will have a physical exam.
• Blood (about 4-6 tablespoons) will be drawn for routine and PBMC testing.
• Participant will have an FDG-PET/CT scan to check the status of the disease.
• If participant's doctor thinks it is necessary, they may have a bone marrow biopsy and aspirate to check the status of the disease
• If participant's doctor thinks it is necessary, they may have a core needle biopsy to check the status of the disease. To perform a core biopsy, a sample of tissue is removed using a hollow core needle that has a cutting edge.

This is an investigational study. Belinostat is FDA approved to treat T-cell lymphoma. Its use in this study is investigational. The standard chemotherapy drugs are commercially available and FDA approved to treat DLBCL.

Up to 40 participants will be enrolled on this study. All will be enrolled at MD Anderson.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Phase: Phase 1

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Aggressive B-cell lymphoma, including DLBCL and FL or other indolent or low grade malignancy transforming to DLBCL, Grade III FL, Burkitt lymphoma, and unclassifiable B-cell lymphoma with features of Burkitt and DLBCL according to the World Health Organization, with biopsy confirmation of disease which has relapsed after or refractory to a standard cytotoxic chemotherapy combination including rituximab and doxorubicin, for whom an autologous stem cell transplant is planned.
2. Have received between 1 - 2 prior cytotoxic treatments, not to include belinostat, RDHAP, or autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplant. Radiation which was pre-planned to occur at the conclusion of systemic cytotoxic therapy will not be considered a separate prior therapy. Radiation administered for potential recurrent or relapsed disease will be considered a separate prior therapy.
3. Patient or durable power of attorney (DPA) for healthcare must be able to understand and voluntarily sign an IRB-approved informed consent form.
4. Age 18-80 years at the time of signing the informed consent.
5. Patients must have bi-dimensional measurable disease.
6. Patients with performance status of </=3 (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status Scale, 3 only allowed if decline in status is deemed related to lymphoma and felt potentially reversible by the treating physician).
7. Within 4 weeks of therapy start, serum bilirubin <1.5x ULN (maximum level based on MD Anderson laboratory ranges is 1.95 mg/dL); AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) </=3x ULN or < 5x ULN if hepatic metastases are present; ANC >1000/mm^3 and platelets >100,000/mm^3 unless deemed likely related to lymphoma involvement in the bone marrow where the minimum ANC allowable will be 500/mm^3 and minimum allowable platelet count will be 50,000/mm^3.
8. Within 4 weeks of therapy start, renal function assessed by calculated creatinine clearance >/= 50ml/min by Cockcroft-Gault formula using actual body weight.
9. Patients must be willing to receive transfusions of blood products.
10. Within 4 weeks of therapy start, women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum (Beta-human chorionic gonadotropin [Beta-hCG]) or urine pregnancy test at screening and must adhere to the scheduled pregnancy testing.
11. Women of childbearing potential and men who are sexually active with a woman of childbearing potential must be practicing a highly effective method of birth control during and after the study (12 months for women and 3 months for men), consistent with local regulations regarding the use of birth control methods for subjects participating in this clinical study.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Any serious medical condition including but not limited to uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, active/symptomatic coronary artery disease, COPD, left ventricular ejection fraction of less than 40, active infection, active hemorrhage, or psychiatric illness that, in the investigators opinion places the patient at unacceptable risk and would prevent the subject from signing the informed consent form. Patients with history of cardiac arrhythmias should have cardiac evaluation and clearance.
2. Pregnant or lactating females.
3. Known hypersensitivity to any component of RDHAP.
4. Patients with Gilbert's syndrome unless homozygosity for the UFT1A1*28 mutation has been excluded.
5. HIV infection, active hepatitis B infection, active hepatitis C infection.
6. Known homozygous for UGT1A1*28 mutation from prior testing or family history.
7. Requirement of therapy with a UGT1A1 Inhibitor, as detailed in Section 8.4, or use within 7 days of enrollment on this protocol.
8. All patients with active central nervous system involvement with lymphoma.
9. Diagnosis of prior malignancy within the past 2 years with the exception of successfully treated basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, carcinoma "in situ" of the cervix or breast. History of other malignancies are allowed if in remission (including prostate cancer patients in remission from radiation therapy, surgery or brachytherapy), not actively being treated, with a life expectancy > 3 years.
10. Significant neuropathy (Grades 3 - 4, or Grade 2 with pain) within 14 days prior to enrollment.

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: Belinostat + RDHAP Chemotherapy; Belinostat administered by vein on Days 1 - 2 of a 21-day cycle. Rituximab administered by vein on Day 2. Cisplatinum administered by vein on Day 2. Cytarabine administered by vein on Day 3 during the initial cohorts, and on Day 2 in the cohort of modified DHAP scheduling. Ciprofloxacin 500 mg twice daily for 10 days and Fluconazole 100 mg daily for 10 days may be utilized at the discretion of the treating physician.

Drug: Belinostat; Dose Escalation Phase Starting Dose: 200 mg/m2/d by vein on Days 1 and 2 of a 21 day cycle. Dose Expansion Starting Dose: Maximum tolerated dose from Dose Escalation Phase.; Drug: Rituximab; Dose Escalation and Dose Expansion Phases: 375 mg/m2 by vein on Day 2 of a 21 day cycle.; Other Names: Rituxan; Drug: Cisplatin; Dose Escalation and Dose Expansion Phases: 100 mg/m2 by vein on Day 2 of a 21 day cycle; Other Names: CDDP; Platinol; Platinol-AQ; Drug: Cytarabine; Dose Escalation Phase: 2 g/m2 by vein on Day 3 of a 21 day cycle. Two doses given every 12 hours. Dose Expansion Phase: 2g/m2 by vein on Day 2 of a 21 day cycle. Two doses given every 12 hours.; Other Names: Ara-C; Cytosar; DepoCyt; Cytosine Arabinosine Hydrochloride; Drug: Dexamethasone; Dose Escalation and Dose Expansion Phases: 40 mg by mouth on Days 2 - 5 of a 21 day cycle.; Other Names: Decadron; Drug: Ciprofloxacin; 500 mg by mouth twice daily for 10 days.; Other Names: Cipro; Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride; Drug: Fluconazole; 100 mg by mouth daily for 10 days.; Other Names: Diflucan

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) of Belinostat with RDHAP Chemotherapy in Participants with Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (DLBCL)	MTD defined as the highest dose level in which 6 patients have been treated with less than 2 instances of dose limiting toxicity (DLT). DLT defined as an adverse event at least possibly related to study treatment: Any grade 3 or higher non-hematological toxicity possibly related to study medications per National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v4.0, with exclusion of grade 3 diarrhea lasting less than 48 hours, grade 3 nausea and/or vomiting lasting less than 48 hours, grade 3 electrolyte abnormalities lasting less than 48 hours, grade 3 creatinine elevation lasting less than 48 hours; Any non-hematological toxicity requiring a delay of next cycle of therapy for greater than 14 days;; Grade 4 neutropenia which persists for 14 or greater days despite growth factor support.; Neutropenic fever incidence closely monitored, but will not be considered a DLT due to known high rate of neutropenic fever with dose adjusted RDHAP (20 - 30%).	21 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall response Rate (ORR)	ORR rate of Belinostat and RDHAP summarized by frequency and 95% confidence interval. Distribution of time-to-event endpoints including overall survival (OS) and progression free survival (PFS) estimated by method of Kaplan and Meier Analysis. Comparison of time-to-event endpoints by important subgroups made using the log-rank test.	1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Collaborators: Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Jason R. Westin, MD, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Website

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: December 1, 2015
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 21, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 24, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): August 25, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): January 6, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 5, 2016
• Last Verified: January 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: DLBCL; Cisplatin; Lymphoma; Relapsed; Refractory; Rituxan; Rituximab; Fluconazole; Ara-C; Cytarabine; Dexamethasone; Cytosar; DepoCyt; Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; Decadron; Cytosine arabinosine hydrochloride; Platinol-AQ; Platinol; CDDP; Ciprofloxacin; Belinostat; Cipro; Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride; Diflucan
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Immune System Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Lymphatic Diseases; Immunoproliferative Disorders; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin; Lymphoma; Lymphoma, B-Cell; Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Anti-Infective Agents; Autonomic Agents; Peripheral Nervous System Agents; Antiviral Agents; Enzyme Inhibitors; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Antirheumatic Agents; Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; Antimetabolites; Antineoplastic Agents; Immunosuppressive Agents; Immunologic Factors; Antiemetics; Gastrointestinal Agents; Glucocorticoids; Hormones; Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists; Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; Topoisomerase II Inhibitors; Topoisomerase Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors; Hormone Antagonists; Antifungal Agents; Steroid Synthesis Inhibitors; 14-alpha Demethylase Inhibitors; Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2 Inhibitors; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inhibitors; Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19 Inhibitors; Dexamethasone; Cisplatin; Rituximab; Cytarabine; Ciprofloxacin; Fluconazole; Belinostat
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2014-1068; NCI-2015-01521 (Registry Identifier: NCI CTRP)