Combination of Ibrutinib and As2O3 in the Treatment of CLL

April 27, 2016 updated by: Peking University People's Hospital
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the combination of As2O3 and ibrutinib is synergistic in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a common adult leukemia characterized by the extensive accumulation of monoclonal, relatively mature , positives of cluster of differentiation antigen 5 and cluster of differentiation antigen 23 B lymphocytes in lymphoid organs, bone marrow, and peripheral blood. CLL cells accumulate because of defective apoptosis, which extends survival. CLL is a heterogeneous disease. Chemoimmunotherapy is the standard front-line approach for patients younger than 65 years with CLL, with the combination of fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab used most commonly. Some CLL patients do not respond well to routine chemoimmunotherapy. Despite recent advances in the treatment of CLL by use of modern chemoimmunotherapy, the disease remains incurable for most patients with the exception of those who have the option of an allogeneic transplantation. However, treatments with chemoimmunotherapy are associated with significant toxicities and sustained immunosuppression, and the rates of myelosuppression and infection are high. Such complications are more frequent and more severe in patients older than 65 years because of reduced marrow reserve, and presence of comorbidities. Because CLL is a disease of the elderly, identifying effective therapies with better toxicity profiles is thus a high priority, and targeted therapies may allow attainment of this goal.

Ibrutinib is an irreversible inhibitor of Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) that binds covalently to the cysteine residue (C481) in the kinase domain. This inhibition has been shown in vitro to induce modest CLL cell apoptosis and to abolish proliferation and B-cell receptor (BCR) signaling. Clinical trial results with this agent have been outstanding, including an estimated 26-month progression-free survival (PFS) of 75% for patients with relapsed and refractory disease. Although PFS with ibrutinib is excellent, the overall response rate for this group of relapsed patients is only 71%, lagging behind the clinical benefit seen in 88% of patients because of lymphocytosis induced by this agent and all agents targeting the BCR pathway.

Nevertheless, the long-term safety for ibrutinib has not been established. Caution must be exercised for the development of resistant clones due to the persistence of the disease, because most patients treated with ibrutinib often have prolonged partial remissions. Moreover, about 2-5% of CLL patients will develop Richter's syndrome or transformation during the disease course and treatment. The rate of serious adverse events in patients who continued treatment for 1 year or longer was 43% in the first year of treatment and 32% after the first year. Within the first year of treatment, 8% patients discontinued therapy, while 6% discontinued therapy after the first year. Besides, considering that genetic mutations cause resistance to ibrutinib in CLL patients and altered signaling pathways are common mechanisms of resistance to single agents. It's expected to combine other agent with ibrutinib to obtain higher response in those CLL patients who have not obtained perfect effect and to relieve the toxicity from treatment of ibrutinib.

However, arsenic trioxide (As2O3) has attracted worldwide interest in the field of oncology because of its substantial anticancer activity in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). Interestingly, a number of studies have revealed that As2O3 can induce apoptosis, not only in APL, but also in a wide variety of hematologic malignancies, including CLL, either as monotherapy or combined therapy. Investigators previous study has also suggested that As2O3 could induce CLL cells apoptosis, and could be an efficient therapeutic agent for CLL.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

70

Phase

  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

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

Study Contact

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

16 years to 88 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • patients fulfilling clinical and immune-phenotypic criteria for CLL

Exclusion Criteria:

  • none

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: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Ibrutinib combined with As2O3
Drug: Ibrutinib combined with As2O3
arsenic trioxide combined with ibrutinib in CLL
Other Names:
  • Ibrutinib combined with arsenic trioxide
Active Comparator: Ibrutinib
Ibrutinib only
Drug: ibrutinib
ibrutinib
Other Names:
  • BTK inhibitor

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
overall response rate
Time Frame: 2 years
2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Peking University People's Hospital

Collaborators

Beijing Hospital

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Xiao-Jun Huang, Doctor, Peking University People's Hospital

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

December 1, 2016

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2017

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 17, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 27, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

April 29, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

April 29, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 27, 2016

Last Verified

April 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • ibrutinib combined study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

Undecided

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