Carfilzomib, Cyclophosphamide, Dexamethasone in Multiple Myeloma

September 5, 2022 updated by: PETHEMA Foundation

Carfilzomib and Dexamethasone in Combination With Cyclophosphamide vs. Carfilzomib and Dexamethasone in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma: a Phase II Randomized Controlled Trial

This is a multicenter, open label, phase II randomized controlled study that will evaluate the efficacy of carfilzomib and dexamethasone in combination with cyclophosphamide in R/R MM patients.

For this purpose, R/R MM patients that have received 1-3 prior lines of therapy, and who are not primary refractory or refractory to proteasome inhibitors will be randomized to receive:

  • Experimental arm: carfilzomib at a dose of 70 mg/m2 (20 mg/m2 only in the first infusion) intravenously (iv) on days 1, 8, and 15, dexamethasone by mouth (po) at a dose of 20 mg (10 mg for patients >75 years) days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15 and 16 and cyclophosphamide at a dose of 300 mg/m2 iv on days 1, 8 and 15, in 28 days cycles; or
  • Control arm: the same treatment but without cyclophosphamide.

Once the first 12 cycles are administered, treatment will be administered on days 1 and 15 of each cycle and the visit and doses on day 8 will be omitted in both study arms.

Patients older than 75 years will receive in both arms carfilzomib at a dose of 56 mg/m2 (20 mg/m2 only in the first infusion) during the cycles 1 and 2. If tolerability is acceptable, the dose could be increased up to 70 mg/m2 since the cycle 3.

Treatment will be continued until progression, unacceptable toxicity or investigator or patient decision.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Detailed Description

Treatment will consist of 28-days cycles with:

  • Arm 1 (experimental arm):

    • Carfilzomib administered iv at a dose of 70 mg/m2 (20 mg/m2 only in the first infusion) iv on days 1, 8 and 15.
    • Dexamethasone at a dose of 20 mg po (10 mg for patients >75 years) days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15 and 16.
    • Cyclophosphamide at a dose of 300 mg/m2 iv on days 1, 8 and 15
  • Arm 2 (control arm):

    • Carfilzomib administered iv at a dose of 70 mg/m2 (20 mg/m2 only in the first infusion) iv on days 1, 8, and 15.
    • Dexamethasone at a dose of 20 mg po (10 mg for patients >75 years) days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15 and 16.

Once the first 12 cycles are administered, treatment will be administered on days 1 and 15 of each cycle and the visit and doses on day 8 will be omitted in both study arms.

Patients older than 75 years will receive in both arms carfilzomib at a dose of 56 mg/m2 (20 mg/m2 only in the first infusion) during the cycles 1 and 2. If tolerability is acceptable, the dose could be increased up to 70 mg/m2 since the cycle 3.

Treatments will be administered until progressive disease (PD) or unacceptable toxicity. Carfilzomib and cyclophosphamide will be provided by the sponsor. Dexamethasone may be utilized per a site's standard practice and will not be provided by the sponsor.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

199

Phase

  • Phase 2

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

      • Barcelona, Spain
        • Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
      • Barcelona, Spain
        • Hospital Clinic i Provincial de Barcelona
      • Barcelona, Spain
        • H.Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol de Badalona
      • Barcelona, Spain
        • ICO L'Hospitalet
      • Cáceres, Spain
        • Complejo Hospitalario de Cáceres
      • Gijón, Spain
        • Hospital de Cabuenes
      • Granada, Spain
        • Centro Hospitalario Universitario de Granada
      • León, Spain
        • Hospital de Leon
      • Madrid, Spain
        • H. 12 de Octubre
      • Madrid, Spain
        • H. Ramón y Cajal
      • Madrid, Spain
        • Hospital Sanchinarro
      • Murcia, Spain
        • Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer
      • Murcia, Spain
        • Hospital Virgn de la Arrixaca
      • Málaga, Spain
        • Hospital Costa Del Sol
      • Oviedo, Spain
        • Hospital Central de Asturias
      • Palma De Mallorca, Spain
        • Hospital de Son Llàtzer
      • Pamplona, Spain
        • Clinica Universitaria De Navarra
      • Salamanca, Spain, 37007
        • Hospital Clinico Universitario de Salamanca
      • Santiago De Compostela, Spain
        • Hospital Universitario de Santiago
      • Segovia, Spain
        • Hospital de Segovia
      • Sevilla, Spain
        • Complejo Hospitalario Regional Virgen del Rocío
      • Toledo, Spain
        • Hospital de Toledo
      • Zaragoza, Spain
        • Hospital Lozano Blesa
    • Islas Canarias
      • Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain
        • Hospital Universitario de Canarias

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

14 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Age ≥18 years.
  2. Performance status (ECOG) <2.
  3. Patient is, in the investigator's opinion, willing and able to comply with the protocol requirements.
  4. Patient has given voluntary written informed consent before performance of any study-related procedure not part of normal medical care, with the understanding that consent may be withdrawn by the patient at any time without prejudice to their future medical care.
  5. Patients previously diagnosed with MM according to the IMWG criteria (Lancet Oncology 2014) that after previous treatment with 1-3 regimens require therapy due to a relapse/progression of the disease.
  6. Patients must have measurable disease, defined as follows:

    • Serum monoclonal protein ≥ 0.5 g/L, or
    • Urine light-chain excretion of ≥ 0.2g /24 hours, or
    • Abnormal ratio of serum free light chains (FLCs) plus involved FLC level ≥100 mg/L.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Primary refractory patients defined as not having achieved at least a PR with a prior therapy.
  2. Refractoriness to prior proteasome inhibitor therapies, defined as not having achieved at least MR or having progressed under treatment or in the first 60 days after the last dose of the proteasome inhibitor.
  3. Biochemical and haematological abnormalities as specified below:

    • Hemoglobin < 8.0 g/dL.
    • Platelet count <75x109/L without previous platelet transfusions in the last 7 days. If bone marrow infiltration is greater than 50%, a platelet count of ≥50x109/L is required.
    • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) < 0.75 x109/L without G-CSF support in the last 7 days.
    • Aspartate transaminase (AST): > 2.5 times the upper limit of normal.
    • Alanine transaminase (ALT): > 2.5 times the upper limit of normal.
    • Calculated or measured creatinine clearance: <30 mL/min (calculated from the Cockcroft and Gault formula, specified in Appendix C).
  4. Left ventricle ejection fraction < 50%.
  5. Absence of recovery from any significant non-haematological toxicity derived from previous treatments. The presence of alopecia and NCI-CTC grade < 2 symptomatic peripheral neuropathy is allowed.
  6. Pregnant or breastfeeding women; men and women of reproductive potential who are not using effective contraceptive methods (double barrier method, intrauterine device, and oral contraception).
  7. Previous history of any other neoplastic disease in the last five years (except basal cell carcinoma, skin epithelioma or carcinoma in situ of any site).
  8. Other relevant diseases or adverse clinical conditions:

    • Congestive heart failure or angina pectoris, myocardial infarction within 12 months before inclusion in the study.
    • Uncontrolled arterial hypertension or cardiac arrhythmias (i.e. requiring a change in medication within the last 3 months or a hospital admission within the past 6 months).
    • History of significant neurological or psychiatric disorders.
    • Active infection
    • Significant non-neoplastic liver disease (e.g. cirrhosis, active chronic hepatitis).
  9. Patient is known to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive, hepatitis B surface antigen-positive or to suffer active hepatitis C infection
  10. The patient has received concomitant anti-myeloma therapy within 14 days prior to Day 1 of Cycle 1.
  11. Limit to the patient's ability to comply with the treatment or follow-up protocol.
  12. Uncontrolled endocrine diseases (e.g. diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism) (i.e. requiring relevant changes in medication within the last month, or hospital admission within the last 3 months).

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: carfilzomib, dexamethasone and cyclophosphamide
carfilzomib at a dose of 70 mg/m2 (20 mg/m2 only in the first infusion) intravenously (iv) on days 1, 8, and 15, dexamethasone by mouth (po) at a dose of 20 mg (10 mg for patients >75 years) days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15 and 16 and cyclophosphamide at a dose of 300 mg/m2 iv on days 1, 8 and 15, in 28 days cycles
carfilzomib at a dose of 70 mg/m2 (20 mg/m2 only in the first infusion) intravenously (iv) on days 1, 8, and 15
dexamethasone oral at a dose of 20 mg (10 mg for patients >75 years) days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15 and 16
cyclophosphamide at a dose of 300 mg/m2 iv on days 1, 8 and 15
Active Comparator: carfilzomib and dexamethasone
carfilzomib at a dose of 70 mg/m2 (20 mg/m2 only in the first infusion) intravenously (iv) on days 1, 8, and 15, dexamethasone by mouth (po) at a dose of 20 mg (10 mg for patients >75 years) days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15 and 16 , in 28 days cycles
carfilzomib at a dose of 70 mg/m2 (20 mg/m2 only in the first infusion) intravenously (iv) on days 1, 8, and 15
dexamethasone oral at a dose of 20 mg (10 mg for patients >75 years) days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15 and 16

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Progression free survival (PFS)
Time Frame: 36 months
PFS is defined as the number of months from randomization to the disease progression or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first. The disease outcome determined will be the primary data source for the final PFS analysis.
36 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Safety of carfilzomib, dexamethasone and cyclophosphamide in number of participants with treatment-related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v4.0
Time Frame: 2 years
the safety as determined by the incidence of clinical and laboratory toxicities
2 years
Efficacy of carfilzomib, dexamethasone and cyclophosphamide in number and rate of responses obtained
Time Frame: 2 years
Evaluate the efficacy of carfilzomib and dexamethasone in combination with cyclophosphamide in terms of rate of response in multiple myeloma (MM) patients.
2 years
Time-to progression (TTP)
Time Frame: 36 months
Duration from randomization to disease progression, with deaths due to causes other than progression censored.
36 months
Overall Survival (OS)
Time Frame: 36 months
Duration from the date of randomization until the date of death. The patients lost to follow-up will be censored at the date of the last visit.
36 months
Efficacy of carfilzomib, dexamethasone and cyclophosphamide in rate of achievement of immunophenotypic CR
Time Frame: 2 years
Evaluate the efficacy of carfilzomib and dexamethasone in combination with cyclophosphamide in terms of achievement of immunophenotypic CR in multiple myeloma (MM) patients.
2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

December 18, 2017

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2024

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 25, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 7, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

November 8, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 7, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 5, 2022

Last Verified

September 1, 2022

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