Study of Oral Ixazomib Maintenance Therapy After Initial Therapy in Participants With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Not Treated With Stem Cell Transplantation (SCT)

China Continuation: A Single-Arm, Open-Label Study of Oral Ixazomib Maintenance Therapy After Initial Therapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Not Treated With Stem Cell Transplantation

The purpose of this study is to determine the long-term safety and tolerability of ixazomib maintenance therapy.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Multiple Myeloma
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Ixazomib

Detailed Description

The drug being tested in this study is called ixazomib. Ixazomib is being tested to slow disease progression and improve overall survival in Chinese participants who have newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) who have had a major positive response to initial therapy and have not undergone stem cell transplantation (SCT). This study will look at the effect of ixazomib has on the length of time that participants are free of disease progression and their overall survival. After the implementation of Amendment 8, participants who received placebo-matching capsules before unblinding and have not yet experienced disease progression will cross over to receive ixazomib.

The study will enroll approximately 37 patients. Participants will be assigned to a single treatment group

• Ixazomib

All participants will be asked to take one capsule on Days 1, 8, and 15 of every 28-day cycle, for up to approximately 24 months (equivalent to 26 cycles [if no cycle delays], to the nearest complete cycle) or until documented progressive disease (PD) or intolerable toxicity, whichever occurs first.

This multi-center trial will be conducted in China. The overall time to participate in this study is until a total of approximately up to 60 months. Participants will make multiple visits to the clinic, and every 4 weeks until the next line of therapy begins for a follow-up assessment.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 37
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• China
  • Beijing
    • Beijing, Beijing, China, 100191
      • Peking University Third Hospital
    • Beijing, Beijing, China, 100730
      • Peking Union Medical College Hospital
    • Beijing, Beijing, China, 100020
      • Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Capital Medical University
  • Hubei
    • Wuhan, Hubei, China, 430030
      • Tongji Hospital Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  • Jiangsu
    • Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 210029
      • Jiangsu Province Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University)
  • Liaoning
    • Shenyang, Liaoning, China, 110004
      • Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University
  • Shanghai
    • Shanghai, Shanghai, China, 200025
      • Ruijin Hospital Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine
    • Shanghai, Shanghai, China, 200001
      • Renji Hospital Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine
    • Shanghai, Shanghai, China, 200003
      • Shanghai Chang Zheng Hospital
  • Zhejiang
    • Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310003
      • 1st Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Adult male or female participants aged 18 years or older with a confirmed diagnosis of symptomatic NDMM according to standard criteria.
2. Has completed 6 to 12 months (±2 weeks) of initial therapy, during which the participant was treated to best response, defined as the best response maintained for 2 cycles after the M-protein nadir is reached.
3. Has documented major response (partial response [PR], very good partial response [VGPR], complete response [CR]) according to the international myeloma working group (IMWG) uniform response criteria, version 2011, after this initial therapy.

4. Female participants who:

   Are postmenopausal for at least 1 year before the screening visit, OR Are surgically sterile, OR If they are of childbearing potential, agree to practice 2 effective methods of contraception, at the same time, from the time of signing the informed consent through 90 days after the last dose of study drug, or Agree to practice true abstinence, when this is in line with the preferred and usual lifestyle of the participant. (Periodic abstinence [e.g., calendar, ovulation,symptothermal, postovulation methods] and withdrawal are not acceptable methods of contraception.)

   Male participants, even if surgically sterilized (i.e., status postvasectomy), who:

   Agree to practice effective barrier contraception during the entire study Treatment period and through 90 days after the last dose of study drug, or Agree to practice true abstinence, when this is in line with the preferred and usual lifestyle of the participant. (Periodic abstinence [e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, postovulation methods for the female partner] and withdrawal are not acceptable methods of contraception.)

5. Voluntary written consent must be given before performance of any study-related procedure not part of standard medical care, with the understanding that consent may be withdrawn by the participant at any time without prejudice to future medical care.

6. Has availability of complete documentation for:

   1. Details of initial disease state, initial therapy, and response
   2. Cytogenetic assessment at diagnosis (cytogenetic assessment performed after diagnosis must be approved by a Takeda project clinician or designee)
   3. International Staging System (ISS) staging at diagnosis (requiring beta 2-microglobulin and serum albumin results).
7. Has Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0 to 2.
8. Suitable venous access for the study-required blood sampling and consent for the specific amounts that will be taken.
9. Participant is willing and able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements including blood sampling and bone marrow aspiration.
10. Participants must meet the following clinical laboratory criteria at study entry:

1. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1,000/mm^3 without growth factor support and platelet count ≥ 75,000/mm^3. Platelet transfusions to help participants meet eligibility criteria are not allowed within 3 days before enrollment.

2. Total bilirubin ≤1.5*the upper limit of the normal range (ULN). 3. Alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase ≤3*ULN. 4. Calculated creatinine clearance ≥30 mL/min (using the Cockroft-Gault equation).

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Has multiple myeloma that relapsed after, or was not responsive to, initial therapy.
2. Had prior stem-cell transplantation (SCT).
3. Has radiotherapy within 14 days before enrollment.
4. Had been diagnosed or treated for another malignancy within 5 years before enrollment or previously diagnosed with another malignancy with evidence of residual disease. Participants with nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of any type are not excluded if they have undergone complete resection.
5. Female participants who are lactating and breastfeeding or have a positive serum pregnancy test during the Screening period.
6. Has major surgery within 14 days before enrollment.
7. Has central nervous system involvement.
8. Infection requiring intravenous (IV) antibiotic therapy or other serious infection within 14 days before enrollment.
9. Has diagnosis of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome, plasma cell leukemia, primary amyloidosis, myelodysplastic syndrome, or myeloproliferative syndrome.
10. Evidence of current uncontrolled cardiovascular conditions, including uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias, uncontrolled congestive heart failure, unstable angina, or myocardial infarction within the past 6 months.
11. Systemic treatment with strong cytochrome P450 (CYP3A) inducers (rifampin, rifapentine, rifabutin, carbamazepine, phenytoin, phenobarbital) or use of St. John's wort within 14 days before enrollment.
12. Ongoing or active infection, known human immunodeficiency virus positive, active hepatitis B or C infection.
13. Has comorbid systemic illnesses or other severe concurrent disease that, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the participant inappropriate for entry into this study or interfere significantly with the proper assessment of safety and toxicity of the prescribed regimens (e.g., peripheral neuropathy (PN) that is Grade 1 with pain or Grade 2 or higher of any cause).
14. Psychiatric illness/social situation that would limit compliance with study requirements.
15. Known allergy to any of the study medications, their analogues, or excipients in the various formulations of any agent.
16. Inability to swallow oral medication, inability or unwillingness to comply with the drug administration requirements, or gastrointestinal (GI) procedure that could interfere with the oral absorption or tolerance of treatment.
17. Treatment with any investigational products within 30 days before 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: Ixazomib; Participants received ixazomib 3 milligrams (mg), capsules, orally, once on Days 1, 8, and 15 for Cycles 1 through 4, during which if the participants tolerated the initial dose, the dose was escalated to ixazomib 4 mg, capsules, orally, once on Days 1, 8, and 15 for Cycles 5 through 26, or until documented PD or intolerable toxicity, whichever occurred first (cycle length=28 days).

Drug: Ixazomib; Ixazomib Capsules

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Participants Categorized According to Performance Status (PS) Based on Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) PS	ECOG PS was used to assess physical health of participants. ECOG PS grade:0= fully active, able to carry on all pre-disease performance without restriction,1= restricted in physically strenuous activity but ambulatory and able to carry out work of a light or sedentary nature 2= ambulatory and capable of all self-care but unable to carry out any work activities. Up and about more than 50% of waking hours, 3= capable of only limited self-care, 4= completely disabled, cannot carry on any selfcare, totally confined to bed or chair confined to bed or chair more than 50% of waking hours and 5= dead. Only those categories with non-zero values were reported.	Month 25
Percentage of Participants Receiving Ixazomib With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)	Adverse events (AEs) were defined as any unfavorable and unintended sign, symptom or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product reported from first dose of study drug through 30 days after the last dose of study drug. A TEAE was defined as an AE that started or worsened after first study drug administration and within 30 days of last dose of study drug. Percentages are rounded off to the nearest whole number.	Up to 58.4 months
Percentage of Participants Receiving Ixazomib With Treatment-emergent Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)	AEs were defined as any unfavorable and unintended sign, symptom or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product reported from first dose of study drug through 30 days after the last dose of study drug. A TEAE was defined as an AE that started or worsened after first study drug administration and within 30 days of last dose of study drug. An SAE was defined as any untoward medical occurrence that at any dose resulted in death, was life-threatening, required inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, resulted in persistent or significant disability or incapacity, was a congenital abnormality or birth defect, or is an important medical event. Percentages are rounded off to the nearest whole number.	Up to 58.4 months
Number of Participants Receiving Ixazomib With Clinically Significant Changes in Safety Laboratory Values	Clinical laboratory assessments included hematology, serum chemistry, and urinalysis. Any clinically significant changes in the clinical laboratory value over time based on the investigator's interpretation were reported.	Up to 58.4 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Progression-Free Survival (PFS)	PFS was defined as the time from the date of first dose of study drug to the first occurrence of PD as evaluated by the investigator or death from any cause, whichever occurred first. PD was defined as ≥25% increase from lowest value in serum M component or urine M-component; difference between involved and uninvolved free light chain (FLC) levels (absolute increase >10 milligrams per deciliter [mg/dL]); bone marrow plasma cell percent ≥10%; new bone lesions or soft tissue plasmacytomas development or definite increase in existing bone lesions/soft tissue plasmacytomas size; hypercalcaemia development.	From the first dose of study drug to every 4 weeks until PD or death from any cause (up to 58.4 months)
Overall Survival (OS)	OS was measured as the time from the date of first dose of study drug to the date of death.	From the first dose of study drug to every 12 weeks during follow-up after PD or next line therapy or death whichever occurred later (up to 58.4 months)
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved or Maintained Best Response Before PD or up to Subsequent Therapy	Response was assessed according to International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) criteria. Best response includes partial response (PR), very good partial response (VGPR), and complete response (CR). PR as per IMWG criteria is 50% reduction of serum M-protein and reduction in 24-hour urinary M-protein by ≥90% or to less than (<)200 mg per 24 hours. VGPR is serum and urine M-protein detectable by immunofixation but not on electrophoresis or ≥90% reduction in serum M-protein plus urine M-protein level <100 mg per 24 hours. CR is negative immunofixation of serum and urine and disappearance of soft tissue plasmacytomas and <5% plasma cells in bone marrow. Percentages are rounded off to the nearest whole number.	Up to 58.4 months
Duration of Complete Response (CR)	Duration of CR was defined as the time from the date of first dose of study drug or the date of CR to the date of first documentation of PD. CR was defined as negative immunofixation on the serum and urine; soft tissue plasmacytomas disappearance; <5% plasma cells (PCs) in bone marrow.	Up to 58.4 months
Time to Progression (TTP)	TTP was defined as the time from the date of first dose of study drug to the date of first documentation of PD. PD was defined as ≥25% increase from lowest value in serum M component or urine M-component; difference between involved and uninvolved FLC levels (absolute increase >10 mg/dL); bone marrow plasma cell percent ≥10%; new bone lesions or soft tissue plasmacytomas development or definite increase in existing bone lesions/soft tissue plasmacytomas size; hypercalcaemia development.	Up to 58.4 months
Time to Next-Line Therapy (TTNT)	TTNT was defined as the time from the date of first dose of study drug to the date of the first dose of next-line of antineoplastic therapy.	Up to 58.4 months
Percentage of Participants With A New Primary Malignancy		Up to 58.4 months
Change From Baseline in the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ)-C30 as Measured by the Global Health Status (GHS)	The EORTC QLQ-C30 is a questionnaire to assess the overall quality of life of cancer patients. The change from baseline in GHS (EORTC QLQ-C30) score is presented. Participant responses to the question "How would you rate your overall health during the past week?" are scored on a 7-point scale (1=very poor to 7=excellent). Using linear transformation, raw scores are standardized, so that scores range from 0 to 100. A higher score indicates a better overall GHS.	Baseline, Cycle 26 (cycle length=28 days)
Correlation Between Frailty Status and PFS	Participant's frailty status is classified as fit, unfit, or frail on the basis of 4 components: age, the Charlson comorbidity scoring system without age weighting, the Katz index of independence in activities of daily living, and the Lawton instrumental activities of daily living scale. The sum of the 4 frailty scores equals the total frailty score. A total frailty score of 0 corresponds to a frailty status of fit; a total score of 1, to unfit; and a total score of 2 or more, to frail. PFS is defined as the time from the date of first dose of study drug to the first occurrence of PD as evaluated by the investigator.	Up to 58.4 months
Correlation Between Frailty Status and OS	Participant's frailty status is classified as fit, unfit, or frail on the basis of 4 components: age, the Charlson comorbidity scoring system without age weighting, the Katz index of independence in activities of daily living, and the Lawton instrumental activities of daily living scale. The sum of the 4 frailty scores equals the total frailty score. A total frailty score of 0 corresponds to a frailty status of fit; a total score of 1, to unfit; and a total score of 2 or more, to frail. OS was measured as the time from the date of first dose of study drug to the date of death.	Up to 58.4 months
Plasma Concentration of Ixazomib	Plasma concentrations of the complete hydrolysis product of ixazomib citrate (ixazomib) were measured using a validated liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) assay.	Cycle 1 (1 and 4 hours post-dose Day 1, Days 8 and 15 pre-dose); Cycle 2 and 5 (Days 1 and 8 pre-dose) and Cycles 3, 4, 6 to 10 (Day 1 pre-dose) (cycle length=28 days)
Time to Resolution of Peripheral Neuropathy (PN) Events	PN is defined as the event in the high-level term of peripheral neuropathies not elsewhere classified (NEC) according to the medical dictionary for regulatory activities (MedDRA). A PN event was considered as resolved if its final outcome was resolved with no subsequent PN event of the same preferred term occurring on the resolution date or the day before and after. Time to resolution was defined as the time from the initial onset date (inclusive) to the resolution date for resolved events.	Up to 58.4 months
Time to Improvement of PN Events	PN is defined as the event in the high-level term of peripheral neuropathies NEC according to the MedDRA. A PN event is considered to be improved if the event improves from the maximum grade; that is, all the grades recorded after the maximum grade are less than the maximum grade. Time to improvement is defined as the time from the initial onset date (inclusive) of the maximum grade to the first onset date that the toxicity grade is below the maximum grade with no higher grade thereafter, or the resolution date, whichever occurs first.	Up to 58.4 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Investigators: Study Director: Medical Director, Takeda

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

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Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 24, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 6, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): December 6, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 16, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 20, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): November 21, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 19, 2025
• Last Verified: March 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Drug Therapy
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Neoplasms; Immune System Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Hematologic Diseases; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Immunoproliferative Disorders; Hemostatic Disorders; Paraproteinemias; Blood Protein Disorders; Hemorrhagic Disorders; Multiple Myeloma; Neoplasms, Plasma Cell; Antineoplastic Agents; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Protease Inhibitors; Enzyme Inhibitors; Ixazomib
• Other Study ID Numbers: C16021 CCS; 2014-001394-13 (EudraCT Number)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Plan Description: Takeda provides access to the de-identified individual participant data (IPD) for eligible studies to aid qualified researchers in addressing legitimate scientific objectives (Takeda's data sharing commitment is available on https://clinicaltrials.takeda.com/takedas-commitment?commitment=5). These IPDs will be provided in a secure research environment following approval of a data sharing request, and under the terms of a data sharing agreement.
• IPD Sharing Access Criteria: IPD from eligible studies will be shared with qualified researchers according to the criteria and process described on https://vivli.org/ourmember/takeda/. For approved requests, the researchers will be provided access to anonymized data (to respect patient privacy in line with applicable laws and regulations) and with information necessary to address the research objectives under the terms of a data sharing agreement.
• IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type: STUDY_PROTOCOL; SAP; ICF; CSR

Drug and device information, study documents

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