Itacitinib and Alemtuzumab in Treating Patients With T-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia

Phase Ib Pilot Study of Itacitinib With Alemtuzumab in Patients With T-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia (T-PLL)

This phase Ib trial studies the side effects and best dose of alemtuzumab when given together with itacitinib in treating patients with T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia. Itacitinib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Immunotherapy with alemtuzumab, may induce changes in body's immune system and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving itacitinib and alemtuzumab may work better in treating patients with T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia compared to standard of care treatment.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Recurrent T-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia; T-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Itacitinib; Biological: Alemtuzumab

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the safety and tolerability of itacitinib in combination with alemtuzumab in patients with T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL).

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the event free survival (EFS) in patients (pts) with T-PLL treated with itacitinib in combination with alemtuzumab.

II. To evaluate response complete remission (CR), complete remission without blood count recovery (CRi), or partial remission (PR) (CR/CRi or PR) of itacitinib in combination with alemtuzumab in patients with T-PLL.

III. To explore the single-agent activity of itacitinib in pts with T-PLL. IV. To assess the time to response, response duration, and overall survival (OS) in pts with T-PLL treated with the combination of itacitinib and alemtuzumab.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. To explore the effect of itacitinib on STAT5 phosphorylation in pts with T-PLL II. To explore the association of pretreatment somatic mutations and the dynamics of STAT5 phosphorylation with response.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of alemtuzumab.

CYCLE 1: Patients receive itacitinib orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-28 and alemtuzumab intravenously (IV) over 2 hours on days 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, and 27 in the absence of disease progression of unacceptable toxicity.

CYCLE 2 AND BEYOND: Patients receive itacitinib PO QD on day 1-28 and alemtuzumab IV over 2 hours on days 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, and 27. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

MAINTENANCE: Patients who achieve a response (CR/CRi or PR) may receive itacitinib for up to 8 additional cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up periodically.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 15
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Texas
    • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
      • M D Anderson Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with a diagnosis of T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) will be eligible (both treatment naïve and relapsed patients are eligible).
• Age >/= 18 years.
• Patients must not have had chemotherapy or antibody therapy for 7 days prior to starting ITACITINIB. However, patients with rapidly proliferative disease may receive hydroxyurea or decadron until 24 hours prior to starting therapy on this protocol.
• Adequate organ function as defined below: liver function (bilirubin </=2mg/dL, AST and ALT </=3 x ULN or </=5 x ULN if related to leukemic involvement); kidney function (estimated creatinine clearance > 50); known cardiac ejection fraction of > or = 45% within the past 3 months; and platelet count </=30,000.
• ECOG performance status of </= 2.
• A negative urine pregnancy test is required within 1 week for all women of childbearing potential prior to enrolling on this trial.
• Patient must have the ability to understand the requirements of the study and signed informed consent. A signed informed consent by the patient or his legally authorized representative is required prior to their enrollment on the protocol.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with a diagnosis of T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) will be eligible (both treatment naïve and relapsed patients are eligible).
• Age >/= 18 years.
• Patients must not have had chemotherapy or antibody therapy for 7 days prior to starting ITACITINIB. However, patients with rapidly proliferative disease may receive hydroxyurea or decadron until 24 hours prior to starting therapy on this protocol.
• Adequate organ function as defined below: liver function (bilirubin </=2mg/dL, AST and ALT </=3 x ULN or </=5 x ULN if related to leukemic involvement); kidney function (estimated creatinine clearance > 50); known cardiac ejection fraction of > or = 45% within the past 3 months; and platelet count </=30,000.
• ECOG performance status of </= 2.
• A negative urine pregnancy test is required within 1 week for all women of childbearing potential prior to enrolling on this trial.
• Patient must have the ability to understand the requirements of the study and signed informed consent. A signed informed consent by the patient or his legally authorized representative is required prior to their enrollment on the protocol.

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: Treatment (itacitinib, alemtuzumab); CYCLE 1: Patients receive itacitinib PO QD on days 1-28 and alemtuzumab IV over 2 hours on days 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, and 27 in the absence of disease progression of unacceptable toxicity. CYCLE 2 AND BEYOND: Patients receive itacitinib PO QD on day 1-28 and alemtuzumab IV over 2 hours on days 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, and 27. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE: Patients who achieve a response (CR/CRi or PR) may receive itacitinib for up to 8 additional cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Drug: Itacitinib; Given PO; Other Names: INCB039110; INCB 039110; INCB-039110; Biological: Alemtuzumab; Given IV; Other Names: Campath; Campath-1H; Lemtrada; Monoclonal Antibody Campath-1H; MabCampath; Anti-CD52 Monoclonal Antibody; LDP-03

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Incidence of adverse events (AEs)	The severity of the toxicities will be graded according to the latest version of National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE). The number and percent of subjects with treatment-emergent adverse events will be summarized according to intensity and drug relationship, and categorized by System Organ Class and preferred term by dose level/Part. All reported AEs that occur after signing informed consent will be included in the analysis of all reported AEs. Exposure to study drug and reasons for discontinuation of study drug will be tabulated. Data will be summarized using descriptive statistics. Continuous variables will be summarized using the number of observations, mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, median, and range as appropriate. Categorical values will be summarized using the number of observations and percentages as appropriate.	Up to 2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Response rate (complete remission[CR], complete remission without blood count recovery [CRi], or partial remission [PR])	The response rate (CR/CRi or PR) will be estimated for all patients along with the 95% confidence interval. Patients with missing or no response assessments will be classified as non-responders. The association between response and patient and clinical characteristics will be examined by Wilcoxon's rank sum test or Fisher's exact test. The response rate will be compared between different subgroups (e.g. mutation types) by Fisher exact test.	Up to 2 years
Duration of response (DOR)	Listed and summarized by the Kaplan-Meier estimator.	From the first documented onset of PR or CR/CRi to the date of progressive disease/relapse or death due to underlying disease, assessed up to 2 years
Time to response	Listed and summarized by the Kaplan-Meier estimator. Time to response is defined as the time from treatment start till response (CR/CRi/PR) or last follow-up.	Up to 2 years
Overall survival	Listed and summarized by the Kaplan-Meier estimator.	From treatment till death or last follow-up, assessed up to 2 years
Event-free survival	Listed and summarized by the Kaplan-Meier estimator. Logrank test will be used to compare the time-to-event difference between different subgroups.	From start of treatment to the date of event defined as the first documented progressive disease/relapse, or death due to any cause, whichever comes first, assessed up to 2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Tapan M Kadia, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• MD Anderson Cancer Center Website

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 15, 2020
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2023
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 14, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 14, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): June 18, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): November 22, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 21, 2023
• Last Verified: November 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Immune System Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Lymphatic Diseases; Immunoproliferative Disorders; Leukemia, Lymphoid; Leukemia, T-Cell; Leukemia; Leukemia, Prolymphocytic; Leukemia, Prolymphocytic, T-Cell; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Antineoplastic Agents; Immunologic Factors; Antibodies; Immunoglobulins; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Alemtuzumab
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2019-0054 (Other Identifier: M D Anderson Cancer Center); NCI-2019-03203 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program))

Drug and device information, study documents

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