Acalabrutinib With Rituximab and Lenalidomide in Relapsed/Refractory B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

April 16, 2023 updated by: YOUNGIL KOH, Seoul National University Hospital

Phase II Trial of Acalabrutinib With Rituximab and Lenalidomide in Relapsed/Refractory B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

NCCN guidelines for B cell lymphoma suggest that patients with relapsed/refractory aggressive NHL who are candidate for high-dose therapy should receive combination of cytotoxic chemotherapies as 2nd line treatment. However, proportion of patients who are adequately salvaged by second line chemotherapy and high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell rescue is unsatisfactory. Moreover, many fragile patients are unfit for salvage cytotoxic chemotherapy and/or high-dose chemotherapy. Hence, most of patients with relapsed/refractory aggressive B-cell NHL is ultimately candidate for less-cytotoxic drugs with targeted approach. This trial is phase II trial of acalabrutinib in combination with rituximab and lenalidomide for these patients.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

66

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

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

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Men and women ≥ 18 years of age.
  2. Diagnosed with aggressive B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma

    • Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (Both GCB and non-GCB)

      : GCB type should not be more than 40% (N=26) of whole study population (Would limit number of GCB patients by maximum of 26)

    • Primary mediastinal B cell lymphoma
    • Transformed follicular lymphoma
    • Small lymphocytic lymphoma with Richter transformation
  3. Failed previous treatments and last dose administered must be more than 2-week ahead from enrollment

    • Should have received anti-CD20 based chemotherapy previously
    • Failed at least two lines of therapy if patient is candidate for autologous stem cell transplantation
    • Failed frontline therapy if patient is ineligible for autologous stem cell transplantation
  4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1 or 2
  5. Woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) who are sexually active must have 2 negative urine hCG test prior to first dose, then every week for the first month of study period, then every 4 weeks afterwards during treatment period if menses are regular or every 2 weeks if menses are irregular. Urine hCG test must be done 4 weeks after the last dose of acalabrutinib, lenalidomide and rituximab. WOCBP must use 2 methods including at least 1 highly effective method of contraception for 4 weeks prior to first dose, during treatment period and for 4 weeks after the last dose of acalabrutinib, lenalidomide and for 12 months after the last dose of rituximab. Men who are sexually active must use condoms during treatment period and 4 weeks after the last dose of any study drug.
  6. Willing and able to participate in all required evaluations and procedures in this study protocol including swallowing capsules without difficulty.
  7. Ability to understand the purpose and risks of the study and provide signed and dated informed consent and authorization to use protected health information.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma
  2. Previously treated with more than four lines of chemotherapy (Consolidative autologous stem cell transplantation is deemed as the same line therapy)
  3. Previously treated with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation within 6 months
  4. GVHD requiring treatment
  5. Patient who cannot take drug per oral
  6. Known resistance to both BTK inhibitor and lenalidomide (Progression free survival to both BTK inhibitor and lenalidomide < 6 months)
  7. Known resistant mutation to BTK inhibitor (BTKC481S and PLGCR665W)
  8. Prior malignancy (or any other malignancy that requires active treatment), except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, or other cancer from which the subject has been disease free for ≥ 5 years or which will not limit survival to < 5 years.
  9. Clinically significant cardiovascular disease such as uncontrolled or symptomatic arrhythmias, congestive heart failure, or myocardial infarction within 6 months of screening, or any Class 3 or 4 cardiac disease as defined by the New York Heart Association Functional Classification. Subjects with controlled, asymptomatic atrial fibrillation during screening can enroll on study.
  10. Malabsorption syndrome, disease significantly affecting gastrointestinal function, or resection of the stomach or small bowel that is likely to affect absorption, symptomatic inflammatory bowel disease, partial or complete bowel obstruction, or gastric restrictions and bariatric surgery, such as gastric bypass.
  11. Known history of infection with HIV or any uncontrolled active systemic infection (eg, bacterial, viral or fungal).
  12. Known history of drug-specific hypersensitivity or anaphylaxis to study drug (including active product or excipient components).
  13. Active bleeding, history of bleeding diathesis (eg, hemophilia or von Willebrand disease).
  14. Uncontrolled AIHA (autoimmune hemolytic anemia) or ITP (idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura).
  15. Requires treatment with a strong cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) inhibitor/inducer.
  16. Requires or receiving anticoagulation with warfarin or equivalent vitamin K antagonists (eg, phenprocoumon) within 7 days of first dose of study drug.
  17. Prothrombin time/INR or aPTT (in the absence of Lupus anticoagulant) > 2x ULN.
  18. Requires treatment with proton pump inhibitors (eg, omeprazole, esomeprazole, lansoprazole, dexlansoprazole, rabeprazole, or pantoprazole). Subjects receiving proton pump inhibitors who switch to H2-receptor antagonists or antacids are eligible for enrollment to this study.
  19. History of significant cerebrovascular disease or event, including stroke or intracranial hemorrhage, within 6 months before the first dose of study drug.
  20. Major surgical procedure within 28 days of first dose of study drug. Note: If a subject had major surgery, they must have recovered adequately from any toxicity and/or complications from the intervention before the first dose of study drug.
  21. Hepatitis B or C serologic status: subjects who are hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc) positive and who are surface antigen negative will need to have a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Those who are hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg) positive or hepatitis B PCR positive will be excluded. Those who are positive only for anti-HBc and negative for HbsAg and hepatitis B PCR need to receive adequate antiviral prophylaxis for hepatitis B during the study period.

    Subjects who are hepatitis C antibody positive will need to have a negative PCR result. Those who are hepatitis C PCR positive will be excluded.

  22. Active tuberculosis (history of exposure or history of positive tuberculin test; plus presence of clinical symptoms, physical or radiographic findings). Subjects with latent tuberculosis infection who are deemed to require treatment by the investigator are not eligible.
  23. Uncontrolled active infection as determined by the investigator.
  24. WBC < 3,000 /μL, ANC < 1,000 /μL, Platelets < 75,000 /μL, or Hemoglobin < 9.0 g/dL. Correction with transfusion within 2 weeks is not allowed.
  25. Total bilirubin > 2 x ULN, or AST, ALT > 3 x ULN
  26. Cr > 1.5 x ULN or CLcr < 30 mL/min/1.73m2
  27. Breastfeeding or pregnant.
  28. Concurrent participation in another therapeutic clinical trial.

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: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Treatment arm

Acalabrutinib is provided as hard gelatin capsules for oral administration. Acalabrutinib 100 mg will be administered approximately every 12 hours from day 1 to day 28 Rituximab is provided as single-use vials for intravenous administration only. Rituximab 375 mg/m2 will be administered on day 1.

Lenalidomide is provided as opaque hard capsules for oral administration. Lenalidomide 20 mg will be administered once daily from day 1 to day 21

Acalabrutinib, lenalidomide, rituximab will be given as described in the "Arms" decriptions. Day 1 to day 28 is considered one cycle, and cycles will be repeated every 4-weeks, for 6 cycles.

After 6 cycles, maintenance of acalabrutinib 100mg bid will be administered up to 1 year for subjects whose best responses- to the regimen are partial response or complete remission.

Other Names:
  • Rituximab
  • Lenalidomide

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Objective Response Rate (ORR)
Time Frame: within 4 weeks after the 6 cycles of combination therapy (each cycle is 28 days)
ORR is defined as the percentage of subjects with evidence of a confirmed complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) as per Lugano criteria
within 4 weeks after the 6 cycles of combination therapy (each cycle is 28 days)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Duration of response
Time Frame: Tumor status will be assessed at Week 8, 16, 24 (± 7 days), then every 3 months (± 14 days)
Tumor status will be assessed at Week 8, 16, 24 (± 7 days), then every 3 months (± 14 days)
Complete remission rate
Time Frame: Response will be assessed at Week 8, 16, 24 (± 7 days)
Response will be assessed at Week 8, 16, 24 (± 7 days)
Progression free survival
Time Frame: Tumor status will be assessed at Week 8, 16, 24 (± 7 days), then every 3 months (± 14 days)
Tumor status will be assessed at Week 8, 16, 24 (± 7 days), then every 3 months (± 14 days)
Overall survival
Time Frame: Tumor status will be assessed at Week 8, 16, 24 (± 7 days), then every 3 months (± 14 days)
Tumor status will be assessed at Week 8, 16, 24 (± 7 days), then every 3 months (± 14 days)

Collaborators and Investigators

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

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 (Actual)

July 9, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 15, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

May 15, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 19, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 17, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

September 18, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 18, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 16, 2023

Last Verified

April 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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