Leflunomide, Pomalidomide, and Dexamethasone for the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma

A Phase 2 Trial of Leflunomide, Pomalidomide, and Dexamethasone for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma

This phase II trial studies how well leflunomide, pomalidomide, and dexamethasone work for the treatment of multiple myeloma that has come back (relapsed) or does not respond to treatment (refractory). Leflunomide may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Immunotherapy with pomalidomide, may induce changes in body's immune system and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Chemotherapy drugs, such as dexamethasone, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving leflunomide with pomalidomide and dexamethasone may work better in treating multiple myeloma compared to pomalidomide and dexamethasone alone.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Refractory Plasma Cell Myeloma; Recurrent Plasma Cell Myeloma
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Dexamethasone; Drug: Pomalidomide; Drug: Leflunomide

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To estimate the response rate and to evaluate the antitumor activity of the three-drug combination, leflunomide, pomalidomide, and dexamethasone, in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To characterize and evaluate toxicities, including type, frequency, severity, attribution, time course, and duration.

II. To obtain estimates of response duration, depth of response, clinical benefit, and survival (overall and progression-free).

OUTLINE:

Patients receive leflunomide orally (PO) on days 1-28, pomalidomide PO on days 1-21, and dexamethasone PO on days 1, 8, 15, and 22. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days and then every 3 months thereafter.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 29
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • Duarte, California, United States, 91010
      • Recruiting
      • City of Hope Medical Center
      • Contact: Michael A. Rosenzweig; Phone Number: 62405 626-256-4973; Email: mrosenzweig@coh.org
      • Principal Investigator: Michael A. Rosenzweig

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Documented informed consent of the participant and/or legally authorized representative

  • Assent, when appropriate, will be obtained per institutional guidelines

• Agreement to allow the use of archival tissue from diagnostic tumor biopsies

  • If unavailable, exceptions may be granted with study principal investigator (PI) approval
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) =< 2
• Life expectancy > 3 months

• Diagnosis of multiple myeloma with measurable disease as defined by:

  • M-protein quantities >= 0.5 g/dL by serum protein electrophoresis (sPEP) or
  • >= 200 mg/24 hour urine collection by urine protein electrophoresis (uPEP) or
  • Serum free light chain (FLC) > 10.0 mg/dL involved light chain and an abnormal kappa/lambda ration in subjects without detectable serum or urine M-protein or
  • For subjects with immunoglobulin class A (IgA) myeloma whose disease can only be reliably measured by quantitative immunoglobulin measurement, a serum IgA level >= 0.50 g/dL
• Relapsed or refractory to at least 1 prior line of therapy, including both a proteasome inhibitor and an immunomodulatory drug, and for whom transplant is not recommended. Participants may opt for a delayed transplant at a later time, if appropriate
• Fully recovered from the acute toxic effects (except alopecia) to =< grade 2 to prior anti-cancer therapy

• Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1.0 x 10^9/L (performed within 30 days prior to day 1 of protocol therapy unless otherwise stated)

  • NOTE: Screening ANC should be independent of granulocyte- and granulocyte/macrophage colony stimulating factor (G-CSF and GM-CSF) support for at least 1 week and of pegylated G-CSF for at least 2 weeks

• Platelets >= 75.0 x 10^9/L (performed within 30 days prior to day 1 of protocol therapy unless otherwise stated)

  • NOTE: Screening platelet count should be independent of platelet transfusions for at least 2 weeks

• Hemoglobin >= 8.0 g/dL (performed within 30 days prior to day 1 of protocol therapy unless otherwise stated)

  • NOTE: Transfusion support is allowed
• Total bilirubin =< 2 X upper limit of normal (ULN) (unless has Gilbert's disease) (performed within 30 days prior to day 1 of protocol therapy unless otherwise stated)
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) =< 3.5 x ULN (performed within 30 days prior to day 1 of protocol therapy unless otherwise stated)
• Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =< 3.5 x ULN (performed within 30 days prior to day 1 of protocol therapy unless otherwise stated)
• Alkaline phosphatase < 5 x ULN (performed within 30 days prior to day 1 of protocol therapy unless otherwise stated)
• Creatinine clearance of >= 30 mL/min per 24 hour urine test (performed within 30 days prior to day 1 of protocol therapy unless otherwise stated)

• Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP): negative urine or serum pregnancy test

  • If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required

• Agreement by females and males of childbearing potential to use an effective method of birth control or abstain from heterosexual activity for the course of the study through at least 4 weeks after the last dose of protocol therapy

  • Childbearing potential defined as not being surgically sterilized (men and women) or have not been free from menses for > 1 year (women only)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior treatment with leflunomide
• Patients who are pomalidomide refractory, defined as subjects who progress on or within 60 days of pomalidomide when given as a single agent or in combinatorial therapies. Prior exposure to pomalidomide without refractoriness is allowed
• Current or planned use of other anti-myeloma therapies besides leflunomide, pomalidomide, and dexamethasone
• Current or planned growth factor or transfusion support until after initiation of treatment
• Prior allogeneic transplant
• History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to study agents
• Positive for tuberculosis or latent tuberculosis (TB)
• Positive for hepatitis A, B, or C
• Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
• Prior diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis
• Acute active infection requiring systemic therapy within 2 weeks prior to enrollment
• Subject has history of anaphylaxis to thalidomide, lenalidomide, pomalidomide, cholestyramine or dexamethasone

• Non-hematologic malignancies within the past 3 years, with the exceptions of

  • Adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer,
  • Carcinoma in situ of the cervix,
  • Prostate cancer < Gleason grade 6 with stable prostate specific antigen (PSA), or
  • Successfully treated in situ carcinoma of the breast
• Females only: Pregnant or breastfeeding
• Any other condition that would, in the Investigator's judgment, contraindicate the patient's participation in the clinical study due to safety concerns with clinical study procedures
• Prospective participants who, in the opinion of the investigator, may not be able to comply with all study procedures (including compliance issues related to feasibility/logistics)

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 (leflunomide, pomalidomide, dexamethasone); Patients receive leflunomide PO on days 1-28, pomalidomide PO on days 1-21, and dexamethasone PO on days 1, 8, 15, and 22. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Drug: Dexamethasone; Given PO; Other Names: Decadron; Aacidexam; Adexone; Aknichthol Dexa; Alba-Dex; Alin; Alin Depot; Alin Oftalmico; Amplidermis; Anemul mono; Auricularum; Auxiloson; Baycadron; Baycuten; Baycuten N; Cortidexason; Cortisumman; Decacort; Decadrol; Decadron DP; Decalix; Decameth; Decasone R.p.; Dectancyl; Dekacort; Deltafluorene; Deronil; Desamethasone; Desameton; Dexa-Mamallet; Dexa-Rhinosan; Dexa-Scheroson; Dexa-sine; Dexacortal; Dexacortin; Dexafarma; Dexafluorene; Dexalocal; Dexamecortin; Dexameth; Dexamethasone Intensol; Dexamethasonum; Dexamonozon; Dexapos; Dexinoral; Dexone; Dinormon; Fluorodelta; Fortecortin; Gammacorten; Hexadecadrol; Hexadrol; Lokalison-F; Loverine; Methylfluorprednisolone; Millicorten; Mymethasone; Orgadrone; Spersadex; TaperDex; Visumetazone; ZoDex; Drug: Pomalidomide; Given PO; Other Names: Pomalyst; Imnovid; 4-Aminothalidomide; Actimid; CC-4047; Drug: Leflunomide; Given PO; Other Names: Arava; SU101

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall response	Clopper Pearson binomial 95% confidence intervals will be calculated.	Up to 1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall survival	Will be estimated using the product-limit method of Kaplan and Meier.	Up to 1 year
Incidence of adverse events	Graded according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version (v)5. Observed toxicities will be summarized, for all dose levels, in terms of type (organ affected or laboratory determination), severity, time of onset, duration, probable association with the study treatment and reversibility or outcome.	Up to 30 days after last dose
Response duration	Will be estimated using the product-limit method of Kaplan and Meier.	Up to 1 year
Depth of response	Will be estimated using the product-limit method of Kaplan and Meier.	Up to 1 year
Clinical benefit response	Clopper Pearson binomial 95% confidence intervals will be calculated.	Up to 1 year
Minimal residual disease (MRD) status	A patient will be considered as having minimal residual diseases if a positive result is obtained using the Adaptive MRD testing. MRD testing will be performed at Adaptive Biotechnologies.	Up to 1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: City of Hope Medical Center
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Michael A Rosenzweig, City of Hope Medical Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 27, 2020
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 23, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 8, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): August 11, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 4, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 3, 2023
• Last Verified: July 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Cardiovascular Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Immune System Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Immunoproliferative Disorders; Hematologic Diseases; Hemorrhagic Disorders; Hemostatic Disorders; Paraproteinemias; Blood Protein Disorders; Multiple Myeloma; Neoplasms, Plasma Cell; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Autonomic Agents; Peripheral Nervous System Agents; Enzyme Inhibitors; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Antineoplastic Agents; Immunosuppressive Agents; Immunologic Factors; Antiemetics; Gastrointestinal Agents; Glucocorticoids; Hormones; Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists; Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; Protease Inhibitors; Angiogenesis Inhibitors; Angiogenesis Modulating Agents; Growth Substances; Growth Inhibitors; Dermatologic Agents; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone acetate; BB 1101; Pomalidomide; Leflunomide; Ichthammol
• Other Study ID Numbers: 19418 (Other Identifier: City of Hope Medical Center); NCI-2020-01962 (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