Randomized Phase IIB Trial of Oral Azacytidine Plus Romidepsin Versus Investigator's Choice in PTCL

Sponsor
University of Virginia (Other)
Overall Status
Recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT04747236
Collaborator
Celgene (Industry)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out whether the combination treatment of romidepsin and oral azacytidine is safe and effective in patients with Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma (PTCL). This study will compare the experimental combination treatment of romidepsin and oral azacytidine to single agent drugs already determined effective in patients with PTCL. For the purposes of this study, the single agent drugs already used to treat lymphoma are called investigator's choice (IC), meaning the investigator will choose which one of these drugs to administer. The IC drug options include romidepsin, belinostat, pralatrexate or gemcitabine given alone. Funding Source: FDA OOPD.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
Phase 2

Detailed Description

Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma (PTCL) is a rare and heterogeneous group of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) originating from mature (or post-thymic or 'peripheral') T- lymphocytes and NK cells. They are considered very aggressive and are often resistant to conventional chemotherapy.

This study employs a stratified randomization with equal allocation within strata of patients to receive oral 5-azacytidine (AZA) plus romidepsin (ROMI) versus pre-specified investigator choice (ROMI, belinostat, pralatrexate or gemcitabine), for the treatment of relapsed or refractory (R/R) PTCL. The dose and schedule of AZA/ROMI has been determined from a phase I clinical trial of the combination. The primary objective of this study is to estimate the progression free survival (PFS) among patients receiving the combination compared to single agent of choice.

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Anticipated Enrollment :
74 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Treatment
Official Title:
A Randomized, Phase IIB, Multicenter, Trial of Oral Azacytidine Plus Romidepsin Versus Investigator's Choice in Patients With Relapse or Refractory Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma (PTCL)
Actual Study Start Date :
Feb 19, 2021
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Dec 31, 2023
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Dec 31, 2026

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: AZA and ROMI

Oral Azacytidine (AZA) (300 mg daily on days 1-14) plus Romidepsin (ROMI) (14 mg/m2 as an intravenous infusion over 4 hours on days 8, 15 and 22 of a 35-day cycle.

Drug: Azacytidine
Azacytidine, 300 mg po daily on Days 1-14
Other Names:
  • Vidaza
  • Drug: Romidepsin
    Romidepsin, 14 mg/m2 as an intravenous infusion over 4 hours on Days 8, 15, and 22 of a 35-day cycle
    Other Names:
  • Istodax
  • Active Comparator: Investigator's Choice

    Investigator's choice to include: ROMI, 14 mg/m2 IV infusion on days 1, 8, and 15 of a 28 day cycle, belinostat,1000 mg/m2 IV infusion on days 1-5 every 21 days, pralatrexate, 30 mg/m2 IV push once weekly for 6 weeks of a 7-week treatment cycle, or gemcitabine, 1000 mg/m2 IV infusion on days 1, 8, and 15 of a 28-day cycle.

    Drug: Romidepsin
    Romidepsin, 14 mg/m2 as an intravenous infusion over 4 hours on Days 8, 15, and 22 of a 35-day cycle
    Other Names:
  • Istodax
  • Drug: Belinostat
    Belinostat, 1000 mg/m2 as an intravenous infusion over 30 minutes on Days 1-5 every 21 days.
    Other Names:
  • Beleodaq
  • Drug: Pralatrexate
    Pralatrexate, 30 mg/m2 as an intravenous infusion over a 3-5 minute push once weekly for 6 weeks of a 7 week treatment cycle.
    Other Names:
  • Folotyn
  • Drug: Gemcitabine
    Gemcitabine, 1000 mg/m2 as an intravenous infusion over 30 minutes on Days 1, 8, and 15 of a 28 day cycle.
    Other Names:
  • Gemzar
  • Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Progression free survival [Day of randomization to day of progression or death, whichever comes first; or date of last disease assessment or date of transition to other treatment for those without an event, up to 72 weeks.]

      Difference in progression free survival in subjects treated with AZA/ROMI versus pre-specified investigator choice.

    Secondary Outcome Measures

    1. Overall survival [Day of randomization to day of death, whichever comes first; or date of last contact for those without an event, up to 72 weeks.]

      Difference in overall survival in subjects treated with AZA/ROMI versus pre-specified investigator choice.

    2. Complete response rate [Day of first objective response to 8 weeks following last dose of study treatment]

      Difference in complete response (CR) rate in subjects treated with AZA/ROMI versus pre-specified investigator choice, based on the Revised Criteria for Response Assessment.

    3. Overall response rate [Day of first objective response to 8 weeks following last dose of study treatment]

      Difference in overall response (OR) rate in subjects treated with AZA/ROMI versus pre-specified investigator choice, based on the Revised Criteria for Response Assessment.

    4. Duration of response rate [Day of first objective response to day of progression or death, whichever comes first; or date of last disease assessment or date of transition to other treatment for those without an event, up to 72 weeks.]

      Difference in duration of response (DOR) rate in subjects treated with AZA/ROMI versus pre-specified investigator choice, based on the Revised Criteria for Response Assessment.

    5. Time to progression [Day of randomization to day of progression, or date of last disease assessment or date of transition to other treatment for those without an event, up to 72 weeks.]

      Difference in time to progression in subjects treated wtih AZA/ROMI versus pre-specified investigator choice.

    6. Frequency of adverse events [From time of informed consent until 90 days after the last day of study treatment for all adverse events or anytime for serious adverse events considered related to the study intervention, through study completion, an average of 18 months.]

      Frequency of adverse events in subjects treated wtih AZA/ROMI versus prespecified investigator choice assessed using the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0.

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    18 Years and Older
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    No
    Inclusion Criteria:

    In order to be eligible to participate in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria:

    Patients must have histologically confirmed relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma as defined by 2016 WHO criteria (Section 13.7), who have progressed following one line of prior systemic therapy.

    1. Patients are required to have no more than 3 lines of prior therapy (with cytoreductive therapy [ex ICE, DHAP, etc.] followed by autologous stem cell transplant counting as one line of therapy). Patients are eligible if they have relapsed after prior autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplant.

    2. Patients with anaplastic large cell lymphoma are required to have received brentuximab vedotin (Bv) prior to study enrollment.

    3. Measurable Disease as defined in Section 8.1.3.1.

    4. Age ≥18 years.

    5. ECOG performance status ≤2

    6. Patients must have adequate organ and marrow function as defined below:

    Absolute neutrophil count (ANC): ≥1000/mm3 (≥1000/dL); Platelets: > 75,000/mm3; Serum Creatinine:< 2 x ULN OR creatinine clearance >50 mL/min/for patients with creatinine levels above ULN; Bilirubin: ≤ 1.5 x ULN (except in patients with Gilbert's disease, where bilirubin to 4x ULN is allowed); AST and ALT: ≤ 2 x ULN OR ≤ 3 X ULN in presence of demonstrable liver involvement; Serum potassium: ≥ 3.8 mmol/L; Serum magnesium≥1.8 mg/dL.

    1. Negative urine or serum pregnancy test for females of childbearing potential

    2. All females of childbearing potential and male subjects must agree to use an effective method of contraception (see section 5.4 for more details)

    3. Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.

    Exclusion Criteria:

    An individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:

    1. Diagnosis of patch/plaque stage mycosis fungoides

    2. Prior Therapy: Prior exposure to any hypomethylating agent or any histone deacetylase inhibitor (ex: romidepsin, chidamide, belinostat, or vorinostat); exposure to chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 2 weeks prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 2 weeks earlier.

    3. Systemic steroids that have not been stabilized to the equivalent of ≤10 mg/day prednisone prior to the start of the study drugs.

    4. No other concurrent investigational agents are allowed within 2 weeks of enrollment.

    5. Known central nervous system metastases, including lymphomatous meningitis

    6. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.

    7. Nursing women

    8. Other active concurrent malignancy (except non-melanoma skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or carcinoma in situ of the breast (DCIS or LCIS). If there is a history of prior malignancy, the patient must be disease-free for ≥ 3-years. Patients whose lymphoma has transformed from a less aggressive histology remain eligible.

    9. Patients known to be Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-positive.

    10. Patients with active Hepatitis A, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C infection.

    11. Concomitant use of CYP3A4 inhibitors (see Section 13.3)

    12. History of inflammatory bowel disease (eg, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis), celiac disease (ie, sprue), prior gastrectomy or upper bowel removal, or any other gastrointestinal disorder or defect that would interfere with the absorption, distribution, metabolism or excretion of the study drug and/or predispose the subject to an increased risk of gastrointestinal toxicity

    13. Abnormal coagulation parameters (PT >15 seconds, PTT>40 seconds, and/or INR >1.5) unless related to ongoing anticoagulation treatment required by the patient.

    14. Known or suspected hypersensitivity to azacitidine (or any excipients in the formulation) or mannitol.

    15. Any known cardiac abnormalities such as:

    • Congenital long QT syndrome

    • QTc interval ≥ 500 millisecond (using the Fridericia formula)

    • Patients taking drugs leading to significant QT prolongation (See Section 13.2)

    • Myocardial infarction within 6 months of C1D1. [Subjects with a history of myocardial infarction between 6 and 12 months prior to C1D1 who are asymptomatic and have had a negative cardiac risk assessment (treadmill stress test, nuclear medicine stress test, or stress echocardiogram) since the event, may participate];

    • Other significant ECG abnormalities including 2nd degree atrio-ventricular (AV) block type II, 3rd degree AV block, or bradycardia (ventricular rate less than 50 beats/min);

    • Symptomatic coronary artery disease (CAD), e.g., angina Canadian Class II-IV (see Section 13.4) In any patient in whom there is doubt, the patient should have a stress imaging study and, if abnormal, angiography to define whether or not CAD is present;

    • An ECG recorded at screening showing evidence of cardiac ischemia (ST depression of ≥2 mm, measured from isoelectric line to the ST segment). If in any doubt, the patient should have a stress imaging study and, if abnormal, angiography to define whether or not CAD is present;

    • Congestive heart failure (CHF) that meets New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II to IV definitions (see Section 13.5) and/or ejection fraction <40% by MUGA scan or <50% by echocardiogram and/or MRI;

    • A known history of sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF), Torsade de Pointes, or cardiac arrest;

    • Hypertrophic cardiomegaly or restrictive cardiomyopathy from prior treatment or other causes;

    • Uncontrolled hypertension, i.e., blood pressure (BP) of ≥160/95; patients who have a history of hypertension controlled by medication must be on a stable dose (for at least one month) and meet all other inclusion criteria; or

    • Any cardiac arrhythmia requiring an anti-arrhythmic medication (excluding stable doses of beta-blockers)

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 VA Long Beach Health Care System Long Beach California United States 90822
    2 Yale Cancer Center New Haven Connecticut United States 06520
    3 University of Virginia Charlottesville Virginia United States 22911

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • University of Virginia
    • Celgene

    Investigators

    • Principal Investigator: Enrica Marchi, MD, University of Virginia

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    Enrica Marchi, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, University of Virginia
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT04747236
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • PTCL-001
    • FD-R-006814-01
    First Posted:
    Feb 10, 2021
    Last Update Posted:
    Mar 2, 2022
    Last Verified:
    Mar 1, 2022
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
    Yes
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
    No
    Additional relevant MeSH terms:

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Mar 2, 2022