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Chronic Lymphocytic LeukemiaPhase 1NCT01832922

BR in Patients With CLL With Comorbidities and/or Renal Dysfunction

A Phase 1 study testing Bendamustine and Rituximab in people with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, run by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center at 2 sites in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

This is a non-randomized, open label, dose-ranging study of Bendamustine and Rituximab (BR) in patients with previously untreated or relapsed/refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) who have multiple comorbidities with or without renal insufficiency. These agents are FDA approved for this indication. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Bendamustine and Rituximab
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
8 participants
Where
2 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Apr 2013to 28 Nov 2016
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients must have histologically or flow cytometry confirmed diagnosis of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (B-CLL/SLL) according to NCI-WG 1996 guidelines (41). The malignant B cells must co-express CD5 with CD19 or CD20. Patients who lack CD23 expression on their leukemia cells should be examined for (and found NOT to have) either t(11;14) or cyclin D1 overexpression, to rule out mantle cell lymphoma.
  • Active disease meeting at least 1 of the following IWCLL 2008 criteria for requiring treatment:
  • A minimum of any one of the following constitutional symptoms:
  • Unintentional weight loss >10% within the previous 6 months prior to screening.
  • Extreme fatigue (unable to work or perform usual activities).
  • Fevers of greater than 100.5 F for ≥2 weeks without evidence of infection.
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  • Night sweats without evidence of infection.
  • Evidence of progressive marrow failure as manifested by the development of, or worsening of anemia or thrombocytopenia.
  • Massive (ie, >6 cm below the left costal margin), progressive or symptomatic splenomegaly.
  • Massive nodes or clusters (ie, > 10 cm in longest diameter) or progressive lymphadenopathy.
  • Progressive lymphocytosis with an increase of >50% over a 2-month period, or an anticipated doubling time of less than 6 months.
  • Autoimmune anemia or thrombocytopenia that is poorly responsive to corticosteroids.
  • Prior treatment: Patients have not had prior treatment of CLL OR Previously treated relapsed CLL patients must have received not more than 3 prior therapies for CLL. Prior bendamustine and rituximab are allowed.
  • Patients must have ECOG performance status 0-3.
  • Patients must have a Cumulative Illness Risk Score [CIRS]≥7 with at least one grade 3-4 category [CLL will not be considered a comorbidity]; or estimated creatinine clearance (CrCL) using the Cockcroft-Gault equation ≥15 mL/min but ≤40 ml/min (Appendix 1: CCI Criteria).
  • Patients must have organ function as defined below:
  • direct bilirubin ≤2 X institutional ULN (unless due to known Gilbert's syndrome or compensated hemolysis directly attributable to CLL)
  • AST or ALT < 2.5 X institutional ULN
  • estimated CrCL using the Cockcroft-Gault equation ≥15 mL/min.
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥500/mm3 independent of growth factor support;
  • platelets ≥30,000/mm3 independent of transfusion support with no active bleeding.
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
  • Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum human chorionic gonadotropin or urine pregnancy test at screening.
  • All patients of reproductive potential (heterosexually active men and women) must agree to a use of a barrier method of contraception and a second method of contraception and men must agree not to donate sperm during the study and for 3 months after receiving the last dose of study treatment.

Who cannot join

  • Recent therapeutic intervention including a) prior nitrosoureas or mitomycin C within 6 weeks; b) therapeutic anticancer antibodies (including rituximab) within 4 weeks; c) radio- or toxin-immunoconjugates within 10 weeks; d) all other chemotherapy, radiation therapy within 3 weeks prior to initiation of therapy.
  • Inadequate recovery from adverse events related to prior therapy to grade ≤1 (excluding Grade 2 alopecia and neuropathy).
  • Bendamustine-refractory (no response to a regimen containing bendamustine) or relapse following treatment with a bendamustine-containing regimen within 6 months of treatment with that regimen.
  • Chronic use of corticosteroids in excess of prednisone 20 mg/day or its equivalent or chronic use of other immunosuppressive agents (azathioprine, methotrexate, tacrolimus, cyclosporine). Stem cell transplant recipients must have no evidence of active graft-versus-host disease.
  • History of prior malignancy except: a) Malignancy treated with curative intent and no known active disease present for ≥ 2 years prior to initiation of therapy on current study; b) adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or lentigo maligna without evidence of disease; c) adequately treated in situ carcinomas (eg, cervical, esophageal, etc.) without evidence of disease; d) asymptomatic prostate cancer managed with "watch and wait" strategy.
  • Uncontrolled immune hemolysis or thrombocytopenia (positive direct antiglobulin test in absence of hemolysis is not an exclusion).
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  • Known Richter's transformation.
  • Advanced renal failure (estimated CrCL < 15 mL/min) or on dialysis.
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Hepatitis C antibody positivity, or active hepatitis B.
  • Major surgery (requiring general anesthesia) within 30 days prior to initiation of therapy.
  • Uncontrolled bacterial, viral, or fungal infection.
  • Inability to adhere to the study schedule or the required follow-up.

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country.

United States2 sites
  • Dana Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Norris Cotton Cancer Center

    Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03750

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About this study

Official title: A Dose-Ranging Study of Bendamustine and Rituximab in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Patients With Comorbidities and/or Renal Dysfunction

This is a non-randomized, open label, dose-ranging study of Bendamustine and Rituximab (BR) in patients with previously untreated or relapsed/refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) who have multiple comorbidities with or without renal insufficiency. These agents are FDA approved for this indication. However, full dose bendamustine is associated with significant hematologic toxicity and a high rate of infectious complications in "unfit" patients and patients with significantly impaired renal function. This study will attempt to optimize and define adequate and safe treatment protocols for these patients with comorbidities and/or renal dysfunction.

The study will accrue two independent patient cohorts which will follow a standard Phase I design. Patients with CLL who have significant comorbidities with or without minor renal dysfunction (CrCL>40 mL/min) will be accrued onto Cohort 1 of the study. Patients with significant renal dysfunction (CrCL<40 mL/min) will be accrued onto Cohort 2. Once the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined, two expansion cohorts will be enrolled.

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There will be a treatment period of up to six 28-day cycles. On C1D1 all qualifying patients will provide samples for biomarker analysis. Six patients without renal dysfunction and 6 to 9 patients with renal dysfunction will also provide samples for bendamustine PK analysis.

Accrual of both patient cohorts will occur simultaneously and will take place at two centers: Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI). Coordination of accrual to the study cohorts will be centralized at NCCC by Dr. Alexey V. Danilov.

Read the detailed description

This is a non-randomized open label dose-ranging study of Bendamustine and Rituximab (BR) in patients with previously untreated or relapsed/refractory CLL who have multiple comorbidities (Cumulative Illness Rating Scale [CIRS]≥7) with or without renal insufficiency (estimated creatinine clearance [CrCL] 15-40 mL/min, but not receiving dialysis).

The study will accrue two independent patient cohorts. Both cohorts will follow a standard 3+3 Phase I design. Once the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined, two expansion cohorts will be enrolled. Dose limiting toxicities (DLT) will be assessed during the 1st cycle of treatment.

Patients with CLL who have significant comorbidities (CIRS≥7; at least one category grade 3-4), with or without minor renal dysfunction (CrCL>40 mL/min) will be accrued onto Cohort 1 of the study. At dose level 1, patients will receive bendamustine 45 mg/m2 in combination with rituximab (375 mg/m2 with cycle 1 and 500 mg/m2 with subsequent cycles). If safe, the dose of bendamustine will be escalated to 70 mg/m2 (dose level 2). By contrast, dose de-escalation to 25 mg/m2 (dose level -1) will occur in this cohort if DLT's are encountered at dose level 1. Once an MTD is determined an expansion cohort will be accrued at that dose level to allow assessment of DLT's during subsequent cycles.

Because bendamustine has not been formally studied in patients with renal failure and due to the potential for increased frequency of toxic events in such patients, patients with significant renal dysfunction (CrCL 15-40 mL/min, but not receiving dialysis) will be accrued on Cohort 2. DLT's in 0/3 (or ≤1/6) subjects with renal dysfunction at dose level 1 (as above) will permit continued accrual of such subjects onto the expansion cohort (N=10). If unacceptable toxicity is encountered, bendamustine dose will be reduced to 25 mg/m2 (dose level -1), followed by an expansion cohort if safe (10 patients). Dose escalation will not be allowed in this cohort.

Accrual of both patient cohorts will occur simultaneously (see Schema) and will take place at two centers: the ambulatory Hematology Clinics at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), Lebanon, NH (Lead [Dartmouth] Principal Investigator [Lead PI] - Alexey Danilov M.D., Ph.D.), and the CLL Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), Boston, MA (DFCI Principal Investigator [DFCI PI] - Jennifer Brown M.D., Ph.D.). Coordination of accrual to the study cohorts will be centralized at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center/DHMC by Dr. Alexey V. Danilov.

Being tested
Bendamustine, Rituximab
Keywords
bendamustine, rituximab, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, comorbidities, renal insufficiency
Medical subject headings
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell, Renal Insufficiency

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Study groups in NCT01832922
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Significant ComorbidiitiesExperimentalSignificant comorbidities as defined by Cumulative Illness Rating Score (CIRS) of ≥7.
Receives: Drug: Bendamustine; Drug: Rituximab
Significant renal dysfunctionActive comparatorSignificant renal dysfunction defined as CrCL 15-40 mL/min, but not receiving dialysis.
Receives: Drug: Bendamustine; Drug: Rituximab

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Number of participants with adverse events

    To evaluate the safety (MTD) of bendamustine in combination with rituximab in patients with CLL who have multiple comorbidities and/or significant renal dysfunction.

    Measured: within the first 30 days of treatment

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. tumor response to treatment

    To evaluate the efficacy of BR in patients with CLL who have multiple comorbidities and/or significant renal dysfunction.

    Measured: 3 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted16 Apr 2013 (estimated)
  2. Study startApr 2013
  3. Primary completion27 Apr 2015
  4. Study completion28 Nov 2016

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
8 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01832922
Sponsor's protocol ID
D13067
Other IDs
3P30CA023108-31S4
Status last verified
Mar 2018
First submitted
12 Apr 2013
Last updated
30 Mar 2018
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Bendamustine and Rituximab in people with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, run by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center at 2 sites in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 24 inclusion and 12 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 30 Mar 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 2 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Number of participants with adverse events (time frame: within the first 30 days of treatment). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 30 Mar 2018.

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