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LymphomaPhase 2NCT00262860

Bortezomib and Gemcitabine Hydrochloride in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin's Lymphoma

A Phase 2 study testing bortezomib and gemcitabine hydrochloride in people with Lymphoma, run by University of Rochester 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

RATIONALE: Bortezomib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as gemcitabine hydrochloride, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 120 years
Conditions the study is for
Lymphoma
What is being tested?
bortezomib and gemcitabine hydrochloride
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
18 participants
Where
2 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Apr 2005to May 2008
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

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 to 120 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed Hodgkin's lymphoma
  • Recurrent or refractory disease after prior standard combination chemotherapy
  • Measurable disease, defined as ≥ 1 unidimensionally measurable lesion > 1 cm by physical exam or imaging studies
  • No history of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
  • No history of other hematological malignancy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Performance status

  • ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic

  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,000/mm^3

Hepatic

  • Bilirubin ≤ 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN) (unless due to Gilbert's disease or involvement by Hodgkin's lymphoma)
  • AST ≤ 3 times ULN (unless due to involvement by Hodgkin's lymphoma)

Renal

  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min

Cardiovascular

  • Ejection fraction ≥ 40% by MUGA or echocardiogram (in patients with a history of cardiac disease)

Pulmonary

  • Must not require supplemental oxygen therapy

Immunologic

  • No known HIV infection
  • No uncontrolled bacterial, viral, or fungal infection

Other

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No other malignancy requiring therapy
  • No peripheral neuropathy ≥ grade 2 within the past 14 days
  • No hypersensitivity to boron
  • No hypersensitivity to mannitol

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • More than 30 days since prior monoclonal antibody therapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma
  • More than 6 months since prior autologous stem cell transplantation
  • No prior allogeneic stem cell transplantation
  • No concurrent sargramostim (GM-CSF)
  • No concurrent pegfilgrastim or filgrastim (G-CSF)
  • No concurrent interleukin-11(oprelvekin)

Chemotherapy

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • More than 30 days since prior chemotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma
  • No prior treatment with gemcitabine hydrochloride

Endocrine therapy

  • More than 30 days since prior corticosteroid therapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma
  • No concurrent corticosteroid therapy

Radiotherapy

  • More than 30 days since prior radiotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma

Other

  • No prior treatment with bortezomib
  • More than 14 days since prior investigational drugs
  • No other concurrent investigational agents

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country.

United States2 sites

  • Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center at Dana Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

  • James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at University of Rochester Medical Center

    Rochester, New York, 14642

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About this study

Official title: Phase II Pilot Study of Bortezomib (VELCADE®) and Gemcitabine for Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin's Lymphoma

RATIONALE: Bortezomib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as gemcitabine hydrochloride, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving bortezomib together with gemcitabine hydrochloride may kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving bortezomib together with gemcitabine hydrochloride works in treating patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the overall response rate (partial and complete response) in patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma treated with bortezomib and gemcitabine hydrochloride.

Secondary

  • Determine the safety and toxic effects of this regimen in these patients.
  • Determine the time to progression in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Correlate NF-kB inhibition and proteasome activity with response in patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter, pilot study.

Patients receive bortezomib IV on days 1, 4, 8, and 11 and gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for 2 years and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 24 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions
Lymphoma
Keywords
recurrent adult Hodgkin lymphoma
Medical subject headings
Lymphoma, Hodgkin Disease

What participants receive

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

Study groups in NCT00262860
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Bortezomib, Gemcitabine HdrochlorideExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: bortezomib; Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride

What is being measured

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

  1. Response Rate After 2 Courses of Therapy

    Response was evaluated after two cycles of therapy using the 1999 Cheson response criteria. All responses were based on CT scans. The criteria that were developed include anatomic definitions of response, with normal lymph node size after treatment of 1.5 cm in the longest transverse diameter by computer-assisted tomography scan. A designation of complete response/unconfirmed was adopted to include patients with a greater than 75% reduction in tumor size after therapy but with a residual mass, to include patients-especially those with large-cell NHL-who may not have residual disease. For patients who had FDG-PET imaging, metabolic response was defined as a decrease in the standardized uptake value in target lesions (regions of abnormal FDG uptake on pretreatment FDG-PET images) to below three on posttreatment FDG-PET imaging). All PET scans were reviewed and interpreted by a single radiologist (SV).

    Measured: 21 Days/course for up to 2 courses

Secondary outcomes (2)

  1. Change in Proteasome Activity Compared to Baseline (Cycle 1)

    Peripheral blood (40 ml) was collected on cycle 1, day 1 of prebortezomib at baseline and 2 hrs post-bortezomib treatment. The samples were refrigerated at 4C and processed within 36 h of collection. Frozen cell lysates were thawed and the proteasome activity in 10 microliters was determined using a spectroflourometric 20S proteasome assay kit. Samples were run in triplicate on two separate days. The percent change between baseline and 2 hrs (day1, cycle 1) was calculated.

    Measured: baseline to 2 hours

  2. Change in Proteasome Activity Compared to Baseline (Cycle 2)

    Peripheral blood (40 ml) was collected at baseline and 1-2 weeks after cycle 2, day 11 post-bortezomib treatment. The samples were refrigerated at 4C and processed within 36 h of collection. Frozen cell lysates were thawed and the proteasome activity in 10 microliters was determined using a spectroflourometric 20S proteasome assay kit. Samples were run in triplicate on two separate days. The percent change between baseline and 2 hrs (day1, cycle 1) was calculated.

    Measured: baseline and 1-2 weeks after cycle 2, day 11

Timeline

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

  1. First posted7 Dec 2005 (estimated)
  2. Study startApr 2005
  3. Primary completionMay 2008

Resources

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 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
18 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00262860
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000448635
Other IDs
URCC-U9404, URCC-RSRB-10368, MILLENNIUM-VEL-03-079, LILLY-B9E-US-X433, DFCI-04388
Status last verified
Mar 2016
First submitted
6 Dec 2005
Last updated
9 May 2016
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Mendler JH, Kelly J, Voci S, Marquis D, Rich L, Rossi RM, Bernstein SH, Jordan CT, Liesveld J, Fisher RI, Friedberg JW. Bortezomib and gemcitabine in relapsed or refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma. Ann Oncol. 2008 Oct;19(10):1759-64. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdn365. Epub 2008 May 25.

    PubMed 18504251

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing bortezomib and gemcitabine hydrochloride in people with Lymphoma, run by University of Rochester 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?

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 9 May 2016. 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 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

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

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 28 Mar 2016). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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?

Response Rate After 2 Courses of Therapy (time frame: 21 Days/course for up to 2 courses). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00262860, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 9 May 2016.

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