AzTrials
AzTrials

Acute Lymphoblastic LeukemiaPhase 2NCT00560794

Phase II Study of the BiTE® Blinatumomab (MT103) in Patients With Minimal Residual Disease of B-precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

A Phase 2 study testing Blinatumomab (MT103) in people with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, run by Amgen Research (Munich) GmbH at 6 sites in Germany.

Completed

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

Official record
Search all trials

Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE®) Blinatumomab (MT103) is effective in the treatment of ALL patients with minimal residual disease. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
What is being tested?
Blinatumomab (MT103)
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
21 participants
Where
6 sitesGermany
Study dates
Jan 2008to Nov 2014
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 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • B-precursor ALL patients in complete hematological remission with molecular failure or molecular relapse starting at any time after consolidation I of front-line therapy within German Multicenter Study Group on Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (GMALL) standards or at any time outside GMALL standards.
  • Patients must have a molecular marker for evaluation of minimal residual disease which is either Breakpoint cluster region/gene on human chromosome #9 (Bcr/abl) at any detection level or individual rearrangements of immunoglobulin or T-cell receptor (TCR)-genes measured by an assay with a sensitivity of minimum 10^-4: At least one individual marker at a quantitative level ≥ 10^-4.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status < 2
  • Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent
  • Signed and dated written informed consent is available

Who cannot join

  • Current extra medullar involvement
  • History of or current relevant central nervous system (CNS) pathology (except migraine/headache and/or previous infiltration of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by ALL)
  • Current infiltration of cerebrospinal fluid by ALL
  • History of or current autoimmune disease
  • Autologous stem cell transplantation within 6 weeks prior to study entry
  • Any prior allogeneic stem cell transplantation
Show all 18Show fewer
  • Cancer chemotherapy within 4 weeks prior to study treatment (except for intrathecal prophylaxis and/or low dose maintenance therapy such as vinca alkaloids, mercaptopurine, methotrexate, steroids)
  • Radiotherapy within 4 weeks prior to study treatment
  • Therapy with monoclonal antibodies (Rituximab, MabCampath) within 6 weeks prior to study treatment
  • Known hypersensitivity to immunoglobulins or to any other component of the study drug formulation
  • Presence of human anti-murine antibodies (HAMA)
  • Abnormal bone marrow, renal or hepatic function
  • Indication for a hypercoagulative state
  • History of malignancy other than ALL within 5 years prior to study entry, with the exception of basal cell carcinoma of the skin or cervix carcinoma in situ
  • Active severe infection, any other concurrent disease or medical condition that are deemed to interfere with the conduct of the study as judged by the investigator
  • Known infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HbsAg positive) or hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV positive)
  • Pregnant or nursing women
  • Women of childbearing potential not willing to use an effective form of contraception during participation in the study and at least 3 months thereafter or male patients not willing to ensure effective contraception during participation in the study and at least three months thereafter

Trial locations and contacts

6 sites in 1 country.

6 sites in 1 country

Germany6 sites
  • Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus

    Dresden, Saxony, ´01307

  • Klinikum der J.W. Goethe Universität

    Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, 60590

  • Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein im Städtischen Krankenhaus Kiel

    Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, 24116

  • Universitätsklinikum Münster

    Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, 48129

  • Universitätsklinikum Ulm

    Ulm, Baden-Wurttemberg, 89081

  • Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

    Würzburg, Bavaria, 97080

Other trials in Germany

About this study

Official title: Open-label, Multicenter Phase II Study to Investigate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of the Bispecific T-cell Engager (BiTE®) MT103 in Patients With Minimal Residual Disease of B-precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE®) Blinatumomab (MT103) is effective in the treatment of ALL patients with minimal residual disease.

Read the detailed description

The presence of leukemia cells below the cytological detection limit (5% leukemic cells) is defined as minimal residual disease (MRD). If no MRD is detectable (< 10^-4 = less than 1 leukemia cell per 10^4 bone marrow cells) a complete molecular remission is reached. In the last years a series of retrospective studies has shown that MRD in adult ALL is an independent prognostic factor as already demonstrated for childhood leukemia. Diagnostic tools for MRD are polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and/or flow cytometry. PCR analysis can detect fusion transcripts such as bcr/abl and individual clonal rearrangements of immunoglobulins (IgH) and/or T-cell receptor genes (TCR). About 25% of patients with MRD defined by rearrangement comprise a high-risk group with a 94% relapse rate within 3 years. In general for patients with MRD, who are not eligible for allogenic stem cell transplantation, curative treatment is not available. This accounts for MRD defined by the Philadelphia chromosome translocation as well as for MRD defined by rearrangement. The current study is set up to address the question of treating MRD positive ALL with the bispecific anti-cluster of differentiation (CD)19 x anti-CD3 antibody derivative blinatumomab (MT103).

Being tested
Blinatumomab (MT103)
Keywords
Minimal Residual Disease, adult ALL, immunotherapeutic treatment, anti-CD19 bispecific antibody derivative, Blinatumomab, MT103
Medical subject headings
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, Neoplasm, Residual

What participants receive

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

  • Blinatumomab (MT103)Biological

    Also called Blinatumomab, AMG103, MT103, BLINCYTO™

    Administered by continuous intravenous (CIV) over 4 weeks per cycle

Study groups in NCT00560794
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
BlinatumomabExperimentalParticipants received blinatumomab as continuous intravenous infusion at constant flow rate over 4 weeks followed by a 2 week treatment-free period (defined as one treatment cycle), for up to a maximum of 10 cycles. The initial dose was 15 μg/m^2/day. A dose increase to 30 μg/m^2/day was permitted with evidence for insufficient response to blinatumomab treatment.
Receives: Biological: Blinatumomab (MT103)

What is being measured

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

  1. Percentage of Participants With a Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) Response Within 4 Cycles of Treatment

    MRD Response is defined as:

    • If Philadelphia Chromosome (Ph) positive (+) or translocation (t) (4;11), response was achieved when Ph or t(4;11) was below detection limit and individual rearrangements of immunoglobulin or T-cell receptor genes are below 10^-4.
    • If Ph and t(4;11) negative, response was achieved when individual rearrangements of immunoglobulin or T-cell receptor genes are below 10^-4.

    Measured: Within 4 treatment cycles, 24 weeks

Secondary outcomes (13)
  1. Percentage of Participants With an MRD Response After Each Treatment Cycle

    MRD Response is defined as:

    • If Philadelphia Chromosome (Ph)+ or t(4;11), response was achieved when Ph or t(4;11) was below detection limit and individual rearrangements of immunoglobulin or T-cell receptor genes are below 10^-4.
    • If Ph and t(4;11) negative, response was achieved when individual rearrangements of immunoglobulin or T-cell receptor genes are below 10^-4.

    Measured: At the end of each treatment cycle - Weeks 4, 10, 16, and 22.

  2. Time to Hematological Relapse

    The time to hematological relapse is defined as the time between start of first infusion of blinatumomab and the first result of hematological relapse. Participants without an event of hematological relapse were censored on their last available date of bone marrow aspiration/biopsy.

    Hematological relapse is defined as > 5% leukemia cells in bone marrow. Time to hematological relapse was analyzed using Kaplan-Meier methods.

    Measured: Up to the data cut-off date of 14 January 2010; maximum duration of follow-up was 564 days.

  3. Time to MRD Progression

    Time to MRD progression is defined for participants who do not show MRD response at any time during the study as the time from start of first infusion until the first result of MRD progression or hematological relapse, if no MRD progression was diagnosed before hematological relapse. For participants who showed MRD response during the study the time to MRD progression is defined as the time from the date of the first MRD response to the date of MRD relapse. Participants without an event of MRD progression were censored on the day of their last bone marrow aspiration/biopsy. Participants who received a bone marrow transplant were censored on the last day of bone marrow aspiration/biopsy before transplantation.

    MRD progression is defined as the increase in the MRD level by 1 log as compared to the baseline level (equal to a 10-fold increase in the number of MRD cells), and had to be confirmed within 6 weeks.

    Measured: Up to the data cut-off date of 14 January 2010; Median follow-up time was 155 days

  4. Time to MRD Relapse

    Time to MRD relapse is defined only for participants with an MRD response during the study, defined as the time between the date of the first MRD response and the date of MRD relapse. If a participant experienced hematological relapse without having shown MRD positivity before then the time point of MRD relapse is defined as the time point of hematological relapse. Participants without an event of MRD relapse or hematological relapse were censored on the day of their last available bone marrow aspiration/biopsy. If a participant received a bone marrow transplant the last day of bone marrow aspiration/biopsy before transplantation was used as time point for censoring.

    MRD relapse is defined as reappearance of bcr/abl, and/or t(4;11) translocation at any detection level, and/or by individual rearrangements of immunoglobulin or T-cell receptor genes ≥10^-4 for at least 1 individual marker measured by an assay with a sensitivity of minimum 10^-4 and should be confirmed within 6 weeks.

    Measured: Up to the data cut-off date of 14 January 2010; Median follow-up time was 116.5 days

  5. Number of Participants With Adverse Events

    The severity (or intensity) of AEs was evaluated according to the grading scale provided in the Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 3.0, or according to the following: Grade 1 - Mild AE; Grade 2 - Moderate AE; Grade 3 - Severe AE; Grade 4 - Life-threatening or disabling AE; Grade 5 - Death.

    The investigator used medical judgment to determine if there was a causal relationship (ie, related, unrelated) between an adverse event and blinatumomab.

    A serious adverse event (SAE) is any untoward medical occurrence or effect that, at any dose results in death, is life-threatening, requires or prolongs hospitalization, results in persistent or significant disability or incapacity, or is a congenital anomaly or birth defect. In addition, all laboratory abnormalities of grade four severity that occur during or after administration of the investigational drug, any overdose and a pregnancy or fathering were reported as SAEs.

    Measured: From the start of study treatment until up to 4 weeks after the end of study treatment. The median treatment duration was 87.3 days.

  6. Change From Screening Value in B-cell Count During Cycle 1

    B-cells were measured by flow cytometry.

    Measured: At Screening and in Cycle 1 at the start of infusion, 45 minutes, 2, 6, 12, 24 hours and at Days 2, 7, 14, 21, 28 and 35 after the start of infusion.

  7. Change From Screening Value in T-cell Count During Cycle 1

    T-cells were measured by flow cytometry.

    Measured: At Screening and in Cycle 1 at the start of infusion, 45 minutes, 2, 6, 12, 24 hours and at Days 2, 7, 14, 21, 28 and 35 after the start of infusion.

  8. Serum Cytokine Peak Levels in Cycle 1

    The activation of immune effector cells was monitored by the measurement of peripheral blood cytokine levels including interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and interferon gamma (IFN)-γ using fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS)-based cytometric bead array (CBA) system.The limit of detection (LOD) for the cytokine determination was 20 pg/mL, the limit of quantification (LOQ) was 125 pg/mL.

    Measured: Cycle 1 at pre-dose and at post infusion start at 45 minutes; 2, 6, 12, 24, and 48 hours; 7, 14, 21, and 28 days.

  9. Serum Blinatumomab Concentration at Steady State

    The mean serum concentration of blinatumomab during cycle 1. The LOQ of the assay was 100 pg/mL, and the limit of detection (LOD) was 3 pg/mL.

    Measured: Cycle 1 at predose and at 2, 6, and 12 hours after start of infusion then weekly until end of the cycle, and at 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 24 hours after stop of infusion.

  10. Area Under the Drug Concentration-time Curve From Time Zero to Infinity

    Measured: Cycle 1 at predose and at 2, 6, and 12 hours after start of infusion then weekly until end of the cycle, and at 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 24 hours after stop of infusion.

  11. Apparent Volume of Distribution

    Measured: Cycle 1 at predose and at 2, 6, and 12 hours after start of infusion then weekly until end of the cycle, and at 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 24 hours after stop of infusion.

  12. Clearance of Blinatumomab

    Measured: Cycle 1 at predose and at 2, 6, and 12 hours after start of infusion then weekly until end of the cycle, and at 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 24 hours after stop of infusion.

  13. Terminal Half-life of Blinatumomab

    Measured: Cycle 1 at predose and at 2, 6, and 12 hours after start of infusion then weekly until end of the cycle, and at 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 24 hours after stop of infusion.

Timeline

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

  1. First posted20 Nov 2007 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2008
  3. Primary completionSep 2009
  4. Study completionNov 2014

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
21 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00560794
Sponsor's protocol ID
MT103-202
Other IDs
2006-006520-19
Status last verified
Dec 2014
First submitted
19 Nov 2007
Last updated
26 Jan 2015
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Zhu M, Wu B, Brandl C, Johnson J, Wolf A, Chow A, Doshi S. Blinatumomab, a Bispecific T-cell Engager (BiTE((R))) for CD-19 Targeted Cancer Immunotherapy: Clinical Pharmacology and Its Implications. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2016 Oct;55(10):1271-1288. doi: 10.1007/s40262-016-0405-4.

    PubMed 27209293
  • Zugmaier G, Topp MS, Alekar S, Viardot A, Horst HA, Neumann S, Stelljes M, Bargou RC, Goebeler M, Wessiepe D, Degenhard E, Gokbuget N, Klinger M. Long-term follow-up of serum immunoglobulin levels in blinatumomab-treated patients with minimal residual disease-positive B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood Cancer J. 2014 Sep 5;4(9):244. doi: 10.1038/bcj.2014.64. No abstract available.

    PubMed 25192414
  • Klinger M, Brandl C, Zugmaier G, Hijazi Y, Bargou RC, Topp MS, Gokbuget N, Neumann S, Goebeler M, Viardot A, Stelljes M, Bruggemann M, Hoelzer D, Degenhard E, Nagorsen D, Baeuerle PA, Wolf A, Kufer P. Immunopharmacologic response of patients with B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia to continuous infusion of T cell-engaging CD19/CD3-bispecific BiTE antibody blinatumomab. Blood. 2012 Jun 28;119(26):6226-33. doi: 10.1182/blood-2012-01-400515. Epub 2012 May 16.

    PubMed 22592608

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Blinatumomab (MT103) in people with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, run by Amgen Research (Munich) GmbH at 6 sites in Germany.

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 5 inclusion and 18 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 26 Jan 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 6 sites in Germany. 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 7 Jan 2015). 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?

Percentage of Participants With a Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) Response Within 4 Cycles of Treatment (time frame: Within 4 treatment cycles, 24 weeks). 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 NCT00560794, which also lists 3 linked publications.

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 26 Jan 2015.

Free account

Log in to keep searching

You’ve used your 3 free searches. AzTrials is free: log in or create a free account to keep searching clinical trials and save the ones you want to follow.

Create a free accountLog in