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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)Phase 2NCT01754870

Phase II Study of Bendamustine and Rituximab Induction Chemoimmunotherapy Followed by Maintenance Rituximab (Rituxan®) and Lenalidomide (Revlimid®) in Relapsed and Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) and Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (SLL)

A Phase 2 study testing Bendamustine and Rituximab Induction followed by Rituximab and Lenalidomide Maintenance in people with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) and Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (SLL), run by University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Withdrawn

Withdrawn. The study stopped before anyone enrolled.

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Trial summary

CLL/SLL is an incurable disease with conventional chemotherapy, and there are limited treatment options available for patients who have become refractory to fludarabine- and alkylating-agent based regimens. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Bendamustine and Rituximab Induction followed by Rituximab and Lenalidomide Maintenance
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
0 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
Nov 2013to Aug 2014
Phase
Phase 2
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

  • Histologically confirmed CLL/SLL.
  • Understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent document.
  • Age greater than or equal to 18 years at the time of signing the informed consent document.
  • Subjects must have documented relapsed or refractory CLL/SLL.
  • Relapsed disease is defined as progressive disease after achieving a complete or partial response to the most recent therapy.
  • Refractory disease is defined as less than a partial response to the most recent therapy.
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  • Subjects must have received ≥1 prior chemotherapy regimen for their disease. Prior therapy with single-agent rituximab does not meet criteria for a prior chemotherapy regimen (i.e., prior treatment must include cytotoxic chemotherapy agent).
  • In cases of SLL, subjects must have at least one bidimensionally measurable lesion at least ≥1.5 cm measured in one dimension.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of less than or equal to 2 at study entry
  • Laboratory test results within these ranges:
  • Absolute neutrophil count greater than or equal to 1500/μL
  • Platelet count great than or equal to 100,000/μL
  • Subjects with neutrophils <1500/μL or platelets <100,000/μL with splenomegaly or extensive bone marrow involvement as the etiology for their cytopenias are eligible
  • Subjects must have adequate renal function with a creatinine clearance of ≥40 mL/min as determined by the Cockcroft-Gault calculation
  • Total bilirubin less than or equal to 2X (times) upper limit laboratory normal (ULN); subjects with non-clinically significant elevations of bilirubin due to Gilbert's disease are not required to meet these criteria
  • Serum transaminases aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (SGOT) and (alanine aminotransferase) ALT (SGPT) less than or equal to 5X ULN
  • Serum alkaline phosphatase ≤5X ULN
  • Disease-free of prior malignancies for ≥2 years with the exception of basal or squamous cell skin carcinoma, carcinoma "in situ" of the breast or cervix, or localized prostate cancer (treated definitively with hormone therapy, radiotherapy, or surgery).
  • Life expectancy of at least 3 months.
  • All study participants must be willing to be registered into the mandatory Revlimid REMS® program, and be willing and able to comply with the requirements of Revlimid REMS® .
  • Subjects must not have a known history of hypersensitivity to mannitol.
  • Subjects may have received prior therapy with bendamustine or lenalidomide, but must not have disease that is refractory to bendamustine or lenalidomide.
  • Prior therapy with rituximab is permitted, even in the setting of rituximab-refractory disease.
  • Able to take aspirin (81 or 325 mg) daily as prophylactic anticoagulation (subjects intolerant to aspirin may use warfarin or low molecular weight heparin) if clinically indicated.
  • Females of childbearing potential (FCBP)† must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test with a sensitivity of at least 50 mIU/mL within 10 - 14 days and again within 24 hours prior to prescribing lenalidomide for Cycle 1 (prescriptions must be filled within 7 days as required by Revlimid REMS® ) and must either commit to continued abstinence from heterosexual intercourse or begin TWO acceptable methods of birth control, one highly effective method and one additional effective method AT THE SAME TIME, at least 28 days before she starts taking lenalidomide. Men must agree to use a latex condom during sexual contact with a FCBP even if they have had a successful vasectomy. See Appendix: Risks of Fetal Exposure, Pregnancy Testing Guidelines and Acceptable Birth Control Methods.
  • 15. Females of reproductive potential must adhere to the scheduled pregnancy testing as required in the Revlimid REMS® program.

Who cannot join

  • Subjects may not have received >5 lines of prior therapy for their disease. Re-treatment with an identical regimen does not count as a new regimen.
  • 2. Any serious medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illness that would prevent the subject from signing the informed consent document or complying with the protocol treatment.
  • 3. Pregnant or breast-feeding females. Lactating females must agree not to breast-feed while taking lenalidomide.
  • 4. Any condition, including the presence of laboratory abnormalities, which places the subject at unacceptable risk if he/she were to participate in the study or confounds the ability to interpret data from the study.
  • 5. Subjects are not eligible if there is a prior history or current evidence of central nervous system or leptomeningeal involvement.
  • 6. Use of any other experimental drug or therapy within 28 days of enrollment.
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  • 7. Known hypersensitivity to thalidomide. 8. The development of erythema nodosum if characterized by a desquamating rash while taking thalidomide or similar drugs.
  • 9. Disease that is refractory to prior therapy with bendamustine or lenalidomide.
  • 10. Concurrent use of other anti-cancer agents or treatments. 11. Known to be positive for HIV or infectious hepatitis (type B or C). 12. Prior malignancy, except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical or breast cancer, or other cancer from which the subject has been disease free for at least 2 years.
  • 13. Severe or life-threatening anaphylaxis or hypersensitivity reaction when previously exposed to rituximab or other monoclonal antibody therapy.
  • 14. Chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection. 15. New York Heart Association class 3-4 heart failure.

About this study

Official title: HO11415: Phase II Study of Bendamustine and Rituximab Induction Chemoimmunotherapy Followed by Maintenance Rituximab (Rituxan®) and Lenalidomide (Revlimid®) in Relapsed and Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) and Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (SLL)

CLL/SLL is an incurable disease with conventional chemotherapy, and there are limited treatment options available for patients who have become refractory to fludarabine- and alkylating-agent based regimens. Bendamustine is a recently FDA-approved agent with significant activity in CLL/SLL, including significant activity in the setting of fludarabine-refractory disease. However, durations of remission following bendamustine/rituximab combination therapy tend to be short in patients with heavily pre-treated disease or who have already received rituximab.

The incorporation of a maintenance therapy to overcome the shorter remission durations in this population is a reasonable and feasible option. In considering potential options for treatment of CLL/SLL as a maintenance strategy following induction chemotherapy, lenalidomide and rituximab are appealing options based on their convenient dosing schedules and recent evidence of acceptable toxicity and promising efficacy in combination therapy.

Being tested
Bendamustine and Rituximab Induction followed by Rituximab and Lenalidomide Maintenance
Keywords
CLL, SLL
Medical subject headings
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell

What participants receive

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

  • Bendamustine and Rituximab Induction followed by Rituximab and Lenalidomide MaintenanceDrug

Study groups in NCT01754870
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Bendamustine + Rituximab-->Rituximab and LenalidomideExperimentalInduction chemoimmunotherapy: * Bendamustine 70 mg/m2 IV days 1 \& 2 every 28 days X 6 cycles * Rituximab 500 mg/m2 IV day 1 every 28 days X 6 cycles (375 mg/m2 IV cycle 1 only, day 1 or 2) Maintenance phase: * Rituximab 375 mg/m2 IV on day 1 of every odd-numbered 28 day cycle for a maximum of 12 doses during the maintenance phase. * Lenalidomide 5 mg orally daily on days 1-28 of each 28-day cycle for 24 cycles (maintenance cycles 1-24); dose escalation to 10 mg orally daily will be allowed at the start of cycle 2 or at the start of any subsequent cycle in subjects with acceptable toxicities needed to escalate the dose of lenalidomide to 10 mg/day.
Receives: Drug: Bendamustine and Rituximab Induction followed by Rituximab and Lenalidomide Maintenance

What is being measured

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

  1. Progression Free Survival (PFS)

    • The primary objective is progression-free survival for patients entering the maintenance therapy phase with rituximab and lenalidomide after induction therapy with bendamustine and rituximab. Progression is defined as radiographic or clinical progression as defined by the specified standard response criteria for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (CLL/SLL)or initiation of a new anti-neoplastic therapy in the absence of progression. Subjects with clinical evidence of progression prior to a planned disease assessment will be evaluated at the time of clinically suspected progression.

    Measured: Up to 30 months

Secondary outcomes (3)

  1. Objective Response Rates

    • Disease assessments including imaging will be performed after cycles 3 and 6 of induction chemotherapy and every 4 cycles during the maintenance portion of treatment.
    • Response and progression in cases of SLL will be evaluated using the International Working Group Criteria for response in lymphoma.38 Response and progression in cases of CLL will be evaluated in this study using the Revised International Working Group CLL 2008 Criteria for Response in CLL (IWGCLL)
    • Radiological methodologies, techniques and/or physical examination, established at baseline for the assessment and measurement of each identified lesion will be used for all subsequent assessments.

    Measured: Up to 30 months

  2. Toxicity

    • To determine toxicities observed with induction chemotherapy and maintenance therapy:
    • Safety evaluations will be based on the incidence, intensity, and type of adverse events (AEs) and clinical laboratory results.
    • Drug doses will be modified as required based on toxicity as assessed using the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 4.0.

    Measured: Up to 30 months

  3. Overall survival

    • Overall survival will be determined from the date of enrollment until death from any cause.

    Measured: Up to 54 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted21 Dec 2012 (estimated)
  2. Study startNov 2013
  3. Primary completionAug 2014
  4. Study completionAug 2014

Why it stopped: slow accrual

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
0 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01754870
Sponsor's protocol ID
HO11415
Other IDs
2012-0639, A534260, SMPH/MEDICINE/MEDICINE*H, NCI-2013-00905
Status last verified
Jul 2015
First submitted
27 Nov 2012
Last updated
15 Nov 2019
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Bendamustine and Rituximab Induction followed by Rituximab and Lenalidomide Maintenance in people with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) and Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (SLL), run by University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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 26 inclusion and 11 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: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 15 Nov 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

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?

The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.

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?

Progression Free Survival (PFS) (time frame: Up to 30 months). 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 NCT01754870.

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 15 Nov 2019.

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