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B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia With t(9;22)(q34;q11.2); BCR-ABL1Phase 1NCT02819804

Nivolumab and Dasatinib in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Philadelphia Chromosome Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

A Phase 1 study testing Dasatinib, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis and Nivolumab in people with B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia With t(9;22)(q34;q11.2); BCR-ABL1 and Recurrent Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, run by Northwestern University at 1 site in United States.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this research study is to determine the acceptable upper limit dose of nivolumab in combination with dasatinib that may be given to patients with relapsed/refractory philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL). Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Dasatinib, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis and Nivolumab
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
1 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
17 Aug 2017to 30 Aug 2018
Phase
Phase 1
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

  • Patients must have a histologically confirmed diagnosis of Ph+ ALL
  • Detection of one of the following must be present:
  • t(9;22)(q34;q11) or 3-way variant by metaphase cytogenetics
  • Breakpoint cluster region (BCR)-Abelson (ABL) positive status by molecular analysis with qualitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)
  • Patients must have primary refractory ALL based on failure to achieve a hematologic or molecular remission after induction therapy with dasatinib and steroids or dasatinib and chemotherapy, or have relapsed after treatment with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor with or without chemotherapy
  • Note: Prior course of dasatinib and steroid induction therapy should have included dasatinib 140mg PO daily on days 1-84 and prednisone 60mg/m^2 (capped at 120mg, or equivalent steroid dose) on days 1-28; if patients were unable to tolerate full steroid dose during induction therapy they will still be eligible
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  • Note: Patients with refractory or relapsed disease in the central nervous system will be eligible
  • Prior chemotherapy or tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) treatment, aside from dasatinib, must be >= 7 days before first investigational agent dose
  • Patients must exhibit an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2
  • Patients must have adequate organ and bone marrow function prior to registration, as defined below:
  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) < 2 x institutional upper limit of normal (IULN)
  • Total bilirubin < 2.0 x IULN (unless Gilbert syndrome has been diagnosed); if leukemia infiltration of the liver is suspected to be causing liver function abnormalities the patient will still be eligible with principal investigator (PI) approval
  • Creatinine < 2 x IULN
  • Creatinine clearance > 40 mL/min (measured by Cockroft-Gault)
  • Females of child-bearing potential (FOCBP) must have a negative pregnancy test within 7 days of registration
  • Note: A FOCBP is any woman (regardless of sexual orientation, having undergone a tubal ligation, or remaining celibate by choice) who meets the following criteria:
  • Has not undergone a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy
  • Has had menses at any time in the preceding 12 consecutive months (and therefore has not been naturally postmenopausal for > 12 months)
  • Women must not be breastfeeding at the time of study registration
  • Women and men of reproductive potential should agree to use two effective means of birth control
  • For women, contraception should continue for 23 weeks after the last dose of nivolumab and 12 weeks after the last dose of dasatinib to allow complete clearance of drug and its principal metabolites from the body
  • For men, contraception should continue for 31 weeks after nivolumab and 12 weeks after dasatinib
  • Patients must have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent prior to registration on study

Who cannot join

  • Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents within 5 half-lives of the drug (if known); if the half-life is not known, investigational agents should not be taken within two weeks
  • Patients are not eligible if they have an intolerance to most recent prior TKI (other than dasatinib) at the lowest possible effective dose, defined as a grade >= 3 toxicity considered at least possibly related to that TKI; patients are also excluded if they are intolerant or allergic to dasatinib and discontinued prior therapy due to a >= grade 2 treatment related adverse event
  • Patients must not have a history of a grade 4 anaphylactic reaction to monoclonal antibody therapy or known hypersensitivity reactions to drugs formulated with polysorbate 90
  • Patients must not have had any prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1), anti-programmed cell death 1 ligand 2 (PD-L2), anti-cluster of differentiation (CD)137 or anti-cytotoxic t-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 ligand (CTLA-4) antibody (or any antibody or drug specifically targeting T-cell costimulation or checkpoint pathways; for questions or uncertainties, please contact the PI or quality assurance manager (QAM)
  • Patients who have had allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) are not eligible if they meet any of the following:
  • transplant is within 2 months from cycle 1, day 1 (C1D1)
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  • Has clinically significant graft-versus-host disease requiring treatment
  • Has >= grade 3 persistent non-hematological toxicity related to the transplant
  • Concomitant use of strong inhibitors of the cytochrome p450, family 3, subfamily a, polypeptide 4 (CYP3A4) isoenzyme is not permitted; must have wash-out period of 5 times the half-life of the compound before first dasatinib dose
  • Concomitant use of QT prolonging agents strongly associated with torsades de pointes is not permitted
  • Patients who have a known dasatinib-resistant ABL-kinase mutation such as T315I are not eligible; for confirmation, please contact PI
  • Patients who have any serious or uncontrolled medical disorder that would impair the ability of the subject to receive protocol therapy are not eligible; these include, but are not limited to:
  • Active infection that is not well controlled
  • Known pleural or pericardial effusion at baseline
  • Clinically significant gastrointestinal disease or digestive dysfunction compromising absorption of dasatinib
  • Pulmonary arterial hypertension
  • Uncontrolled or significant cardiovascular disease, including:
  • Myocardial infarction within 6 months of enrollment date
  • Uncontrolled angina or congestive heart failure within 3 months of enrollment date
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 40%
  • Significant cardiac conduction abnormality, including:
  • History of clinically significant ventricular arrhythmia (such as ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, or torsades de pointes)
  • History of second or third degree heart block (except for second degree type 1)
  • Corrected QT (QTc) interval > 500 msec, unless a cardiac pacemaker is present
  • Prior malignancy active within the previous 3 years, except for locally curable cancers that have been apparently cured, such as basal or squamous cell skin cancers, superficial bladder cancer, or carcinoma in situ of the prostate, cervix or breast
  • Subjects with active, known or suspected autoimmune disease; (Note: Subjects with vitiligo, type I diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism due to autoimmune condition only requiring hormone replacement, psoriasis not requiring systemic treatment, or conditions not expected to recur in the absence of an external trigger are permitted to enroll)
  • Psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
  • Any other illness or condition that the treating investigator feels would interfere with study compliance or would compromise the patient's safety or study endpoints
  • Female patients who are pregnant or nursing are not eligible
  • Patients are not eligible if they have a known positive test for hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBV sAg) or hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid (hepatitis C virus [HCV] antibody) indicating acute infection; Note: Patients with evidence of chronic hepatitis B infection will be allowed to enroll if on appropriate suppressive medications under the direction of a hepatologist and with PI approval
  • Patients who are known to be positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or known acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are not eligible
  • Patients must not have live vaccine therapies for prevention of infectious diseases within 28 days of first nivolumab dose
  • Patients who are unable to swallow oral medication are not eligible
  • Patients with active autoimmune disease or history of autoimmune disease that might recur, which may affect vital organ function or require immune suppressive treatment including chronic prolonged systemic corticosteroids (defined as corticosteroid use of duration one month or greater), should be excluded; these include but are not limited to patients with a history of:
  • Immune related neurologic disease
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Autoimmune (demyelinating) neuropathy
  • Guillain-Barre syndrome
  • Myasthenia gravis
  • Systemic autoimmune disease such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
  • Connective tissue diseases
  • Scleroderma
  • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
  • Crohn's
  • Ulcerative colitis
  • Patients with a history of toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN)
  • Stevens-Johnson syndrome
  • Anti-phospholipid syndrome NOTE: Subjects with vitiligo, type I diabetes mellitus, residual hypothyroidism due to autoimmune condition only requiring hormone replacement, psoriasis not requiring systemic treatment, or conditions not expected to recur in the absence of an external trigger are permitted to enroll

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Northwestern University

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611

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About this study

Official title: Phase Ib Study of Nivolumab and Dasatinib in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Philadelphia Chromosome Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Ph+ ALL)

The purpose of this research study is to determine the acceptable upper limit dose of nivolumab in combination with dasatinib that may be given to patients with relapsed/refractory philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL). Nivolumab is currently Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for other cancers, but has not yet been investigated in Ph+ ALL. Dasatinib is currently FDA approved for the treatment of Ph+ ALL, but has not yet been investigated in combination with nivolumab for this disease. There is evidence that dasatinib not only blocks the Philadelphia chromosome or breakpoint cluster region-Abelson murine leukemia viral oncogene homolog 1 (BCR-ABL) mutation, but also increases the activity of cells in your immune system. Nivolumab increases T cells in your immune system, which allows your immune system to attack the cancer. We think the combination of these drugs will be more effective against your leukemia than either drug used alone.

Read the detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of nivolumab when given in combination with dasatinib in patients with relapsed/refractory Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To evaluate the toxicities and safety profile of nivolumab and dasatinib in patients with relapsed/refractory Ph+ ALL.

II. To determine the rate of complete hematologic remission (CR) after three cycles of nivolumab and dasatinib.

III. To determine the rate of molecular remission after three cycles of nivolumab and dasatinib.

IV. To study the pharmacokinetics of nivolumab and dasatinib. V. To evaluate programmed cell death 1 (PD1) expression levels and saturation in the peripheral blood and bone marrow.

VI. To measure peripheral T-cell levels and activation in response to treatment.

TERTIARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To evaluate the 30 day mortality rate, overall survival (OS), progression free survival (PFS), and duration of remission (DOR) one year after treatment with nivolumab when given in combination with dasatinib in patients with relapsed/refractory Ph+ ALL.

II. To compare the OS between patients who receive a hematopoietic stem cell transplant and those who receive no further therapy following remission.

III. To evaluate for resistance mutations at the time of disease progression.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive dasatinib orally (PO) once daily (QD ) on days 1-28 and nivolumab intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes on days 8 and 22 of course 1 and on days 1 and 15 of subsequent courses. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or withdrawal from the study for other reasons.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days and then monthly for up to 1 year.

Being tested
Dasatinib, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis, Nivolumab, Pharmacological Study
Medical subject headings
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma

What participants receive

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

  • DasatinibDrug

    Also called BMS-354825, Sprycel

    Given PO

  • Laboratory Biomarker AnalysisOther

    Correlative studies

  • NivolumabBiological

    Also called BMS-936558, MDX-1106, NIVO, ONO-4538

    Given IV

  • Pharmacological StudyOther

    Correlative studies

Study groups in NCT02819804
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Treatment (dasatinib, nivolumab)ExperimentalPatients receive dasatinib PO QD on days 1-28 and nivolumab IV over 30 minutes on days 8 and 22 of course 1 and on days 1 and 15 of subsequent courses. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Receives: Drug: Dasatinib; Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Biological: Nivolumab; Other: Pharmacological Study

What is being measured

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

  1. Incidence of Dose-Limiting Toxicity (DLT)

    Determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of nivolumab when given in combination with dasatinib, the MTD will be defined as the highest dose level at which ≤ 1 DLT occurs and will be assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.03.

    Measured: Up to 28 days

Secondary outcomes (8)
  1. Incidence of Adverse Events

    To evaluate the toxicity and safety of nivolumab and dasatinib in patients with relapsed/refractory Ph+ ALL. Adverse events will be assessed by number, frequency, and severity and will be graded according to the NCI's common terminology criteria, version 4.03.

    Measured: Up to 28-days after the last dose

  2. Rate of Complete Hematologic Remission (CR)

    Determine the rate of complete hematologic remission (CR) after three cycles of nivolumab and dasatinib

    Measured: At 84 days (3 cycles)

  3. Rate of Molecular Remission

    Determine the rate of molecular remission after three cycles of nivolumab and dasatinib.

    Measured: At 84 days (3 cycles)

  4. Serum Level of Dasatinib

    The serum level of dasatinib will be measured at 24 hours after the start of cycle 1 and on days 8, 15, and 22 prior to treatment during cycle 1.

    Measured: 24 hours after the start of cycle 1 and days 8, 15, and 22 prior to treatment during cycle 1

  5. Serum Level of Nivolumab

    The serum level of nivolumab will be measured on days 8, 15, and 22 prior to treatment during cycle 1.

    Measured: Days 8, 15, and 22 prior to treatment during cycle 1

  6. PD1 Expression Levels and Saturation Assessed in the Peripheral Blood

    Peripheral blood will be evaluated to measure PD1 expression levels and saturation.

    Measured: Baseline to 28-days after the last dose

  7. PD1 Expression Levels and Saturation in Bone Marrow

    Bone marrow will be assessed to measure PD1 expression levels and saturation.

    Measured: Baseline to 28-days after the last dose

  8. Peripheral T-cell Levels and Activation in Response to Treatment

    T-cell levels and activation will be measured in the peripheral blood after treatment.

    Measured: At cycle 1 days: 1, 2, 8, 15, & 22 prior to dosing

Timeline

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

  1. First posted30 Jun 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study start17 Aug 2017
  3. Primary completion27 Aug 2017
  4. Study completion30 Aug 2018

Why it stopped: Due to funding and accrual issues

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 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
1 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02819804
Sponsor's protocol ID
NU 15H13
Other IDs
STU00202846, NU 15H13, P30CA060553, NCI-2016-00711
Status last verified
Jan 2020
First submitted
28 Jun 2016
Last updated
11 Feb 2020
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Dasatinib, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis and Nivolumab in people with B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia With t(9;22)(q34;q11.2); BCR-ABL1 and Recurrent Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, run by Northwestern University at 1 site 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 23 inclusion and 48 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Feb 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site 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?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 31 Jan 2020). 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?

Incidence of Dose-Limiting Toxicity (DLT) (time frame: Up to 28 days). 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 11 Feb 2020.

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