Clinical trial • Phase IV • Oncology | Haematology

IBRUTINIB for Waldenström macroglobulinemia

Phase IV trial of IBRUTINIB for Waldenström macroglobulinemia.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology | Haematology
Trial Disease
Waldenström macroglobulinemia
Trial Stage
Phase IV
Drug Modality
Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
06-09-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
09-10-2024

Trial design

Randomised, open-label, arm a (carfilzomib / ibrutinib): combination of carfilzomib (kyprolis 60 mg powder for solution for infusion) plus ibrutinib (imbruvica 140 mg hard capsules). patients receive carfilzomib for two years in addition to ibrutinib. arm b (ibrutinib alone): ibrutinib (imbruvica 140 mg hard capsules) until progression or not tolerated (max. 7 years after first patient in). specific dosing schedules not specified in summary.-controlled Phase IV trial across 15 sites in Austria, Greece, Germany.

Randomised
Yes
Open Label
Yes
Comparator
Arm A (Carfilzomib / Ibrutinib): combination of Carfilzomib (Kyprolis 60 mg powder for solution for infusion) plus Ibrutinib (IMBRUVICA 140 mg hard capsules). Patients receive Carfilzomib for two years in addition to Ibrutinib. Arm B (Ibrutinib alone): Ibrutinib (IMBRUVICA 140 mg hard capsules) until progression or not tolerated (max. 7 years after first patient in). Specific dosing schedules not specified in summary.
Biomarker Stratified
True, biomarkers: MYD88 and CXCR4
Target Sample Size
105
Trial Duration For Participant
2555

Stratification factors

  • MYD88 status
  • CXCR4 status
  • Number of prior lines (0 vs ≥ 1)

Eligibility

Recruits 105 Quoted exclusion: "Vulnerable patients, e.g. patients who are incapable of giving informed consent (severe dementia or psychosis, patients kept in detention)." Quoted consent requirement: "Each patient must sign an informed consent form in a fluent language of the patient indicating that he or she understands the purpose of and procedures required for the study and are willing to participate in the study." Summary: Vulnerable patients incapable of giving informed consent are excluded. All participants must provide written informed consent themselves (age ≥ 18). No assent procedures for minors are included because enrolment is restricted to adults..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Patient is a woman who is pregnant or breastfeeding (and do not consent to discontinue breast-feeding) or planning to become pregnant while enrolled in this study or within 6 months after the last study treatment.
Vulnerable Population
Quoted exclusion: "Vulnerable patients, e.g. patients who are incapable of giving informed consent (severe dementia or psychosis, patients kept in detention)." Quoted consent requirement: "Each patient must sign an informed consent form in a fluent language of the patient indicating that he or she understands the purpose of and procedures required for the study and are willing to participate in the study." Summary: Vulnerable patients incapable of giving informed consent are excluded. All participants must provide written informed consent themselves (age ≥ 18). No assent procedures for minors are included because enrolment is restricted to adults.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Proven clinicopathological diagnosis of WM as defined by consensus panel one of the Second International Workshop on WM (IWWM)[66]\n- Each patient must sign an informed consent form in a fluent language of the patient indicating that he or she understands the purpose of and procedures required for the study and are willing to participate in the study. Patients must be willing and able to adhere to the prohibitions and restrictions specified in this protocol.\n- De novo or relapsed / refractory WM independent of the genotype\n- Patients must have at least one of the following criteria to start study treatment as partly defined by consensus panel criteria from the Seventh IWWM[5\n- World Health Organization (WHO) / ECOG performance status ≤ 2.\n- Left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ 40% as assessed by transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE).\n- Age ≥ 18 years (male and female). and Life expectancy > 3 months in the opinion of the investigator.\n- adequate laboratory values\n- Women of childbearing potential (WCBP), i.e. fertile, following menarche and until becoming postmenopausal must agree to use a highly effective method of birth control for the duration of the therapy up to 6 months after end of therapy with Carfilzomib or Ibrutinib\n- Men must agree not to father a child for the duration of therapy and 6 months after and must agree to advice their female partner to use a highly effective method (use of a condom) of birth control. Males must refrain from sperm donation for the duration of treatment and at least 6 months after the last dose of Carfilzomib or Ibrutinib"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Previous treatments with following substances: o Prior exposure to Ibrutinib or other BTK inhibitors. o Prior exposure to Carfilzomib. Prior exposure to other proteasome inhibitors is allowed if the patients were not refractory, that is, had a remission (at least minor response) duration of ≥ 6 months. Prior plasmapheresis and short-term administration of corticosteroids ≤ 6 weeks administered at a dose equivalent to ≤ 20 mg/day of prednisone is also allowed.\n- Glucocorticoid therapy within 14 days prior to randomization that exceeds a cumulative dose of 160 mg of Dexamethasone or equivalent dose of other corticosteroids.\n- Focal radiation therapy within 7 days prior to randomization. Radiation therapy to an extended field involving a significant volume of bone marrow within 21 days prior to randomization (i.e. prior radiation must have been to less than 30% of the bone marrow\n- Contraindication to any of the required concomitant drugs or supportive treatments, including hypersensitivity to antiviral drugs.\n- Hypersensitivity to the active substances or to any of the excipients of the investigational medicinal products.\n- Active infection within 14 days prior to randomization requiring systemic antibiotics, antiviral (except antiviral therapy directed at hepatitis B) or antifungal agents. Such infection must be fully resolved prior to randomization.\n- Ascites requiring paracentesis within 14 days prior to randomization\n- Uncontrolled hypertension, defined as an average systolic blood pressure > 159 mmHg or diastolic > 99 mmHg despite optimal treatment (measured according European Society of Hypertension/ European Society of Cardiology [ESH / ESC] 2013 guidelines\n- History of stroke or intracranial hemorrhage within 6 months prior to randomization.\n- Known interstitial lung disease.\n- Infiltrative pulmonary disease, known pulmonary hypertension.\n- Serious medical or psychiatric illness (especially undergoing treatment) likely to interfere with participation in this clinical study.\n- Known chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with a forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) < 50% of predicted normal\n- Known severe persistent asthma within the past 2 years or currently has uncontrolled asthma of any classification or at time of screening has an FEV1 of < 50% of predicted normal\n- Autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplant less than 100 days prior to randomization.\n- Vaccination with live attenuated vaccines within 30 days prior to randomization.\n- Patients who require strong or moderate inducers or inhibitors for cytochrome P450, family 3 or subfamily A (CYP3A).\n- Patients who have an uncontrolled bleeding disorder or require an anticoagulant (e.g. warfarin or other vitamin K antagonists; novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs) are allowed) at time of screening.\n- History or evidence of any other clinically significant disorder, condition or disease (with the exception of those outlined above) that, in the opinion of the investigator or sponsor, if consulted, would pose a risk to patient safety or interfere with the study evaluation, procedures or completion.\n- Patient is a woman who is pregnant or breastfeeding (and do not consent to discontinue breast-feeding) or planning to become pregnant while enrolled in this study or within 6 months after the last study treatment.\n- Vulnerable patients, e.g. patients who are incapable of giving informed consent (severe dementia or psychosis, patients kept in detention).\n- Participation in another interventional clinical study within 30 days before randomization in this study\n- Active HIV, HBV or HCV infection\n- Central Nervous System involvement by lymphoma.\n- History of a non-lymphoid malignancy except for the following: adequately treated local basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, cervical carcinoma in situ, superficial bladder cancer, asymptomatic prostate cancer without known metastatic disease and with no requirement for therapy or requiring only hormonal therapy and with normal prostate specific antigen for ≥ 1 year prior to randomization, other Stage 1 or 2 cancer treated with a curative intent and currently in complete remission, for ≥ 3 years\n- Uncontrolled illnesses including, but not limited to: o Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (as indicated by metabolic derangements and / or severe diabetes mellitus related uncontrolled organ complications). o Chronic symptomatic congestive heart failure (Class NYHA III or IV) or LVEF < 40%. o Unstable angina pectoris, angioplasty, stenting, or myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to randomization. o Clinically significant cardiac arrhythmia that is symptomatic or requires treatment, or asymptomatic sustained ventricular tachycardia. o Known pericardial disease. o Malabsorption syndrome, disease significantly affecting gastrointestinal function, or resection of the stomach or small bowel, ulcerative colitis, symptomatic inflammatory bowel disease, or partial or complete bowel obstruction. o Cardiac amyloidosis.\n- Recent major surgery within 30 days prior to randomization.\n- Known cirrhosis (meeting child-pugh stage C).\n- Approved or investigational anticancer treatment within 21 days prior to randomization."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Complete Remission (CR) or Very Good Partial Remission (VGPR) 12 months from randomization using the modified response criteria updated at the Sixth IWWM[1] (CR/VGPR).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Assessed 12 months from randomization using the modified response criteria updated at the Sixth International Workshop on Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia (IWWM)."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Response rate (CR, VGPR, PR, MR) and ORR (CR, VGPR, PR) 12 months","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Response rates assessed at 12 months using CR, VGPR, PR, MR and ORR (CR+VGPR+PR)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Response rate (CR, VGPR, PR, MR) and ORR (CR, VGPR, PR) 24 monthsResponse rate (CR, VGPR, PR, MR) and ORR (CR, VGPR, PR) 24 months","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Response rates assessed at 24 months using CR, VGPR, PR, MR and ORR (CR+VGPR+PR)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Best response","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Assessment of best overall response achieved during study treatment (per modified IWWM criteria)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Time to best response","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from randomization to the date of best response."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Time to first response","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from randomization to first documented response."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Time to treatment failure","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from randomization to treatment failure as defined in protocol."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Remission Duration","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Duration of remission measured from time of remission to relapse or progression."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Progression free survival","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from randomization to disease progression or death from any cause."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Cause specific survival","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Survival specific to cause (disease-related mortality) as defined in protocol."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Overall survival","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from randomization to death from any cause."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Safety","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Assessment of adverse events, serious adverse events, and safety laboratory parameters per protocol."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Quality of life","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Patient-reported quality of life assessments as specified in protocol."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
105
Recruitment Window Months
102
Consent Approach
Each participant must provide written informed consent themselves. Quoted requirement: "Each patient must sign an informed consent form in a fluent language of the patient indicating that he or she understands the purpose of and procedures required for the study and are willing to participate in the study and are willing and able to adhere to the prohibitions and restrictions specified in this protocol." Age-specific: enrollment restricted to adults (Age ≥ 18 years). Available ICF/SIS documents in German and Greek (documents: L1_SIS and ICF_DE, L1_SIS and_ICF_EL, L2_SIS and ICF_Add3_AT, and English-language protocol documents), indicating consent materials provided in local languages.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
15
Total Number Of Participants
105

Austria

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
19-09-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
14-10-2024
Processing Time Days
25
Number Of Sites
2
Number Of Participants
6

Sites

Site Name
SCRI CCCIT Ges.m.b.H.
Department Name
University Hospital for Internal Medicine III of the PMU
Principal Investigator Name
Lisa Pleyer
Principal Investigator Email
l.pleyer@salk.at
Contact Person Name
Lisa Pleyer
Contact Person Email
l.pleyer@salk.at
Site Name
Medical University Of Vienna
Department Name
Department of Oncology, Internal Medicine I
Principal Investigator Name
Philipp Staber
Principal Investigator Email
philipp.staber@meduniwien.ac.at
Contact Person Name
Philipp Staber

Greece

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
25-11-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
09-01-2025
Processing Time Days
45
Number Of Sites
1
Number Of Participants
50

Sites

Site Name
Alexandra Hospital
Department Name
Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Meletios-Athanasios Dimopoulos
Principal Investigator Email
mdimop@med.uoa.gr
Contact Person Name
Meletios-Athanasios Dimopoulos
Contact Person Email
mdimop@med.uoa.gr

Germany

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
19-09-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
09-10-2024
Processing Time Days
20
Number Of Sites
12
Number Of Participants
49

Sites

Site Name
DIAKO Ev. Diakonie-Krankenhaus gGmbH
Department Name
Internal Medicine II
Principal Investigator Name
Michael Heinsch
Principal Investigator Email
m.heinsch@diako-bremen.de
Contact Person Name
Michael Heinsch
Contact Person Email
m.heinsch@diako-bremen.de
Site Name
Haematologie und Onkologie Muenchen-Pasing MVZ GmbH
Department Name
Haematology/Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Matthias Zingerle
Principal Investigator Email
s.wunder@onkologie-pasing.de
Contact Person Name
Matthias Zingerle
Contact Person Email
s.wunder@onkologie-pasing.de
Site Name
Joint practice Mohm / Prange-Krex
Department Name
Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Johannes Mohm
Principal Investigator Email
mohm@onkopraxis-dresden.de
Contact Person Name
Johannes Mohm
Contact Person Email
mohm@onkopraxis-dresden.de
Site Name
Onkologisches Ambulanzzentrum
Principal Investigator Name
Michael Gärtner
Principal Investigator Email
gaertner@onkologie-hannover.de
Contact Person Name
Michael Gärtner
Contact Person Email
gaertner@onkologie-hannover.de
Site Name
Haematologisch Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis
Department Name
Haematology/Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Björn Schöttker
Principal Investigator Email
b.schoettker@onkopraxis-wuerzburg.de
Contact Person Name
Björn Schöttker
Site Name
OncoResearch Lerchenfeld GmbH
Department Name
OncoResearch Lerchenfeld GmbH
Principal Investigator Name
Volkmar Böhme
Principal Investigator Email
v.boehme@oncoresearch-lerchenfeld.de
Contact Person Name
Volkmar Böhme
Site Name
Kath. St. Paulus GmbH
Principal Investigator Name
Ralf Georg Meyer
Principal Investigator Email
ralf.meyer@joho-dortmund.de
Contact Person Name
Ralf Georg Meyer
Contact Person Email
ralf.meyer@joho-dortmund.de
Site Name
Dr. Vehling-Kaiser MVZ GmbH
Department Name
Haematology/Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Ursula Vehling-Kaiser
Principal Investigator Email
ursula.vehling-kaiser@vehling-kaiser.de
Contact Person Name
Ursula Vehling-Kaiser
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Ulm AöR
Department Name
Internal Medicine III
Principal Investigator Name
Christian Buske
Principal Investigator Email
christian.buske@uniklinik-ulm.de
Contact Person Name
Christian Buske
Site Name
Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum des Bruederkrankenhauses St. Josef Paderborn gGmbH
Department Name
Clinic for Haematology/Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Tobias Gaska
Principal Investigator Email
t.gaska@bk-paderborn.de
Contact Person Name
Tobias Gaska
Contact Person Email
t.gaska@bk-paderborn.de
Site Name
Kliniken Ostalb
Department Name
Internal Medicine
Principal Investigator Name
Holger Hebart
Principal Investigator Email
holger.hebart@kliniken-ostalb.de
Contact Person Name
Holger Hebart
Site Name
Rostock University Medical Center
Department Name
Internal Medicine III; Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Sebastian Böttcher
Principal Investigator Email
sebastian.boettcher@med.uni-rostock.de
Contact Person Name
Sebastian Böttcher

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Universitaetsklinikum Ulm AöR
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
Germany

Third parties

  • {"country":"Greece","full_name":"Coronis Research S.A.","duties_or_roles":"codes: 1,12","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Universitaetsmedizin Goettingen","duties_or_roles":"codes: 6","organisation_type":"Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility"}
  • {"country":"Belgium","full_name":"Clinigen Clinical Supplies Management","duties_or_roles":"codes: 14","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Universitaetsklinikum Ulm AöR","duties_or_roles":"codes: 8","organisation_type":"Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen","duties_or_roles":"codes: 10","organisation_type":"Educational Institution"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
IMBRUVICA 140 mg hard capsules
Active Substance
IBRUTINIB
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL USE
Route
ORAL
Authorisation Status
Authorised (EU marketing authorisation: EU/1/14/945/001)
Maximum Dose
420 mg per day (maxDailyDoseAmount 420)
Investigational Product Name
Kyprolis 60 mg powder for solution for infusion
Active Substance
CARFILZOMIB
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION
Route
INTRAVENOUS
Authorisation Status
Authorised (EU marketing authorisation: EU/1/15/1060/001)
Maximum Dose
70 mg/m2 (maxDailyDoseAmount 70 mg/m2)
Combination Treatment
Yes

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