Clinical trial • Phase II • Oncology|Haematology

VENETOCLAX for Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia

Phase II trial of VENETOCLAX for Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology|Haematology
Trial Disease
Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
Small molecule|Monoclonal antibody

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
08-08-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
19-11-2024

Trial design

Randomised, open-label, arm b (comparator): dexamethasone / rituximab / cyclophosphamide (drc) for 6 cycles. available product information includes dexamethasone (max daily dose 20 mg, oral), rituximab (375 mg/m2 iv), cyclophosphamide (max daily dose 200 mg/m2 oral).-controlled Phase II trial in Germany, Greece.

Randomised
Yes
Open Label
Yes
Comparator
Arm B (comparator): Dexamethasone / Rituximab / Cyclophosphamide (DRC) for 6 cycles. Available product information includes Dexamethasone (max daily dose 20 mg, oral), Rituximab (375 mg/m2 IV), Cyclophosphamide (max daily dose 200 mg/m2 oral).
Biomarker Stratified
True, MYD88 (positive vs negative); CXCR4 (positive vs negative)
Target Sample Size
55
Trial Duration For Participant
730

Stratification factors

  • MYD88 status (positive vs negative)
  • CXCR4 status (positive vs negative)

Eligibility

Recruits 55 Vulnerable population selected. "Each patient must voluntarily date and sign an informed consent form in the native 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." Persons incapable of comprehending the nature, significance and implications of the clinical trial are excluded..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Women who are pregnant as well as women who are breast-feeding and do not consent to discontinue breast-feeding.
Vulnerable Population
Vulnerable population selected. "Each patient must voluntarily date and sign an informed consent form in the native 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." Persons incapable of comprehending the nature, significance and implications of the clinical trial are excluded.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Proven clinicopathological diagnosis of WM as defined by consensus panel one of the second International Workshop on WM (IWWM). Histopathology has to be performed before randomization but within the last 4 months before start of treatment. In addition, pathological specimens have to be sent to the central pathological reference center prior to randomization for the determination of the mutational status of MYD88 and CXCR4 prior to randomization if the mutational status hasn’t been determined before. Additionally, TP53 mutation will be examined. Pathological reference center must confirm the diagnosis of WM.\n- Women of childbearing potential (WCBP), i.e. fertile, following menarche and until becoming postmenopausal must have negative results for pregnancy test and must agree to use a highly effective method of birth control for the duration of the therapy up to 12 months after end of therapy.\n- Men must agree not to father a child for the duration of therapy and 12 months after and must agree to advice their female partner to use a highly effective method of birth control. Males must refrain from sperm donation for the duration of treatment and at least 12 months after the last dose of study medication.\n- Each patient must voluntarily date and sign an informed consent form in the native 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- Affiliation to a social security scheme (relevant for France only).\n- De novo WM independent of the genotype in need of treatment.\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 and ESMO Guideline: Recurrent fever, night sweats, weight loss, fatigue (at least one of them); Hyperviscosity; Lymphadenopathy which is either symptomatic or bulky (≥ 5 cm in maximum diameter); Symptomatic hepatomegaly and / or splenomegaly; Symptomatic organomegaly and / or organ or tissue infiltration; Peripheral neuropathy due to WM; Symptomatic cryoglobulinemia; Symptomatic Cold agglutinin anemia; Autoimmun hemolytic anemia and/or thrombocytopenia; Nephropathy related to WM; Amyloidosis related to WM; Hemoglobin ≤ 10 g/dL (patients should not have received red blood cells transfusions for at least 7 days prior to obtaining the screening hemoglobin); Platelet count < 100 x 10^9/L (caused by bone marrow [BM] infiltration of the lymphoma); IgM serum concentration > 6 g/dL and other WM associated relevant symptoms.\n- Subject must be ≥ 18 years of age.\n- Life expectancy > 3 months.\n- World Health Organization (WHO) / ECOG performance status ≤ 2.\n- Baseline platelet count ≥ 50x10^9/L, absolute neutrophil count ≥ 0.75x109/L (if not due to BM infiltration by the lymphoma).\n- Adequate hepatic function per local laboratory reference range as follows: Aspartate transaminase (AST) and alanine transaminase (ALT) ≤ 3.0 x ULN; Bilirubin ≤1.5 x ULN (unless bilirubin rise is due to Gilbert’s syndrome or of nonhepatic origin).\n- Subject must have adequate renal function as demonstrated by a creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min; calculated by the Cockcroft Gault formula or measured by 24 hours urine collection."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Serious medical or psychiatric illness (especially undergoing treatment) likely to interfere with participation in this clinical study.\n- Unstable angina pectoris, angioplasty, stenting, or myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to start therapy.\n- Clinically significant cardiac arrhythmia that is symptomatic or requires treatment, or asymptomatic sustained ventricular tachycardia.\n- Subject has a cardiovascular disability status of New York Heart Association Class > 2. Class 2 is defined as cardiac disease in which patients are comfortable at rest but ordinary physical activity results in fatigue, palpitations, dyspnea, or anginal pain.\n- Known pericardial disease.\n- History of stroke or intracranial haemorrhage within 6 months prior start of treatment.\n- Known interstitial lung disease.\n- Infiltrative pulmonary disease, known pulmonary hypertension.\n- Prior history of malignancies unless the subject has been free of the disease for ≥ 3 years. Exceptions include the following: Basal cell carcinoma of the skin; Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin; Carcinoma in situ of the cervix; Carcinoma in situ of the breast; Incidental histologic finding of prostate cancer (TNM stage of T1a or T1b).\n- Known cirrhosis (meeting child-pugh stage C).\n- Chemotherapy with approved or investigational anticancer therapeutic within 21 days prior to start of therapy.\n- Subject is known to be positive for HIV.\n- Glucocorticoid therapy within 14 days prior to therapy that exceeds a cumulative dose of 160 mg of dexamethasone or equivalent dose of other corticosteroids given for antineoplastic intent.\n- Treatment with any of the following within 7 days prior to the first dose of study drug: moderate or strong cytochrome P450 3A (CYP3A) inhibitors (such as fluconazole, ketoconazole, and clarithromycin); moderate or strong CYP3A inducers (such as rifampin, carbamazepine, phenytoin, St. John's wort).\n- Contraindication to the active substances or any of the other excipients of the Investigational Medicinal Products as well as to any of the required concomitant drugs or supportive treatments, including hypersensitivity to antiviral drugs.\n- Vaccination with live attenuated vaccines within 4 weeks prior to start of therapy.\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 subject safely or interfere with the study evaluation, procedures or completion.\n- Women who are pregnant as well as women who are breast-feeding and do not consent to discontinue breast-feeding.\n- Participation in another clinical trial within four weeks before start of therapy in this study.\n- No consent for registration, storage and processing of the individual diseasecharacteristics.\n- Administration or consumption of any of the following within 3 days prior to the first dose of study drug: grapefruit or grapefruit products; Seville oranges (including marmalade containing Seville oranges); star fruit.\n- Person of legal age who is incapable of comprehending the nature, significance and implications of the clinical trial and of determining his/her will in the light of these facts.\n- Active severe infection.\n- Congenital or acquired severe immunodeficiency not attributed to lymphoma (clinical appearance: recurrent infections, necessity of immunoglobulin substitution therapy, patients after transplantation).\n- Evidence of other clinically significant uncontrolled condition(s) including, but not limited to: Uncontrolled systemic infection (viral, bacterial or fungal); Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection requiring treatment. Note: subjects with serologic evidence of prior vaccination to HBV (i.e. hepatitis B surface (HBs) antigen negative-, anti-HBs antibody positive and antihepatitis B core (HBc) antibody negative) or positive anti-HBc antibody from intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) may participate.\n- Adequate pulmonary function as demonstrated by DLCO ≤ 65% or FEV1 ≤ 65%.\n- Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (as indicated by metabolic derangements and / or severe diabetes mellitus related uncontrolled organ complications).\n- Uncontrolled hypertension.\n- Cardiac history of CHF requiring treatment or Ejection Fraction ≤ 50% or chronic stable angina."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Rate of complete remission (CR) or very good partial remission (VGPR) 12 months after randomization using the modified response criteria updated at the Sixth IWWM (CR/VGPR).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured at 12 months after randomization using the modified response criteria updated at the Sixth International Workshop on WM (IWWM)."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Interim Response (C4D1; C7D1 (arm A) / 28 days after C6D1 (arm B); C10D1 (arm A) / post treatment staging 1 (arm B)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Interim response assessed at specified cycle/day timepoints (Cycle 4 Day 1; Cycle 7 Day 1 for arm A, 28 days after Cycle 6 Day 1 for arm B; Cycle10 Day1 for arm A / post-treatment staging 1 for arm B)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Response and response rate: Overall response rate (CR, VGPR, PR, MR) 12 months after randomization; Major Response rate (CR, VGPR, PR) 12 months from randomization","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Overall response rates (CR, VGPR, PR, MR) and major response rates (CR, VGPR, PR) measured at 12 months after randomization using response criteria."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Best response from randomization up to 24 months","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Best response achieved from randomization through up to 24 months of follow-up."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Time to first overall response within 24 months from start of treatment","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time (days/months) from start of treatment to first documented overall response within 24 months."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Time to first major response within 24 months from start of treatment","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from start of treatment to first documented major response (CR, VGPR, PR) within 24 months."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Event free survival (EFS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Event-free survival assessed per protocol-defined events (not further specified in provided text)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Response duration (RD)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Duration of response measured from response onset to progression or relapse as defined by protocol."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Progression free survival (PFS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Progression-free survival measured per protocol definitions."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Lymphoma specific survival (LSS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Survival specific to lymphoma cause as defined in protocol."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Overall survival (OS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Overall survival measured from randomization to death from any cause."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Safety","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Safety assessed by collection of adverse events, laboratory and other safety assessments per protocol."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Quality of life","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Quality of life assessed using validated instruments as specified in protocol (not detailed in provided text)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Comparison of response rates between CXCR4 mutated and CXCR4 wildtype patients","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Comparison of response rates stratified by CXCR4 mutation status (mutated vs wildtype)."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
55
Recruitment Window Months
95
Consent Approach
Each patient must voluntarily date and sign an informed consent form in the native 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. ICFs/SIS documents are available for participating countries (examples in the dossier: German and Greek ICF/SIS documents). Participants are adults (≥18 years) and consent is provided by the participant; persons incapable of comprehending the trial are excluded.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
16
Total Number Of Participants
55

Germany

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
16-10-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
19-11-2024
Processing Time Days
34
Number Of Sites
15
Number Of Participants
35

Sites

Site Name
Gemeinschaftsklinikum Mittelrhein gGmbH
Department Name
Innere Medizin — Hämatologie/Onkologie, Palliativmedizin
Contact Person Name
Jens-Marcus Chemnitz
Contact Person Email
jensMarcus.Chemnitz@gk.de
Site Name
Kliniken Ostalb gemeinnuetzige kommunale Anstalt des oeffentlichen Rechts
Department Name
Onkologisches Zentrum
Contact Person Name
Holger Hebart
Site Name
Klinikverbund Allgaeu gGmbH
Department Name
Zentrum für Hämatologische Neoplasien
Contact Person Name
Christian Langer
Site Name
Universitaet Muenster
Department Name
Medizinische Klinik A
Contact Person Name
Alexander Pohlmann
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Ulm AöR
Department Name
Innere Medizin III
Contact Person Name
Christian Buske
Contact Person Email
christian.buske@uni-ulm.de
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein AöR
Department Name
Klinik für Innere Medizin II
Contact Person Name
Christiane Pott
Contact Person Email
c.pott@med2.uni-kiel.de
Site Name
Kliniken Maria Hilf GmbH Moenchengladbach
Department Name
Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Gastroenterologie
Contact Person Name
Ullrich Graeven
Contact Person Email
ullrich.graeven@mariahilf.de
Site Name
Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis Bielefeld
Department Name
Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis
Contact Person Name
Paul Düwel
Contact Person Email
studien@onkologie-bielefeld.de
Site Name
Universitaetsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz KöR
Department Name
III. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik: Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie
Contact Person Name
Georg Heß
Contact Person Email
georg.hess@unimedizin-mainz.de
Site Name
Haematologie und Onkologie Muenchen-Pasing MVZ GmbH
Department Name
Hämatologie - Onkologie
Contact Person Name
Matthias Zingerle
Contact Person Email
zingerle@onkologie-pasing.de
Site Name
Dr. Vehling-Kaiser MVZ GmbH
Department Name
Innere Medizin, Hämatologie, Onkologie und Palliativmedizin
Contact Person Name
Florian Kaiser
Contact Person Email
studien@vehling-kaiser.de
Site Name
Rostock University Medical Center
Department Name
Department of Internal Medicine, Clinic and Polyclinic for Hematology
Contact Person Name
Sebastian Böttcher
Site Name
Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum des Bruederkrankenhauses St. Josef Paderborn gGmbH
Department Name
Klinik für Hämatologie und Onkologie
Contact Person Name
Tobias Gaska
Contact Person Email
t.gaska@bk-paderborn.de
Site Name
Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH
Department Name
Innere Medizin III
Contact Person Name
Annette Hänel
Contact Person Email
a.haenel@skc.de
Site Name
Vivantes Netzwerk fuer Gesundheit GmbH
Department Name
Vivantes Klinikum am Urban; Hämatologie, Onkologie und Palliativmedizin
Contact Person Name
Christian Scholz
Contact Person Email
christian.scholz@vivantes.de

Greece

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
14-11-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
20-11-2024
Processing Time Days
6
Number Of Sites
1
Number Of Participants
20

Sites

Site Name
Alexandra Hospital
Department Name
Therapeutic Clinic
Contact Person Name
Meletios Athanasios Dimopoulos
Contact Person Email
mdimop@med.uoa.gr
Number Of Participants
20

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

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

Third parties

  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Universitaetsmedizin Goettingen","duties_or_roles":"[{\"code\":6}]","organisation_type":"Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg AöR","duties_or_roles":"[{\"code\":14},{\"code\":15,\"value\":\"Labeling\"}]","organisation_type":"Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility"}
  • {"country":"France","full_name":"French Innovative Leukemia Organization","duties_or_roles":"[{\"code\":1},{\"code\":12},{\"code\":2},{\"code\":5}]","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Universitaetsklinikum Ulm AöR","duties_or_roles":"[{\"code\":8}]","organisation_type":"Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen","duties_or_roles":"[{\"code\":10}]","organisation_type":"Educational Institution"}
  • {"country":"Greece","full_name":"Coronis Research S.A.","duties_or_roles":"[{\"code\":1},{\"code\":12}]","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen AöR","duties_or_roles":"[{\"code\":15,\"value\":\"reference pathology and central MYD88, CXCR4 and TP53 determination\"},{\"code\":4}]","organisation_type":"Health care"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
Venetoclax
Active Substance
VENETOCLAX
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
ORAL
Authorisation Status
prodAuthStatus=1
Investigational Product Name
Ruxience 500 mg concentrate for solution for infusion
Active Substance
RITUXIMAB
Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Routes Of Administration
INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
Route
INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
Authorisation Status
prodAuthStatus=2
Dose Levels
maxDailyDoseAmount 375 mg/m2
Maximum Dose
maxTotalDoseAmount 4125 mg/m2
Investigational Product Name
RITUXIMAB
Active Substance
RITUXIMAB
Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Routes Of Administration
INFUSION
Route
INFUSION
Authorisation Status
prodAuthStatus=2
Dose Levels
maxDailyDoseAmount 375 mg/m2
Maximum Dose
maxTotalDoseAmount 2250 mg/m2
Investigational Product Name
DEXAMETHASONE
Active Substance
DEXAMETHASONE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
ORAL
Authorisation Status
prodAuthStatus=2
Dose Levels
maxDailyDoseAmount 20 mg
Maximum Dose
maxTotalDoseAmount 120 mg
Investigational Product Name
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE
Active Substance
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
ORAL
Authorisation Status
prodAuthStatus=2
Dose Levels
maxDailyDoseAmount 200 mg/m2
Maximum Dose
maxTotalDoseAmount 6000 mg/m2
Combination Treatment
Yes

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