A Phase II Study of Clofarabine in Patients With Aggressive Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Information source: Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Condition(s) targeted: Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Intervention: Clofarabine (Drug)
Phase: Phase 2
Status: Completed
Sponsored by: Kristie Blum Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s): Kristie Blum, Principal Investigator, Affiliation: Ohio State University
Summary
This study will determine the efficacy of clofarabine as measured by response rate in
patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Clinical Details
Official title: A Phase II Study of Clofarabine in Patients With Aggressive Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Study design: Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Primary outcome: Response rate
Secondary outcome: Determine the toxicity of clofarabine administered in conjunction with growth factor support in patients with relapsed/refractory aggressive NHL.determine the effect of clofarabine on T-, B-, and natural killer (NK)-cell subsets and quantitative immunoglobulin levels after prolonged administration of clofarabine in patients with NHL. Assess cytokine (tumor necrosis factor [TNF]-alpha, interleukin [IL]-6, and IL-10) release following clofarabine therapy. Assess the effect of pre-treatment prognostic factors (p53 mutational status, DNA methylation, and apoptotic protein levels) in patient-derived tumor tissue on response to clofarabine.
Detailed description:
Rationale: Two Food and Drug Administration drugs approved for blood cancers such as
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) include fludarabine (Fludara) and cladribine (Leustat). The
drug offered in the current study, clofarabine was designed to combine the anti-cancer
strength of both fludarabine and cladribine. Laboratory research suggests that clofarabine
targets anti-cancer mechanisms in cells, helps repair DNA, and inhibits tumor growth.
Research also indicates that clofarabine has some efficacy against a variety of blood
cancers and solid tumors. Numerous tumor responses have been observed with high doses of
clofarabine in heavily pretreated patients with different types of lymphoma. The current
study build on this previous research to test clofarabine in patients with aggressive NHL.
Purpose: This study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of clofarabine for aggressive NHL.
Toxicities resulting from the combination of clofarabine and the supportive care drug GM-CSF
will also be analyzed in patients. GM-CSF is a blood-forming agent that stimulates the
production of white blood cells. In addition, several tests, including blood and tumor
tissue analysis, will assess immune response and biological changes to the tumor as a result
of study drugs.
Treatment: Patients in this study will be given clofarabine through intravenous infusions.
This drug will initially be provided to patients for five consecutive days. Several tests
will then be conducted and supportive care agents will be administered to stabilize
patients' blood cell counts, immune response, and reduce the risk of infection. The first
ten patients in this study will be hospitalized until recovery from the first five days of
clofarabine to carefully monitor any additional toxicities resulting from the dosing
regimen. Patients will receive another five day treatment cycle with clofarabine within
seven days after recovering from each previous cycle and no more than four weeks from the
start of the previous cycle. Disease response will be measured after every two cycles of
treatment with clofarabine. Patient with stable or reduced disease will receive a maximum of
six treatment cycles with clofarabine. Treatments will be discontinued due to disease
growth, unacceptable side effects, or a treatment delay of more than 21 days.
Eligibility
Minimum age: 18 Years.
Maximum age: N/A.
Gender(s): Both.
Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Must have histologically confirmed aggressive NHL
- B-cell NHL must be relapsed/ refractory
- T-cell & NK-cell and transformed lymphoma eligible at DX
- Patients with B-cell NHL (ie, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, mantle cell lymphoma,
and Burkitt's lymphoma) must have relapsed or refractory disease after at least 1
prior therapy.
- Patients previously treated with radioimmunotherapy (ie, ibritumomab tiuxetan
[Zevalin] or tositumomab [Bexxar]) or prior stem cell transplant (SCT) are eligible.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1, or 2.
- Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks.
- Laboratory values obtained ≤ 7 days prior to registration:
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1500/mm3
- Platelets ≥ 100,000/mm3
- Total bilirubin ≤ upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2 × ULN
- Aspartate transaminase (AST)/alanine transaminase (ALT) ≤ 2 × ULN
- Serum creatinine ≤ ULN
Exclusion Criteria:
- No prior treatment with clofarabine.
- Full recovery from all acute toxicities associated with prior chemotherapy,
radiotherapy, or immunotherapy.- Patients with active, uncontrolled systemic
infection considered to be opportunistic, life threatening, or clinically significant
at the time of treatment or with a known or suspected fungal infection (ie, patients
on parenteral antifungal therapy) are not eligible.
- Cardiac function (i. e. left ventricular ejection fraction) ≥ 50% on pretreatment
radionuclide ventriculography (RVG) or echocardiogram.
- Women that are pregnant or breastfeeding.
- Known HIV disease.
- No CNS lymphoma
Locations and Contacts
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
Additional Information
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Starting date: October 2004
Last updated: April 22, 2015
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