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Ibrutinib and Ixazomib Citrate in Treating Newly Diagnosed, Relapsed or Refractory Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia

Phase II Study of Ibrutinib in Combination With Ixazomib in Patients With Waldenström Macroglobulinemia

Status
Terminated
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03506373
Enrollment
21
Registered
2018-04-24
Start date
2018-08-14
Completion date
2026-02-03
Last updated
2026-03-05

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Recurrent Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia, Refractory Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia, Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia

Brief summary

This phase II trial studies the side effects of ibrutinib citrate when given with ixazomib, and determines how well they work in treating patients with Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia that is newly diagnosed, has come back (recurrent) or does not respond to treatment (refractory). Enzyme inhibitors, such as ibrutinib and ixazomib citrate, may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To determine the efficacy (as assessed by complete response \[CR\] rate) of the combination of ixazomib citrate (ixazomib) and ibrutinib in Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (WM) patients. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess the overall response rate (ORR=partial response \[PR\] or better) in WM patients treated with ixazomib and ibrutinib. II. To assess the time to progression (TTP) in WM patients treated with ixazomib and ibrutinib. III. To further characterize the safety and toxicity of the combination of ibrutinib and ixazomib. IV. To assess the overall survival (OS) in WM patients treated with ixazomib and ibrutinib. CORRELATIVE RESEARCH OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the role of members of the BTK signalosome in achievement or lack thereof of response to ibrutinib and ixazomib. II. To explore biologic effects of ibrutinib and ixazomib on microenvironment in WM and correlate with response to treatment. OUTLINE: Patients receive ixazomib citrate orally (PO) on days 1, 8, and 15 and ibrutinib PO daily on days 1-28. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 24 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for up to 2 years.

Interventions

DRUGIbrutinib

Given PO

DRUGIxazomib Citrate

Given PO

OTHERLaboratory Biomarker Analysis

Correlative studies

Correlative studies

OTHERPharmacokinetic Study

Correlative studies

Sponsors

Mayo Clinic
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Histological confirmation of WM; patients may have newly diagnosed, relapsed, or refractory disease; (definition: newly diagnosed; patients previously untreated for WM, relapse; patients who have received prior treatment for WM and now have disease recurrence; refractory; patients who have received anti-WM therapy and are noted to have progressive disease while on therapy, or those patients who demonstrated disease progression within 6 months of the last anti-WM treatment); NOTE: Ibrutinib naïve patients are allowed; if previously treated with ibrutinib, subject must have reached a response of at least stable disease (SD) and cannot have progressed while on ibrutinib; if subject stopped taking ibrutinib for reasons other than progression, they cannot have progressed for at least 6 months post last dose of ibrutinib * Presence of measurable disease as defined by: presence of immunoglobulin M (IgM) paraprotein, measurable lymphadenopathy on imaging studies and/or physical exam, and/or bone marrow infiltration \> 10% * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) of 0, 1, or 2 * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>= 1000/mm\^3 (obtained =\< 14 days prior to registration) * Platelet count \>= 75,000/mm\^3 (obtained =\< 14 days prior to registration) (NOTE: platelet transfusions in order to help patients meet eligibility criteria are not allowed) * Hemoglobin \>= 9.0 g/dL (obtained =\< 14 days prior to registration) * Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) unless due to Gilbert's syndrome, in which case the direct bilirubin must be =\< 1.5 x ULN (obtained =\< 14 days prior to registration) * Aspartate transaminase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =\< 3 x ULN (obtained =\< 14 days prior to registration) * Calculated creatinine clearance must be \>= 30 ml/min using the Cockcroft Gault formula (obtained =\< 14 days prior to registration) * Negative pregnancy test done at screening and =\< 3 days (72 hours) prior to registration, for women of childbearing potential * Provide written informed consent * Willingness to provide mandatory blood specimens and bone marrow specimens for correlative research * Willingness to return to enrolling institution for follow-up

Exclusion criteria

* Failure to have fully recovered (i.e., =\< grade 1 toxicity) from the reversible effects of prior treatment for WM * Major surgical procedure (including open biopsy, excluding central line intravenous (IV) and port-a-cath placement) within =\< 14 days prior to initiating study treatment, or anticipation of the need for major surgery during the course of the study treatment * Radiotherapy =\< 14 days prior to registration; if the involved field is small, 7 days will be considered a sufficient interval between treatment and administration of the ixazomib * Systemic treatment, =\< 14 days before registration, with strong CYP3A inducers (rifampin, rifapentine, rifabutin, carbamazepine, phenytoin, phenobarbital), or St. John's wort * Systemic anti-cancer therapy or participation in other clinical trials, including those with other investigational agents not included in this trial, =\< 28 days of registration and throughout the duration of active treatment in this trial * Patients that have previously been treated with ixazomib, or participated in a study with ixazomib whether treated with ixazomib or not; prior bortezomib treatment is allowed as per: patients with prior exposure to bortezomib will be allowed if they do not have disease refractory to bortezomib) * Central nervous system involvement (Bing-Neel syndrome) * Infection requiring systemic antibiotic therapy or other serious infection =\< 7 days prior to registration * Evidence of current uncontrolled cardiovascular conditions, including uncontrolled hypertension, serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication (other than adequately rate-controlled atrial fibrillation), symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina, stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA) within the past 6 months or myocardial infarction within the past 6 months * Known allergy to any of the study medications, their analogues, or excipients in the various formulations of any agent * Known gastrointestinal (GI) disease or GI procedure that could interfere with the oral absorption or tolerance of ixazomib or ibrutinib, including difficulty swallowing * History of any other prior malignancy; (NOTE: Exception to this are adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancers, any in situ cancer, adequately treated stage I or II cancer from which the patient is currently in complete remission, or any other cancer from which the patient has been disease free for at least two years prior to study enrollment) * Patient has \>= grade 2 peripheral neuropathy or grade 1 peripheral neuropathy with pain on clinical examination during the screening period * Any of the following because this study involves an investigational agent whose genotoxic, mutagenic and teratogenic effects on the developing fetus and newborn are unknown * Pregnant women * Nursing women * Men or women of child bearing potential (WCBP) who are unwilling to employ effective contraception; effective contraception would be defined as utilizing 2 simultaneous methods of contraception from the time of signing consent through 90 days after the last dose of the study drugs unless they agree to participate in true abstinence when this is in line with the preferred and usual lifestyle of the subject; (WCBP: A female who is sexually mature and who: \[1\] has not undergone a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy; or \[2\] has not been naturally postmenopausal for at least 24 consecutive months \[i.e., has had menses at any time in the preceding 24 consecutive months\]) * Evidence of any other serious medical condition (such as psychiatric illness, infectious diseases, physical or laboratory findings) that may interfere with the planned treatment, affect compliance or place the patient at high risk from treatment-related complications or potentially interfere with the completion of the treatment as per the protocol * Ongoing, active hepatitis B or C virus infection, or known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive * Liver disease with Child-Pugh class B or C liver dysfunction * Current treatment with a combination of ibrutinib and strong CYP3A inhibitors

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Complete Response Rate (CR)4 yearsComplete response rate to be defined as an objective status of CR at any time, where confirmation of the complete response status is required on two consecutive evaluations with a second immunofixation before calling the patient a CR. The proportion of successes will be estimated by the number of successes divided by the total number of evaluable patients. Categorized by Response Assessment Criteria as specified in Appendix III of the protocol.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Overall Response RateUp to 5 yearsOverall response rate will be estimated by the total number of patients who achieve a CR, very good partial response (VGPR), or partial response (PR) divided by the total number of evaluable patients. All evaluable patients will be used for this analysis. Exact binomial 95% confidence intervals for the true overall response rate will be calculated. Response is categorized by Response Assessment Criteria as specified in Appendix III of the protocol.
Progression-free SurvivalFrom study registration to the earliest date of documentation of disease progression, assessed up to 5 yearsThe median time to progression will be estimated using the method of Kaplan-Meier. Categorized by Response Assessment Criteria as specified in Appendix III of the protocol.
Overall SurvivalUp to 5 yearsDefined as the time from study enrollment until death due to any cause. The median overall survival will be estimated using the method of Kaplan-Meier.
Number of Patients Experiencing Grade 3+ Adverse Effects (AE) Graded According to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version (v.) 4.0Up to 5 yearsThe maximum grade for each type of AE will be recorded for each patient, and frequency tables will be reviewed to determine patterns. Additionally, the relationship of the AE(s) to the study treatment will be taken into consideration.

Countries

United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORAsher A. Chanan-Khan, M.D.

Mayo Clinic

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Treatment (Ixazomib Citrate, Ibrutinib)
Patients receive ixazomib citrate PO on days 1, 8, and 15 and ibrutinib PO daily on days 1-28. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 24 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.\> \> Ibrutinib: Given PO\> \> Ixazomib Citrate: Given PO\> \> Laboratory Biomarker Analysis: Correlative studies\> \> Pharmacodynamic Study: Correlative studies\> \> Pharmacokinetic Study: Correlative studies
21
Total21

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicTreatment (Ixazomib Citrate, Ibrutinib)
Age, Continuous69 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 7.16
ECOG Performance Status
0
12 Participants
ECOG Performance Status
1
9 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
0 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
20 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
21 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
21 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
6 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
15 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 21
other
Total, other adverse events
21 / 21
serious
Total, serious adverse events
5 / 21

Outcome results

Primary

Complete Response Rate (CR)

Complete response rate to be defined as an objective status of CR at any time, where confirmation of the complete response status is required on two consecutive evaluations with a second immunofixation before calling the patient a CR. The proportion of successes will be estimated by the number of successes divided by the total number of evaluable patients. Categorized by Response Assessment Criteria as specified in Appendix III of the protocol.

Time frame: 4 years

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Treatment (Ixazomib Citrate, Ibrutinib)Complete Response Rate (CR)0 percentage of participants
Secondary

Number of Patients Experiencing Grade 3+ Adverse Effects (AE) Graded According to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version (v.) 4.0

The maximum grade for each type of AE will be recorded for each patient, and frequency tables will be reviewed to determine patterns. Additionally, the relationship of the AE(s) to the study treatment will be taken into consideration.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Treatment (Ixazomib Citrate, Ibrutinib)Number of Patients Experiencing Grade 3+ Adverse Effects (AE) Graded According to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version (v.) 4.013 Participants
Secondary

Overall Response Rate

Overall response rate will be estimated by the total number of patients who achieve a CR, very good partial response (VGPR), or partial response (PR) divided by the total number of evaluable patients. All evaluable patients will be used for this analysis. Exact binomial 95% confidence intervals for the true overall response rate will be calculated. Response is categorized by Response Assessment Criteria as specified in Appendix III of the protocol.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Treatment (Ixazomib Citrate, Ibrutinib)Overall Response Rate76.0 percentage of participants
Secondary

Overall Survival

Defined as the time from study enrollment until death due to any cause. The median overall survival will be estimated using the method of Kaplan-Meier.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Treatment (Ixazomib Citrate, Ibrutinib)Overall SurvivalNA months
Secondary

Progression-free Survival

The median time to progression will be estimated using the method of Kaplan-Meier. Categorized by Response Assessment Criteria as specified in Appendix III of the protocol.

Time frame: From study registration to the earliest date of documentation of disease progression, assessed up to 5 years

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Treatment (Ixazomib Citrate, Ibrutinib)Progression-free Survival22.9 months
Other Pre-specified

Biologic Effects of Ibrutinib and Ixazomib Citrate on Microenvironment in WM

Blood samples & bone marrow aspirate to be taken from participants. The study will explore biologic effects of ibrutinib and ixazomib on microenvironment in WM and correlate with response to treatment. Immunophenotyping of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) using the Multi-Omyx TILs platform. This will identify 17 different types of TILs from BM samples collected at baseline and then after one cycle of treatment. This data is represented as % and actual cell counts. Next, identification of 4 types of T-cells from the blood. This will be done from peripheral blood samples collected at Baseline and then after one cycle of treatment with ixazomib + ibrutinib (Ixa+Ibr). Next, BTK receptor occupancy: This is a competitive-binding assay essentially and will be performed in CD19+/CD138+ WM cells collected at baseline and then after one cycle of treatment with Ixa+Ibr. Readout is % occupancy. Values to be correlated with response (responder vs. non-responder) using Wilcoxon rank sum tests.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

Other Pre-specified

BTK Signaling Proteins (Western Blot and Densitometric Quantification) and Gene Expression (Quantitative Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction [PCR]) Examined in CD19/CD138+ Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia (WM) Cells

15 protein/genes associated with BTK-signaling will be assessed and their levels from baseline samples will be compared with levels from samples during treatment. Changes over time will be evaluated using paired sample approaches (Wilcoxon signed rank test). Baseline levels will be correlated with response (responder versus \[vs.\] non-responder) using Wilcoxon rank sum tests.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 6, 2026