A Study of Ibrutinib in Combination With Bendamustine and Rituximab in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma

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Overview

The purpose of this study is to examine the safety and efficacy of Ibrutinib administered in combination with bendamustine and rituximab in patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL).

This is a randomized (patients will be assigned by chance to study treatments), double-blind (patients and study personnel will not know the identity of study treatments), placebo (an inactive substance that is compared with a drug to test whether the drug has a real effect in a clinical trial)-controlled study to determine the benefits and risks of combining ibrutinib with bendamustine and rituximab (BR) in patients with relapsed or refractory CLL/SLL following at least 1 line of prior systemic therapy. Approximately 580 patients will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to either treatment arm A (placebo) or treatment arm B (ibrutinib 420 mg). Study medication will be administered orally once daily on a continuous schedule. All patients will receive BR as the background therapy plus either ibrutinib or placebo for a maximum of 6 cycles, after which treatment with ibrutinib or placebo will continue until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. A treatment cycle will be defined as 28 days. The study will include a screening phase, a treatment phase, and a follow-up phase. Study end is defined as when either 80% of the patients have died or 5 years after the last patient is randomized into the study, whichever occurs first. Patients in treatment arm A (placebo) who complete the treatment phase, with disease progression or (after interim analysis) meet International Workshop on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (IWCLL) criteria for treatment, may crossover to ibrutinib treatment (as in treatment arm B), at the investigators discretion. This open-label, next-line treatment with ibrutinib will continue until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal from study, or until the study end, whichever occurs earlier. One interim analysis is planned for the study. Efficacy evaluations will include computed tomography scans, laboratory testing, focused physical examinations, bone marrow biopsy and aspirate, and assessment of patient-reported outcomes. In both treatment arms, samples for the development of a population-based pharmacokinetic (PK; study of what the body does to a drug) approach will be collected. Safety will be assessed throughout the study.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

578

Conditions

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma

Interventions

IbrutinibDRUG

Type=exact number, unit=mg, number=420 , form=capsule, route=oral use. Capsule is taken once daily continuously.

Bendamustine hydrochlorideDRUG

Type=exact number, unit=mg, number=70 mg/m2, route=intravenous use. Administered intravenously on Cycle 1, Days 2-3 and Cycles 2-6, Days 1-2.

RituximabDRUG

Type=exact number, unit=mg, number=375 mg/m2 and 500 mg/m2, route=intravenous use. Administered intravenously on Cycle 1, Day 1, and Cycles 2-6, Day 1, respectively.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) that meets protocol-defined criteria * Active disease meeting at least 1 of the International Workshop on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia 2008 criteria for requiring treatment * Measurable nodal disease by computed tomography * Relapsed or refractory CLL or SLL following at least 1 prior line of systemic therapy consisting of at least 2 cycles of a chemotherapy-containing regimen * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status score of 0 or 1 * Hematology and biochemical values within protocol-defined limits * Agrees to protocol-defined use of effective contraception * Women of childbearing potential must have negative blood or urine pregnancy test at screening Exclusion Criteria: * Recent therapeutic interventions within 3 (chemotherapy/radiotherapy) to 10 weeks (immunotherapy) * Prior treatment with ibrutinib or other Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitors or prior randomization in any other clinical study evaluating ibrutinib * The presence of deletion of the short arm of chromosome 17 * Patients previously treated with a bendamustine-containing regimen who did not achieve a response or who relapsed and required treatment within 24 months of treatment with that regimen * Patients for whom the goal of therapy is tumor debulking prior to stem cell transplant * Received a hematopoietic stem cell transplant * Known central nervous system leukemia/lymphoma or Richter's transformation * Patients with uncontrolled autoimmune hemolytic anemia or autoimmune thrombocytopenia * Chronic use of corticosteroids * History of prior malignancy, except: malignancy treated with curative intent and with no known active disease present for \>=3 years before randomization; adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or lentigo maligna without evidence of disease; adequately treated cervical carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease * History of stroke or intracranial hemorrhage within 6 months prior to randomization; or clinically significant cardiovascular disease * Requires anticoagulation with warfarin or equivalent vitamin K antagonists or treatment with strong CYP3A4/5 inhibitors * Known history of human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis C, or active infection with hepatitis B or C * Any uncontrolled active systemic infection or any life-threatening illness, medical condition, or organ system dysfunction which, in the investigator's opinion, could compromise the patient's safety, interfere with the absorption or metabolism of ibrutinib capsules, or put the study outcomes at undue risk * A woman who is pregnant or breast feeding, or a man who plans to father a child while enrolled in this study or within 3 months after the last dose of study drug

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Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Progression-free Survival (PFS)

PFS was defined as the interval between the date of randomization and the date of disease progression or death, whichever was first reported. IWCLL 2008 criteria for PD: New enlarged nodes \>1.5 cm, new hepatomegaly or splenomegaly, or other new organ infiltrates, bone lesion, ascites, or pleural effusion confirmed due to chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL); \>=50% increase in existing lymph nodes; \>=50% increase in enlargement of liver or spleen; \>=50% increase from baseline in lymphocyte count (and to \>=5\*10\^9/L) or \>=50% increase from nadir count confirmed on \>=2 serial assessments if absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) \>=30,000 per microliter and lymphocyte doubling time is rapid, unless considered treatment-related lymphocytosis; new cytopenia (Hemoglobin b \[Hgb\] or platelets) attributable to CLL; and transformation to a more aggressive histology.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

Secondary Outcomes

Overall Response Rate (ORR)

ORR defined as number of participants achieving a complete response (CR), complete response with incomplete marrow recovery (CRi), nodular partial response (nPR) or partial response (PR). IWCLL 2008 criteria: CR- No lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly, no constitutional symptoms, neutrophils \>1.5\*10\^9/liter (L), platelets \>100\*10\^9/L, Hgb \>11 gram per deciliter (g/dL) and absolute lymphocyte count \<4000/microliter (mcL); CRi- CR with incomplete recovery of bone marrow; nPR- participants meet criteria for CR, but the bone marrow biopsy shows B-lymphoid nodules, may represent a clonal infiltrate; PR-2 of the following when abnormal at baseline: \>=50% decrease in ALC, \>=50% decrease in sum products of up to 6 lymph nodes, \>=50% decrease in enlargement of spleen or liver; and 1 of the following: neutrophils \>1.5\*10\^9/L, Platelets \>100\*10\^9/L and Hgb\>11 g/dL or \>=50% improvement over baseline in any of these; no new enlarged nodes or new hepatosplenomegaly.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

Overall Survival (OS)

OS was defined as the interval between the date of randomization and the date of death from any cause.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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