This research study is assessing a new drug, duvelisib, in combination with a drug that is already FDA approved, venetoclax, as a possible treatment for participants with CLL or those with Richter's Syndrome
This is a Phase I/II clinical trial. A Phase I clinical trial tests the safety of an investigational drugs and also tries to define the appropriate dose of the investigational drugs to use for further studies. "Investigational" means that the drugs are being studied together for the first time. This phase I study tests the safety of the drug duvelisib when used in combination with the drug venetoclax. Duvelisib is still being studied, but the FDA (the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) has approved the use of Duvelisib in patients with CLL/SLL with relapsed or refractory CLL after having received 2 or more prior therapies. Duvelisib is a drug that is given in capsule form and taken by mouth. This drug is designed to stop cancer growth by blocking a protein called phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), which is important for the survival of CLL cells. In laboratory studies and in other clinical trials that included participants with CLL, duvelisib was effective at killing CLL cells. Venetoclax is a tablet that is taken by mouth. Venetoclax targets a protein called BCL-2, which helps cancer cells survive. Venetoclax is an effective treatment for many participants with CLL who do not respond to chemotherapy or other approved drugs or who have relapsed after prior therapy.Venetoclax is FDA approved for participants with CLL who have never had therapy before or whose CLL has worsened after prior therapy. In the phase I portion of this study, the investigators are looking to determine the dose of venetoclax that is safe to give with duvelisib and to see what the side effects are of this combination. In the phase II portion of this study, we are looking to determine how effective thecombination of duvelisib and venetoclax is for patients with CLL or Richter's Syndrome
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
67
This drug is designed to stop cancer growth by blocking a protein called phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), which is important for the survival of CLL cells.
Venetoclax targets a protein called BCL-2, which helps cancer cells survive.
University of Miami- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Miami, Florida, United States
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center
Brewer, Maine, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Boston Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Maximum Tolerated Dose of Venetoclax When Administered with Duvelisib
As assessed by protocol-specified DLT criteria (phase I)
Time frame: Up to 7 weeks
Rate of complete remission
By IW-CLL criteria (phase II)
Time frame: 2 years
Cmax
Cmax
Time frame: Up to 7 weeks
Half-life
Half-life
Time frame: Up to 7 weeks
Volume of Distribution
Volume of Distribution
Time frame: Up to 7 weeks
Objective response rate
By IW-CLL Criteria
Time frame: 2 years
Duration of response
By IW-CLL Criteria
Time frame: 2 years
Progression free survival
By IW-CLL Criteria
Time frame: 2 years
Rate of minimal residual disease negativity
By IW-CLL Criteria
Time frame: 2 years
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Berkshire Medical Center
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States