This study is being done in patients who have been receiving corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive therapies for the treatment of cGVHD for at least 6 months. The purpose of this study is to find out if itacitinib in combination with corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive therapies is safe and effective in people with cGVHD.
Graft versus host disease remains a major hurdle to improve allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation outcome, with cGVHD being associated with decreased quality of life. Suppression of the immune system with corticosteroids forms the basis of first-line therapy for management of GVHD, but sustained responses are usually seen in less than 50 percent of patients and there is no standard second- or third-line treatment for steroid refractory cGVHD. Identification of novel therapeutic targets are needed to improve outcomes. Therapeutic potential has been shown by a JAK inhibitor in the treatment of steroid refractory GVHD. Itacitinib is a novel, selective inhibitor of the JAK family of protein tyrosine kinases and will be studied here in patients with steroid refractory cGVHD.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
15
Itacitinib will be administered orally once daily for up to 24 months.
Colorado Blood Cancer Institute
Denver, Colorado, United States
The Sarah Cannon Research Institute
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
South Austin Medical Center
Austin, Texas, United States
Texas Oncology - Sammons Cancer Center
Dallas, Texas, United States
cGVHD Overall Response Rate (ORR) at 6 Months on Treatment
Defined as the rate of participants with a cGVHD response of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) after 6 months of treatment with Itacitinib as defined by 2014 National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Project on Clinical Trials in cGVHD. CR is defined as resolution of all manifestations of cGVHD in each organ or site. PR is defined as the improvement in at least one organ or site without progression in any other organ or site.
Time frame: Response assessed Day 1 of every cycle up until the end of treatment, up to 24 months. This outcome measure is the ORR for all patients once they have been on treatment for 6 months.
Number of Participants That Can Withdraw or Decrease Steroids
Ability to withdraw or decrease steroids to ˂0.5 mg/kg of methylprednisolone or equivalent
Time frame: From first dose of itacitinib until end of study treatment, up to 24 months
Overall Survival
Overall Survival (OS) is defined as the time from the first day of study drug administration (Day 1) to death on study. Patients who are alive will be censored at the date of last known date alive.
Time frame: Every 3 months for 1 year after last dose of study treatment, up to 29 months.
Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety and Tolerability of Itacitinib
Adverse events will be graded according to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE Version 5.0)
Time frame: Safety will be assessed from the time that informed consent is signed until 30 days after the last dose of study treatment, up to 25 months.
Number of Participants With Improvement in Quality of Life Per the Lee Symptom Scale
Changes in symptom burden will be measured using the Lee Symptom Scale. Subscale scores and the summary score range from 0 to 100, with a higher score indicating worse symptoms.
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Texas Transplant Institute
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Time frame: Quality of life will be assessed prior during screening and end of treatment, up to 24 months of treatment. Participants showing improvement in LSS score from Screening to End of Treatment are shown here.
Number of Participants With Recurrence or Progression of cGVHD
Participants will be assessed for severity of cGVHD using the Clinician-Reported Global cGVHD Activity Assessment Form and Patient-reported cGVHD Activity Assessment Form. Progression in at least one organ or site without a response in any other organ or site per NIH 2014 Consensus Development Project on Clinical Trials in cGVHD.
Time frame: cGVHD status will be assessed at cycle 1 day 1, day 1 of every cycle and at the end of treatment, up to 24 months
Relapse Rate of Underlying Malignancy
Participants will be closely monitored for any evidence of underlying disease relapse or recurrence. Formal re-staging will be done at physician discretion.
Time frame: Relapse of underlying malignancy will be assessed on Day 1 of each cycle, at end of treatment and survival follow-up. Follow-up visits every 3 months for 1 year after last dose of study treatment, up to 29 months