This study is about an anticancer drug called ponatinib which is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor given with chemotherapy to children, teenagers, and young adults up to 21 years of age with Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia who have relapsed or are resistant to other treatment. The main aims of this study are to confirm the highest dose of ponatinib tablets and minitablet capsules that can be given to participants with acceptable side effects, and to evaluate if participant's leukemia achieves remission. Participants will take ponatinib tablets with chemotherapy. For participants who cannot swallow tablets or who are receiving less than a 10 milligrams (mg) dose, a capsule with small ponatinib minitablets inside will be provided. Participants will take ponatinib for 10 weeks in combination with chemotherapy (reinduction and consolidation blocks) and will be followed up for at least 3 years.
The drug being tested in this study is called ponatinib. Ponatinib is being tested to treat pediatric population who have Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), Ph+ mixed phenotype acute leukemia (Ph+ MPAL), or Philadelphia chromosome-like ALL who have relapsed or are resistant or intolerant to a prior tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI)-containing therapy, or who have the T315I mutation. The study will enroll approximately 68 participants. Participants will be assigned to a treatment group either in phase 1 or phase 2. Participants unable to swallow the ponatinib tablets or who are receiving less than a 10 mg dose will receive the age-appropriate formulation, capsule with ponatinib minitablets inside: • Ponatinib + Chemotherapy All participants will be asked to take ponatinib once daily. In phase 1 ponatinib will be administered in combination with a chemotherapy backbone to determine the recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) of ponatinib. In both phase 1 and phase 2, treatment consists of two 35-day blocks of therapy (reinduction block and consolidation block). Each block will include 29 days of treatment of daily ponatinib and a chemotherapy backbone regimen followed by a rest period from chemotherapy for a minimum of 6 days consisting of daily ponatinib only. This is a multi-center trial and will be conducted worldwide. The overall time to participate in this study is 6.5 years. Participants will make multiple visits to the clinic, and may be contacted by telephone in at least 36 months of follow-up after treatment.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
11
Ponatinib tablets.
Chemotherapy agents for reinduction include vincristine, dexamethasone, polyethylene glycol (PEG)-asparaginase (Erwinia asparaginase when PEG-asparaginase is not available), daunorubicin. Agents for intrathecal (IT) chemotherapy, central nervous system (CNS)-1/2: IT methotrexate chemotherapy, or CNS-3: triple intrathecal (ITT) methotrexate, hydrocortisone, cytarabine. Chemotherapy agents for consolidation include dexamethasone, vincristine, methotrexate, PEG-asparaginase (Erwinia asparaginase when PEG-asparaginase is not available), cyclophosphamide, etoposide, CNS-1/2: IT methotrexate chemotherapy, CNS-3: ITT chemotherapy methotrexate, hydrocortisone, cytarabine. The doses for chemotherapy agents for reinduction will be given as per standard of care.
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Phase 1: Recommended Phase 2 Dose (RP2D) of Ponatinib in Combination With Chemotherapy
The RP2D is the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) or less.
Time frame: Up to Day 35 in Phase 1
Phase 2: Percentage of Participants With Complete Remission (CR) at the End of the Reinduction Block
CR was defined as no circulating blasts and less than (\<)5 percent (%) blasts in the bone marrow (BM); normal maturation of all cellular components in the bone marrow; no extramedullary disease; absolute neutrophil count (ANC) greater than (\>)1000 cells/microliter (μL) (or \>1.0 × 10\^9 cells/liter \[L\]); Platelets \>100,000/μL (or \>100 × 10\^9 platelets/L).
Time frame: Up to Day 35 in Phase 2
Phase 1: Number of Participants With CR at the End of Reinduction Block
CR was defined as no circulating blasts and \<5% blasts in the BM; normal maturation of all cellular components in the bone marrow; no extramedullary disease; ANC \>1000 cells/μL (or \>1.0 × 10\^9 cells/L); Platelets \>100,000/μL (or \>100 × 10\^9 platelets/L).
Time frame: Day 35 in Phase 1
Phase 2: Percentage of Ph+ ALL Participants Who Achieved CR at the End of Consolidation Block
CR was defined as no circulating blasts and \<5% blasts in the bone marrow; normal maturation of all cellular components in the bone marrow; no extramedullary disease; ANC \>1000 cells/μL (or \>1.0 × 10\^9 cells/L); Platelets \>100,000 platelets/μL (or \>100 × 10\^9 platelets/L).
Time frame: Day 70 in Phase 2
Phase 2: Percentage of Ph+ ALL Participants With Negative Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) Among Those Who Achieved CR
MRD negative rate is the percentage of participants who achieve MRD negative status by evaluation of bone marrow aspirate at \<0.01% threshold.
Time frame: Up to Day 70 (end of consolidation block) in Phase 2
Phase 2: Percentage of Participants Who Relapsed or Progressed Following Reinduction and Consolidation
Time frame: Up to 3 years of follow-up in Phase 2
Phase 2: Event-free Survival (EFS)
EFS was defined as time from date of enrollment until death due to any cause; refractory to treatment (defined as failure to achieve CR by end of the consolidation block) or relapse from CR. CR was defined as no circulating blasts and \<5% blasts in the bone marrow; normal maturation of all cellular components in the bone marrow; no extramedullary disease; ANC \>1000 cells/μL (or \>1.0 × 10\^9 cells/L); Platelets \>100,000 platelets/μL (or \>100 × 10\^9 platelets/L).
Time frame: Up to 3 years of follow-up in Phase 2
Phase 2: Progression-free Survival (PFS)
PFS was defined as time from date of enrolment until death related to disease under study; disease progression (clinical deterioration associated with disease process, including evidence of increasing blasts in the bone marrow from baseline and/or evidence of new organ involvement) or relapse from CR. CR was defined as no circulating blasts and \<5% blasts in the bone marrow; normal maturation of all cellular components in the bone marrow; no extramedullary disease; ANC \>1000 cells/μL (or \>1.0 × 10\^9 cells/L); Platelets \>100,000 platelets/μL (or \>100 × 10\^9 platelets/L).
Time frame: Up to 3 years of follow-up in Phase 2
Phase 2: Overall Survival (OS)
OS was defined as time from first dose of ponatinib until death due to any cause.
Time frame: Up to 3 years of follow-up in Phase 2
Phase 2: Duration of Response (DOR)
DOR was defined as the interval between the first assessment at which the criteria for CR are met until the time at which relapse from CR occurs. CR was defined as no circulating blasts and \<5% blasts in the bone marrow; normal maturation of all cellular components in the bone marrow; no extramedullary disease; ANC \>1000 cells/μL (or \>1.0 × 10\^9 cells/L); Platelets \>100,000 platelets/μL (or \>100 × 10\^9 platelets /L).
Time frame: Up to 3 years of follow-up in Phase 2
Phase 2: Percentage of Participants Who Underwent Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT)
Time frame: Up to 3 years of follow-up in Phase 2
Phase 1: Cmax: Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration for Ponatinib
Time frame: Predose and at multiple timepoints post-dose up to 24 hours on Days 1 and 22 in Phase 1
Phase 1: Tmax: Time of First Occurrence of Cmax for Ponatinib
Time frame: Predose and at multiple timepoints post-dose up to 24 hours on Days 1 and 22 in Phase 1
Phase 1: AUClast: Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve From Time 0 to the Time of the Last Quantifiable Concentration for Ponatinib
Time frame: Predose and at multiple timepoints post-dose up to 24 hours on Days 1 and 22 in Phase 1
Phase 1: Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs), Serious TEAEs, Venous Thrombotic/Embolic Events (VTEs), and Adverse Events of Special Interest (AESIs)
An adverse event (AE) is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in clinical study participant, temporally associated with use of study intervention, whether or not occurrence was considered related to the study intervention including any unfavorable \& unintended sign (e.g., clinically significant abnormal laboratory finding), symptom/disease. TEAE: any AE that occurs after administration of first dose of any study drug \& through 30 days after last dose of any study drug. Serious TEAE:AE that at any dose resulted in death, was life-threatening, required inpatient hospitalization/prolongation of existing hospitalization, resulted in persistent/significant disability or incapacity, was congenital anomaly/birth defect, was medically important event. AESI: Protocol-defined AEs resulting in compromise of organ function or other significant consequences. VTEs were identified as AESIs for ponatinib and included arterial, VTEs that meet criteria for serious TEAEs.
Time frame: Up to 34.8 months in Phase 1
Phase 2: Number of Participants With TEAEs, Serious TEAEs, VTEs, and AESIs
An AE is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in clinical study participant, temporally associated with use of study intervention, whether or not occurrence was considered related to the study intervention including any unfavorable \& unintended sign (e.g., clinically significant abnormal laboratory finding), symptom/disease. TEAE: any AE that occurs after administration of first dose of any study drug \& through 30 days after last dose of any study drug. Serious TEAE:AE that at any dose resulted in death, was life-threatening, required inpatient hospitalization/prolongation of existing hospitalization, resulted in persistent/significant disability or incapacity, was congenital anomaly/birth defect, was medically important event. AESI: Protocol-defined AEs resulting in compromise of organ function or other significant consequences. VTEs were identified as AESIs for ponatinib and included arterial, VTEs that meet criteria for serious TEAEs.
Time frame: Up to 30 days after last dose of ponatinib in Phase 2
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