Pembrolizumab and Vorinostat in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory DLBCL, FCL or HL.
Condition: Grade 3b Follicular Lymphoma; Recurrent B-Cell Lymphoma, Unclassifiable, With Features Intermediate Between DLBCL and Classic HL; Recurrent Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma; Recurrent Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma; Recurrent Follicular Lymphoma; Recurrent Grade 1 Follicular Lymphoma; Recurrent Grade 2 Follicular Lymphoma; Recurrent Grade 3a Follicular Lymphoma; Recurrent Primary Mediastinal (Thymic) Large B-Cell Cell Lymphoma; Recurrent Transformed Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma; Refractory B-Cell Lymphoma, Unclassifiable, With Features Intermediate Between DLBCL and Classic HL; Refractory Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma; Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma; Refractory Follicular Lymphoma; Refractory Primary Mediastinal (Thymic) Large B-Cell Cell Lymphoma; Refractory Transformed Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
MeSH terms: Lymphoma; Lymphoma, Follicular; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin; Lymphoma, B-Cell; Hodgkin Disease; Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse; Recurrence
Intervention: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Pembrolizumab; Vorinostat
Intervention description: Correlative studies; Given IV; Given PO
Intervention MeSH terms: Pembrolizumab; Vorinostat
Phase: Phase 1
Study type: Interventional
Primary purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention model: Sequential Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Enrollment: 52.0
Sex: All
Minimum age: 18 Years
Healthy volunteers: No

Summary:

      This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of vorinostat when given together
      with pembrolizumab in treating patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, follicular
      lymphoma, or Hodgkin lymphoma that has come back after a period of improvement or that does
      not respond to treatment. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab,
      may help the body's immune system attack the cancer and may interfere with the ability of
      cancer cells to grow and spread. Vorinostat may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking
      some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving vorinostat and pembrolizumab together may
      work better than pembrolizumab alone in treating patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma,
      follicular lymphoma, or Hodgkin lymphoma.
    

Eligibility criteria:

        Inclusion Criteria:

          -  Have a histologically confirmed diagnosis of follicular lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell
             lymphoma, or classical Hodgkin lymphoma according to the World Health Organization
             (WHO) classification, with hematopathology review at the participating institution

               -  FL: grade 1, 2, 3A, or 3B are eligible

               -  DBLCL: transformed indolent lymphomas (TIL), primary mediastinal large B-cell
                  lymphoma (PMBCL), and aggressive B-cell lymphoma unclassified (BCL-U) are
                  eligible

               -  HL: all classical HL subtypes are eligible except for nodular lymphocyte
                  predominant Hodgkin lymphoma, which is excluded

          -  Patients with HL or DLBCL must refuse or not be candidates for curative autologous
             stem cell transplantation

          -  Have relapsed or refractory disease after at least 1 prior regimen, including:

               -  Recurrence of disease after a documented complete response (CR)

               -  Progression of disease after a partial response (PR) to the prior regimen

               -  Partial response (PR), stable disease (SD) or progressive disease (PD) at the
                  completion of the prior treatment regimen; if a patient has PR to prior regimen
                  without PD, there must be biopsy-proven residual disease that is measurable

          -  Documented informed consent of the participant or legally authorized representative

          -  Have measurable disease by computed tomography (CT) or positron emission tomography
             (PET) scan, with one or more sites of disease >= 1.5 cm in longest dimension

          -  Be willing to provide tissue from a newly obtained core or excisional biopsy of a
             tumor lesion prior to starting study therapy or from archival tissue of a biopsy that
             was performed after the most recent systemic therapy

          -  Have a performance status of 0 or 1 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)
             performance scale

          -  Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1,000/mcL (within 14 days of treatment initiation)

          -  Platelets >= 75,000/mcL (within 14 days of treatment initiation)

          -  Hemoglobin >= 8 g/dL without transfusion or erythropoietin (EPO) dependency (within 7
             days of assessment (within 14 days of treatment initiation)

          -  Serum creatinine =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) OR measured or calculated
             creatinine clearance (glomerular filtration rate [GFR] can also be used in place of
             creatinine or creatinine clearance (CrCl) >= 60 mL/min for subject with creatinine
             levels > 1.5 x institutional ULN (within 14 days of treatment initiation)

          -  Serum total bilirubin =< 1.5 x ULN or =< 3 x ULN if patient has Gilberts disease OR
             direct bilirubin =< ULN for subjects with total bilirubin levels > 1.5 ULN (within 14
             days of treatment initiation)

          -  Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) and
             alanine aminotransferase (ALT) serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) =< 2.5 x
             ULN OR =< 5 x ULN for subjects with liver involvement by lymphoma as the etiology of
             transaminase elevation (within 14 days of treatment initiation)

          -  Albumin >= 2.5 mg/dL (within 14 days of treatment initiation)

          -  International normalized ratio (INR) or prothrombin time (PT) =< 1.5 x ULN unless
             subject is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or partial thromboplastin
             time (PTT) is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants (within 14
             days of treatment initiation)

          -  Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) =< 1.5 x ULN unless subject is receiving
             anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or PTT is within therapeutic range of intended use
             of anticoagulants (within 14 days of treatment initiation)

          -  Female subject of childbearing potential should have a negative urine or serum
             pregnancy within 72 hours prior to receiving the first dose of study medication; if
             the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test
             will be required

          -  Female subjects of childbearing potential must be willing to use an adequate method of
             contraception for the course of the study through 120 days after the last dose of
             study medication; Note: abstinence is acceptable if this is the usual lifestyle and
             preferred contraception for the subject

          -  Male subjects of childbearing potential must agree to use an adequate method of
             contraception starting with the first dose of study therapy through 120 days after the
             last dose of study therapy; Note: abstinence is acceptable if this is the usual
             lifestyle and preferred contraception for the subject

        Exclusion Criteria:

          -  Is currently participating and receiving study therapy or has participated in a study
             of an investigational agent and received study therapy or used an investigational
             device within 3 weeks of the first dose of treatment

          -  Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving systemic steroid therapy or any
             other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of trial
             treatment

          -  Has received a prior allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant within the past 5
             years, requires immunosuppression, or has evidence of active graft-versus-host-disease

          -  Has received prior autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant within the last 60
             days

          -  Has a known history of active TB (Bacillus tuberculosis)

          -  Severe hypersensitivity to pembrolizumab or any of its excipients

          -  Has had a prior anti-cancer monoclonal antibody (mAb) within 3 weeks prior to study
             day 1 or who has not recovered (i.e., =< grade 1 or at baseline) from adverse events
             due to agents administered more than 3 weeks earlier; if a patient has progressive or
             stable disease to prior regimen, rituximab is allowed up to 2 weeks prior to the
             initiation of study therapy

          -  Has had prior chemotherapy, targeted small molecule therapy, or radiation therapy
             within 2 weeks prior to study day 1 or who has not recovered (i.e., =< grade 1 or at
             baseline) from adverse events due to a previously administered agent; Note: subjects
             with =< grade 2 neuropathy are an exception to this criterion and may qualify for the
             study; Note: if subject received major surgery, they must have recovered adequately
             from the toxicity and/or complications from the intervention prior to starting therapy

          -  Has taken valproic acid, or another histone deacetylase inhibitor, within 2 weeks
             prior to study day 1

          -  Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment;
             exceptions include basal cell carcinoma of the skin or squamous cell carcinoma of the
             skin that has undergone potentially curative therapy or in situ cervical cancer

          -  Has known active central nervous system (CNS) involvement by lymphoma, including
             leptomeningeal involvement; subjects with prior CNS involvement by lymphoma must have
             remission of the CNS component of the lymphoma; these subjects must have a baseline
             magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) during screening without evidence of new or enlarging
             brain lesions and must not have any new or progressive neurologic symptoms

          -  Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years
             (i.e. with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive
             drugs); replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid
             replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a
             form of systemic treatment; a history of hemolytic anemia associated with the lymphoma
             does not exclude a patient from the study

          -  Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or current
             pneumonitis

          -  Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy

          -  Has a QT interval corrected for heart rate (QTc) > 470 ms using the Fridericia
             formula; if the screening electrocardiogram (ECG) has a QTc > 470ms, the mean QTc of 3
             electrocardiograms (ECGs) can be utilized, but must be < 470 ms

          -  Is unable to swallow capsules, has a partial or small bowel obstruction, or has a
             gastrointestinal condition resulting in a malabsorptive syndrome (e.g. small bowel
             resection with malabsorption)

          -  Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality
             that might confound the results of the trial, interfere with the subject's
             participation for the full duration of the trial, or is not in the best interest of
             the subject to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator

          -  Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with
             cooperation with the requirements of the trial

          -  Is pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive or father children within the
             projected duration of the trial, starting with the pre-screening or screening visit
             through 120 days after the last dose of trial treatment

          -  Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (HIV 1/2 antibodies)

          -  Has known active hepatitis B (e.g., hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] reactive) or
             hepatitis C (e.g., hepatitis C virus [HCV] ribonucleic acid [RNA] [qualitative] is
             detected)

          -  Has received a live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study therapy; Note:
             seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally inactivated flu vaccines and
             are allowed; however intranasal influenza vaccines (e.g., Flu-Mist) are live
             attenuated vaccines, and are not allowed