Clinical trial NCT01979536: Brentuximab Vedotin or Crizotinib and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Stage II-IV Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
Official title: A Randomized Phase 2 Trial of Brentuximab Vedotin (SGN35, NSC# 749710), or Crizotinib (NSC#749005, Commercially Labeled) in Combination With Chemotherapy for Newly Diagnosed Patients With Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, ALK-Positive
Ann Arbor Stage II Noncutaneous Childhood Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
Ann Arbor Stage III Noncutaneous Childhood Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
Ann Arbor Stage IV Noncutaneous Childhood Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
Lead sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Sponsor class: NIH
First posted: 2013-11-08
Enrollment: 137
Sex: ALL
Maximum age (years): 21
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This partially randomized phase II trial studies how well brentuximab vedotin or crizotinib and combination chemotherapy works in treating patients with newly diagnosed stage II-IV anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Brentuximab vedotin is a monoclonal antibody, called brentuximab, linked to a toxic agent called vedotin. Brentuximab attaches to CD30 positive cancer cells in targeted way and delivers vedotin to kill them. Crizotinib and methotrexate may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. It is not yet known whether brentuximab vedotin and combination chemotherapy is more effective than crizotinib and combination chemotherapy in treating anaplastic large cell lymphoma.

Detailed description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the tolerability of brentuximab vedotin given in combination with standard chemotherapy (anaplastic large cell lymphoma \[ALCL\]99) and to determine the tolerability of crizotinib given in combination with chemotherapy (ALCL99).

II. To estimate the event free survival (EFS) of Arm brentuximab vedotin (BV) and Arm crizotinib (CZ) and contrast these to historical control data.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the prognostic significance of minimal disseminated disease (MDD) at diagnosis and minimal residual disease (MRD) as measured by real-time (RT)-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in peripheral blood.

OUTLINE: Patients with body surface area (BSA) \< 0.9 m\^2 were non-randomly assigned to Arm BV while it was open and were not eligible for the trial while Arm BV was closed. Patients with BSA \>= 0.9 m\^2 were randomly assigned 1:1 to Arm BV or Arm CZ while both were open and were non-randomly assigned to the open arm while only one of the two arms was open.

ARM BV:

COURSE A (CYCLES 1, 3, AND 5): Patients receive brentuximab vedotin (1.8 mg/dg/dose - Max dose 180 mg) intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes on day 1, dexamethasone orally (PO) twice daily (BID) or IV on days 1-5, ifosfamide IV over 60 minutes on days 1-5, methotrexate IV over 3 hours on day 1, cytarabine IV over 1-30 minutes every 12 hours for 4 doses on days 4 and 5, and etoposide IV over 2 hours on days 4 and 5.

COURSE B (CYCLES 2, 4, AND 6): Patients receive brentuximab vedotin (1.8 mg/dg/dose - Max dose 180 mg), dexamethasone, and methotrexate as in Arm BV, Course A. Patients also receive cyclophosphamide IV over 15-30 minutes on days 1-5 and doxorubicin hydrochloride IV over 1-15 minutes on days 4 and 5.

ARM CZ:

COURSE A (CYCLES 1, 3, AND 5): Patients receive crizotinib (165 mg/m\^2) PO BID on days 1-21 and dexamethasone, ifosfamide, methotrexate, cytarabine, and etoposide as in Arm BV, Course A.

COURSE B (CYCLES 2, 4, AND 6): Patients receive crizotinib (165 mg/m\^2) PO BID as in Arm CZ, Course A and dexamethasone, cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and doxorubicin hydrochloride as in Arm BV, Course B.

In all arms, treatment repeats every 21 days for 6 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60 months.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Newly diagnosed patients with histologically proven ALCL (International Classification of Diseases for Oncology \[ICD-0\] code: 9714/3)
* Disease must be cluster of differentiation (CD)30 positive
* Disease must be anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) positive (defined by local institutional standards)
* Patients must have stage II, III, or IV disease
* Patients must have a life expectancy of \>= 8 weeks
* Adequate Liver Function Defined As:
* Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
* Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase \[SGPT\]) \< 2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age; for the purpose of this study, the ULN for ALT is 45 U/L (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
* If the lab abnormality is thought to be due to the lymphoma the patient is eligible and dose adjustments should be made
* Adequate Cardiac Function Defined As:
* Shortening fraction of \>= 27% by echocardiogram, or
* Ejection fraction of \>= 50% by radionuclide angiogram
* Adequate Pulmonary Function Defined As:
* Patients with a history of pulmonary dysfunction must have no evidence of dyspnea at rest, no exercise intolerance due to pulmonary insufficiency, and a pulse oximetry \> 92% while breathing room air unless current dysfunction is due to the lymphoma in which case the patient is eligible

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients with central nervous system (CNS) disease are not eligible
* Patients with disease limited to the skin are not eligible, regardless of how wide-spread
* Patients with stage I disease are not eligible
* Patients who have received any prior cytotoxic chemotherapy for the current diagnosis of ALCL or any cancer diagnosed previously are not eligible
* Previous steroid treatment and/or radiation treatment is not allowed unless it is for the emergent management of a mediastinal mass; emergent steroid treatment and/or radiation treatment should stop once protocol therapy is initiated
* Intrathecal chemotherapy prior to enrollment is allowed for the current diagnosis of ALCL as long as adequate cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is obtained prior to administration of the intrathecal chemotherapy and subsequently demonstrated to be negative for ALCL
* Female patients who are pregnant are not eligible; pregnancy tests must be obtained in girls who are post menarchal
* Lactating females are not eligible unless they have agreed not to breastfeed their infants
* Sexually active patients of reproductive potential are not eligible unless they agree to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of treatment and for 3 months after stopping treatment
* Patients with Down syndrome are not eligible due to the amount of methotrexate and potential for side effects
* Patients with an immunodeficiency that existed prior to diagnosis such as primary immunodeficiency syndromes or organ transplant recipients are not eligible
* Cytochrome P450, family 3, subfamily A, polypeptide 4 (CYP3A4) substrates with narrow therapeutic indices: Patients chronically receiving medications known to be metabolized by CYP3A4 and with narrow therapeutic indices including pimozide, aripiprazole, triazolam, ergotamine and halofantrine are not eligible; the topical use of these medications (if applicable) is allowed
* CYP3A4 inhibitors: patients chronically receiving drugs that are known potent CYP3A4 inhibitors within 7 days prior to study enrollment, including but not limited to ketoconazole, itraconazole, clarithromycin, erythromycin, ritonavir, indinavir, nelfinavir, saquinavir, delavirdine, nefazodone, diltiazem, verapamil, and grapefruit juice are not eligible; the topical use of these medications (if applicable), e.g. 2% ketoconazole cream, is allowed
* CYP3A4 inducers: patients chronically receiving drugs that are known potent CYP3A4 inducers within 12 days prior to study enrollment, including but not limited to carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, rifabutin, rifampin, ritonavir, and St. John's wort are not eligible; the topical use of these medications (if applicable) is allowed
* Patients that are known to be positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are not eligible; note: inclusion of HIV positive patients will be considered at a later date
* Patients who weigh \< 10 kg are not eligible

Primary outcomes:
measure: Occurrence of Grade 3+ Non-hematologic Adverse Events
timeFrame: Up to 60 months
measure: Event Free Survival (EFS)
timeFrame: Time from study entry until progressive disease, relapse, or death, assessed up to 2 years
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Prognostic Significance of Minimal Residual Disease
timeFrame: Baseline up to progressive disease, relapse, or death, assessed up to 2 years
Other outcomes:
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facility: Children's Hospital of Alabama
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city: Phoenix
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state: Arizona
city: Little Rock
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facility: Arkansas Children's Hospital
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city: Downey
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facility: Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center
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facility: City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
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facility: Loma Linda University Medical Center
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facility: Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach
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facility: Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford University
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facility: University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
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facility: University of Florida Health Science Center - Gainesville
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facility: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine-Sylvester Cancer Center
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facility: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Egleston
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facility: Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago
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facility: University of Illinois
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facility: University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
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city: Oak Lawn
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facility: Advocate Children's Hospital-Oak Lawn
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facility: Saint Jude Midwest Affiliate
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facility: Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
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facility: Michigan State University Clinical Center
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city: Grand Rapids
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facility: Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health
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state: North Carolina
city: Chapel Hill
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city: Charlotte
country: United States
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state: North Carolina
city: Durham
country: United States
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state: North Carolina
city: Winston-Salem
country: United States
facility: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
state: North Carolina
city: Akron
country: United States
facility: Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron
state: Ohio
city: Cincinnati
country: United States
facility: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
state: Ohio
city: Cleveland
country: United States
facility: Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital
state: Ohio
city: Cleveland
country: United States
facility: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
state: Ohio
city: Columbus
country: United States
facility: Nationwide Children's Hospital
state: Ohio
city: Dayton
country: United States
facility: Dayton Children's Hospital
state: Ohio
city: Toledo
country: United States
facility: ProMedica Toledo Hospital/Russell J Ebeid Children's Hospital
state: Ohio
city: Oklahoma City
country: United States
facility: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
state: Oklahoma
city: Portland
country: United States
facility: Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital
state: Oregon
city: Portland
country: United States
facility: Oregon Health and Science University
state: Oregon
city: Bethlehem
country: United States
facility: Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg
state: Pennsylvania
city: Hershey
country: United States
facility: Penn State Children's Hospital
state: Pennsylvania
city: Philadelphia
country: United States
facility: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
state: Pennsylvania
city: Philadelphia
country: United States
facility: Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children
state: Pennsylvania
city: Pittsburgh
country: United States
facility: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
state: Pennsylvania
city: Providence
country: United States
facility: Rhode Island Hospital
state: Rhode Island
city: Charleston
country: United States
facility: Medical University of South Carolina
state: South Carolina
city: Columbia
country: United States
facility: Prisma Health Richland Hospital
state: South Carolina
city: Greenville
country: United States
facility: BI-LO Charities Children's Cancer Center
state: South Carolina
city: Sioux Falls
country: United States
facility: Sanford USD Medical Center - Sioux Falls
state: South Dakota
city: Chattanooga
country: United States
facility: T C Thompson Children's Hospital
state: Tennessee
city: Knoxville
country: United States
facility: East Tennessee Childrens Hospital
state: Tennessee
city: Memphis
country: United States
facility: Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital
state: Tennessee
city: Nashville
country: United States
facility: The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial
state: Tennessee
city: Nashville
country: United States
facility: Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center
state: Tennessee
city: Austin
country: United States
facility: Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas
state: Texas
city: Corpus Christi
country: United States
facility: Driscoll Children's Hospital
state: Texas
city: Dallas
country: United States
facility: Medical City Dallas Hospital
state: Texas
city: Dallas
country: United States
facility: UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas
state: Texas
city: El Paso
country: United States
facility: El Paso Children's Hospital
state: Texas
city: Fort Worth
country: United States
facility: Cook Children's Medical Center
state: Texas
city: Houston
country: United States
facility: Baylor College of Medicine/Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: Texas
city: San Antonio
country: United States
facility: Children's Hospital of San Antonio
state: Texas
city: San Antonio
country: United States
facility: Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas
state: Texas
city: San Antonio
country: United States
facility: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
state: Texas
city: Temple
country: United States
facility: Scott and White Memorial Hospital
state: Texas
city: Salt Lake City
country: United States
facility: Primary Children's Hospital
state: Utah
city: Falls Church
country: United States
facility: Inova Fairfax Hospital
state: Virginia
city: Norfolk
country: United States
facility: Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
state: Virginia
city: Portsmouth
country: United States
facility: Naval Medical Center - Portsmouth
state: Virginia
city: Richmond
country: United States
facility: Virginia Commonwealth University/Massey Cancer Center
state: Virginia
city: Seattle
country: United States
facility: Seattle Children's Hospital
state: Washington
city: Spokane
country: United States
facility: Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital
state: Washington
city: Tacoma
country: United States
facility: Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center
state: Washington
city: Tacoma
country: United States
facility: Madigan Army Medical Center
state: Washington
city: Madison
country: United States
facility: University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center
state: Wisconsin
city: Milwaukee
country: United States
facility: Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
state: Wisconsin
Study officials:
affiliation: Children's Oncology Group
name: Eric J Lowe
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Lowe EJ, Reilly AF, Lim MS, Gross TG, Saguilig L, Barkauskas DA, Wu R, Alexander S, Bollard CM. Brentuximab vedotin in combination with chemotherapy for pediatric patients with ALK+ ALCL: results of COG trial ANHL12P1. Blood. 2021 Jul 1;137(26):3595-3603. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020009806.