Overview

Study of 5-azacitidine in Combination With Vorinostat in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large b Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL)

Status:
Completed

Trial end date:
2016-10-20

Target enrollment:

Participant gender:

Summary

This will be a phase I/II study of 5-azacitidine in combination with vorinostat in patients with relapsed or refractory DLBCL. Combination therapy with methyltransferase inhibitors and histone deacetylase inhibitors is highly synergistic in DLBCL cells, and both classes of drugs can also synergize powerfully with standard anti-lymphoma chemotheraputics such as doxorubicin in pre-clinical studies. We hypothesize that azacytidine + vorinostat combination therapy will be safe and effective in selected patients with relapsed or refractory DLBCL. We also hypothesize that patients demonstrating objective responses to this combination therapy display specific epigenetic signatures, and that a biomarker or gene classifier can be generated which will identify those patients likely to respond.

Phase:

Phase 1/Phase 2

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Collaborators:

Celgene
Celgene Corporation
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Treatments:

Azacitidine
Vorinostat