Study of Blinatumomab in Richter Transformation

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Trial end date: 2021-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if blinatumomab can help to control Richter Transformation (RT, a type of blood cancer). The safety of this drug will also be studied.

This is an investigational study. Blinatumomab is FDA approved and commercially available for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). It is investigational to use blinatumomab to treat patients with RT. The study doctor can explain how the study drug is designed to work.

Up to 21 participants will be enrolled in this study. All will take part at MD Anderson.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Collaborator: Amgen
• Treatments: Antibodies, Bispecific; BB 1101; Blinatumomab; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone 21-phosphate; Dexamethasone acetate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with previously treated CLL and biopsy-proven Richter's transformation with DLBCL histology according to IWCLL criteria (Richter Transformation - RT) and CD19 positive by flow cytometry OR immunohistochemistry.

2. Eastern Co-operative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status < or =2.

3. Age > or =18 years at the time of informed consent.

4. Able to provide informed consent and be willing to participate in study schedule and events.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Other active malignancy receiving systemic therapy.

2. History or presence of clinically relevant disorder affecting the CNS such as epilepsy, childhood or adult seizure, paresis, aphasia, stroke, severe brain injuries, dementia, Parkinson's disease, cerebellar disease, organic brain syndrome, or psychosis, with the exception of a history of CNS lymphoma that is controlled with intrathecal therapy.

3. Known active DLBCL in the CNS (confirmed by CSF analysis).

4. Current autoimmune disease requiring >/= 20mg/day of prednisone or systemic immunosuppressive therapy (eg. with cyclosporine or azathioprine).

5. Allogeneic HSCT within 24 weeks before the start of protocol-specified therapy.

6. Active Graft-versus-Host Disease (GvHD), grade 2-4 according to the Glucksberg criteria, active chronic GvHD requiring systemic treatment or requirement for GvHD prophylaxis with cyclosporine or tacrolimus.

7. Cancer chemotherapy within 2 weeks before start of protocol-specified therapy, with the exception of intrathecal chemotherapy, dexamethasone, and oral small molecule inhibitors such as BTK-inhibitor, PI3K-inhibitor, or Bcl-2-inhibitor, which are allowed until the start of protocol-specified therapy). In addition, any subject whose organ toxicity (excluding hematologic) from prior treatment has not resolved to no more than CTCAE grade 1.

8. Radiotherapy within 2 weeks before the start of protocol-specified therapy.

9. Abnormal screening laboratory values as defined as following: a) ALT (SGOT) and/or ALT (SGPT) and/or ALP > or =5 x upper limit of normal (ULN); b) Total bilirubin > or = 1.5 x ULN, unless due to Gilbert's disease; c) Creatinine > or = 2.0 x ULN or creatinine clearance <50 mL/min (calculated).

10. Known infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBsAg positive) or hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV positive).

11. Patient is pregnant or breast feeding.

12. Woman of childbearing potential and is not willing to use 2 highly effective methods of contraception while receiving protocol-specified therapy and for an additional 24 hours after the last dose of protocol-specified therapy.

13. Male who has a female partner of childbearing potential, and is not willing to use 2 highly effective forms of contraception while receiving protocol-specified therapy and for at least an additional 24 hours after the last dose of protocol-specified therapy.

14. Male who has a pregnant partner, and is not willing to use a condom during sexual activity while receiving protocol-specified therapy and for 3 months after the last dose of protocol-specified therapy.

15. Currently receiving treatment in another investigational device or drug study.

16. Subject previously treated with blinatumomab.

17. History or evidence of any other clinically significant disorder, condition or disease (with the exception of those outlined above) that, in the opinion of the Principal Investigator would pose a risk to subject safety or interfere with the study evaluation, procedures or completion.