A Study of the Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, PCI-32765 (Ibrutinib), in Combination With Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, and Prednisone in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Non-Germinal Center B-Cell Subtype of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01855750 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : May 16, 2013
Results First Posted : March 19, 2019
Last Update Posted : April 13, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Lymphoma | Drug: Ibrutinib Drug: Placebo Drug: Rituximab Drug: Cyclophosphamide Drug: Doxorubicin Drug: Vincristine Drug: Prednisone (or equivalent) | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 838 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase 3 Study of the Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) Inhibitor, PCI-32765 (Ibrutinib), in Combination With Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, and Prednisone (R-CHOP) in Subjects With Newly Diagnosed Non-Germinal Center B-Cell Subtype of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma |
Actual Study Start Date : | September 3, 2013 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | February 26, 2018 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | April 5, 2019 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Placebo Comparator: Treatment Arm A: placebo + R-CHOP
Treatment Arm A = placebo + R-CHOP (Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, and Prednisone)
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Drug: Placebo
4 matched capsules administered by mouth once daily (21-day cycles) Drug: Rituximab 375 mg/m2 administered intravenously once on Day 1 of each cycle (21-day cycles) Drug: Cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m2 administered intravenously once on Day 1 of each cycle (21-day cycles) Drug: Doxorubicin 50 mg/m2 administered intravenously once on Day 1 of each cycle (21-day cycles) Drug: Vincristine 1.4 mg/m2 administered intravenously once on Day 1 of each cycle (21-day cycles) Drug: Prednisone (or equivalent) 100 mg capsules administered by mouth once daily on Day 1 to Day 5 of each cycle |
Experimental: Treatment Arm B: ibrutinib + R-CHOP
Treatment Arm B = ibrutinib + R-CHOP
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Drug: Ibrutinib
560 mg capsules administered by mouth once daily (21-day cycles) Drug: Rituximab 375 mg/m2 administered intravenously once on Day 1 of each cycle (21-day cycles) Drug: Cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m2 administered intravenously once on Day 1 of each cycle (21-day cycles) Drug: Doxorubicin 50 mg/m2 administered intravenously once on Day 1 of each cycle (21-day cycles) Drug: Vincristine 1.4 mg/m2 administered intravenously once on Day 1 of each cycle (21-day cycles) Drug: Prednisone (or equivalent) 100 mg capsules administered by mouth once daily on Day 1 to Day 5 of each cycle |
- Event-Free Survival (EFS) - Intent-to-Treat (ITT) Population [ Time Frame: Up to 5.5 years ]EFS: duration from randomization date to disease progression(PD) date, relapse from complete response(CR) assessed by investigator, initiation of subsequent systemic antilymphoma therapy for either positron emission tomography(PET)-positive/ biopsy-proven residual disease upon completion of >=6 cycles of R-CHOP therapy/death, whichever occurred first. Responses were based on Revised Response Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma. PD: any new lesion or increase by 50% of previously involved sites from nadir; PD criteria: Appearance of new nodal lesion 1.5 cm in any axis, 50% increase in sum of product of diameters(SPD) of >1 node or 50% increase in longest diameter of previously identified node 1 cm in short axis. CR: disappearance of all evidence of disease; CR criteria: nodal masses PET positive prior to therapy; mass of any size permitted if PET negative; regression to normal size on CT; spleen and liver: not palpable, nodules disappeared; bone marrow: infiltrate cleared on repeat biopsy.
- Event-Free Survival (EFS) - Activated B-Cell (ABC) Population [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 4.5 years ]EFS: duration from randomization date to PD date, relapse from CR assessed by investigator, initiation of subsequent systemic antilymphoma therapy for either PET-positive/ biopsy-proven residual disease upon completion of >=6 cycles of R-CHOP therapy/death, whichever occurred first. Responses were based on Revised Response Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma. PD: any new lesion or increase by 50% of previously involved sites from nadir; PD criteria: Appearance of new nodal lesion 1.5 cm in any axis, 50% increase in SPD of >1 node or 50% increase in longest diameter of previously identified node 1 cm in short axis. CR: disappearance of all evidence of disease; CR criteria: nodal masses PET positive prior to therapy; mass of any size permitted if PET negative; regression to normal size on CT; spleen and liver: not palpable, nodules disappeared; bone marrow: infiltrate cleared on repeat biopsy.
- Progression-Free Survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 4.5 years ]PFS was defined as the duration from the date of randomization to the date of progression, relapse from CR, or death, whichever occurred first. Responses were based on Revised Response Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma. Progressive Disease (PD): any new lesion or increase by 50% of previously involved sites from nadir; PD criteria: Appearance of new nodal lesion 1.5 centimeter (cm) in any axis, 50% increase in SPD of >1 node or 50% increase in longest diameter of previously identified node 1 cm in short axis. CR: disappearance of all evidence of disease; CR criteria: nodal masses PET positive prior to therapy; mass of any size permitted if PET negative; regression to normal size on CT; spleen and liver: not palpable, nodules disappeared; bone marrow: infiltrate cleared on repeat biopsy.
- Percentage of Participants Who Achieved Complete Response (CR) [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 4.5 years ]Percentage of participants with measurable disease who achieved CR were reported. CR: disappearance of all evidence of disease. CR Criteria: Complete disappearance of all disease-related symptoms; all lymph nodes and nodal masses regressed to normal size (less than or equal to [<=]1.5 cm in greatest transverse diameter [GTD] for nodes greater than [>]1.5 cm before therapy). Previous nodes of 1.1 to 1.5 cm in long axis and greater than (>)1.0 cm in short axis before treatment decreased to <=1.0 cm in short axis after treatment. Disappearance of all splenic and hepatic nodules and other extranodal disease; a negative positron emission tomography (PET) scan. A posttreatment residual mass of any size but PET-negative; spleen and liver: not palpable, nodules disappeared; bone marrow: infiltrate cleared on repeat biopsy.
- Overall Survival [ Time Frame: Up to 5.5 years ]Overall survival was defined as the duration from the date of randomization to the date of the participant's death. Median Overall Survival was estimated by using the Kaplan-Meier method.
- Time to Worsening in the Lymphoma Subscale of Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Lymphoma (FACT-Lym) [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 4.5 years ]Time to worsening in the Lymphoma subscale of the FACT-Lym, defined as the interval from the date of randomization to the start date of worsening of participant symptoms. Worsening was defined by a 5-point decrease from baseline. FACT-Lym Lymphoma subscale contains 15 questions, scores from 0 to 4 for each question (higher the worse). Lymphoma subscale score is the total of reverse scores, range 0 to 60. Higher scores indicate a better quality of life.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- No prior treatment for diffuse B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL)
- Histologically-confirmed non-germinal center B-cell subtype DLBCL
- Stage II (not candidates for local x-ray therapy), III, or IV disease by the Ann Arbor Classification
- At least 1 measurable site of disease according to Revised Response Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma
- Revised International Prognostic Index score of >=1
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status grade of 0, 1, or 2
- Hematology and biochemical laboratory values within protocol-defined parameters prior to random assignment and at baseline
- Left ventricular ejection fraction within institutional normal limits, as determined by echocardiography or multiple uptake gated acquisition (MUGA) scan
- Agrees to protocol-defined use of effective contraception (for women, these restrictions apply for 12 months after the last dose of rituximab or 1 month after the last dose of study drug, whichever is later; for men, these restrictions apply for 12 months after the last dose of rituximab or 3 months after the last dose of study drug, whichever is later)
- Men must agree to not donate sperm during and after the study for 12 months after the last dose of rituximab or 3 months after the last dose of study drug, whichever is later
- Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test at screening
Exclusion Criteria:
- Major surgery within 4 weeks of random assignment
- Known central nervous system or primary mediastinal lymphoma
- Prior history of indolent lymphoma
- Diagnosed or treated for malignancy other than DLBCL, except: malignancy treated with curative intent and with no known active disease present for >=3 years before random assignment; adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or lentigo maligna without evidence of disease; adequately treated carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease
- History of stroke or intracranial hemorrhage within 6 months prior to random assignment
- Requires anticoagulation with warfarin or equivalent vitamin K antagonists
- Requires treatment with strong CYP3A inhibitors
- Prior anthracycline use >=150 mg/m2
- Clinically significant cardiovascular disease such as uncontrolled or symptomatic arrhythmias, congestive heart failure, or myocardial infarction within 6 months of screening, or any Class 3 (moderate) or Class 4 (severe) cardiac disease as defined by the New York Heart Association Functional Classification
- Known history of human immunodeficiency virus or active hepatitis C virus or active hepatitis B virus infection or any uncontrolled active systemic infection requiring intravenous antibiotics
- Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding
- Any life-threatening illness, medical condition, or organ system dysfunction which, in the investigator's opinion, could compromise the patient's safety, interfere with the absorption or metabolism of ibrutinib capsules, or put the study outcomes at undue risk

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Study Director: | Janssen Research & Development, LLC Clinical Trial | Janssen Research & Development, LLC |
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Responsible Party: | Janssen Research & Development, LLC |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01855750 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CR102118 PCI-32765DBL3001 ( Other Identifier: Janssen Research & Development, LLC ) U1111-1139-6222 ( Other Identifier: Universal Trial Number ) 2013-000959-40 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | May 16, 2013 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | March 19, 2019 |
Last Update Posted: | April 13, 2020 |
Last Verified: | March 2020 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Lymphoma B-cell lymphoma Non-germinal center B-cell subtype Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor PCI-32765 JNJ-54179060 |
Ibrutinib Rituximab Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin Vincristine Prednisone |
Lymphoma Lymphoma, B-Cell Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Lymphoproliferative Disorders Lymphatic Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders Immune System Diseases Prednisone Cyclophosphamide Rituximab Doxorubicin Vincristine |
Immunosuppressive Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Antirheumatic Agents Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating Alkylating Agents Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents Myeloablative Agonists Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological Antibiotics, Antineoplastic Topoisomerase II Inhibitors Topoisomerase Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Anti-Inflammatory Agents |