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Panobinostat Combined With High-Dose Gemcitabine/Busulfan/Melphalan With Autologous Stem Cell Transplant for Patients With Refractory/Relapsed Myeloma

This study is currently recruiting participants.
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Verified June 2017 by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT02506959
First received: July 22, 2015
Last updated: June 16, 2017
Last verified: June 2017
  Purpose
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if a combination of panobinostat, gemcitabine, busulfan, and melphalan and a stem cell transplant can help to control MM. The safety of this combination will also be studied.

Condition Intervention Phase
Multiple Myeloma Drug: Busulfan Drug: Palifermin Drug: Panobinostat Drug: Gemcitabine Drug: Melphalan Drug: Dexamethasone acetate Drug: Caphosol Drug: Glutamine Drug: Pyridoxine Procedure: Stem Cell Transplant Phase 2

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: No masking
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Panobinostat Combined With High-Dose Gemcitabine/Busulfan/Melphalan With Autologous Stem Cell Transplant for Patients With Refractory/Relapsed Myeloma

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Further study details as provided by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Improvement in Progression-Free Survival (PFS) in Participants with Refractory Multiple Myeloma Receiving First Stem Cell Transplant [ Time Frame: 1 year ]

    The 1-year PFS rate in cohort 1 (refractory, 1st transplant) associated with GemBuMel is 62%. With 40 patients in this cohort, assuming exponentially-distributed PFS times, 1.5 years of accrual followed by 2 years of follow-up, and a one-sided 5% Type I error rate, 40 patients provides more than 80% power to detect an increase in one-year PFS to 75% in this cohort.

    International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) uniform response criteria used.


  • Improvement in Progression-Free Survival (PFS) in Participants with Relapsed Multiple Myeloma Receiving Second Salvage Stem Cell Transplant [ Time Frame: 1 year ]

    In cohort 2 (2nd transplant), the historical 1-year PFS rate is 55%. Under the same assumptions, 40 patients will provide more than 80% power to detect an increase in 1-year PFS to 69%.

    International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) uniform response criteria used.



Estimated Enrollment: 80
Actual Study Start Date: September 2015
Estimated Study Completion Date: September 2018
Estimated Primary Completion Date: September 2018 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Refractory Disease - First Stem Cell Transplant Group
Low test dose Busulfan by vein as an outpatient or inpatient. If outpatient test dose Busulfan by vein before hospital admission, then on Days -8 through -5. If inpatient, test dose Busulfan by vein on Day -10, then on Days -8 through -5. Palifermin by vein on Days -12, through -10 if outpatient, and on Days -14 through -12 if inpatient, and on Day 0, +1 and +2 for both groups. Participants swish liquids Caphosol and Glutamine in their mouth 4 times a day beginning on Day -9. Dexamethasone by vein 2 times a day on Days -9 through Day -2. Panobinostat by mouth 1 time a day on Days -8 through Day -2. Gemcitabine by vein on Day -8 and - 3. Melphalan given by vein on Day-3 and -2. Pyridoxine by vein or mouth three times a day from Day -1. Stem cell transplant procedure on Day 0.
Drug: Busulfan
Busulfan 32 mg/m2 by vein Test Dose before admission if outpatient, and Day -10 if inpatient. Busulfan AUC 4,000 by vein on Days -8 to -5.
Other Names:
  • Busulfex
  • Myleran
Drug: Palifermin
60 microgram/kg by vein on Days -12, -11, -10, 0, +1 and +2, or -14, -13, -12, 0,+1 and +2.
Other Name: Kepivance
Drug: Panobinostat
Panobinostat 20 mg by mouth on Days -9 to -2.
Other Name: LBH589B
Drug: Gemcitabine
Gemcitabine 1,875 mg/m2 by vein on Days -8 and -3.
Other Names:
  • Gemcitabine Hydrochloride
  • Gemzar
Drug: Melphalan
Melphalan 60 mg/m2 by vein on Days -3 and -2.
Other Name: Alkeran
Drug: Dexamethasone acetate
Dexamethasone 8 mg by vein 2 times a day on Days -9 through Day -2.
Other Name: Decadron
Drug: Caphosol
Caphosol oral rinses 30 mL four times a day from day -9 until discharge.
Drug: Glutamine
Glutamine 15 g four times a day, swished, gargled and spit started on day -9 until discharge.
Other Names:
  • Enterex
  • Glutapak-10
  • NutreStore
  • Resource
  • GlutaSolve
  • Sympt-X G.I.
  • Sympt-X
Drug: Pyridoxine
Pyridoxine 100 mg by vein or mouth three times a day from Day -1.
Procedure: Stem Cell Transplant
Stem cell transplant performed on Day 0.
Experimental: Relapsed Disease - Second Salvage Stem Cell Transplant Group
Low test dose Busulfan by vein as an outpatient or inpatient. If outpatient test dose Busulfan by vein before hospital admission, then on Days -8 through -5. If inpatient, test dose Busulfan by vein on Day -10, then on Days -8 through -5. Palifermin by vein on Days -12, through -10 if outpatient, and on Days -14 through -12 if inpatient, and on Day 0, +1 and +2 for both groups. Participants swish liquids Caphosol and Glutamine in their mouth 4 times a day beginning on Day -9. Dexamethasone by vein 2 times a day on Days -9 through Day -2. Panobinostat by mouth 1 time a day on Days -8 through Day -2. Gemcitabine by vein on Day -8 and - 3. Melphalan given by vein on Day-3 and -2. Pyridoxine by vein or mouth three times a day from Day -1. Stem cell transplant procedure on Day 0.
Drug: Busulfan
Busulfan 32 mg/m2 by vein Test Dose before admission if outpatient, and Day -10 if inpatient. Busulfan AUC 4,000 by vein on Days -8 to -5.
Other Names:
  • Busulfex
  • Myleran
Drug: Palifermin
60 microgram/kg by vein on Days -12, -11, -10, 0, +1 and +2, or -14, -13, -12, 0,+1 and +2.
Other Name: Kepivance
Drug: Panobinostat
Panobinostat 20 mg by mouth on Days -9 to -2.
Other Name: LBH589B
Drug: Gemcitabine
Gemcitabine 1,875 mg/m2 by vein on Days -8 and -3.
Other Names:
  • Gemcitabine Hydrochloride
  • Gemzar
Drug: Melphalan
Melphalan 60 mg/m2 by vein on Days -3 and -2.
Other Name: Alkeran
Drug: Dexamethasone acetate
Dexamethasone 8 mg by vein 2 times a day on Days -9 through Day -2.
Other Name: Decadron
Drug: Caphosol
Caphosol oral rinses 30 mL four times a day from day -9 until discharge.
Drug: Glutamine
Glutamine 15 g four times a day, swished, gargled and spit started on day -9 until discharge.
Other Names:
  • Enterex
  • Glutapak-10
  • NutreStore
  • Resource
  • GlutaSolve
  • Sympt-X G.I.
  • Sympt-X
Drug: Pyridoxine
Pyridoxine 100 mg by vein or mouth three times a day from Day -1.
Procedure: Stem Cell Transplant
Stem cell transplant performed on Day 0.

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Detailed Description:

Busulfan Test Dose:

If you agree to take part in this study, you will receive a test dose of busulfan by vein over about 60 minutes. This low-level test dose of busulfan will help the doctor decide what dose of busulfan you will receive during the study. You will most likely receive this in an outpatient clinic during the week before you are in the hospital. If it cannot be given to you as an outpatient, you will be admitted to the hospital on Day -11 (11 days before your stem cells are returned to your body) and the test dose will be given on Day -10. With stem cell transplants, the days before you receive your stem cells are called minus days (Days -11, -10, and so on). The day you receive the stem cells is called Day 0. The days after you receive your stem cells are called plus days (Days +1, +2, and so on).

On the day of your busulfan test dose, blood (about 1 teaspoon each time) will be drawn for pharmacokinetic (PK) testing of busulfan. PK testing measures the amount of study drug in the body at different time points and will help the study doctor decide what your dose of busulfan in this study should be. These blood samples will be drawn before your dose of busulfan and then 10 more times over the next 11 hours.

The PK blood samples will be repeated again on the first day of high-dose busulfan treatment (Day -8). A temporary heparin lock line will be placed in your vein to lower the number of needle sticks needed for these draws. If it is not possible for the PK tests to be performed for technical or scheduling reasons, you will receive the standard fixed dose of busulfan.

If you receive the busulfan test dose as an outpatient:

On Days -12, -11, and -10, you will receive palifermin by vein over about 30 seconds each day to help decrease the risk of side effects in the mouth and throat.

You will be admitted to the hospital on Day -9.

If you receive the busulfan test dose as an inpatient:

On Days -14, -13, and -12 (the 3 days before you are admitted into the hospital), you will receive palifermin by vein over about 30 seconds each day to help decrease the risk of side effects in the mouth and throat.

You will be admitted to the hospital on Day -11.

Study Drug Administration:

Beginning on Day -9, you will swish the liquids caphosol and glutamine in your mouth 4 times a day, for about 2 minutes each time. You will swish these liquids every day until you leave the hospital. These drugs are used to help decrease the risk of side effects in the mouth and throat.

On Day -9 through Day -2, you will receive dexamethasone 2 times a day by vein over about 10 minutes, and you will take panobinostat by mouth 1 time a day.

On Day -8 you will receive gemcitabine by vein over about 4 hours.

On Days -8, -7, -6, and -5, you will receive busulfan by vein over about 3 hours a day.

On Day -3, you will receive gemcitabine by vein over about 4 hours and melphalan by vein over 30 minutes.

On Day -2, you will receive melphalan by vein over about 30 minutes.

On Day -1, you will rest.

On Day 0, you will receive your stem cells by vein over about 30-60 minutes.

On Days 0, +1, and +2, you will receive 3 more doses of palifermin by vein over about 15-30 seconds.

You will also be given standard drugs to help decrease the risk of side effects. You may ask the study staff for information about how the drugs are given and their risks.

As part of standard care, you will remain in the hospital for about 3-4 weeks after the transplant. After that, you will need to stay in the Houston area, so that you can continue as an outpatient and be checked for infections and side effects.

Study Tests:

Before you start study treatment, you may have a bone marrow biopsy and aspiration to check the status of the disease. To collect a bone marrow biopsy and aspirate, an area of the hip or other site is numbed with anesthetic, and a small amount of bone and bone marrow is withdrawn through a large needle.

Length of Treatment:

The study treatment period is between Day -12 and Day +2, with follow-up described below. You may be taken off study early if the disease gets worse, if intolerable side effects occur, or if you are unable to follow study directions.

If for any reason you want to leave the study early, you must talk to the study doctor. It may be life-threatening to leave the study after you have started to receive the study drugs but before you receive the stem cell transplant. This is because your blood cell counts will be dangerously low.

Follow-Up:

About 1 month, 100 days, 6 months, 1 year, and then about every 3-6 months for at least 2 years after the transplant for as long as the doctor thinks it is needed:

  • You will have a physical exam.
  • Blood (about 4 tablespoons) will be drawn for routine tests, to learn how the body has accepted the transplanted cells, and to check the status of the disease.

About 100 days after the transplant, you will have a bone marrow biopsy and aspiration to check the status of the disease. This will be repeated 1 time a year or earlier, if your doctor thinks it is needed.

One (1) time a year, you will have x-rays of all the bones in your body to check the status of the disease.

The study staff will also stay in contact with your local doctor to find out if the disease comes back and to check how you are doing.

This is an investigational study. Panobinostat and melphalan are FDA approved for the treatment of MM. Busulfan is FDA approved for the treatment of leukemia. Gemcitabine is FDA approved for the treatment of lymphoma, breast cancer, and lung cancer. The use of these study drugs in combination is investigational. The study doctor can explain how the study drugs are designed to work.

Up to 80 participants will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at MD Anderson.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years to 65 Years   (Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Age 18 to 65 years.
  2. Refractory or relapsed myeloma, defined as one or more of the following: 2.1. Treated with first-line therapy including at least 2 cycles of lenalidomide, bortezomib or thalidomide, and one or more of the following: 2.1.1. Less than PR to first-line therapy. 2.1.2. Relapse after 1st line therapy. 2.2. High-risk cytogenetics, defined by del(13q) by conventional cytogenetics, or by del(17p), t(4;14), t(14;16), t(14;20) or 1q+ by FISH. 2.3. Relapse after a prior ASCT. 2.4. Plasma cell leukemia. 2.5. Soft tissue plasmacytoma.
  3. Adequate renal function, as defined by serum creatinine </=1.8 mg/dL and/or estimated serum creatinine clearance >/=50 ml/min.
  4. Adequate hepatic function, as defined by SGOT and/or SGPT </=3 x upper limit of normal; serum bilirubin and alkaline phosphatase </=2 x upper limit of normal, unless proven to be due to disease involvement.
  5. Adequate pulmonary function with FEV1, FVC and DLCO >/=50% of expected corrected for hemoglobin and/or volume.
  6. Adequate cardiac function with left ventricular ejection fraction >/=40%. No uncontrolled arrhythmias or symptomatic cardiac disease.
  7. Clinically euthyroid. Note: Patients are permitted to receive thyroid hormone supplements to treat underlying hypothyroidism.
  8. Zubrod performance status < 2.
  9. Negative Beta-HCG test in a woman of child-bearing potential, defined as not post-menopausal for 12 months or no previous surgical sterilization.
  10. Availability of >/= 2.5 million CD34+ cells/kg previously apheresed.
  11. Ability to provide written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Prior whole brain irradiation.
  2. Having received radiation therapy to head and neck (excluding eyes), and internal organs of chest, abdomen or pelvis in the month prior to enrollment.
  3. Active hepatitis B, either active carrier (HBsAg +) or viremic (HBV DNA >/=10,000 copies/mL, or >/= 2,000 IU/mL).
  4. Evidence of either cirrhosis or stage 3-4 liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C or positive hepatitis C serology.
  5. Active infection requiring parenteral antibiotics.
  6. Known positivity for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
  7. Autologous stem-cell transplant in the previous six months.
  8. Needing valproic acid for any medical condition during the study or within 5 days prior to first panobinostat treatment.
  9. Impairment of GI function or GI disease that may significantly alter the absorption of panobinostat.
  10. Other concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled medical conditions (e.g., uncontrolled diabetes or active or uncontrolled infection) including abnormal laboratory values, that could cause unacceptable safety risks or compromise compliance with the protocol.
  11. Impaired cardiac function or clinically significant cardiac diseases, including any one of the following: 11.1. History or presence of sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmia. (Patients with a history of atrial arrhythmia are eligible but should be discussed with Novartis prior to enrollment). 11.2 Any history of ventricular fibrillation or torsade de pointes. 11.3. Bradycardia defined as HR< 50 bpm. Patients with pacemakers are eligible if HR >/= 50 bpm. 11.4. Screening ECG with a QTc > 470 msec. 11.5. Right bundle branch block + left anterior hemiblock (bifascicular block). 11.6. Myocardial infarction or unstable angina </= 12 months prior to starting study drug. 11.7. Other clinically significant heart disease (e.g., CHF NY Heart Association class III or IV , uncontrolled hypertension, history of labile hypertension, or history of poor compliance with an antihypertensive regimen).
  12. Have undergone major surgery </= 4 weeks prior to starting study drug or who have not recovered from side effects of such therapy.
  13. Prior malignancy with in the last 5 years (except for basal or squamous cell carcinoma, or in situ cancer of the cervix).
  14. Any significant history of non-compliance to medical regimens or unwilling or unable to comply with the instructions given to him/her by the study staff.
  15. Received targeted agents within 2 weeks or within 5 half-lives of the agent and active metabolites (whichever is longer) and who have not recovered from side effects of those therapies.
  16. Having received immunotherapy or chemotherapy within 2 weeks; or radiation therapy to > 30% of marrow-bearing bone within </= 2 weeks prior to starting study treatment; or who have not yet recovered from side effects of such therapies.
  17. Grade >/= 3 nonhematological toxicity from prior therapy that has not resolved to </= grade 1.
  Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02506959

Contacts
Contact: Yago Nieto, MD, PHD 713-792-8750

Locations
United States, Texas
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Recruiting
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
Sponsors and Collaborators
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Yago Nieto, MD, PHD M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
  More Information

Additional Information:
Responsible Party: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02506959     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 2014-0516
NCI-2015-01308 ( Registry Identifier: NCI CTRP )
Study First Received: July 22, 2015
Last Updated: June 16, 2017

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: Yes
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No

Keywords provided by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center:
Multiple myeloma (MM)
MM
Refractory
Relapsed
Stem Cell Transplant
Busulfan
Busulfex
Myleran
Palifermin
Kepivance
Panobinostat
LBH589B
Gemcitabine
Gemcitabine Hydrochloride
Gemzar
Melphalan
Alkeran
Dexamethasone
Decadron
Pyridoxine
Caphosol
Glutamine
Enterex
Glutapak
NutreStore
Resource
GlutaSolve
Sympt-X

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Multiple Myeloma
Neoplasms, Plasma Cell
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms
Hemostatic Disorders
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Paraproteinemias
Blood Protein Disorders
Hematologic Diseases
Hemorrhagic Disorders
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Gemcitabine
BB 1101
Panobinostat
Melphalan
Busulfan
Dexamethasone
Dexamethasone acetate
Dexamethasone 21-phosphate
Pyridoxine
Pyridoxal
Vitamin B 6
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Antimetabolites
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Antiviral Agents

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on July 14, 2017