A Study of Itacitinib for the Prevention of Cytokine Release Syndrome Induced by Immune Effector Cell Therapy
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04071366 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : August 28, 2019
Last Update Posted : October 26, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Cytokine Release Syndrome | Drug: Itacitinib Drug: Immune effector cell therapy Drug: Placebo Biological: Yescarta | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 108 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | Part 1: Singe Group Assignment Part 2: Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator) |
Masking Description: | Part 1 is not masked (open label). Part 2 is double blinded (participant, investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | A Phase 2 Study of Itacitinib, for the Prevention of Cytokine Release Syndrome Induced by Immune Effector Cell Therapy |
Actual Study Start Date : | February 7, 2020 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | June 15, 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | November 15, 2023 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Part 1: Open Label Itacitinib Once Daily
During Part 1, all participants receive itacitinib 200mg once daily (open label) for 30 days. The study population will include participants receiving any approved IEC for an approved indication.
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Drug: Itacitinib
Part 1: Itacitinib 200 mg once daily for 30 days. Part 2: Itacitinib 200 mg twice daily for 30 days.
Other Name: INCB039110 Drug: Immune effector cell therapy Participants will receive IEC therapy that is approved by the health authority in the country where the study is being conducted for any approved hematologic indication.
Other Name: CAR-T cell therapy |
Experimental: Part 2: Double-Blind Itacitinib Twice Daily
During Part 2, participants will be randomized to receive itacitinib 200mg or placebo twice daily for 30 days. The study population also includes participants who are receiving Yescarta for relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma or follicular lymphoma.
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Drug: Itacitinib
Part 1: Itacitinib 200 mg once daily for 30 days. Part 2: Itacitinib 200 mg twice daily for 30 days.
Other Name: INCB039110 Drug: Placebo Participants will receive placebo twice daily. Biological: Yescarta Eligible participants are receiving Yescarta (An infusion of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-transduced autologous T cells) for relapsed or refractory larbe B-cell lymphoma or follicular lymphoma intravenously.
Other Name: axicabtagene ciloleucel KTE-C19 |
- Proportion of participants who develop ≥ Grade 2 CRS [ Time Frame: Day 14 ]Assessed using American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT) CRS Consensus Grading.
- Proportion of participants with immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS) after IEC therapy [ Time Frame: Day 28 ]Assessed using the ICANS Consensus Grading. Complete response or partial response for ICANS is defined as either complete disappearance or decrease in the grade of severity as measured by ASTCT Consensus Grading for ICANS. The ASTCT grade is from 1 to 5 for ICANS with 1 being mild symptoms and 5 being severe symptoms.
- Duration of ICANS regardless of CRS [ Time Frame: Day 28 ]Assessed using the ICANS Consensus Grading.
- Duration of all grades of CRS [ Time Frame: Day 28 ]Assessed using ASBMT CRS Consensus Grading.
- Proportion of participants with any grade of CRS after IEC therapy [ Time Frame: 48 hours ]Assessed using ASBMT CRS Consensus Grading.
- Proportion of participants with ≥ Grade 2 CRS after first IEC therapy [ Time Frame: Day 28 ]Assessed using ASBMT CRS Consensus Grading.
- Number of treatment-emergent adverse events [ Time Frame: Day -3 through safety follow-up, up to approximately 60 days. ]Defined as adverse events reported for the first time or worsening of a pre-existing event after first dose of itacitinib.
- Number of Particpants with ≥ Grade 3 Cytopenias [ Time Frame: Through end of study, up to 90 days. ]Cytopenia is diagnosed with a blood test called a complete blood count (CBC). A CBC shows white blood cell, red blood cell, and platelet counts.
- Number of hospital admissions for participants with CRS and/or ICANS [ Time Frame: Through end of study, up to 180 days. ]Assessed using ASBMT CRS Consensus Grading.
- Duration of hospital stay for participants with CRS and/or ICANS [ Time Frame: Through end of study, up to 180 days. ]Assessed using ASBMT CRS Consensus Grading.
- Percentage of participants who were treated with tocilizumab for CRS [ Time Frame: 30 days ]Assessed using ASBMT CRS Consensus Grading.
- Percentage of participants requiring >1 dose of dexamethasone (or equivalent) for ICANS. [ Time Frame: 30 days ]Assessed using the ICANS Consensus Grading.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 12 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Part 1: Eligible to receive any IEC therapy for any approved indication.
- Part 2: Eligible to receive Yescarta for relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma or follicular lymphoma.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0 to 1.
- Willingness to avoid pregnancy or fathering children
Exclusion Criteria:
- Evidence of active uncontrolled/untreated infection (viral, bacterial, fungal, opportunistic) of any origin.
- Evidence of active hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus infection.
- Known human immunodeficiency virus.
- Active acute or chronic graft-versus-host disease requiring systemic therapy.
- Concurrent use of chronic systemic steroids or immunosuppressant medications.
- Any unresolved toxicity ≥ Grade 2 (except stable Grade 2 peripheral neuropathy or alopecia) from previous anticancer therapy.
- Known history or prior diagnosis of immunologic or inflammatory/autoimmune disease affecting the central nervous system (CNS) and unrelated to their disease under study or previous treatment.
- Clinically significant or uncontrolled cardiac disease.
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia participants with protocol-defined CNS status are eligible only in the absence of neurologic symptoms suggestive of CNS leukemia.
- Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma participants must have no signs or symptoms of CNS disease or detectable evidence of CNS disease; participants who have been previously treated for CNS disease but have no evidence of disease at screening are eligible.
- Laboratory values at screening outside the protocol-defined ranges.

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04071366
Contact: Incyte Corporation Call Center (US) | 1.855.463.3463 | medinfo@incyte.com |
United States, Florida | |
University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center | Recruiting |
Miami, Florida, United States, 33136 | |
Moffitt Cancer Center | Recruiting |
Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612 | |
United States, Massachusetts | |
Massachusetts General Hospital | Recruiting |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114 | |
United States, Missouri | |
Washington University School of Medicine | Recruiting |
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110 | |
United States, New York | |
Columbia University Medical Center | Recruiting |
New York, New York, United States, 10032 | |
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Recruiting |
New York, New York, United States, 10065 | |
United States, Ohio | |
Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center | Recruiting |
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229 | |
United States, Oregon | |
Oregon Health & Science University | Recruiting |
Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239 | |
United States, Pennsylvania | |
University of Pennsylvania Hospital | Recruiting |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104 | |
United States, Wisconsin | |
Medical College of Wisconsin | Recruiting |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53226 |
Study Director: | Peter Langmuir, MD | Incyte Corporation |
Responsible Party: | Incyte Corporation |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04071366 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
INCB 39110-211 |
First Posted: | August 28, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 26, 2022 |
Last Verified: | October 2022 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Cytokine release syndrome immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome Janus kinase inhibitor immune effector cell therapy |
Syndrome Cytokine Release Syndrome Disease Pathologic Processes |
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Inflammation Shock |