Acalabrutinib for the Treatment of Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04198922 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : December 13, 2019
Last Update Posted : November 28, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Recurrent Moderate-Severe Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm | Drug: Acalabrutinib Other: Questionnaire Administration | Phase 2 |
OUTLINE:
Patients receive acalabrutinib orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-28. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 6 cycles with an option to continue for up to 24 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days and then periodically thereafter.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 50 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Acalabrutinib for Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease |
Actual Study Start Date : | December 12, 2020 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | January 31, 2025 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | January 31, 2027 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Treatment (acalabrutinib)
Patients receive acalabrutinib 100 mg PO BID on days 1-28. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 6 cycles with an option to continue for up to 24 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
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Drug: Acalabrutinib
Given PO
Other Names:
Other: Questionnaire Administration Ancillary studies |
- Best response (complete and partial response [CR + PR]) [ Time Frame: Within the first 6 months of treatment when the best response rate is known for each patient ]The composite outcome of CR and PR, calculated according to the proposed response definitions of the 2014 National Institutes of Health Consensus Conference. Exact 95% confidence intervals (CI) will be calculated for the objective response rate using the Clopper and Pearson method. Will also compare the observed best ORR with the published efficacy of ibrutinib (67%) and provide the 95% CI for the difference.
- Incidence of adverse events (AEs) [ Time Frame: Up to 30 days following the last dose of acalabrutinib ]Defined as grade 3 and above according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0 and all serious AEs (SAEs) described for the population receiving at least one dose of acalabrutinib at least from the time of consent through the safety follow-up period. Any AE/SAE at least possibly related to acalabrutinib therapy will be reported for the duration of the study.
- Duration of response (DOR) [ Time Frame: From the date the PR is documented until loss of the response or start of another systemic immunosuppressive treatment for chronic graft versus host disease (GVHD), whichever occurs first, assessed up to 3 years ]Will be described for the group achieving at least a PR, defined as the number of weeks the subject maintains a PR or CR. Will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Approximate 95% CIs for median DOR will be computed using the formula proposed by Brookmeyer and Crowley.
- Change in patient-reported outcomes: Lee Chronic GVHD Symptom Scale score [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 3 years ]Will be assessed by the Lee Chronic GVHD Symptom Scale score. Scores will be calculated based on published algorithms with absolute changes and clinically meaningful changes described for the population as a whole and based on CR + PR versus stable disease (SD) + mixed response (MR) + progressive disease (PD).
- Change in patient-reported outcomes: Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System-29 [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 3 years ]Will be assessed by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System-29. Scores will be calculated based on published algorithms with absolute changes and clinically meaningful changes described for the population as a whole and based on CR + PR versus stable disease (SD) + mixed response (MR) + progressive disease (PD).
- Failure-free survival [ Time Frame: At 6 months and 1 year ]Will be defined as the duration of relapse-free survival without adding any other systemic treatment for chronic GVHD. Will be estimated with the composite event of death from any cause, relapse and addition of secondary immune suppressive agents using the Kaplan-Meier method. Systemic immune-suppressive agents include orally or intravenously administered systemically active immune-suppressive drugs, as well as procedures including extra-corporeal photopheresis.
- Organ-specific response rates [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]Response rates by organ will also be calculated and reported as ORR (CR+PR) versus all other categories (SD, PD, MR).

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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:
- Moderate-severe chronic GVHD, diagnosed per the 2014 National Institutes of Health (NIH) criteria
- Progression or recurrence of active chronic GVHD signs/symptoms after treatment with steroids
- Presence of at least one of these manifestations: skin erythema, mouth sensitivity or ulcers, nausea, diarrhea or liver dysfunction attributable to chronic GVHD
- Karnofsky performance status >= 70%
- Woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) who are sexually active must use highly effective methods of contraception during treatment and for 2 days after the last dose of acalabrutinib
- Willing and able to participate in all required evaluations and procedures in this study protocol including swallowing capsules without difficulty
- Ability to understand the purpose and risks of the study and provide signed and dated informed consent and authorization to use protected health information
Exclusion Criteria:
- Hospitalization for evaluation or management of an infection within the last 8 weeks
- Change in immunosuppressive regimen within the 2 weeks prior to enrollment
- Noncompliance
- Treatment of chronic GVHD with ibrutinib
- Recurrent or prior malignancy (or any other malignancy that requires active treatment), except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, or other cancer from which the subject has been disease free for >= 2 years
- 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 or 4 cardiac disease as defined by the New York Heart Association functional classification. Subjects with controlled, asymptomatic atrial fibrillation during screening can enroll on study
- Has difficulty with or is unable to swallow oral medication, or has significant gastrointestinal disease that would limit absorption of oral medication
- Known history of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- Uncontrolled, active significant infection (e.g., bacterial, viral, fungal or progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy)
- Known history of drug-specific hypersensitivity or anaphylaxis to study drug (including active product or excipient components)
- Active bleeding, history of bleeding diathesis (e.g., hemophilia or von Willebrand disease)
- Uncontrolled AIHA (autoimmune hemolytic anemia) or ITP (idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura)
- Requires treatment with a strong cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) inhibitor/inducer
- Requires or receiving therapeutic anti-platelet or anticoagulation, including warfarin or equivalent vitamin K antagonist
- Prothrombin time/international normalized ratio (INR) or activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) (in the absence of lupus anticoagulant) > 2 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Requires treatment with proton pump inhibitors (e.g., omeprazole, esomeprazole, lansoprazole, dexlansoprazole, rabeprazole, or pantoprazole). Subjects receiving proton pump inhibitors who switch to H2-receptor antagonists or antacids are eligible for enrollment to this study
- History of significant cerebrovascular disease or event, including stroke or intracranial hemorrhage, within 6 months before the first dose of study drug
- Major surgical procedure within 28 days of first dose of study drug. Note: If a subject had major surgery, they must have recovered adequately from any toxicity and/or complications from the intervention before the first dose of study drug
- Subjects who are hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc) positive and who are surface antigen negative will need to have a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Those who are hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive or hepatitis B PCR positive will be excluded. Subjects who are hepatitis C antibody positive will need to have a negative PCR result. Those who are hepatitis C PCR positive will be excluded
- Child-Pugh score of C for hepatic impairment
- Absolute neutrophil count < 1.0 x 10^9/L or use of myeloid growth factors within the past 2 weeks
- Platelet count < 50 x 10^9/L or platelet transfusion or thrombomimetic agent within the past 2 weeks
- Total bilirubin > 2 mg/dL or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) > 2 x upper limit of normal, unless abnormalities are due to liver GVHD, in which case total bilirubin > 3 mg/dL or ALT 5 x upper limit of normal are exclusions
- Glomerular filtration rate < 50 mL/min/1.73 m^2
- Breastfeeding or pregnant
- Concurrent participation in another clinical trial and receiving a non-Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved medication

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): NCT04198922
Contact: Peter Fatland | 206.667.6830 | chronicGVHDstudies@fredhutch.org |
United States, Florida | |
Moffitt Cancer Center | Recruiting |
Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612 | |
Contact: Joseph Pidala 813-745-2556 joseph.pidala@moffitt.org | |
Principal Investigator: Joseph Pidala, MD, PhD | |
United States, New York | |
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center | Active, not recruiting |
Buffalo, New York, United States, 14203 | |
United States, Ohio | |
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center | Recruiting |
Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210 | |
Contact: Maurice Austin 614-929-9526 Maurice.Austin@osumc.edu | |
Principal Investigator: Hannah K. Choe, MD | |
United States, Tennessee | |
Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Recruiting |
Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37212 | |
Contact: Carrie Kitko 615-936-1762 carrie.l.kitko@vumc.edu | |
Principal Investigator: Carrie Kitko, MD | |
United States, Texas | |
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Recruiting |
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030 | |
Contact: Anna E. Kratz 855-220-4587 aekratz@mdanderson.org | |
Principal Investigator: Rohtesh Mehta, MD, MPH, MS | |
United States, Washington | |
Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium | Recruiting |
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109 | |
Contact: Peter Fatland 206-667-6830 chronicGVHDstudies@fredhutch.org | |
Principal Investigator: Stephanie Lee, MD, MPH |
Principal Investigator: | Stephanie Lee | Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium |
Responsible Party: | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04198922 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
RG1006135 NCI-2019-06980 ( Registry Identifier: NCI / CTRP ) 8801 ( Other Identifier: Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium ) |
First Posted: | December 13, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 28, 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 |
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