E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
Cancer transformation of white bloodcells accumulating over time |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Blood and lymphatic diseases [C15] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | Yes |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
This objective of this study is to determine the efficacy and safety of alemtuzumab-ofatumumab combination treatment in previously untreated CLL.
The primary endpoint will be response rates (including complete remission [CR], partial remission [PR], stable disease [SD], progressive disease [PD], and minimal residual disease [MRD] assessment) as defined by the iwCLL2008 criteria.
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
The secondary endpoints will include the following:
- Progression-free survival (PFS), therapy-free survival (TFS), and overall survival (OS)
- Treatment toxicity
- Correlation of pretreatment clinical and biologic characteristics with clinical outcomes
- Efficacy as compared with results from the historical control of the NU 04H6 alemtuzumab-rituximab study
- Banking of peripheral blood and bone marrow samples for potential future correlative studies (see Section 12.0); submission of samples for banking purposes will be mandatory for participants on this trial.
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
- Patients must be age > 18 years.
- Patients must be ECOG performance status 0-2.
- Patients must have a confirmed diagnosis of CLL as defined by the iwCLL2008 criteria below:
*Presence of at least 5x109 B lymphocytes/L (5000/µL) in the peripheral blood
*Morphologically, the lymphocytes must appear of small to moderate size with <55% prolymphocytes, atypical lymphocytes or lymphoblasts
*The clonality and immunophenotype of the circulating B-lymphocytes must be confirmed by flow cytometry to express CD5, CD23, CD19, CD20, CD52 and either kappa or lambda light chain
- Patients must have symptomatic disease requiring therapy. Indications for therapy are defined by the iwCLL2008 criteria as follows (one or more are sufficient):
*Clinical manifestations (if believed by the investigator to be caused by CLL):
a) Unintentional weight loss > 10% within the previous 6 months.
b) Significant fatigue.
c) Fevers of greater than 100.5°F (38°C) for 2 weeks without evidence of infection.
d) Night sweats without evidence of infection.
*Evidence of progressive marrow failure as manifested by the development or worsening of anemia (< 11 g/dl), thrombocytopenia (< 100,000/mm³) or neutropenia (<1,500/mm3).
*Massive (i.e. > 6 cm below left costal margin) or progressive splenomegaly.
*Massive nodes/clusters (> 5 cm) or progressive symptomatic adenopathy
*Progressive lymphocytosis with an increase of > 50% over 2 month period, or an anticipated doubling time of less than 6 months.
*NOTE: Marked hypogammaglobulinemia or the development of a monoclonal protein in the absence of any of the above criteria for active disease is not sufficient for protocol therapy.
- Patients must have evidence of adequate bone marrow reserve as shown by ANC of at least 1,000/mm3 and platelet count of at least 50,000/mm3. However, if the cytopenias are due to extensive bone marrow involvement by CLL, patients may be included in the study.
- Serum creatinine must be less than 2.0 mg/dl obtained within 2 weeks prior to study enrollment. If serum creatinine is greater than 1.5 mg/dl, the creatinine clearance calculated from a 24 hour urine collection must be greater than 40 ml/min.
- Total bilirubin must be less than 2 mg/dl (unless due to CLL involvement of liver or a known history of Gilbert’s disease); AST, ALT and alkaline phosphatase must be no more than 2.5 times upper limit of normal unless due to disease involvement of the liver.
- All patients must have given a signed, informed consent prior to enrollment on study.
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
- Prior cytotoxic therapies are NOT allowed. The only exception is prior corticosteroid therapy (prednisone up to 1 mg/kg for ≤ 3 months) which must be stopped at least 1 week prior to study enrollment.
- Patients with active autoimmune anemia or autoimmune thrombocytopenia are NOT eligible.
- Patients who have current active hepatic or biliary disease (with the exception of patients with Gilbert's syndrome, asymptomatic gallstones, liver involvement by CLL, or stable chronic liver disease per investigator assessment) are NOT eligible.
- Patients with active chronic or current infections requiring oral or intravenous antibiotics are NOT eligible for enrollment to the study until resolution of the infection and completion of therapeutic antibiotics.
- Patients with a past or current second malignancy are NOT eligible aside from the following exceptions:
*Patients who have been free of malignancy for at least 5 years
*Patients who have a history of completely resected basal or squamous cell skin cancer, successfully treated in situ carcinoma of the breast or cervix, or pre-cancerous lesions of the colon.
- Patients with known HIV are NOT eligible for the study
- Patients with history of significant cerebrovascular disease in the past 6 months or ongoing event with active symptoms or sequelae are NOT eligible for the study.
- Patients with clinically significant cardiac disease including unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction within six months prior to enrollment, congestive heart failure (NYHA III-IV), and arrhythmia unless controlled by therapy (with the exception of extra systoles or minor conduction abnormalities), are NOT eligible.
- Patients with significant concurrent, uncontrolled medical condition including, but not limited to, cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, gastrointestinal, endocrine, pulmonary, neurological, cerebral or psychiatric disease which in the opinion of the investigator may represent a risk for the patient, are NOT eligible.
- Patients with positive serology for Hepatitis B (HB), defined as a positive test for HBsAg, are NOT eligible. If negative for HBsAg but HBcAb positive a HB DNA test will be performed; if HB DNA test is positive the patient is NOT eligible. NOTE: Patients who are positive for HBcAb but negative for HBV antigenemia and viremia (HBsAg negative and HB DNA test negative) may be eligible for the study, but must be started on HBV suppression therapy with lamivudine or equivalent anti-HBV agents throughout the treatment and for a year after the completion of the treatments. These patients need to have LFTs and HBV viral titer monitoring at least monthly during the treatment and for a year after treatment completion.
- Patients with positive serology for hepatitis C are NOT eligible
- Women of childbearing potential and sexually active males must commit to the use of adequate contraception from the study start to one year after the last dose of study treatment.
*Childbearing potential is defined as any woman (regardless of sexual orientation, having undergone a tubal ligation, or remaining celibate by choice) who meets the following criteria:
a. Has not undergone a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy; or
b. Has not been naturally postmenopausal for at least 12 consecutive months (i.e., has had menses at any time in the preceding 12 consecutive months).
*Adequate contraception is defined as hormonal birth control, intrauterine device, barrier method or total abstinence. Patients who are unable or unwilling to use adequate contraception are NOT eligible.
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
The primary endpoint will be response rates (including complete remission [CR], partial remission [PR], stable disease [SD], progressive disease [PD], and minimal residual disease [MRD] assessment) as defined by the iwCLL2008 criteria. |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | No |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | Yes |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | No |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | No |
E.8.1.2 | Open | Yes |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
| Yes |
E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | No |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 1 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.5.1 | Number of sites anticipated in the EEA | 1 |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 5 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 5 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |