Venetoclax, SL-401, and Chemotherapy for the Treatment of Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm
Phase 2 Clinical Trial for Comprehensive Treatment Program for Patients With Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm (BPDCN): Tagraxofusp (SL-401) in Combination With HCVAD/Mini-CVD and VENETOCLAX
Who can join
As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.
- Age
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Compensation
- Not stated
Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.
What to expect
No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.
What participation involves
Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.
- Compensation
- Not stated
- Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
- Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
- Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
- Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.
About this study
In plain language
This phase 2 study tests venetoclax, SL-401, and chemotherapy together to treat blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN), a type of cancer. It is for adults with BPDCN who have not been treated, whose cancer came back, or whose treatment did not work.
This phase II trial studies how well venetoclax, SL-401, and chemotherapy works in treating patients with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm. Venetoclax may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. SL-401 is a recombinant protein consisting of IL-3 linked to a toxic agent called DT. IL-3 attaches to IL-3 receptors on tumor cells in a targeted way and delivers DT to kill them. Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving venetoclax and SL-401 with chemotherapy may be an effective treatment for patients with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm.
Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.
Eligibility
Who can join
- You must be at least 18 years old and have BPDCN confirmed by a tissue test.
- You may have untreated BPDCN or cancer that came back or did not respond to treatment. Some treatment before joining is allowed, including one cycle of BPDCN treatment for newly treated patients.
- You must be able to care for yourself and be out of bed or a chair for at least half of your waking hours.
- Blood tests must show that your kidneys and liver work well enough and that your albumin, a blood protein, meets the study's required level.
- A heart scan within 30 days before treatment must show normal pumping strength.
- You must understand the study, sign a consent form, and follow the visit and follow-up schedule.
- If you can become pregnant, or are a man in the study, you must agree to use birth control during the study and for 2 months after finishing venetoclax.
- Men must not donate sperm during the study or for at least 8 weeks after their last SL-401 dose.
Who can't join
- You are pregnant or breastfeeding.
- You have a known active hepatitis B or C infection, or have tested positive for HIV.
- You had major surgery or radiation treatment within 14 days before the first study dose.
- You have cancer in the lining around the brain or spinal cord that causes symptoms or has not been treated, or pressure on the spinal cord.
- You have severe active heart disease, or had unstable chest pain, a stroke, or a heart attack within the past 6 months.
- You have a condition that keeps your body from absorbing medicine or prevents medicine from being given through your digestive tract.
- You have another serious physical or mental health condition, or an abnormal lab result, that the study doctor thinks could make the study unsafe or affect its results.
Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.
Official eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Treatment naïve or relapsed refractory patients with histologically confirmed diagnosis of blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) per 2016 WHO criteria 2. Front line participants may have received emergent chemotherapy prior to study enrollment: 1. One prior cycle of SL-401, or other BPDCN-directed therapy, will be allowed prior to entering the study. 2. Prior or concomitant doses of ARA-C (cytarabine) or Hydroxyurea are allowed on before or during the study for proliferative disease due to BPDCN. 3. Relapsed/refractory participants may have received at least one prior cycle of therapy. 4. Age ≥ 18 years 5. ECOG performance status 0, 1, or 2 (see APPENDIX B) 6. Adequate organ function as defined by: * Albumin ≥ 3.2 g/dL (in the absence of receipt of intravenous albumin in the previous 72 hours) * Serum creatinine \< 1.5x ULN * Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \< 2.5x ULN * Total bilirubin \< 1.5x ULN (if total bilirubin is \> 1.5x but \< 3x ULN, and thought to be elevated due to Gilbert's disease or the patient's BPDCN, the subject may be eligible but must discuss with the PI) 7. Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. 8. Able to adhere to study visit schedule and other protocol requirements including follow-up for survival assessment 9. Women of child-bearing potential and men enrolled on this protocol must agree to use adequate contraception for the duration of study participation and for 2 months after completion VEN administration. Acceptable birth control methods allowed to be used while on study include: * Birth control pills or injections * Intrauterine devices (IUDs) * Double-barrier methods for example condom in combination with spermicide. Males should not donate sperm while on study and for at least 8 weeks after the last dose of SL-401. 10. Left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ institutional lower limit of normal by MUGA scan or echocardiogram within 30 days of first protocol treatment. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Participants is pregnant or breastfeeding 2. Known active hepatitis B or C infection, or known seropositivity for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 3. Major surgery or radiation therapy within 14 days prior to the first study dose 4. Symptomatic or untreated leptomeningeal disease or spinal cord compression 5. Participants with active heart disease (New York Heart Association (NYHA) class 3-4 as assessed by history and physical examination, unstable angina/stroke/myocardial infarction within the last 6 months) 6. Malabsorption syndrome or other conditions that preclude enteral route of administration 7. Other severe acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition or laboratory abnormality that in the opinion of the investigator may increase the risk associated with study participation or investigational product administration or may interfere with the interpretation of study results and/or would make the participants inappropriate for enrollment into this study
Study sites (1)
TX
- M D Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX 77030Naveen Pemmaraju · Study contact · 713-792-4956 · npemmaraju@mdanderson.orgNaveen Pemmaraju · Principal investigatorMore trials in Houston