RecruitingPhase 1

A Study of Ruxolitinib and Duvelisib in People With Lymphoma

Phase I Multicenter Study of Ruxolitinib and Duvelisib in Relapsed or Refractory T- or NK-Cell Lymphomas

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 study tests the safety and effects of ruxolitinib and duvelisib together. The ruxolitinib dose stays the same, while different duvelisib doses are tested. It is for adults with certain T-cell or NK-cell cancers, mostly those whose cancer came back or did not respond to treatment.

This study will test the safety of ruxolitinib, given at one dose that does not change, and duvelisib, given at different doses, to find out what effects, if any, the study treatment has on people with relapsed or refractory NK-cell or T-cell lymphoma. This study has three parts: dose escalation (Part 1), dose expansion (Part 2), and TFH/T-PLL cohort expansion (Part 3).

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Be age 18 or older.
  • Have a listed type of T-cell or NK-cell cancer confirmed by the study center. Some study groups accept only T-follicular helper (TFH) lymphoma or T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL).
  • Meet the prior treatment rules for your cancer. Most types need at least one past treatment. T-PLL may be untreated. Skin T-cell lymphoma must be stage IB or higher and have returned or worsened after at least two whole-body treatments. Systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma must have returned after brentuximab vedotin.
  • Be able to care for yourself and be out of bed or a chair for at least half of your waking hours.
  • Meet blood cell count, kidney, and liver test limits. Some limits depend on the study group and whether the cancer caused the test changes.
  • Have cancer that can be measured through scans, blood or bone marrow tests, or a skin exam.
  • Be able to swallow pills.
  • If you can become pregnant, have a negative pregnancy test within 14 days before treatment. People who can become pregnant and sexually active men must use birth control during the study and for 3 months after the last dose.

Who can't join

  • Have a serious health condition, abnormal lab result, or mental illness that prevents informed consent. You cannot join if pregnant; if breastfeeding, you must agree to stop while taking study drugs.
  • Had a donor stem cell transplant within 6 months, or have active graft-versus-host disease requiring drugs that weaken the immune system. This is when donor cells attack your body. Other ongoing immune-weakening drugs, including more than 20 mg of prednisone daily or its equal, are also not allowed.
  • Stopped ruxolitinib or duvelisib because of harmful side effects, or had whole-body T-cell cancer treatment within 14 days. Some treatment timing exceptions may be allowed.
  • Have long-term liver disease, a history of blocked small veins in the liver, current alcohol abuse, or surgery or a gut condition that may keep you from absorbing the drugs.
  • Have HIV that does not meet the study's virus-control, immune-cell, and treatment rules; chronic hepatitis B or C; or active CMV infection needing treatment. Some people with signs of past hepatitis B may qualify with extra testing and preventive medicine.
  • Had a live vaccine within 6 weeks or tuberculosis treatment within 2 years. You also cannot join if you cannot or will not take required medicines to prevent certain lung and herpes infections.
  • Use foods or medicines that strongly affect CYP3A, a protein that helps break down drugs. These must be stopped at least 2 weeks before study treatment.
  • Are being treated for another cancer. Some exceptions may be allowed, including certain early skin cancers, more than one lymphoma type, or treatment to prevent another cancer from returning.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: a) Pathologically-confirmed mature T-cell lymphomas at the enrolling institution. Permitted histologies include (for dose escalation and expansion): i) Stage ≥Ib CTCL, which has relapsed or progressed after at least two systemic therapies. In order to ensure balanced enrollment for patients with systemic T-cell lymphoma and CTCL, a maximum of 15 CTCL patients will be enrolled in expansion cohort. ii) Systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma that has relapsed after therapy containing brentuximab vedotin. iii) T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (treatment naïve permitted) For the following histologies, patients are required to have received at least 1 prior therapy (dose escalation and expansion): iv) T-cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia v) Aggressive NK-cell leukemia vi) Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma vii) Extranodal NK/T- cell lymphoma, nasal type viii) Enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma ix) Monomorphic epitheliotropic intestinal t-cell lymphoma x) Hepatosplenic T cell lymphoma xi) Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma xii) Primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma xiii) Primary cutaneous gamma/delta T-cell lymphoma xiv) Primary cutaneous CD8-positive aggressive epidermotropic cytotoxic T-cell lymphoma xv) Peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified xvi) Angioimmunoblastic T cell lymphoma xvii) Follicular T-cell lymphoma xviii) Nodal peripheral T-cell lymphoma wih T follicular helper phenotype b) Nodal periphal T-cell lymphoma wih T follicular helper phenotype Specific for T-PLL and TFH lymphoma expansion: histologies must be pathologically confirmed at the enrolling institutions i) T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (treatment naïve permitted) ii) T-follicular helper lymphomas (must have received at least 1 prior treatment) c) Age ≥18 years at time of enrollment d) Performance status, as assessed in the ECOG grading system, ≤2 e) Laboratory criteria. Laboratory criteria i) For dose escalation phase: 1. Absolute neutrophil count ≥1.0 K/mcL (Note: growth factor is allowed) 2. Platelet count ≥80 K/μl or ≥50 K/μl if due to lymphoma 3. Creatinine ≤1.5 × ULN OR Measured calculated creatinine clearance ≥30 mL/min for participant with creatinine levels \>1.5 × institutional ULN i. Creatinine clearance should be calculated per institutional standard d. Direct bilirubin ≤1.5x upper limit of normal (ULN) or ≤3x ULN if documented hepatic involvement with lymphoma, or ≤5x ULN if history of Gilbert's syndrome; AST and ALT ≤ 3x ULN; or ≤ 5x ULN if due to lymphoma involvement ii) For dose expansion phase and T-PLL/TFH lymphoma expansion: 1. Absolute neutrophil count ≥1.0 K/mcL or ≥0.5 K/mcL if due to lymphoma or ≥0.0 K/mcL if due to T-PLL or large granular lymphocytic leukemia (LGL) (Note: growth factor is allowed). 2. Platelet count ≥80 K/μl or ≥50 K/μl if due to lymphoma 3. c. Creatinine ≤1.5 × ULN OR Measured calculated creatinine clearance ≥30 mL/min for participant with creatinine levels \>1.5 × institutional ULN i. Creatinine clearance should be calculated per institutional standard d. Direct bilirubin ≤1.5x upper limit of normal (ULN) or ≤3x ULN if documented hepatic involvement with lymphoma, or ≤5x ULN if history of Gilbert's syndrome; AST and ALT ≤ 3x ULN; or ≤ 5x ULN if due to lymphoma involvement f) Measurable disease, defined by at least one of the following: * Revised International Working Group Classification for systemic lymphoma19 * Atypical T lymphocytes quantifiable by flow cytometry or morphology in the peripheral blood or bone marrow * mSWAT (Modified Severity Weighted Assessment Tool) \>0 g) Ability to swallow pills h) Women of reproductive potential\* must have a negative serum or urine β human chorionic gonadotropin (βhCG) pregnancy test within 14 days of initiating therapy. All women of reproductive potential and all sexually active male patients must agree to use adequate methods of birth control (e.g. latex condoms) throughout the study and for 3 months after the last dose of study drug. * A woman of reproductive potential is a sexually-mature woman who: has not undergone a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy; or has not been naturally postmenopausal for at least 24 consecutive months (i.e. has had menses at any time in the preceding 24 consecutive months). * The effects of duvelisib on conception, pregnancy, and lactation are unknown. Since duvelisib has not been evaluated in pregnant or nursing women, the treatment of pregnant women or women of childbearing potential who are not using a highly effective contraception is contraindicated. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Any serious medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illness that would prevent the subject from signing the informed consent form. 2. Pregnant women. (Lactating women must agree not to breast feed while taking study medications). 3. Prior allogeneic stem cell transplant within 6 months of starting treatment or patients with active GVHD requiring immunosuppression. a. Prior allogeneic stem cell transplant may be allowed after discussion with MSK PI if no GVHD or immunosuppression is present at time of enrollment... d) Prior use of duvelisib or ruxolitinib if either agent was discontinued due to toxicity. e) Previous systemic anti-cancer therapy for TCL within 14 days of initiating study drug a. Patients who have received localized RT as part of their immediate prior therapy may be allowed to enroll with shorter washout period after discussion with the MSK Principal Investigator. i. Patients receiving treatment with single agent ruxolitinib or duvelisib may be allowed to enroll onto the study without a washout period b. Systemic corticosteroids must be tapered to 20mg/day or less prednisone (or equivalent) upon start of investigational treatment. c. Topical steroids for CTCL is permitted on study. f) Ongoing use of immunosuppressant medications, including corticosteroids greater than 20mg of prednisone or equivalent at the time of enrollment g) History of chronic liver disease, veno-occlusive disease, or current alcohol abuse h) Administration of a live vaccine within 6 weeks of first dose of study drug. i) Prior surgery or gastrointestinal condition that may adversely affect drug absorption (e.g., gastric bypass surgery, gastrectomy) j) Patients with HIV infection if they meet either of the below criteria: i. detectable viral load ii. undetectable viral load with CD4 count \<200 or not taking anti-retroviral medications. k) Patients with chronic hepatitis B or C as defined by positive hepatitis B or C serology: * Subjects with a negative HBsAg and a positive HBcAb require an undetectable/negative hepatitis B DNA test (e.g., polymerase chain reaction \[PCR\] test) to be enrolled, and must receive hepatitis B prophylaxis until at least 6 months after completion of study drug(s). l) Subjects with active CMV (defined as positive CMV PCR with clinical manifestations consistent with active CMV infection) and requiring therapy. Carriers will be monitored per institutional guidelines. m) Unable or unwilling to receive prophylaxis against pneumocystis, herpes simplex virus, or herpes zoster g) Use of medications or consumption of foods that are strong inducers or inhibitors of CYP3A * Such agents must be discontinued at least 2 weeks prior to study intervention * Patients who (after enrollment) require use of a strong CYP3A4 inhibitor to treat a fungal/mold infection will require dose reductions n) Receipt of treatment for tuberculosis within 2 years prior to enrollment o) Receiving therapy for another primary malignancy (other than T-cell lymphoma). * Patients with more than one type of lymphoma may be enrolled after discussion with the MSK Principal Investigator. * Early-stage cutaneous basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas are permissible * Adjuvant or maintenance therapy to reduce the risk of recurrence of other malignancy is potentially permissible after discussion with the MSK Principal Investigator. p) Known central nervous system or meningeal involvement by TCL (in the absence of symptoms, investigation into central nervous system involvement is not required). q) Unstable or severe uncontrolled medical condition (e.g., unstable cardiac function, unstable pulmonary condition) or any important medical illness that would, in the Investigator's judgment, increase the risk to the patient associated with his or her participation in the study.

Study sites (9)

FL

MA

NJ

NY