Duvelisib and Venetoclax in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma (PTCL)
Phase I/II Study of Duvelisib and Venetoclax in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma (PTCL)
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 duvelisib and venetoclax together for peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) that came back or got worse after treatment. Researchers want to learn how safe the drugs are together and how well they treat the cancer. This drug combination is experimental and is not approved by the FDA.
This is an open-label, phase I/II study of duvelisib in combination with Venetoclax for patients with relapsed/refractory NHL. Duvelisib is an FDA approved, marketed product used to treat certain patients with leukemia and lymphoma and Venetoclax, which is approved for treatment of certain patients with acute myeloid leukemia. The combination of these two drugs is experimental. Experimental means that it is not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The researchers want to find out how safe it is to combine these drugs and how well this combination can work for your cancer.
Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.
Eligibility
Who can join
- Have PTCL confirmed by a tissue test. Certain types are not allowed.
- Cancer got worse during treatment or came back after at least two past treatments.
- Can care for yourself and are up and about for at least half of your waking hours.
- Liver and kidney tests meet the study’s limits.
- Have enough neutrophils, white blood cells that fight infection. A lower count may be allowed if cancer is in the bone marrow. Medicines to raise the count are allowed.
- Have a platelet count of at least 50,000, without a transfusion in the past 7 days. Platelets help blood clot.
- Have hemoglobin of at least 8 g/dL without transfusions. Hemoglobin carries oxygen in the blood. Some blood count rules may differ if a biopsy shows major bone marrow involvement.
Who can't join
- Can receive a stem cell transplant; have cutaneous T-cell lymphoma or T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia; or may have cancer in the brain or spinal cord.
- Have taken venetoclax or a PI3K inhibitor before; have another cancer needing treatment other than hormone therapy; or had recent cancer treatment. Timing rules and some exceptions apply.
- Had a donor stem cell transplant within 6 months, or need medicine to prevent or treat donor cells attacking your body. After an older transplant, you must be stable and off immune-suppressing drugs for at least 2 months.
- Have an active infection needing antibiotics that work throughout the body, another uncontrolled infection, or positive HIV or hepatitis B or C tests. Past hepatitis infection also excludes you, but certain test results from vaccination or antibody treatment are allowed.
- Have a history of stroke, bleeding in the brain, or serious bleeding problems; uncontrolled immune attacks on red blood cells or platelets not caused by the cancer; or serious heart disease listed in the study.
- Have active bowel disease, diarrhea needing treatment, trouble absorbing food or swallowing capsules, or removal of the stomach or small bowel.
- Are pregnant or breastfeeding, or take Coumadin to prevent blood clots. Other blood thinners are allowed.
- Use certain medicines or foods that change how the body breaks down the study drugs. Restrictions include certain steroids and medicines, grapefruit, Seville oranges, and star fruit within 7 days before treatment.
Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.
Official eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Phase I: Histologically confirmed relapsed/refractory PTCL, except the following lymphoma subtypes: cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) and T-cell-prolymphocytic leukemia (TPLL). * Phase II: same as phase I * Disease that has progressed during or relapsed after at least two previous therapies. * ECOG performance status ≤ 2 * Adequate hepatic function defined as: o Serum aspartate transaminase (AST) and alanine transaminase (ALT) ≤ 3.0 x upper limit of normal (ULN), bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN (unless bilirubin rise is due to Gilbert's syndrome or of non-hepatic origin * Adequate renal function as defined by: o Creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min; calculated by the Cockcroft Gault formula or measured by 24 hours urine collection * Patients must meet the following hematologic criteria at screening, unless they have significant bone marrow involvement confirmed on biopsy: * Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1500 cells/mm3 (1.5 x 109/L) or ≥ 1000 cells/mm3 (1.5 x 109/L) with bone marrow involvement. Growth factor use is allowed in order to achieve this * Platelet count ≥ 50,000 cells/mm3 (50 x 109/L) independent of transfusion within 7 days of screening * Hemoglobin ≥8 g/dL (without transfusion support.) Exclusion Criteria: * Phase I and Phase II: * Patients eligible for Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) * Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) and T-cell-prolymphocytic leukemia (TPLL) * Suspected and confirmed central nervous system involvement * Previous treatment with venetoclax or a PI3K inhibitor. * Active malignancy other than NHL requiring ongoing therapy, with the exception of hormonal therapy (i.e. castration-sensitive prostate cancer stable on testosterone blockade) * Patients receiving cancer therapy (i.e., chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, biologic therapy, surgery) within 2 weeks of Cycle 1/Day 1 with the following exceptions: * For patients on targeted therapies, a washout of least five half-lives is required * Patients who experience clinical deterioration may start therapy after a shorter washout period with prior approval by the PI * Corticosteroid therapy (prednisone or equivalent \<20 mg daily) is allowed * Patients with multiple basal cell carcinomas that undergo sequential Moh's excisions with interim observation * Allogeneic hematologic stem cell transplant within 6 months of starting study treatment or active graft vs. host disease (GVHD) requiring treatment or prophylaxis o Patients with a history of an allogeneic stem cell transplant \> 6 months prior to starting study treatment should be stable, off of immunosuppression for at least 2 months. * Any active systemic infection requiring systemic antibiotics or other uncontrolled, active infections * Positive Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), or hepatitis B virus (HBV) antibody test o For HCV and HBV, patients with evidence of prior infection also excluded * Evidence of other clinically significant uncontrolled condition(s) including, but not limited to: * Uncontrolled and/or active systemic infection (viral, bacterial or fungal) * Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV) requiring treatment. Note: subjects with serologic evidence of prior vaccination to HBV (i.e. hepatitis B surface (HBs) antigen negative-, anti-HBs antibody positive and anti-hepatitis B core (HBc) antibody negative) or positive anti-HBc antibody from intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) may participate * Uncontrolled, not disease-related autoimmune hemolytic anemia or ITP * History of stroke or intracranial hemorrhage * History of severe bleeding disorder (hemophilia A or B, von Willebrand disease (VWD)), history of spontaneous bleeding requiring blood transfusions or other medical intervention, history of life-threatening hemorrhage within 3 months of first dose. * Currently active gastrointestinal disease, including colitis, inflammatory bowel disease and diarrhea requiring therapy * Currently active, clinically significant cardiovascular disease, such as uncontrolled arrhythmia or Class 3 or 4 congestive heart failure as defined by the New York Heart Association Functional Classification; or a history of myocardial infarction, unstable angina, or acute coronary syndrome within 6 months prior to enrollment * Cardiac history of CHF requiring treatment or Ejection Fraction ≤ 50% or chronic stable angina * Use of Coumadin for anticoagulation (other anticoagulants permitted) * Lactating or pregnant * Unable to swallow capsules or malabsorption syndrome, disease significantly affecting gastrointestinal function, or resection of the stomach or small bowel, symptomatic inflammatory bowel disease or ulcerative colitis, or partial or complete bowel obstruction resulting in malabsorption or chronic diarrhea * Concurrent administration of medications or foods that are strong inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A (see Appendix D) * Treatment with any of the following within 7 days prior to the first dose of study drug: * Steroid therapy for anti-neoplastic intent (defined as prednisone or equivalent \>20 mg daily) * Moderate or strong cytochrome P450 3A (CYP3A) inhibitors (see Appendix D for examples) * Moderate or strong CYP3A inducers (see Appendix D for examples) * Administration or consumption of any of the following within 7 days prior to the first dose of study drug: * Grapefruit or grapefruit products * Seville oranges (including marmalade containing Seville oranges) * Star fruit
Study sites (1)
CA
- David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA 90095-1406Vanessa Crowell · Study contact · 424-440-0843 · vcrowell@mednet.ucla.eduVladimir Bonhomme · Study contact · 310-794-6500 · vbonhomme@mednet.ucla.eduSven de Vos, MD, PhD · Principal investigatorJohn Timmerman, MD · Sub-investigatorMore trials in Los Angeles