Recombinant Erwinia Asparaginase and Venetoclax in Combination With Blinatumomab for the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory CD19 Positive B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
A Phase 1/1b Study Evaluating Asparaginase Erwinia Chrysanthemi- Recombinant-Rywn (Recombinant Erwinia Asparaginase) and Venetoclax in Combination With Blinatumomab in Adults With Relapsed or Refractory B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Who can join
As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.
- Age
- 12 Years to 55 Years
- 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
- Procedures mentioned: Biopsies, Blood draws, Spinal tap (lumbar puncture)
Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.
Show the study's own words
- "Explore role of somatic mutations in pretreatment bone marrow biopsy to predict response to blinatumomab with recombinant Erwinia asparaginase and venetoclax."
- "Additionally, patients undergo echocardiography (ECHO) and multigated acquisition scan (MUGA) at screening and bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, blood sample collection, and lumbar puncture throughout the study."
- 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 recombinant Erwinia asparaginase and venetoclax with blinatumomab for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a blood cancer. It checks the safety, side effects, and how well the drugs work together. It is for people ages 12–55 whose cancer has the CD19 protein and has come back or has not responded to treatment.
This phase I/Ib trial tests the safety and side effects of asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi-recombinant-rywn (recombinant Erwinia asparaginase) and venetoclax in combination with blinatumomab and how well the combination works in treating patients with CD19 positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) that has come back after a period of improvement (relapsed) or that has not responded to previous treatment (refractory). Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi, a type of protein synthesis inhibitor, is a drug that is made up of the enzyme asparaginase, which comes from the bacterium Erwinia chrysanthemi. It is used in people who cannot take asparaginase that comes from the bacterium E. coli. Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi breaks down the amino acid asparagine and may stop the growth of cancer cells that need asparagine to grow. It may also kill cancer cells. Venetoclax is in a class of medications called B-cell lymphoma-2 (BCL-2) inhibitors. It may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking Bcl-2, a protein needed for cancer cell survival. Blinatumomab is a drug used to treat certain types of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia that are CD19 positive (expresses the protein CD19). Blinatumomab binds to CD19, which is found on most B cells (a type of white blood cell) and some types of leukemia cells. It also binds to a protein called CD3, which is found on T cells (another type of white blood cell). This may help the immune system kill cancer cells. Blinatumomab is a type of bispecific T-cell engager. Giving asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi and venetoclax in combination with blinatumomab may be safe, tolerable, and/or effective in treating patients with relapsed or refractory ALL.
Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.
Eligibility
Who can join
- You or your legal representative must give written consent.
- You must be 12–55 years old.
- You must have B-cell ALL with the CD19 protein that has come back or has not responded to treatment. At least 5% of your bone marrow cells must be immature leukemia cells.
- You must be able to care for yourself and be up and about for much of the day, based on a study activity score.
- Your white blood cell count must be below the study limit before starting venetoclax. You may need medicine to lower it.
- Your liver, kidney, and blood-clotting tests must meet study limits.
- Your heart must pump out at least 50% of the blood in its main pumping chamber with each beat.
- If you can become pregnant, you must have a negative pregnancy test. People who can have children must use effective birth control or avoid sex that could cause pregnancy during treatment and for at least 3 months after the last dose.
Who can't join
- A donor stem cell transplant within 8 weeks, or use of drugs that suppress the immune system within 2 weeks after a transplant. Active graft-versus-host disease, when donor cells attack your body, needing these drugs also rules you out.
- Chemotherapy within 2 weeks, with some exceptions, or immune-based cancer treatment within 4 weeks. Earlier failed CD19-targeted treatment is allowed if it ended more than 4 weeks ago and the cancer still has CD19.
- Certain medicines within 7 days, or foods and supplements such as grapefruit and St. John's wort within 3 days or during treatment. Live vaccines are not allowed during treatment or in the 2 weeks before or after it.
- Active leukemia in the brain or spinal cord. If leukemia cells are in your spinal fluid, treatment must clear them before you join.
- Past severe swelling of the pancreas, a blood clot in the brain, repeated blood clots, or a severe blood clot in the lungs. Clots linked to a catheter are an exception.
- Allergy to blinatumomab, recombinant Erwinia asparaginase, or their ingredients; an uncontrolled infection or serious illness; liver scarring; or a history of alcohol overuse that the study doctor finds relevant.
- Another active cancer, with some exceptions for certain skin cancers and early-stage conditions, or being pregnant or breastfeeding.
- Any other condition the study doctor thinks makes joining unsafe, or being unable to follow study procedures.
Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.
Official eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Documented informed consent of the participant and/or legally authorized representative * Age between 12 and 55 * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) ≤ 2 or Karnofsky performance status (KPS) ≥ 70 * Patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) CD19 positive (+) B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) according to World Health Organization (WHO) criteria * Greater than or equal to 5% blasts in the bone marrow * White blood cell count less than 25 x 10\^9/L prior to initiation of venetoclax. (within 14 days prior to day 1 of protocol therapy) Cytoreduction with hydroxyurea, steroid or a single dose of cyclophosphamide chemotherapy prior to treatment may be required * Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (within 14 days prior to day 1 of protocol therapy) (unless has Gilbert's disease or underlying leukemia, ≤ 3 x ULN) * Prothrombin time (PT) ≤ 1.5 ULN (within 14 days prior to day 1 of protocol therapy) * Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) ≤ 1.5 ULN (within 14 days prior to day 1 of protocol therapy) * Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 x ULN (within 14 days prior to day 1 of protocol therapy) (Unless it is related to underlying leukemia, then AST ≤ 5 x ULN) * Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 x ULN (within 14 days prior to day 1 of protocol therapy) (Unless it is related to underlying leukemia, then ALT ≤ 5 x ULN) * Creatinine clearance of ≥ 60 mL/min per 24 hour urine test or the Cockcroft-Gault formula (within 14 days prior to day 1 of protocol therapy) * Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ 50% (within 14 days prior to day 1 of protocol therapy) * Note: Echocardiogram to be performed within 42 days prior to day 1 of protocol therapy * Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP): Negative urine or serum pregnancy test (within 14 days prior to day 1 of protocol therapy) * If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required * Agreement by females and males of childbearing potential to use an effective method of birth control or abstain from heterosexual activity for the course of the study through at least 3 months after the last dose of protocol therapy * Childbearing potential defined as not being surgically sterilized (men and women) or have not been free from menses for \> 1 year (women only). Exclusion Criteria: * Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) within 8 weeks prior to the start of protocol-specific therapy. Subjects must be off all immunosuppression for ≥ 2 weeks * Cancer chemotherapy within 2 weeks before the start of protocol-specified therapy with the exception of: intrathecal chemotherapy and/or low-dose maintenance therapy (e.g. vina alkaloids, mercaptopurine, methotrexate, or hydroxyurea etc) * Strong and moderate CYP3A4 inducers and strong CYP3A inhibitors within 7 days prior to day 1 of protocol therapy * Foods/supplements that are strong inhibitors or strong or moderate inducers of CYP3A (such as grapefruit, Seville oranges, starfruit and St. John's wort) within 3 days prior to initiation of and during study treatment * Immunotherapy (e.g. rituximab) within 4 weeks before the start of protocol-specified therapy. Prior failed CD19-directed therapy such as prior blinatumomab or CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells will be allowed if treatment ended \> 4 weeks prior to start of protocol-specific therapy and there is demonstrated continued CD19+ expression * Must not have received or planning to receive live vaccine while being on study or 2 weeks before and after completion of treatment * Patients with any prior intolerance leading to discontinuation of pegylated (PEG)-asparaginase due to grade 3 or more pancreatitis or central nervous system thrombosis requiring anticoagulant treatment attributed to the PEG-asparaginase * Active ALL in the central nervous system (CNS): Presence of \> 5 white blood cells (WBC) per cubic millimeter in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) with lymphoblasts present (confirmed by CSF analysis) and/or clinical signs of CNS leukemia. If CSF leukemia is present, subjects will need to receive intrathecal chemotherapy and have documented negative CSF prior to enrollment * Active acute or chronic graft versus host disease requiring systemic treatment with immunosuppressive medication * History of intracranial thrombosis or history of recurrent thrombosis or grade 3 and greater pulmonary embolism (except for catheter-related thrombosis) * Participants with history of grade ≥ 3 pancreatitis * History of alcohol overuse if deemed relevant in investigator's opinion * Known hypersensitivity to blinatumomab/ recombinant Erwinia asparaginase or to any component of the product formulation, otherwise prior treatment with single agent blinatumomab is allowed * Uncontrolled active infection * Clinically significant uncontrolled illness or cirrhosis * Other active malignancy (except superficial skin cancers squamous cell carcinoma \[SCC\]/basal cell carcinoma \[BCC\], early-stage malignancies ductal carcinoma in-situ \[DCIS\] status post \[s/p\] excision or elevated prostate specific antigen \[PSA\]) * Females only: Pregnant or breastfeeding * Any other condition that would, in the investigator's judgment, contraindicate the patient's participation in the clinical study due to safety concerns with clinical study procedures * Prospective participants who, in the opinion of the investigator, may not be able to comply with all study procedures (including compliance issues related to feasibility/logistics)
Study sites (1)
CA
- City of Hope Medical Center · Duarte, CA 91010Amandeep Salhotra · Study contact · 626-218-2405 · isalhotra@coh.orgAmandeep Salhotra · Principal investigatorMore trials in Duarte