Study of MK 2206 in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma

NCT ID: NCT01466868

Last Updated: 2014-07-10

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

22 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-11-30

Study Completion Date

2014-06-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the antitumor efficacy and the safety of MK 2206 in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B cell lymphoma.

Detailed Description

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Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most frequent subtype of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) around the world, in all age groups.

DLBCL is a curable disease and combination of monoclonal antibody against CD20 (rituximab) with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisolone (CHOP) regimen have improved the prognosis of patients with a 20% increase of the cure rate. For the remaining patients who are not in complete response and/or who relapse after first line therapy, the possibility of cure is dramatically reduced.

As PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway regulates the expression of cyclin D1, c-Myc and Stat3 proteins, which are involved in the pathogenesis of DLBCL HL), this signalling axis is an emerging therapeutic target for treatment of DLBCL.

One study has shown that the level of p-Akt is an adverse prognostic feature in DLBCL and is found in 52% of tumors samples from DLBCL patients.

Given the fact that AKT is overactivated in about to 52% of DLBCL and is considered as a poor prognosis factor, we postulate that targeting AKT in DLBCL may be an interesting therapeutic strategy.

MK-2206 is an orally selective allosteric inhibitor of AKT developed by MERCK currently highlighted as a promising therapeutic option for cancer patients and under clinical development in several Phase 1 trials.

Therefore, we propose to conduct a Phase II study using a two-stage Simon's design with objective response rate (ORR) as the primary endpoint.

Conditions

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Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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MK2206

Treatment is started the day after registration (day 1)until progression according to Cheson international response criteria or documented toxicity.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

MK2206

Intervention Type DRUG

Treatment will be administered orally once weekly, 2 hours before or after a meal, at day 1, 8, 15, 22 over a 28 day cycle period.

The starting dose level is 200 mg. 2 dose reduction are allowed (135 mg and 90 mg)in case of documented toxicity according to the specific algorithms.

Interventions

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MK2206

Treatment will be administered orally once weekly, 2 hours before or after a meal, at day 1, 8, 15, 22 over a 28 day cycle period.

The starting dose level is 200 mg. 2 dose reduction are allowed (135 mg and 90 mg)in case of documented toxicity according to the specific algorithms.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients with histologically confirmed diffuse large B-Cell lymphomas.
* Patients must have measurable disease.
* Subjects must have received at least two prior treatment lines.There is no maximal limit on the number of prior therapies

* Prior treatment must include CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisolone) -like chemotherapy in combination with rituximab. Rituximab used alone is not considered as a separate regimen.
* Prior treatment could include high dose chemotherapy with autologous stem-cell transplantation if patients had progressed ≥ 3 months after this treatment.
* Salvage treatment, mobilization chemotherapy, high-dose chemotherapy and planned post-transplant therapy should be considered as one regimen
* Relapsed or refractory patients who are candidate to high-dose chemotherapy and autologous or allogenic stem cell transplantation are not eligible.
* Patients must have discontinued all prior therapies for at least 5 times the t1/2 of prior anti-cancer therapies before study entry.
* Male or female patients, age ≥ 18 years.
* Life expectancy greater than 4 months.
* ECOG performance status ≤2.
* Patients must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below:

* Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 x 109/L,
* Platelet count ≥ 100 x 109/L or ≥75 x 109/L if the bone marrow is involved,
* AST/ALT ≤ 2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (or ≤ 5.0 x ULN if liver metastasis) direct bilirubin ≤ 1.5ULN
* Calculated creatinine clearance (Cockcroft-Gault formula) of ≥ 50mL/min
* Patients must agree to use adequate double contraception
* Patients must be able to swallow whole tablets.
* Cardiovascular baseline QTcF≤ 450 msec (male) or QTcF≤470msec (female).
* Signed written informed consent document.
* Patients with French Social Security in compliance with the French law relating to biomedical research.

Exclusion Criteria

* Tumor tissue sample not available for pathological review.
* Patients with others than Diffuse large B-Cell Lymphoma histology.
* Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study.
* Patients who have not recovered from adverse events grade \> 1 due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier.
* Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents.
* Patients with known CNS involvement should be excluded from this clinical trial because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the compliance to the study protocol.
* History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to MK-2206 tablets.
* Patients with uncontrolled hyperglycemia
* Patients with uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
* Pregnant and breastfeeding women are excluded from this study.
* HIV-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible because of the potential for pharmacokinetic interactions with MK-2206.
* Patients with malabsorption syndrome or other condition that would interfere with intestinal absorption.
* Patients with clinically important history of liver disease, including viral or other hepatitis or cirrhosis.
* Prior history of malignancies other than lymphoma (except for basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix or breast) unless the subject has been free of the disease for ≥ 3 years.
* Uncontrolled hypertension with resting SBP\>140 or resting DBP\>90mm Hg
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

90 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute, France

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Centre Leon Berard

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Hervé Ghesquières, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Centre Leon Berard, Lyon, France

Philippe Cassier, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Centre Leon Berard

Locations

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Institut Bergonié

Bordeaux, , France

Site Status

Centre Henri Mondor

Créteil, , France

Site Status

CHRU

Lille, , France

Site Status

Centre Leon Berard

Lyon, , France

Site Status

Institut Paoli Calmettes

Marseille, , France

Site Status

CHU St Eloi

Montpellier, , France

Site Status

CHU

Nancy, , France

Site Status

CHU de Nantes

Nantes, , France

Site Status

Hôpital Saint-Louis

Paris, , France

Site Status

Hôpital Necker

Paris, , France

Site Status

Centre Hospitalier LYON SUD

Pierre-Bénite, , France

Site Status

Centre Henri Becquerel

Rouen, , France

Site Status

Institut Gustave Roussy

Villejuif, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

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AKTIL

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