Study of Clofarabine in Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis and LCH-related Disorders

NCT ID: NCT02425904

Last Updated: 2025-09-26

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: PHASE2
• Total Enrollment: 25 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2015-05-31
• Study Completion Date: 2026-01-31

Brief Summary

This research study is evaluating a drug called clofarabine as a possible treatment for Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) and and other histiocytic disorders.

Detailed Description

This research study is a Phase II clinical trial. Phase II clinical trials test the effectiveness of an investigational intervention, to learn whether the drug works in treating a specific disease, in this case, clofarabine to treat LCH.

"Investigational" means that the intervention is still being studied. It also means that the FDA (the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) has not yet approved clofarabine for your disease.

Clofarabine is a chemotherapy drug that has been used and is approved by the FDA for the treatment of leukemia in children and adults. Information from other research studies suggests that this drug may also be effective in participants with LCH and other histiocytic disorders.

Conditions

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Recurrent or Refractory Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) + Clofarabine

Participants with recurrent or refractory LCH defined as with multi-focal or multi-system disease who have recurred (or have refractory disease) after at least one prior systemic chemotherapy regimen.

Patient will receive Clofarabine administered via IV on days 1-5, 25 mg/m2/day per cycle for 2 cycles. At the end of cycle 2 if no disease progression, will continue with same dose for maintenance treatment for 4 additional cycles.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Clofarabine

Intervention Type: DRUG

second-generation purine nucleoside analog

LCH-related disorders + Clofarabine

Participants with LCH-related disorders defined as who require systemic chemotherapy including participants with Rosai Dorfman Disease (RDD) who have not responded to or recurred after treatment with corticosteroids. Erdheim Chester Disease (ECD) subjects who have confirmed presence of BRAF V600E mutation must have not responded to, have recurred after, or be unable to receive treatment with a BRAF inhibitor.

Patient will receive Clofarabine administered via IV on days 1-5, 25 mg/m2/day per cycle for 2 cycles. At the end of cycle 2 if no disease progression, will continue with same dose for maintenance treatment for 4 additional cycles.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Clofarabine

Intervention Type: DRUG

second-generation purine nucleoside analog

Interventions

Clofarabine

second-generation purine nucleoside analog

Intervention Type: DRUG

Other Intervention Names

Clofarex; Clolar

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Prior diagnosis of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (stratum 1) or LCH-related disorder (stratum 2) established by standard diagnostic criteria and confirmed histologically.
• Evidence of active disease (histological confirmation of reactivation or progression is not required).
• Performance Score > 70% (use Lansky score for age < 16 and Karnofsky score for age = >16).
• Patients of all ages will be eligible.
• Provide signed written informed consent.
• In stratum 1, patients must have failed one prior systemic chemotherapy regimen. In stratum 2, RDD patients must have failed treatment with corticosteroid. ECD patients who have confirmed BRAF V600E mutation must have failed treatment with a BRAF inhibitor or are not considered to be eligible for such treatment.
• There is no limitation of amount or the type of prior therapy or drugs.
• Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 14 days prior to enrollment. Male and female patients must use an effective contraceptive method during the study and for a minimum of 6 months after study treatment.
• Capable of understanding the investigational nature, potential risks and benefits of the study, and able to provide valid informed consent.
• Participants must have adequate marrow functions as defined below, except those with involvement of hematopoietic system for whom these criteria can be waived:

• Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 750 cells/µL
• Platelets ≥75,000/µL
• Participants must have adequate organ functions as defined below:

• Total bilirubin ≤ 2.5x institutional upper limit of normal
• AST (SGOT)/ALT (SGPT) < 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal unless it is related to involvement by LCH
• Adequate renal function defined as:
• Pediatric Population (patients < 18 years): Creatinine within normal limits or calculated creatinine clearance greater than or equal to 90 ml/min/1.73 m2 as calculated by the Schwartz formula for estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) where GFR (ml/min/1.73 m2) = k x Height (cm)/serum creatinine (mg/dl). k is a proportionality constant which varies with age and is a function of urinary creatinine excretion per unit of body size; 0.45 up to 12 months of age; 0.55 children and adolescent girls; and 0.70 adolescent boys.
• Adult Population (patients >= 18 years): Serum creatinine less than or equal to 1.0 mg/dL; if serum creatinine >1.0 mg/dL, then the estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) must be >60 mL/min/1.73 m2 as calculated by the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equation where Predicted GFR (ml/min/1.73 m2) = 186 x (Serum Creatinine)-1.154 x (age in years)-0.203 x (0.742 if patient is female) x (1.212 if patient is black), where serum creatinine is measured in mg/dL.
• Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal

Exclusion Criteria

• Participants who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 2 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 2 weeks earlier. Corticosteroid treatment is allowed.
• Participants may not be receiving any other investigational agents targeting Histiocytosis.
• Clofarabine is excreted primarily by the kidneys. Therefore, drugs with known renal toxicity (e.g.vancomycin, amphotericin B, acyclovir, cyclosporin, methotrexate, tacrolimus) should be avoided to the extent possible during the 5 days of clofarabine treatment in each cycle or, if required, administered cautiously and with close monitoring.
• Use of alternative medications (e.g., herbal or botanical that could interfere with clofarabine) is not permitted during the entire study period.
• 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 women are excluded from this study because clofarabine is a nucleoside analog with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Because there is an unknown but potential risk of adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with clofarabine, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with clofarabine. These potential risks may also apply to other agents used in this study.
• Individuals with a history of a different malignancy are ineligible except for the following circumstances. Individuals with a history of other malignancies are eligible if they have been disease-free for at least 5 years and are deemed by the investigator to be at low risk for recurrence of that malignancy. Individuals with the following cancers are eligible if diagnosed and treated within the past 5 years: cervical cancer in situ, and basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.
• Patients with a history of prior hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), elevated conjugated serum bilirubin at study entry, uncontrolled systemic fungal, bacterial, or other infection, a history of hepatitis B or C infection or a history of cirrhosis.
• Individuals who are known to be HIV-positive on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible because of the potential for pharmacokinetic interactions with clofarabine. In addition, these individuals are at increased risk of lethal infections when treated with marrow-suppressive therapy. Appropriate studies will be undertaken in participants receiving combination antiretroviral therapy when indicated.

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Sanofi

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: collaborator

St. Baldrick's Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Cookies for Kids' Cancer

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

North American Consortium for Histiocytosis

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Barbara Degar, MD

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Barbara Degar, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Locations

Phoenix Children's Hospital

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, United States

University of California San Francisco Medical Center

San Francisco, California, United States

Children's National Medical Center

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Mount Sinai Medical Center

New York, New York, United States

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

The Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, Texas, United States

The Hospital for Sick Children

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Countries

United States; Canada

Provided Documents

Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

View Document

Other Identifiers

15-005

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id