Venetoclax, MLN9708 (Ixazomib Citrate) and Dexamethasone for the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Light Chain Amyloidosis
NCT ID: NCT04847453
Last Updated: 2025-12-29
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Basic Information
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SUSPENDED
PHASE1
24 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2022-08-03
2026-06-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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I. To evaluate the safety and tolerability of venetoclax, MLN9708 (ixazomib citrate), and dexamethasone when used in combination.
II. To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and recommended phase II dose (RP2D) of venetoclax, MLN9708 (ixazomib citrate), and dexamethasone when used in combination.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To observe and record anti-tumor activity. II. To obtain a preliminary estimate of the anti-light chain amyloidosis (AL) activity as assessed by incidence of complete hematologic response (CR) and overall hematologic response (partial response \[PR\], very good partial response \[VGPR\], and CR).
III. To estimate the organ-specific response rates, among patients with measurable organ disease, using standard criteria.
IV. To estimate progression free survival.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate expression of BCL-2, BCL-XL, and MCL-1 on the surface of plasma cells of patients with AL.
II. To describe the immune profile in the peripheral blood of patients with AL before and during treatment with venetoclax, MLN9708 (ixazomib citrate), and dexamethasone at multiple time points.
III. To estimate hematologic response rates using mass spectrometry to detect persistence of a monoclonal protein in the serum and urine.
IV. To characterize the genotype of the CD138+ plasma cell in patients with AL and t(11;14) and compare findings to those of patients with multiple myeloma and t(11;14) as reported in prior studies.
V. To determine presence of minimal residual disease by Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) in patients achieving a hematologic CR.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of venetoclax and ixazomib citrate.
Patients receive venetoclax orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-28, ixazomib citrate PO on days 1, 8 and 15, and dexamethasone PO on days 1, 8, 15 and 22 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may undergo x-ray imaging and abdominal ultrasound during screening. Patients undergo echocardiography (ECHO) during screening and bone marrow biopsy and/or aspiration as well as blood sample collection throughout the study. Patients may undergo computed tomography (CT) scans, and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and/or positron emission tomography (PET) scans and may optionally undergo urine sample collection throughout the study.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 1-3 months until disease progression or death.
Conditions
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Study Design
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SINGLE_GROUP
TREATMENT
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Study Groups
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Treatment (venetoclax, ixazomib citrate, dexamethasone)
Patients receive venetoclax PO QD on days 1-28, ixazomib citrate PO on days 1, 8 and 15, and dexamethasone PO on days 1, 8, 15 and 22 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may undergo x-ray imaging and abdominal ultrasound during screening. Patients undergo ECHO during screening and bone marrow biopsy and/or aspiration as well as blood sample collection throughout the study. Patients may undergo CT scans, and/or MRI, and/or PET scans and may optionally undergo urine sample collection throughout the study.
Biospecimen Collection
Undergo blood and urine specimen collection
Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy
Undergo bone marrow aspiration and biopsy
Computed Tomography
Undergo CT scan
Dexamethasone
Given PO
Echocardiography Test
Undergo ECHO
Ixazomib Citrate
Given PO
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Undergo MRI
Positron Emission Tomography
Undergo PET scan
Transabdominal Ultrasound
Undergo transabdominal ultrasound
Venetoclax
Given PO
X-Ray Imaging
Undergo x-ray
Interventions
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Biospecimen Collection
Undergo blood and urine specimen collection
Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy
Undergo bone marrow aspiration and biopsy
Computed Tomography
Undergo CT scan
Dexamethasone
Given PO
Echocardiography Test
Undergo ECHO
Ixazomib Citrate
Given PO
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Undergo MRI
Positron Emission Tomography
Undergo PET scan
Transabdominal Ultrasound
Undergo transabdominal ultrasound
Venetoclax
Given PO
X-Ray Imaging
Undergo x-ray
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Presence of t(11;14) by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) on bone marrow biopsy, either confirmed at screening or documented with a prior biopsy
* Patient requires therapy, as determined by the treating physician, following at least one line of treatment (No limit on the number of prior treatments)
* Age \>= 18 years. Because no dosing or adverse event data are currently available on the use of venetoclax in combination with MLN9708 (ixazomib citrate) and dexamethasone in patients \< 18 years of age, children are excluded from this study
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =\< 2 (Karnofsky \>= 60%)
* Leukocytes \>= 3,000/mcL
* Absolute neutrophil count \>= 1,000/mcL. Screening absolute neutrophil count (ANC) should be independent of granulocyte- and granulocyte/macrophage colony stimulating factor (G-CSF and GM-CSF) support for at least 1 week and of pegylated G-CSF for at least 2 weeks
* Platelets \>= 75,000/mcL. Platelet transfusions to help patients meet eligibility criteria are not allowed within 2 weeks before study enrollment
* Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
* Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)(serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase \[SGOT\])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT)(serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase \[SGPT\]) =\< 3 x institutional ULN
* Creatinine Calculated clearance \>= 15 mL/min using Cockcroft-Gault equation
* Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients on effective anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months are eligible for this trial
* For patients with evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBV viral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy, if indicated
* Patients with a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have been treated and cured. For patients with HCV infection who are currently on treatment, they are eligible if they have an undetectable HCV viral load
* Patients with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen are eligible for this trial
* AL Amyloidosis Cardiac Risk stage I, II or IIIa disease based on the 2013 European Modification of the 2004 Standard Mayo Clinic Staging in patients with advanced cardiac involvement (Dispenzieri et al., 2004; Wechalekar et al., 2013)
* Staging system defined by: NT-proBNP cut off of \< 332 pg/mL and troponin I cut-off of \< 0.10 ng/mL (in the absence of troponin T, troponin I \>= 0.1 ng/mL can be used) as thresholds for stages I, II and III; NT-proBNP \< 8500 pg/ml for stage IIIa
* Stage I, both under threshold;
* Stage I: Zero markers above threshold: NT-proBNP \< 332 ng/L AND troponin T (TnT) =\< 0.035 ng/mL; NT-proBNP \< 332 ng/L AND TnI =\< 0.1 ng/mL
* Stage II, either troponin or NT-proBNP (but not both) over threshold;
* Stage II: One marker above threshold: NT-proBNP \>= 332 ng/L OR TnT \>= 0.035 ng/mL; NT-proBNP \>= 332 ng/L OR TnI \>= 0.1 ng/mL
* Stage III, both over threshold;
* Stage IIIa, both over threshold but NT-proBNP =\< 8500 pg/ml
* Stage IIIa: Two markers above threshold: NT-proBNP \>= 332 ng/L BUT =\< 8,500 ng/L AND TnT \>= 0.035 ng/mL; NT-proBNP \>= 332 ng/L BUT =\< 8,500 ng/L AND TnI \>= 0.1 ng/mL
* Stage IIIb: Two markers above threshold: NT-proBNP \> 8,500 ng/L AND TnT \>= 0.035 ng/mL; NT-proBNP \> 8,500 ng/L AND TnI \>= 0.1 ng/mL
* Life expectancy \>= 3 months
* Plasma cell burden =\< 60%
* Absence of bone lesions and other end organ disease consistent with multiple myeloma (patients with plasma cell burden between 10 and 60% without end organ disease can be included)
* Measurable disease of AL amyloidosis as defined by at least one of the following: 1) serum or urine monoclonal protein \>= 500 mg/dL by protein electrophoresis, or 2) serum free light chain \>= 20 mg/L with an abnormal kappa:lambda ratio or the difference between involved and uninvolved free light chains (dFLC) \>= 20 mg/L
* It is not known what effects MLN9708 (ixazomib citrate), venetoclax, and dexamethasone have on human pregnancy or development of the embryo or fetus. Therefore, female patients participating in this study should avoid becoming pregnant, and male patients should avoid impregnating a female partner. Nonsterilized female patients of reproductive age group and male patients should use effective methods of contraception through defined periods during and after study treatment as specified below.
* Female patients must meet 1 of the following:
* Postmenopausal for at least 1 year before the screening visit, or
* Surgically sterile, or
* If they are of childbearing potential, agree to practice 2 effective methods of contraception from the time of signing of the informed consent form through 90 days after the last dose of study drug, or
* Agree to practice true abstinence, when this is in line with the preferred and usual lifestyle of the subject. (Periodic abstinence \[e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, postovulation methods\] and withdrawal are not acceptable methods of contraception)
* Male patients, even if surgically sterilized (i.e., status postvasectomy) must agree to 1 of the following:
* Practice effective barrier contraception during the entire study treatment period and through 90 days after the last dose of study drug, or
* Agree to practice true abstinence, when this is in line with the preferred and usual lifestyle of the subject. (Periodic abstinence \[e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, postovulation methods for the female partner\] and withdrawal are not acceptable methods of contraception)
* Left ventricular ejection fraction \>= 35% by echocardiogram.
* Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. Participants with impaired decision-making capacity (IDMC) who have a legally-authorized representative (LAR) and/or family member available will also be eligible
Exclusion Criteria
* Patients who have had anti-plasma cell therapy within 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study
* Patients who have not recovered from adverse events due to prior anti-cancer therapy (i.e., have residual toxicities \> grade 1) with the exception of alopecia
* Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents, within 30 days of the start of this trial and throughout the duration of this trial
* Patients with central nervous system involvement
* History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to venetoclax, MLN9708 (ixazomib citrate) (including boron or boron-containing products) or dexamethasone
* Strong or moderate CYP3A inhibitors (e.g., erythromycin, ciprofloxacin, diltiazem, fluconazole, verapamil), or strong CYP3A inducers (e.g., carbamazepine, phenytoin, rifampin, St. John's wort), or moderate CYP3A inducers (e.g., bosentan, efavirenz, etravirine) should be avoided
* Venetoclax should be administered using caution with substrates or inhibitors of P-glycoprotein (P-gp)
* Patients with uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to: ongoing or active serious or systemic infection (within 14 days prior to study enrollment), active hepatitis B or C virus infection, hypertension, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or myocardial infarction (within the past 6 months)
* Patients with psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
* Female patients who are lactating or have a positive serum pregnancy test during the screening period are excluded from this study because MLN9708 (ixazomib citrate) is a proteasome inhibitor with the potential for embryo-lethal effects, and an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with MLN9708 (ixazomib citrate). Patients must stop breastfeeding while on MLN9708 (ixazomib citrate) and until 90 days have passed since their last dose. These potential risks may also apply to other agents used in this study
* Known gastrointestinal disease or gastrointestinal procedure that could interfere with the oral absorption or tolerance of MLN9708 (ixazomib citrate), including difficulty swallowing
* Peripheral neuropathy that is \>= grade 3, or grade 2 with pain on clinical examination during the screening period
* Patients that have previously been treated with MLN9708 (ixazomib citrate). Patients who have received prior treatment with venetoclax
* Patients without measurable disease by serum free light chain, serum m-spike or urine monoclonal protein
* Patients with New York Heart Association classification III/IV. Patients with advanced cardiac amyloidosis, Mayo stage IIIB based on European Modification of the 2004 Standard Mayo Clinic Staging in patients with advanced cardiac involvement with NT-Pro BNP \> 8500 pg/mL (Wechalekar et al., 2013)
* Patients with grade 3 or worse diarrhea
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NIH
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Michael A Rosenzweig
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center LAO
Locations
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City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duarte, California, United States
University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sacramento, California, United States
Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Boston Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Montefiore Medical Center-Einstein Campus
The Bronx, New York, United States
Montefiore Medical Center-Weiler Hospital
The Bronx, New York, United States
Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus
The Bronx, New York, United States
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbus, Ohio, United States
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas, United States
Huntsman Cancer Institute/University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
University of Virginia Cancer Center
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Countries
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References
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Locke M, Nieto M. AL Amyloidosis: Current Treatment and Outcomes. Adv Hematol. 2025 Mar 3;2025:7280805. doi: 10.1155/ah/7280805. eCollection 2025.
Other Identifiers
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NCI-2021-03038
Identifier Type: REGISTRY
Identifier Source: secondary_id
PHI-124
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: secondary_id
10440
Identifier Type: OTHER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
10440
Identifier Type: OTHER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
NCI-2021-03038
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id