A Phase II Study of Carfilzomib in Relapsed Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia (WM) IST-CAR-531
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Biopsy proven WM with relapsed/refractory symptomatic disease are eligible for enrollment.
Bone marrow lymphoplasmacytosis with:
- > 10% lymphoplasmacytic cells (measured within 28 days prior to registration OR
- Aggregates or sheets of one of the following: lymphocytes, plasma cells or lymphoplasmacytic cells on the bone marrow biopsy (measured within 28 days prior to registration).
- Measurable disease defined as a quantitative IgM monoclonal protein of >500 mg/dL obtained within 28 days prior to registration
- CD20+ bone marrow or lymph node by immunohistochemistry or flow cytometry obtained within 28 days prior to registration
- Lymph node biopsy must be done <28 days prior to registration if used as an eligibility criterion for study entry.
- Symptomatic disease, as defined by the IWWM, includes the following criteria: Hemoglobin less than 10 g/dL, platelet count less than 100,000 uL, bulky adenopathy or organomegaly, symptomatic hyperviscosity syndrome, severe neuropathy, amyloidosis, cryoglobulinemia, cold agglutinin disease, or evidence of transformation high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- Patients must not be receiving concurrent steroids > 10 mg prednisone (or equivalent) per day.
- Prior irradiation is allowed if > 28 days prior to registration have elapsed since the date of last treatment.
- Women must not be pregnant or breast-feeding due to the fact that the reproductive risk to humans taking carfilzomib is unknown. All females of childbearing potential must have a blood test or urine study within 2 weeks prior to registration to rule out pregnancy. A female of childbearing potential is any woman, regardless of sexual orientation or whether they have undergone tubal ligation, who meets the following criteria: 1) has not undergone a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy; or 2) has not been naturally postmenopausal for at least 24 consecutive months (i.e., has had menses at any time in the preceding 24 consecutive months).
- Women of childbearing potential and sexually active males must use an accepted and effective method of contraception throughout the study and for 8 weeks after completion of the study.
- Patients must be > 18 years old.
- Patients must have ECOG performance status of < 2.
- Patients may have received prior bortezomib therapy.
- Adequate hepatic function, with serum ALT ≤ 3times the upper limit of normal and serum direct bilirubin ≤ 2 mg/dL (34 µmol/L) within 14 days prior to randomization
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.0 × 109/L within 14 days prior to randomization
- Hemoglobin ≥ 8 g/dL (80 g/L) within 14 days prior to randomization (subjects may be receiving red blood cell [RBC] transfusions in accordance with institutional guidelines)
- Platelet count ≥ 50 × 109/L (≥ 30 × 109/L if WM involvement in the bone marrow is > 50%) within 14 days prior to randomization
- Creatinine clearance (CrCl) ≥ 15 mL/minute within 7 days prior to randomization, either measured or calculated using a standard formula (e.g., Cockcroft and Gault)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pre-existing peripheral neuropathy > grade 2 with pain (CTC version 4.0).
- Hematologic criteria: ANC < 500/uL, Platelets < 25,000 uL.
- Renal function: CrCl < 15 ml/min.
- Active infection requiring intravenous antibiotics
- Known Active hepatitis B or C
- SGOT (AST) and SGPT (ALT) > 3x institutional ULN
- Direct bilirubin > 1.5 mg/dL
- Patients must not have any severe and/or uncontrolled medical condition or other conditions that could affect their participation in the study, including, but not restricted to:
- Symptomatic congestive heart failure of New York Heart Association Class III or IV.
- Unstable angina pectoris, symptomatic congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction within 3 months of start of study treatment, serious uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia or any other clinically significant heart disease.
- Severely impaired lung function as defined as spirometry and DLCO (corrected for Hgb) that is <50% of the normal predicted value and/or O2 saturation <88% at rest on room air.
- Active (acute or chronic) or uncontrolled severe infections.
Sites / Locations
- John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Carfilzomib
Carfilzomib 20 mg/m2 on day 1, 2 then 56 mg/m2 days 8, 9 and 15, 16 over 30 minutes every 28 days. Dexamethasone 4 mg (8 mg if > 45 mg/m2) orally each day of carfilzomib therapy. If less than a partial remission (PR) after 4 cycles, add rituximab 375 mg/m2 on day 16 of each cycle. Patients who meet the criteria for progression prior to 4 cycles of therapy will have rituximab added to their treatment. For patients receiving rituximab, the carfilzomib dose will be decreased to 27 mg/m2. Patients will be treated to maximal response plus 2 additional cycles to a maximum of 12 cycles.