Panobinostat and Ruxolitinib in Primary Myelofibrosis, Post-polycythemia Vera-myelofibrosis or Post-essential Thrombocythemia-myelofibrosis

Idiopathic Myelofibrosis Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Phase 1b, Open-label, Multi-center, Single Arm, Dose Finding Study to Assess Safety and Pharmacokinetics of the Oral Combination of Panobinostat and Ruxolitinib in Patients With Primary Myelofibrosis (PMF), Post-polycythemia Vera-myelofibrosis (PPV-MF) or Post-essential Thrombocythemia-myelofibrosis (PET-MF)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01433445
• Other study ID #: CLBH589X2106
• Secondary ID: 2011-000861-10
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Start date: November 1, 2011
• Est. completion date: June 22, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: June 2021
• Source: Novartis
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will assess safety as well as establish a Recommended Phase II dose of the combination of panobinostat and ruxolitinib in patients with or without the JAK2V617F mutation who have been diagnosed with primary myelofibrosis (PMF), Post Essential Thrombocythemia Myelofibrosis (PET MF), or Post-Polycythemia Vera Myelofibrosis (PPV MF).

Description:

In 2011 the treatment goals for MF focused on symptom-orientated palliation and quality of life. Both ruxolitinib and panobinostat, as single agents, had shown significant improvement in both of those treatment goals and ruxolitinib had also shown greater reductions in splenomegaly compared to the standard of care at that time. To further the benefit seen with ruxolitinib in MF patients, panobinostat was added to the treatment regimen to act synergistically in the blockade of the dysregulated pathway driving this disease.

The study was conducted in 2 phases - an escalation phase and an expansion phase.

Escalation phase: the study utilised the Bayesian Logistic Regression Model (BLRM), incorporating escalation with overdose control (EWOC), which is a well established method for dose escalation in oncology trials. Following this process, successive cohorts of 3 newly enrolled patients received increasing doses of ruxolitinib and panobinostat until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) or recommended phase II dose (RPIID) was determined. Once the MTD and/or RPIID were suspected in a minimum of 3 patients, additional patients were enrolled to the same cohort level to reach a minimum of 9 evaluable patients. The process also included safety, PK/PD assessments and estimates of efficacy based on measures of splenic reduction at each dose level.

Expansion: following the determination of the MTD and/or RPIID, a dose expansion phase was conducted at that dose to further define the safety and tolerability of the combination. At least 13, and no more than 23, additional patients were to be enrolled into the expansion phase.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 61
• Est. completion date: June 22, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: June 22, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of myelofibrosis, either PMF, PPV or PET MF

• Palpable splenomegaly = 5cm

• May have been previously treated with either panobinostat or ruxolitinib (unless discontinued for clinically relevant toxicities)

• Acceptable lab ranges for all organ systems

• Specifically: Platelet count > 100,000 not reached with the aide of transfusions

• Blast count < 10% at screening

• ECOG = 2

• Must be able to discontinue all drugs being used to treat MF at least 7 days prior to starting study drug

Exclusion Criteria:

• Active malignancy

• Clinically significant heart disease

• Splenic irradiation within 12 months of starting study drug

• Need for ongoing systemic anticoagulation with the exception of Aspirin < 150mg/day or Low Molecular Weight Heparin

• History of platelet dysfunction or bleeding disorder in the 6 months prior to screening

• Patient is at risk for spontaneous bleeding

• Willing and/or eligible for stem-cell transplantation

• Impairment of gastro-intestinal function that may impact the absorption of study treatment

• Unwilling to use highly effective methods of contraception during dosing and for 13 weeks (female participants) or for 6 months (male participants and their female partners) after stopping study treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Idiopathic Myelofibrosis
• Polycythemia
• Polycythemia Vera
• Post Essential Thrombocythemia Myelofibrosis
• Post Polycythemia-Vera Myelofibrosis
• Primary Myelofibrosis
• Thrombocythemia, Essential
• Thrombocytosis

Intervention

Drug:
• panobinostat
Given 3 times a week, every other week in 28-day cycles.
• ruxolitinib
Given twice daily in 28-day cycles.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Novartis Investigative Site	Paris
France	Novartis Investigative Site	Villejuif Cedex
Germany	Novartis Investigative Site	Magdeburg
Germany	Novartis Investigative Site	Mainz
Ireland	Novartis Investigative Site	Dublin
Ireland	Novartis Investigative Site	Galway
Italy	Novartis Investigative Site	Firenze	FI
Italy	Novartis Investigative Site	Reggio Calabria	RC
Italy	Novartis Investigative Site	Varese	VA
United Kingdom	Novartis Investigative Site	London

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

France,  Germany,  Ireland,  Italy,  United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Rate of dose limiting toxicities at the different dose levels		Cycle 1 (a cycle = 28 days)
Secondary	Rate of adverse events, serious adverse events, notable laboratory, vital signs and ECG results by dose level		From screening until safety follow up visit (30 days after last treatment), approx. 8.5 years
Secondary	AUC of ruxolitinib and panobinostat at various dose levels	Area under the plasma concentration versus time curve	Ruxolitinib on days 1,2 and 6; Panobinostat on days 2-3 and days 6-7
Secondary	Cmax of ruxolitinib and panobinostat at various dose levels	Cmax is the Peak Plasma Concentration	Ruxolitinib on days 1,2 and 6; Panobinostat on days 2-3 and days 6-7
Secondary	Tmax of ruxolitinib and panobinostat at various dose levels	Tmax: The time of maximum observed concentration sampled during a dosing interval.	Ruxolitinib on days 1,2 and 6; Panobinostat on days 2-3 and days 6-7

External Links

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