Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Bortezomib in Treating Patients With Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma That Has Returned or Does Not Respond to Prior Treatment.

Phase 2

Completed

Conditions: Recurrent Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma
Refractory Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma

Interventions: Drug: Bortezomib
Drug: Carboplatin
Drug: Etoposide
Drug: Ifosfamide

Registration Number: NCT00967369

Lead Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Brief Summary: This phase II trial studies how well combination chemotherapy with or without bortezomib works in treating patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma that has come back or does not respond to prior treatment. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as ifosfamide, carboplatin, and etoposide, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Bortezomib is designed to block a protein that plays a role in cell function and growth. Bortezomib may cause cancer cells to die. It is not yet known if combination chemotherapy with or without bortezomib may work better in treating patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma.

Detailed Description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the objective response rate (ORR), partial remissions (PR), and complete remissions (CR) after 3 cycles of bortezomib plus ifosfamide, carboplatin, and etoposide (ICE) (BICE) versus ICE in patients with relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL).

II. To evaluate 2-year progression-free survival (PFS) in patients treated with 3 cycles of BICE versus ICE.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To compare positron emission tomography (PET) scan response after 3 cycles of BICE versus ICE chemotherapy.

II. To compare serum levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) proteins (a proliferation-inducing ligand \[APRIL\], B lymphocyte stimulator \[BLyS\], soluble \[s\]CD30, and CD40L) and CC thymus and activation-related cytokine (TARC) at baseline and after 3 cycles of BICE versus ICE chemotherapy.

III. To correlate baseline cytokine/chemokine levels with response to therapy.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM A: Patients receive bortezomib intravenously (IV) over 5 seconds on days 1 and 4, ifosfamide IV continuously over 24 hours on day 1, carboplatin IV over 1 hour on day 1, and etoposide IV over 2 hours on days 1-3. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

ARM B: Patients receive ifosfamide, carboplatin and etoposide as in Arm A. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 4 months for 2 years.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: COMPLETED

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

Relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma.
Patients must have received a front-line standard anthracycline-containing regimen, such as adriamycin-bleomycin-vinblastine-dacarbazine (ABVD), Stanford V, or bleomycin-etoposide-adriamycin-cyclophosphamide-oncovin-procarbazine-prednisone (BEACOPP).
Bi-dimensionally measurable disease with at least 1 lesion >= 2.0 cm in a single dimension.
Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1,500/microL.
Platelet count >= 100,000/ microL.
Hemoglobin >= 8 g/dL.
Serum bilirubin < 2.0 mg/dL.
Alkaline phosphatase < 2 x upper limits of normal (ULN).
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) < 2 x ULN.
Serum creatinine =< 1.5 mg/dL.
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of less than or equal to 2.
Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) pregnancy test and must agree to use 2 highly effective contraceptive methods (hormonal contraceptive, intra-uterine device, diaphragm with spermicide, condom with spermicide, or abstinence) during the study and for 3 months after completion of protocol treatment. Females of non-childbearing potential are those who are postmenopausal for greater than 1 year or whom have had a bilateral tubal ligation or hysterectomy.
Males who have partners of childbearing potential must agree to use an effective contraceptive method during the study and for 3 months after completion of protocol treatment.
Voluntary written informed consent before performance of any study-related procedure not part of normal medical care, with the understanding that consent may be withdrawn by the subject at any time without prejudice to future medical care.

Exclusion Criteria

Lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma histology.
More than one prior chemotherapy regimen.
Prior autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplant.
Presence of central nervous system (CNS) involvement with Hodgkin lymphoma.
Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Active hepatitis B or C infection or history of cirrhosis.
Grade 2 or greater peripheral neuropathy within 14 days of enrollment.
Hypersensitivity to boron or mannitol.
Prior bortezomib therapy.
Another primary malignancy (other than squamous cell and basal cell carcinoma of the skin, in situ carcinoma of the cervix, or squamous intraepithelial lesion on PAP smear, or treated prostate cancer with a stable prostate specific antigen [PSA]) for which the patient has not been disease-free for at least 3 years.
Patients with congestive heart failure, Class III or IV, by New York Heart Association (NYHA) criteria.
Patients with a myocardial infarction 6 months prior to enrollment, uncontrolled angina, severe uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias, or electrocardiogram (ECG) evidence of acute ischemia or active conduction system abnormalities.
Patient with other medical or psychiatric illness that is likely to interfere with participation in this clinical study.
Female subject that is pregnant or breast-feeding.
Patient that has received other investigational drugs within 14 days of enrollment.
Patients using concurrent therapy with corticosteroids at greater than or equal to 20 mg/day of prednisone equivalent.
Patients with active systemic bacterial, viral, or fungal infections that have required IV antimicrobials within 4 weeks prior to protocol treatment.

Study & Design

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Arm A (bortezomib, ifosfamide, carboplatin, etoposide)	Etoposide	ARM A: Patients receive bortezomib IV over 5 seconds on days 1 and 4, ifosfamide IV continuously over 24 hours on day 1, carboplatin IV over 1 hour on day 1, and etoposide IV over 2 hours on days 1-3. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Arm A (bortezomib, ifosfamide, carboplatin, etoposide)	Bortezomib	ARM A: Patients receive bortezomib IV over 5 seconds on days 1 and 4, ifosfamide IV continuously over 24 hours on day 1, carboplatin IV over 1 hour on day 1, and etoposide IV over 2 hours on days 1-3. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Arm A (bortezomib, ifosfamide, carboplatin, etoposide)	Carboplatin	ARM A: Patients receive bortezomib IV over 5 seconds on days 1 and 4, ifosfamide IV continuously over 24 hours on day 1, carboplatin IV over 1 hour on day 1, and etoposide IV over 2 hours on days 1-3. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Arm A (bortezomib, ifosfamide, carboplatin, etoposide)	Ifosfamide	ARM A: Patients receive bortezomib IV over 5 seconds on days 1 and 4, ifosfamide IV continuously over 24 hours on day 1, carboplatin IV over 1 hour on day 1, and etoposide IV over 2 hours on days 1-3. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Arm B (ifosfamide, carboplatin, etoposide)	Carboplatin	Patients receive ifosfamide, carboplatin and etoposide as in Arm A. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Arm B (ifosfamide, carboplatin, etoposide)	Etoposide	Patients receive ifosfamide, carboplatin and etoposide as in Arm A. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Arm B (ifosfamide, carboplatin, etoposide)	Ifosfamide	Patients receive ifosfamide, carboplatin and etoposide as in Arm A. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Overall Response After 3 Cycles of Botezomib Plus ICE (BICE) Versus Ifosfamide, Carboplatin, Etoposide (ICE) in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma	From baseline to 3 cycles of treatment	Response rates for Bortezomib, Ifosfamide, Carboplatin, Etoposide (BICE) and Ifosfamide, Carboplatin, Etoposide (ICE) treatment groups were assessed by the 1999 International Working Group (IWG)(CT alone) (Cheson et al., 1999) and compared to 2007 IWG (CT plus PET) (Cheson et al., 2007) criteria. Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), \>=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Overall Response (OR) = CR + PR
Progression Free Survival (PFS) Rate at 12 Months	From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 100 months	Progression free survival time is defined as the time interval from treatment start to progression or death due to any cause whichever happens first. Participants will be censored at the last follow-up date, if an event(progression/death) is not observed during the follow-up.
Overall Survival (OS) Rate at 24 Months	24 months	Overall Survival is time from date of treatment start until date of death due to any cause or last Follow-up within 24 months.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PET Scan Response After 3 Cycles of BICE Versus ICE Chemotherapy.	Baseline up to 1 year	Response rates for BICE and ICE treatment groups will be assessed by 1999 IWG (CT alone) (Cheson et al., 1999) and compared to 2007 IWG (CT plus PET) (Cheson et al., 2007) criteria.
Serum Levels of Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Proteins (APRIL, BLyS, sCD30, and CD40L) and CC Thymus and Activation-related Cytokine (TARC) at Baseline and After 3 Cycles of BICE Versus ICE Chemotherapy	November 2009 and December 2010
Baseline Cytokine/Chemokine Levels With Response to Therapy.	106 weeks/13 months/426 days