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Tocilizumab for Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease Treatment

Phase 2
Withdrawn
Conditions
Graft Versus Host Disease
Interventions
Biological: tocilizumab
Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Other: quality-of-life assessment
Registration Number
NCT02174263
Lead Sponsor
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Brief Summary

This phase II trial studies how well tocilizumab works in treating chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in patients that have not responded to treatment after at least two prior therapies. Tocilizumab blocks a protein that stimulates the body's immune system. By blocking this protein, the investigators may reduce the symptoms of chronic GVHD.

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Efficacy will be determined by the proportion of patients with failure free survival (FFS) at 6 months.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Patients achieving a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) at 6 months based on clinician judged response.

II. Patients achieving a CR or PR by objective response measures at 6 months.

III. Failure-free survival (FFS) at 1 year.

IV. Change in steroid dose from enrollment to 6 months (mo).

TERTIARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Biologic studies will be done to determine possible mechanisms of response.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive tocilizumab intravenously (IV) over 1 hour every 2 weeks for 12 weeks (weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11) and then every 4 weeks for 12 weeks (weeks 13, 17, and 21).

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 3 and 6 months.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
WITHDRAWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
  • Subject has moderate or severe overlap chronic (c)GVHD according to National Institutes of Health (NIH) criteria
  • Active cGVHD despite treatment with at least two immunosuppressive treatments (not including GVHD prophylaxis) in the past year
  • Subject underwent allogeneic stem cell transplantation at least 6 months prior to enrollment
  • Subject has not started any new systemic immunosuppressive therapies within 2 weeks prior to enrollment
  • Female subjects of child bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test prior to first dose of tocilizumab and must agree to practice effective contraception during the study
  • Subject meets the following medication restriction requirements and agrees to follow medication restrictions during the study; the following concomitant medications are not allowed: cyclophosphamide, abatacept, etanercept, adalimumab infliximab, golimumab, tofacitinib, and alemtuzumab; these medications also cannot have been used for 5 half-lives prior to enrollment
  • Subject agrees to comply with the study requirements and agrees to come to the clinic for required study visits
Exclusion Criteria
  • Donor lymphocyte infusion in the preceding 100 days
  • Subject has bronchiolitis obliterans, bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia or cryptogenic organizing pneumonia as the sole manifestation of cGVHD
  • Uncontrolled bacterial, viral infection or invasive fungal infection
  • Evidence of malignancy within 6 months of study enrollment; this is defined as clear morphologic, radiologic or molecular evidence of disease; mixed chimerism is allowed at the discretion of the clinician
  • Treatment with any non-Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved agent within 4 weeks (or 5 half-lives of the investigational drug, whichever is longer) of study enrollment
  • Immunization with a live, attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to study enrollment
  • History of severe allergic or anaphylactic reactions to human, humanized or murine monoclonal antibodies
  • Tuberculosis requiring treatment within the past 3 years; all patients must have a negative quantiferon test within 4 weeks prior to starting study drug
  • Pregnant or breast-feeding women
  • Patients (both men and women) with reproductive potential not willing to use an effective method of contraception
  • Serum creatinine > 1.6 mg/dL (141 umol/L) in females and > 1.9 mg/dL (168 umol/L) in males; patients with serum creatinine values exceeding these limits are eligible for the study if their estimated glomerular filtration rates (GFR) are > 30 ml/min/1.73 m^2
  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) > 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Total bilirubin > upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Absolute neutrophil count < 1.5 x 10^9/L (1500/mm^3)
  • Known active hepatitis B or C; patients must have a negative test for hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis B core antibody and hepatitis C antibody within 4 weeks prior to starting study drug
  • Known uncontrolled cytomegalovirus (CMV) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) reactivation per institutional standards; once CMV has been treated and stable per institutional standards, patient may be enrolled; CMV PCR will be tested within two weeks prior to starting study drug
  • History of diverticulitis, Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis
  • History of demyelinating disorder

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Supportive care (tocilizumab)tocilizumabPatients receive tocilizumab IV over 1 hour every 2 weeks for 12 weeks (weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11) and then every 4 weeks for 12 weeks (weeks 13, 17, and 21).
Supportive care (tocilizumab)laboratory biomarker analysisPatients receive tocilizumab IV over 1 hour every 2 weeks for 12 weeks (weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11) and then every 4 weeks for 12 weeks (weeks 13, 17, and 21).
Supportive care (tocilizumab)quality-of-life assessmentPatients receive tocilizumab IV over 1 hour every 2 weeks for 12 weeks (weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11) and then every 4 weeks for 12 weeks (weeks 13, 17, and 21).
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
FFSAt 6 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Patients achieving CR or PR based on objective measures, as recommended by the NIH Consensus Conference for chronic GVHDAt 6 months
Patients achieving a CR or PR based on clinician judged responseAt 6 months
Relative change in daily prednisone doseBaseline to 6 months

Prednisone is not a pre-specified intervention; however, some patients may take prednisone while on this study.

Trial Locations

Locations (5)

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Medical College of Wisconsin

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Mayo Clinic

🇺🇸

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington Cancer Consortium

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

Mayo Clinic Hospital

🇺🇸

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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