A Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Randomized, Multicenter, Three Arm Phase III Trial to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Ibrutinib Vs. Placebo in Previously Untreated Binet Stage a Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients with Risk of Early Disease Progression
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Intervention
- Placebo
- Conditions
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Sponsor
- German CLL Study Group
- Enrollment
- 515
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Event-free survival (EFS)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
This is a prospective, multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind phase III study that compares the efficacy and safety of oral ibrutinib in previously untreated Binet stage A CLL patients without treatment indication according to iwCLL guidelines but risk of early disease progression.
For event-free survival (EFS), an improvement from 24 months for untreated intermediate or (very) high risk CLL to 48 months for subjects treated with ibrutinib is considered clinically relevant. Ibrutinib / placebo is administered continuously orally until symptomatic disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or voluntary treatment withdrawal, whichever occurs first.
Detailed Description
The primary objective of the study is to demonstrate superiority of ibrutinib over placebo in prolonging EFS for subjects with treatment-naïve CLL stage A and intermediate or (very) high risk of disease progression. All subjects with intermediate, (very) high risk randomized to the experimental treatment arm will be treated up to active progressive disease with treatment indication according to iwCLL-Guidelines with the objective to demonstrate prolongation of EFS for the ibrutinib arm. EFS is defined as the time between randomization until active progressive disease with treatment indication according to the iwCLL-Guidelines with subsequent treatment for CLL or death. The secondary objectives are: * To evaluate the prolongation of overall survival of ibrutinib versus placebo * To evaluate the safety of ibrutinib versus placebo
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Previously untreated CLL
- •Stage Binet A without need for treatment
- •Age ≥ 18 years
- •Life expectancy ≥ 6 months
- •ECOG 0 - 2
- •Signed written informed consent
- •Patient in the experimental arm is willing to use a highly effective contraceptive method
- •Male subjects in the experimental treatment arm (placebo / ibrutinib) must:
- •Agree to not donate semen during study drug therapy and for a period after end of study drug therapy.
- •For males these restrictions apply for 3 months after the last dose of study medication.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Any prior CLL specific therapy
- •Prior treatment with Ibrutinib or BTK inhibitors
- •Chronic use of steroids in excess of prednisone 20mg/day or its equivalent
- •Active infections requiring systemic antibiotics
- •An life-threatening illness, medical condition, or organ system dysfunction which, in the investigator's opinion could compromise the subject's safety, interfere with the absorption or metabolism of Ibrutinib capsules, or put the study outcomes at undue risk
- •Pregnant or lactating females
- •Central nervous system (CNS) involvement as documented by spinal fluid cytology or imaging. Subjects who have signs or symptoms suggestive of leukemic meningitis or a history of leukemic meningitis must have a lumbar puncture procedure performed within two weeks prior to randomization
- •Known second malignancy that limits survival to less than two years
- •Known Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), active Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and/or active Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection.
- •Any of the following laboratory abnormalities:
Arms & Interventions
Placebo 420 mg/d
Placebo 420mg/d
Intervention: Placebo
Ibrutinib 420mg/d
Ibrutinib 420mg/d
Intervention: Ibrutinib
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Event-free survival (EFS)
Time Frame: randomization until progression, initiation of subsequent treatment for CLL or death by any cause, whichever occurs first, assessed for at at least 60 months
EFS is defined as the time between the date of completed registration and time point of symptomatic disease progression with treatment indication, initiation of subsequent treatment for CLL or death by any cause, whichever occurs first. These will be counted as event for EFS.
Secondary Outcomes
- Response rates (Overall response rate (ORR); Complete Remission (CR); Partial Remission (PR)(Overall response rate (ORR) achieved during treatment or within 6 months of end of treatment, complete response (CR) and partial response (PR) rates will be evaluated for at least 60 months or Progression whichever occurs first)
- Treatment-free survival(time of randomization until the date of initiation of subsequent treatment for CLL or death by any cause assessed for at at least 60 months)
- Progression-free survival (PFS)(the time of randomization until symptomatic disease progression (as defined by the updated iwCLL-guidelines) or death by any cause, whichever occurs first, assessed for at at least 60 months)
- rate of Treatment-related adverse events(randomization until 28 days after the last dose of study drug)
- Overall survival (OS)(date of randomization to the date of death for at least 60 months)