Status:

TERMINATED

Romidepsin in Treating Patients With Steroid-Refractory Graft-versus-Host Disease

Lead Sponsor:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Conditions:

Graft Versus Host Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This pilot clinical trial studies romidepsin in treating patients with graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) that has not responded to treatment with steroids. Romidepsin may be an effective treatment for ...

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine if romidepsin should be developed as a therapy for patients with steroid-refractory GVHD. OUTLINE: Patients receive romidepsin intravenously (IV) over 4 hours on...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with steroid (or immunosuppressive therapy \[IST\]) refractory acute GVHD (aGVHD) or chronic GVHD (cGVHD)
  • Absolute neutrophil count \>= 750/mm\^3
  • Platelet count \>= 50,000/mm\^3
  • Corrected QT interval (QTc) =\< 480 msec
  • Bilirubin =\< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase \[SGOT\]) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase \[SGPT\]) =\< 3 x ULN
  • Serum potassium \>= 3.8 mmol/L
  • Serum magnesium \>= 1.8 mg/dL
  • Serum creatinine =\< 2.0 mg/dl
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0-3
  • Patients may undergo electrolyte repletion therapy to meet eligibility requirements
  • Patients must be scheduled for tapering doses of (or no longer treated with):
  • Cyclosporine;
  • Tacrolimus;
  • Sirolimus;
  • Steroids (patients may be on physiologic doses of steroids)
  • Patients receiving extracorporeal photopheresis must discontinue extracorporeal photopheresis or placed on a tapering schedule;
  • Any prior therapy for GVHD must be completed and discontinued with the exception of the above;
  • Patients with breakpoint cluster region (bcr)-ABL proto-oncogene 1 (abl) associated malignancies may be on a tyrosine kinase inhibitor as malignant disease therapy or prophylaxis
  • There must be no uncontrolled active infections or medical conditions that the investigator feels will compromise the safety of the treatment and/or the assessment of the efficacy of therapy
  • The patient must be aware of the high risk and experimental nature of the treatment and provide informed consent
  • Negative serum pregnancy test at the time of enrollment for females of childbearing potential
  • For males and females of child-producing potential, use of effective contraceptive methods during the study and for at least 6 months after the last dose of romidepsin

Exclusion

  • Active/uncontrolled infection
  • Evidence of relapsed disease
  • Life expectancy \< 12 weeks
  • Pregnant or breast feeding females
  • Prior therapy with romidepsin
  • Known seropositive for or active viral infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV); patients who are seropositive because of hepatitis B virus vaccine are eligible
  • Any known cardiac abnormalities such as:
  • Congenital long QT syndrome
  • QTc interval \>= 480 milliseconds;
  • Myocardial infarction within 6 months of course 1, day 1 (C1D1); subjects with a history of myocardial infarction between 6 and 12 months prior to C1D1 who are asymptomatic and have had a negative cardiac risk assessment (treadmill stress test, nuclear medicine stress test, or stress echocardiogram) since the event may participate;
  • Other significant electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities including 2nd degree atrio-ventricular (AV) block type II, 3rd degree AV block, or bradycardia (ventricular rate less than 50 beats/min);
  • Symptomatic coronary artery disease (CAD), e.g., angina Canadian class II-IV; in any patient in whom there is doubt, the patient should have a stress imaging study and, if abnormal, angiography to define whether or not CAD is present;
  • An ECG recorded at screening showing evidence of cardiac ischemia (ST depression of \>= 2 mm, measured from isoelectric line to the ST segment); if in any doubt, the patient should have a stress imaging study and, if abnormal, angiography to define whether or not CAD is present;
  • Congestive heart failure (CHF) that meets New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II to IV definitions and/or ejection fraction \< 40% by multi gated acquisition (MUGA) scan or \< 50% by echocardiogram and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI);
  • A known history of sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF), Torsade de Pointes, or cardiac arrest unless currently addressed with an automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD);
  • Hypertrophic cardiomegaly or restrictive cardiomyopathy from prior treatment or other cause;
  • Any cardiac arrhythmia requiring an anti-arrhythmic medication (excluding stable doses of beta-blockers)
  • Uncontrolled hypertension, i.e., blood pressure (BP) of \>= 160/95; patients who have a history of hypertension controlled by medication must be on a stable dose (for at least one month) and meet all other inclusion criteria; or
  • Patients taking drugs leading to significant QT prolongation must have an ECG prior to each treatment
  • Concomitant use of cytochrome P450, family 3, subfamily A, polypeptide 4 (CYP3A4) inhibitors
  • Concomitant use of medications known to induce a disulfiram-like reaction to alcohol

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 14 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

1 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02203578

Start Date

November 1 2014

End Date

June 14 2016

Last Update

March 30 2017

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Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08903