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A Study of Oral LBH589 in Adult Patients With Advanced Hematological Malignancies

Basic Trial Information
Trial Description
     Summary
     Eligibility Criteria
Trial Contact Information

Basic Trial Information

Phase
Type
Status
Age
Sponsor
Protocol IDs

Phase II, Phase I


Treatment


Active


18 and over


Pharmaceutical / Industry


CLBH589B2102
NCT00621244

Trial Description

Summary

This study will evaluate safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and preliminary anti-leukemic or anti-tumor activity of LBH589B in adult patients with advanced hematological malignancies

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult patients (≥18 years old) with advanced hematological malignancies who have relapsed after or are refractory to standard therapy, or for which no standard therapy exists; or, are considered inappropriate candidates for standard therapy
  • World Health Organization (WHO) performance status ≤ 2
  • Patients must meet protocol-specified hematologic and non-hematologic laboratory values
  • Patients must have adequate liver and renal function

Exclusion criteria

  • Concurrent brain metastases or leukemic infiltration of the cerebrospinal fluid
  • Peripheral neuropathy ≥ CTCAE grade 2
  • Unresolved diarrhea ≥ CTCAE grade 2
  • Concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled medical conditions which may compromise participation in the study, including impaired heart function or clinically significant heart disease, and impaired gastrointestinal function or disease that may significantly alter aborption of LBH589
  • Female patients who are pregnant or breast feeding
  • Patients not willing to use an effective method of birth control
  • Patients taking medications specified by the protocol as prohibited for administration in combination with LBH589
  • Patients with another primary malignancy that currently requires active intervention or is currently clinically significant

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations/Sponsors

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

NovartisStudy Chair

Novartis USPh: 862 778 8300

Novartis BaselPh: 41 61 324 1111

Trial Sites

U.S.A.
Georgia
  Augusta
 Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center
 Kapil Bhalla, M.D. Ph: 706-721-0463
Massachusetts
  Boston
 Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center at Dana Farber Cancer Institute
 Daniel DeAngelo, M.D. Ph: 617-632-2645
  Email: ddeangelo@partners.org
Australia
  Melbourne
 Study Site
Germany
  Frankfurt
 Study Site
  Mainz
 Study Site

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.
NLM Identifer NCT00621244
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 15, 2008

Note: Information about this trial is from the ClinicalTrials.gov database. The versions designated for health professionals and patients contain the same text. Minor changes may be made to the ClinicalTrials.gov record to standardize the names of study sponsors, sites, and contacts. Cancer.gov only lists sites that are recruiting patients for active trials, whereas ClinicalTrials.gov lists all sites for all trials. Questions and comments regarding the presented information should be directed to ClinicalTrials.gov.

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