Alternate Title
Basic Trial Information
Objectives
Entry Criteria
Expected Enrollment
Outline
Published Results
Trial Contact Information
Registry Information

Alternate Title

Biological Therapy Plus Monoclonal Antibody Therapy in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Basic Trial Information

Phase	Type	Status	Age	Sponsor	Protocol IDs
Phase I	Treatment	Closed	18 and over	NCI, Pharmaceutical / Industry	UCLA-0112032 CPGI-C004-CPG7909, NCI-G02-2086, NCT00040950

Objectives

1. Determine the maximum tolerated dose of subcutaneous and IV CpG 7909 when administered with rituximab in patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
2. Determine the safety and tolerability of this regimen in these patients.
3. Determine the disease response in patients treated with this regimen.

Entry Criteria

Disease Characteristics:

• Histologically confirmed CD20+ B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL)
  • CD20 positive by immunohistochemistry or flow cytometry



• Relapsed or refractory disease



• Bidimensionally measurable disease
  • Sole site of measurable disease within a previously irradiated field allowed provided there was disease progression at that site



• No pre-existing ascites or pleural effusions



• No known CNS involvement by NHL

Prior/Concurrent Therapy:

Biologic therapy:

• No prior allogeneic transplantation
• More than 30 days since prior hematopoietic growth factors (e.g., filgrastim (G-CSF) or epoetin alfa)
• More than 30 days since prior immunotherapy
• More than 90 days since prior monoclonal antibodies as monotherapy for patients who were unresponsive to treatment (30 days for patients who responded to treatment and subsequently relapsed)
• No other concurrent biological agents
• No concurrent hematopoietic growth factors (e.g., G-CSF or epoetin alfa)

Chemotherapy:

• More than 30 days since prior chemotherapy
• No concurrent chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

• More than 30 days since prior systemic corticosteroids
• No concurrent systemic corticosteroids

Radiotherapy:

• See Disease Characteristics
• More than 30 days since prior radiotherapy
• No concurrent radiotherapy

Surgery:

• Not specified

Other:

• Recovered from prior therapy
• At least 6 months since prior coronary angioplasty
• More than 30 days since prior immunosuppressants
• More than 30 days since prior participation in an investigational drug study
• No concurrent immunosuppressants
• No concurrent anticoagulants except aspirin at doses no greater than 325 mg/day
• No other concurrent anticancer therapy
• No other concurrent investigational agents

Patient Characteristics:

Age:

• 18 and over

Performance status:

• ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

• More than 3 months

Hematopoietic:

• Neutrophil count at least 1,000/mm3
• Platelet count at least 50,000/mm3

Hepatic:

• Bilirubin less than 2 mg/dL
• Transaminase less than 2 times upper limit of normal
• No hepatitis B or C

Renal:

• Creatinine less than 2 mg/dL

Cardiovascular:

• No significant cardiovascular disease
• No New York Heart Association class III congestive heart failure
• No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
• No unstable angina
• No uncontrolled atrial or ventricular cardiac arrhythmias

Pulmonary:

• No concurrent significant pulmonary disease

Other:

• HIV negative
• No acute infection requiring antibiotics
• No fever over 38.2 degrees C within the past 3 days
• No other malignancy within the past 5 years except basal cell or noninvasive squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
• No pre-existing autoimmune disease or antibody-mediated disease, including:
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Sjogren's syndrome
  • Autoimmune thrombocytopenia
• Controlled thyroid disease allowed
• Concurrent autoantibodies without clinical autoimmune disease allowed
• No history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar composition to study drugs
• No other medical history, including laboratory results, that would preclude study
• No suspected or confirmed poor compliance or mental instability that would preclude study
• Not pregnant or nursing
• Negative pregnancy test
• Fertile patients must use effective contraception

Expected Enrollment

A total of 6-48 patients (3-24 per treatment group) will be accrued for this study.

Outline

This is a multicenter, dose-escalation study of CpG 7909. Patients are sequentially assigned to 1 of 2 treatment groups.

• Group A: Patients receive rituximab IV over 4-5 hours followed by CpG 7909 IV over 2 hours on day 1. Courses repeat weekly for 4 weeks.



• Group B: Patients receive rituximab as above followed by CpG 7909 subcutaneously on day 1. Courses repeat weekly for 4 weeks.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of CpG 7909 until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which at least 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.

Patients are followed at 4 weeks.

Leonard JP, Link BK, Emmanouilides C, et al.: Phase I trial of toll-like receptor 9 agonist PF-3512676 with and following rituximab in patients with recurrent indolent and aggressive non Hodgkin's lymphoma. Clin Cancer Res 13 (20): 6168-74, 2007.[PUBMED Abstract]

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA

Christos Emmanouilides, MD, Protocol chair		Ph: 310-206-0716; 888-798-0719 Email: cemmanou@mednet.ucla.edu

Registry Information
Official Title		A Multi-Center, Phase I, Open Label, Two Arm, Non-Randomized, Dose-Escalation, Study Of The Safety And Tolerability Of CPG 7909 In Patients Receiving Rituxan For Relapsed Or Refractory B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Trial Start Date		2002-03-13
Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov		NCT00040950
Date Submitted to PDQ		2002-05-09
Information Last Verified		2003-07-30
NCI Grant/Contract Number		P30-CA16042