Featured Clinical Study
Study of Tirabrutinib (ONO-4059) in Patients With Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (PROSPECT Study)
Study Sponsor: ONO Pharma USA, Inc.
Study website: https://www.theprospectstudy.com/
Study Number: ONO-4059-09
Tumor Type: Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
Age Group: Adults
Gender: Female & Male
Study Phase: Phase 2
ABTA Published Date: 01/20/2023
GENERAL OVERVIEW
Study Overview
This study will evaluate tirabrutinib treatment in patients with Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (PCNSL).
Tirabrutinib will be taken orally, either as a single therapy (relapsed/refractory) or in combination (newly diagnosed) with a standard chemotherapy regimen, until disease progression, unacceptable adverse reactions are observed, or you or your doctor decide to stop treatment.
Study Objective
This study will evaluate tirabrutinib treatment in patients with Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (PCNSL).
If you have PCNSL that has not responded to or returned after prior treatment, you will be in Part A of the study. This part of the study will look at the safety and effectiveness of tirabrutinib when given without any additional chemotherapy.
If you have been newly diagnosed with PCNSL and have not yet received any treatment, you will be in Part B of the study. This part of the study will look at the safety and effectiveness of tirabrutinib when given together with standard of care chemotherapy regimens used to treat newly diagnosed patients.
Possible Risks & Side Effects
Parts A and B:
Tirabrutinib potential side effects:
- Low blood cell counts including: Neutropenia (low number of white blood cells, which can make it easier to become sick); anemia (low number of red blood cells, which can make you feel tired); and thrombocytopenia (low number of platelets, which can make it harder for your blood to clot\easier to bleed)
- Allergic reaction (hypersensitivity) which may include skin rash
- Infections including: pneumonia (caused by bacterial or fungal infection, in the lungs); urinary tract infections; viral infection (shingles); and Sepsis (body’s extreme response to blood infection). Some people died as a result infections.
- Disorders of the skin: Rash, Petechiae (tiny red spots on skin), purpura (skin eruptions with larger red spots), erythema multiforme (a severe skin rash)
- Blood in the urine (hematuria)
- Bleeding events including minor hemorrhagic events (bruising) and major hemorrhagic events (bleeding within the gut and brain)
- Liver function abnormalities (which can indicate damage to the liver)
- Interstitial lung disease: an inflammatory disease of the lung which can make it difficult to breathe effectively. Deaths have been reported with interstitial lung disease.
- Heart failure
- Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/toxic epidermal necrosis (a severe skin reaction most commonly caused by some medications or infections). Some people die as a result of this condition, but it is treatable if caught early.
Study procedures and assessments potential risks:
- The potential risks of the study procedures and assessments will be provided by your doctor
Part B Only:
- The potential side-effects of the standard of care treatment regimens will be provided by your doctor
ELIGIBILITY
Inclusion Criteria (Part A) – Closed to enrollment
- Written informed consent
- Aged ≥ 18 years
- Pathologic diagnosis of PCNSL
- Relapse or refractory PCNSL with at least one prior high dose methotrextrate based therapy for PCNSL
- Measurable brain lesion with a minimum diameter > 1.0 cm in gadolinium enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performed within 14 days before starting tirabrutinib treatment
- At least able to walk and capable of all selfcare, up and about more than 50% of waking hours
- Life expectancy of at least 3 months
- Adequate bone marrow, kidney, and liver function
Inclusion Criteria (Part B)
- Written informed consent
- Aged ≥ 18 years
- Pathologic diagnosis of PCNSL within the past 3 months
- No prior anti-tumor treatments for PCNSL
- Patients who, in the opinion of the Investigator, are suitable to receive treatment with a high dose methotrexate containing regimen
- Measurable brain lesion with a minimum diameter > 1.0 cm in gadolinium enhanced MRI performed within 14 days before starting study treatment
- At least able to walk and capable of all selfcare, up and about more than 50% of waking hours
- Life expectancy of at least 6 months
- Adequate bone marrow, kidney, and liver function
Exclusion Criteria (Part A) – Closed to enrollment
- Intraocular (within the eye) PCNSL with no brain lesion
- Patient who is intolerant of contrast enhanced MRI due to allergic reactions to contrast agents
- Patient with non-B cell PCNSL
- Patient with systemic presence of lymphoma
- Prior chemotherapy within 21 days, nitrosourea within 42 days, an antibody drug with anticancer activity (e.g., rituximab) within 28 days, prior radiotherapy within 14 days, prior major invasive surgery within 28 days, or allogeneic stem cell transplant within 6 months before starting tirabrutinib treatment
- Prior BTK inhibitor treatment
- Prior investigational drugs (including treatment in clinical research, unapproved combination products, and new dosage forms) within 28 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, before starting tirabrutinib treatment
- Taking a systemic corticosteroid on an ongoing basis within 14 days before starting tirabrutinib treatment, with the exception of the following:
- Equivalent of up to 10 mg/day of prednisone for a disease other than PCNSL
- Equivalent of up to 50 mg/day of prednisone (equal to 8 mg/day of dexamethasone) for patients with lesions of the brain or spinal cord or both
- Patient who has received a CYP3A4 inducer or P-gp inducer within 14 days before starting tirabrutinib treatment
- Taking warfarin, any other warfarin derivative anticoagulant, vitamin K antagonists, novel oral anticoagulants, or antiplatelet therapy on an ongoing basis within 7 days before starting tirabrutinib treatment
- Active malignancy, other than PCNSL requiring systemic therapy
- Poorly controlled comorbidity, severe heart, severe lung disease, clinically significant liver diseases that could affect protocol compliance or safety or efficacy assessments
- Patient with bleeding disorder
- Patients with a history of moderate or severe liver impairment
- QTcF (heart rate measurement) > 480 milliseconds or requirement for ongoing treatment with medications that prolong the QT interval
- Active infection, including a HIV, cytomegalovirus infection or SARS-CoV-2, or has had, within 28 days before starting tirabrutinib treatment, an infection (other than nail trichophytosis) that requires hospitalization or an intravenous antibiotic
- Prior history of hypersensitivity or anaphylaxis to tirabrutinib
- Prior history of Stevens Johnson Syndrome or Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
- Medical history of organ tissue graft
- Tests positive for HIV-1 antibody and HIV-2 antibody, human T-lymphotropic virus 1 antibody, HBs antigen, or HCV antibody. Tests positive for HBs antibody or hepatitis B virus core protein antibody and has a result of at least detectable in a hepatitis B virus deoxyribonucleic acid assay despite testing negative for HBs antigen.
- Patient is unable to swallow tablets; has malabsorption, malabsorption syndrome, or a comorbidity that affects gastric function; has undergone complete resection of the stomach or small intestine; has ulcerative colitis or symptomatic inflammatory bowel disease; or has partial or complete intestinal obstruction.
- Women who are pregnant or lactating
- Patient is found incapable of giving consent due to dementia or another such condition
- Patient is found to be otherwise ineligible for the study by the Investigator or sub-Investigator.
Exclusion Criteria (Part B)
- Intraocular (within the eye) PCNSL with no brain lesion
- Patients for whom the selected backbone regimen medications (i.e, methotrexate/temozolomide/rituximab for MTR and rituximab/methotrexate/procarbazine/vincristine for R-MPV) are contraindicated
- Patients with a history of intolerable toxicity, hypersensitivity, or anaphylaxis to the selected backbone regimen medications
- Patient who is intolerant of contrast enhanced MRI due to allergic reactions to contrast agents
- Patient with non-B cell PCNSL
- Patient with systemic presence of lymphoma
- Prior chemotherapy within 21 days, nitrosourea within 42 days, an antibody drug with anticancer activity (e.g., rituximab) within 28 days, prior radiotherapy within 14 days, prior major invasive surgery within 28 days, or allogeneic stem cell transplant within 6 months before starting tirabrutinib treatment
- Prior BTK inhibitor treatment
- Prior investigational drugs (including treatment in clinical research, unapproved combination products, and new dosage forms) within 28 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, before starting tirabrutinib treatment
- Taking systemic corticosteroid on an ongoing basis within 14 days before starting tirabrutinib treatment, with the exception of the following:
- Equivalent of up to 10 mg/day of prednisone for a disease other than PCNSL
- Equivalent of up to 50 mg/day of prednisone (equal to 8 mg/day of dexamethasone) for patients with lesions of the brain or spinal cord or both
- Patient who has received a CYP3A4 inducer or P-gp inducer within 14 days before starting tirabrutinib treatment
- Taking warfarin, any other warfarin derivative anticoagulant, vitamin K antagonists, novel oral anticoagulants, or antiplatelet therapy on an ongoing basis within 7 days before starting tirabrutinib treatment
- Active malignancy, other than PCNSL requiring systemic therapy
- Poorly controlled comorbidity, severe heart, severe lung disease, clinically significant liver diseases that could affect protocol compliance or safety or efficacy assessments
- Patient with bleeding disorder
- Patients with a history of moderate or severe liver impairment
- QTcF (heart rate measurement) > 480 milliseconds or requirement for ongoing treatment with concomitant medications that prolong the QT interval
- Active infection, including a HIV, cytomegalovirus infection or SARS-CoV-2, or has had, within 28 days before starting tirabrutinib treatment, an infection (other than nail trichophytosis) that requires hospitalization or an intravenous antibiotic
- Prior history of hypersensitivity or anaphylaxis to tirabrutinib
- Prior history of Stevens Johnson Syndrome or Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
- Medical history of organ tissue grafts
- Tests positive for HIV-1 antibody and HIV-2 antibody, human T-lymphotropic virus 1 antibody, HBs antigen, or HCV antibody. Tests positive for HBs antibody or hepatitis B virus core protein antibody and has a result of at least detectable in a hepatitis B virus deoxyribonucleic acid assay despite testing negative for HBs antigen.
- Patient is unable to swallow tablets; has malabsorption, malabsorption syndrome, or a comorbidity that affects stomach function; has undergone complete resection of the stomach or small intestine; has ulcerative colitis or symptomatic inflammatory bowel disease; or has partial or complete intestinal obstruction.
- Women who are pregnant or lactating
- Patient is found incapable of giving consent due to dementia or another such condition
- Patient is found to be otherwise ineligible for the study by the Investigator or sub-Investigator
STUDY DETAILS
Patient Participation Requirements
Part A (R/R PCNSL) – Closed to enrollment
Signed informed consent; in-clinic visits (more frequently at the beginning of the study/treatment, followed by visits every 28 days beginning at cycle 2); confirmed eligibility based on; confirmed diagnosis, medical history, height/weight/disposition, eye exam, vital signs, electrocardiogram (ECG), laboratory tests (blood, urine, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), bone marrow exam, and saliva/nail clippings), neuro-psychological assessments, and medical imaging (fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET), computerized tomography (CT), x-ray, MRI, 2D-echocardiography).
Part B (newly diagnosed PCNSL):
Similar to Part A, except in-clinic visits are more frequent for the first 4 cycles (induction), followed by visits every 28 days beginning at cycle 5.
Study Compensation
Reasonable and customary expenses (e.g. transportation, meals, parking) may be reimbursed or a patient stipend may be provided according to each hospital’s policy. Overnight stays may be reimbursed on a case-by-case basis.
Study Data
Tirabrutinib is an oral drug that is expected to effectively treat PCNSL in some patients.
In March 2020, tirabrutinib (80 mg tablets) was approved in Japan for the treatment of relapsed or refractory (R/R) PCNSL. I
In a study (ONO-4059-02) similar to this one, 63.6% of study patients with R/R PCNSL who were treated with tirabrutinib experienced a beneficial response. Relapsed or refractory means a lack of response or disease progression on last prior therapy.
Mechanism of Action
The study will be conducted in 2 parts. Part A will investigate tirabrutinib as a single treatment for relapsed or refractory (R/R) PCNSL and Part B is an exploratory part to investigate tirabrutinib in combination with one of two commonly used high-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX) regimens as the first treatment in newly diagnosed PCNSL patients.
Tirabrutinib is an oral drug that is expected to effectively treat PCNSL in some patients. Tirabrutinib acts by blocking an enzyme called Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK). Some cancer cells use BTK to grow and thrive in your body. Tirabrutinib blocks BTK and interferes with the growth of cancer cells. Tirabrutinib is a highly potent, second-generation, selective BTK inhibitor.
Part A (R/R PCNSL) –Closed to enrollment– In March 2020, tirabrutinib monotherapy (used alone) was granted marketing authorization in Japan for the treatment of relapsed or refractory (R/R) PCNSL because, in a study (ONO-4059-02) similar to this US study, 63.6% of study patients with R/R PCNSL who were treated with tirabrutinib monotherapy experienced a beneficial response.
Tirabrutinib, at an assigned dose, will be taken orally, once a day on an empty stomach. Tirabrutinib treatment may be continued until disease progression or clinically unacceptable toxicity is observed by your study doctor.
Part B (newly diagnosed PCNSL) – In the US, high-dose methotrexate based regimens are the mainstay of treatment in patients with newly diagnosed PCNSL. These regimens include methotrexate/temozolomide/rituximab and rituximab/methotrexate/procarbazine/vincristine. Recently, another BTK inhibitor in combination with high-dose methotrexate based regimens has shown clinical efficacy in newly diagnosed PCNSL patients.
Tirabrutinib, at an assigned dose, will be taken orally, once a day on an empty stomach in combination with a standard chemotherapy induction regimen containing methotrexate, which may contain rituximab, temozolomide, vincristine, and procarbazine as chosen by your study doctor. Tirabrutinib with chemotherapy treatment will be continued for 4 induction cycles (28-days/cycle), or until disease progression or clinically unacceptable toxicity is observed. Following induction, if your study doctor decides not to continue with treatment, you may continue to receive tirabrutinib, at an assigned dose, until disease progression, unacceptable adverse reactions are observed, or your doctor decides to stop treatment.
Grommes C, Tang SS, Wolfe J, et al. Phase 1b trial of an ibrutinib-based combination therapy in recurrent/refractory CNS lymphoma. Blood. 2019;133(5):436-45.
STUDY LOCATIONS & CONTACTS
Alabama
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of
Medicine
WTI 110UI, 1824 6th Ave. S
Birmingham, AL 35233
Kelly Shantyle
205-659-2797
sdkelly@uabmc.edu
Arizona
Mayo Phoenix
5881 E Mayo Blvd
Phoenix, AZ 85054
California
City of Hope Comprehensive Breast
Cancer Center
1500 East Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010
Grace Aranki
626-218-4522
garanki@coh.org
Cedar Sinai Medical Cancer
8700 Beverly Blvd AC1076
West Hollywood, CA 90046
Yehuda “Julian” Spector
424-315-4498
Yehuda.spector@cshs.org
University of California, Irvine
101 The City Drive
South Irvine, CA 92868
Sherin Matthew
562-376-0712
sherinsm@hs.uci.edu
Stanford University
801 Welch Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Sophie Bertrand
650-723-4467
sophieb@stanford.edu
Colorado
University of Colorado Denver
12631 East 17Th Avenue Mail Stop 8205
Aurora, CO 80045
Julie Compton
720-848-8312
Julie.Compton@cuanschutz.edu
Connecticut
Yale Cancer Center
333 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06510
Lilia Falcon
475-261-2299
lilia.falcon@yale.edu
District of Columbia
Georgetown University
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Washington, DC 20037
Jenny Crawford
202-687-0893
crawfojg@georgetown.edu
Florida
Mayo Jacksonville
4500 San Pablo Rd S
Jacksonville, FL 32224
Moffitt Miami
801 N Flamingo Rd, Ste 11
Pembroke Pines, FL 33028
Melinda Garnello
954-265-1846
mgarnello@mhs.net
Orlando Health
11 West Columbia Street MP 780
Orlando, FL 32806
Caitlin Mynard
321-841-7413
Caitlin.Mynard@orlandohealth.com
University of Miami
1120 NW 14th St., Suite 610H
Miami, FL 33136
Nathalie Padron
305-243-9610
npadron@med.miami.edu
Georgia
Piedmont Healthcare
95 Collier Road, Suite 3025
Atlanta, GA 30318
Sharon Joseph
404-425-7937
sharon.joseph@piedmont.org
Emory University
1365 Clifton Road Northeast, Bldg B, Fl 2
Atlanta, GA 30322
Agnes Harutyunyan
404-778-7215
agnieszka.anna.harutyunyan@emory.edu
Kentucky
University of Kentucky
800 Rose St., First Floor Room CC180
Lexington, KY 40536
Judy Guinn
859-562-3678
judy.guinn@uky.edu
Maine
Maine Medical Partners Neurology
(Maine Neurology)
100 Campus Drive, Suite 103
Scarborough, ME 04074
Kimberly Caron
207-396-7559
kacaron@mmc.org
Massachusetts
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
Saravanan Chandran
617-975-7417
schandr4@bidmc.harvard.edu
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
450 Brookline Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
Alyssa Russ
617-732-7432
Alyssa_Russ@dfci.harvard.edu
Massachusetts General Hospital
10 Emerson Pl Ste 112
Boston, MA 02114
Rebecca Lyons
617-643-6081
rtlyons@mgh.harvard.edu
Michigan
University of Michigan
Rogel Cancer Center Building
1500 E Medical Center Dr
Ann Arbor, MI 41809
Rachel Jones
734-232-9859
rachejon@med.umich.edu
Henry Ford Hospital
2799 W Grand Blvd
Detroit, MI 48202
Prathima Koppolu
313-556-8747
pkoppol1@hfhs.org
Minnesota
Mayo Rochester
200 First Street SW
Rochester, MN 55905
Tanya Keller
507-266-9681
keller.tanya@mayo.edu
Missouri
The University of Kansas Cancer Center (KUCC)
8700 North Green Hills Rd
Kansas City, MO 64154
Jessie Lamphier
913-945-6809
jlamphier@kumc.edu
Nebraska
University of Nebraska Medical Center
986811 Nebraska Medical Center ECI 3010
Omaha, NE 68198
Susan Blumel
402-559-9183
sblumel@unmc.edu
New Jersey
Hackensack University Medical Center
John Theurer Cancer Center
92 2nd St
Hackensack, NJ 07601
Elizabeth McCarthy
412-860-6447
elizabethl.mccarthy@hmhn.org
New York
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
Alicia Bargo
212-342-4435
ab5172@cumc.columbia.edu
Memorial Sloan Kettering
Department of Neurology
160 East 53rd Street, Office 232
New York, NY 10022
Amanda Bender
917-453-2968
bendera@mskcc.org
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer
Center (RPCCC)
Elm And Carlton Streets
Buffalo, NY 14263
Cassandra Walinski
716-845-1665
cassandra.walinski@RoswellPark.org
North Carolina
Duke University School of Medicine
2200 West Main St Suite 1000
Durham, NC 27705
Sarah Woodring
919-684-2527
sarah.woodring@duke.edu
Levine Cancer Center
1021 Morehead Medical Drive Suite 2200
Charlotte, NC 28204
Elizabeth Youngblade
980-442-2000
elizabeth.youngblade@atriumhealth.org
Ohio
Cleveland Clinic
10201 Carnegie Avenue
CA-LL-016
Cleveland, OH 44106
Marci Ciolfi
216-445-3407
ciolfim@ccf.org
Oregon
Providence Health Cancer Center
9205 SW Barnes Rd
Portland, OR 97239
Mariia Kirusenko
503-216-1157
mariia.kirusenko@providence.org
Pennsylvania
Abramson Cancer Center UPENN
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104-5127
Melissa Borres
215-220-9687
melissa.borres@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Penn State Hershey Bone and Joint Institute
30 Hope Dr., Suite B
Hershey, PA 17033
Micaiah Grien
717-531-0003, x283063
mgrien@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
5115 Centre Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Carolyn Stone
412-623-3680
stonecj@upmc.edu
Rhode Island
Lifespan Rhode Island Hospital
593 Eddy Street
Providence, RI 02903
Stephen Donnelly
401-444-3234
SDonnelly1@lifespan.org
Tennessee
University of Tennessee Cancer Institute
1924 Alcoa Hwy, Suite F344
Knoxville, TN 27920
David Bradfield
865-305-4636
dabradfield@utmck.edu
Henry Joyce Cancer Center – Vanderbilt Clinic
2220 Pierce Avenue
Nashville, TN 37232
Kathy Taylor
847-570-1808
kathy.l.taylor@vumc.org
Texas
Houston Methodist Research Institute (HMRI)
6670 Bertner R12-107
Houston, TX 77030
Helga Jones
713-363-9388
HMJones@houstonmethodist.org
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Main Building, Floor 6
Houston, TX 77030
Amanda Nunmaker
346-725-2997
amnunmaker@mdanderson.org
Utah
The University of Utah
Huntsman Cancer Institute
2000 Circle Of Hope Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Yuri Kida
801-646-4397
yuri.kida@hci.utah.edu
Vermont
The University of Vermont
Fletcher Allen Health Care
89 Beaumont Avenue
Burlington, VT 05401
Isza Parchini
802-656-9447
isza.parchini@uvmhealth.org
Washington
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
825 Eastlake Avenue East G3-200
Seattle, WA 98109
Jennifer Steele
206-744-2336
steelejl@uw.edu