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NCT Number: NCT01650727

A Study of Dinaciclib in Combination With Rituximab in Participants With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (P07974)

The purpose of this study is to determine the maximum-tolerated dose (MTD) of dinaciclib therapy in combination with rituximab in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL).

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Key information

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Must have received at least one prior therapy that includes either

fludarabine or equivalent nucleoside analogue or an alternative regimen

  • Diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic

lymphoma (SLL)

  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance status ≤ 2
  • Women of child-bearing potential who are sexually active, ,including both female subjects and the female sexual partners of male subjects, must agree to use a medically accepted method of contraception prior to enrollment, while receiving protocol-specified treatment, and for 12 months after stopping study treatment.
  • Women of child-bearing potential who are not currently sexually active must

agree to use a medically accepted method of contraception should they become

sexually active while participating in the study.

  • Life expectancy ≥12 weeks

Exclusion criteria

  • Symptomatic brain metastases or primary central nervous system malignancy
  • Treatment with any chemotherapy or biologic therapy within 4 weeks prior to enrollment
  • Non-hematological toxicities from prior therapy
  • Presence of any serious or uncontrolled infection defined as infection requiring hospital admission and/or parenteral antibiotics
  • Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or a known HIV-related

malignancy

  • Clinically active hepatitis B or C defined as disease that requires

therapy

  • Women who are breast-feeding, pregnant, or intend to become pregnant
  • Prior allogeneic bone marrow transplant (auto hematopoietic stem cell

transplantation [HSCT] is allowed if fully recovered)

  • Prior malignancy, except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer or other cancer from which the subject is

considered by his or her physician to have a 2 year survival expectation

  • Any investigational drugs within 4 weeks prior to the start of treatment
  • Concurrently receiving treatment in any other clinical study
  • Previously treated with a cyclin dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor (e.g., dinaciclib or flavopiridol)
  • Active autoimmune anemia or idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) unless

stable, defined as being responsive to corticosteroids or other standard therapy

Treatment and study plan

Dinaciclib

Drug

Dinaciclib is given as a single intravenous (IV) dose on Days 1, 8, and 15 in Cycle 2 through Cycle 13 (28 day cycles) at a starting dose of 7 mg/m^2 up to a maximum dose of 14 mg/m^2.

Other names: SCH 727965, MK-7965

Rituximab

Biological

Rituximab 375 mg/m^2 will be administered IV on Day 1, 8, 15 and 22 in Cycle 1 (28 day cycle) and on Day 1 in Cycles 3-13 (28 day cycles).

Other names: Rituxan®

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants Experiencing a Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT)

    Time frame: Cycles 2 & 3 (Days 29-84)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 1b Trial of Dinaciclib in Combination With Rituximab in Subjects With Relapsed and Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
Jul 26, 2012
Registry last updated
Feb 10, 2015

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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