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TerminatedNCT01712659Updated Jan 10, 2023Results posted

Ruxolitinib for Adult T-Cell Leukemia

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of Ruxolitinib and Ruxolitinib in T Cell Leukemia, Adult, Leukemia, Adult T-Cell and T Cell Leukemia, HTLV I Associated, sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI). Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-01-10.

Sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI) · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
The adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) research program was terminated after the death of the T-cell malignancy group Lead investigator.
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
19
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Background:

  • The human T-cell leukemia virus 1 (HTLV-1) causes adult T-cell leukemia (ATL). Infection does not immediately cause ATL, but it can develop over time. ATL is a rare and aggressive type of cancer that disrupts the body's ability to control the HTLV-1 virus. Infected T lymphocytes that are transformed by HTLV-1 into malignant ATL cell have constitutively activated Interleukin-2 (IL-2), IL-9 and IL-15 production pathways that function as autocrine and paracrine stimulators of these cells by stimulating these cells through the Janus Kinase (JAK) 1 and 3/Signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 (STAT5) pathways.
  • Ruxolitinib is a drug that has been approved to treat bone marrow disorders. Ruxolitinib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor that disrupts signaling through the JAK 1 and 2/STAT3 and 5 pathways and have potential as a treatment for ATL. Researchers want to see if ruxolitinib can be a safe and effective treatment for ATL.
  • Initially this trial was designed as a single dose level phase II trial with ruxolitinib given at the dose approved for the treatment of primary myelofibrosis, post-polycythemia vera myelofibrosis and post-essential thrombocythemia myelofibrosis.
  • Clinical and correlative laboratory data demonstrated limited inhibition and impact on the subject's disease with the standard 20 mg twice daily dose. Given that the manufacturers of ruxolitinib had safety data for administering ruxolitinib to normal healthy volunteers at doses up to 50 mg twice or 100 mg once daily, the trial was reconfigured as a phase I dose escalation trial giving these higher doses on the twice daily schedule

Objectives:

Initial Phase II design:

  • Define clinical or objective response rate for the 20 mg twice daily dose of Ruxolitinib.
  • Define safety profile, Time to progression and survival time.

Subsequent Phase I dose escalation with expansion cohort treated at the MTD or MAD:

  • Determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and clinical response rate for ruxolitinib administered at the higher dose levels.
  • Determine safety profile, time to progression
  • To test the safety and effectiveness of ruxolitinib for adult T-cell leukemia.

Eligibility:

  • Individuals at least 18 years of age who have ATL caused by HTLV-1.

Design:

  • Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. Blood and urine samples will be collected. Imaging studies will also be performed.
  • Participants will take ruxolitinib twice a day for 28 days. They will have blood tests on days 1, 14, and 28. These tests will look at the levels of HTLV-1 in the blood. Participants will have a final blood test about 2 weeks later. Treatment will also be monitored with imaging studies.
  • Participants who have a partial response during treatment may be able to start taking ruxolitinib again after the final blood test. They will continue to take ruxolitinib for as long as it is effective and the side effects are not severe.
  • Participants who have a full response during treatment will take ruxolitinib for 56 more days, and then stop treatment. If ATL returns, they may restart treatment and continue it for as long as it is effective.
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Background:

  • Adult T-cell leukemia is a lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by the presence of cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4)/cluster of differentiation 25 (CD25) expressing T cells (interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) alpha expressing) in the peripheral blood, in lymphoid and other tissues.
  • In smoldering and chronic adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) the human T-cell leukemia virus 1 (HTLV-1) encoded protein, Tax constitutively activates interleukin-2 (IL-2), IL-9 and IL-15 autocrine/paracrine systems that in turn activate the Janus kinase (JAK)-1/3/signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 (STAT5) pathways.
  • Ruxolitinib a therapeutic agent inhibits cytokine mediated Janus kinase (JAK)-1/2 activation and ex vivo proliferation of malignant T cells from subjects with ATL.
  • Ruxolitinib is a potent orally bioavailable JAK1/2 inhibitor not licensed for the treatment of ATL.

Primary Objective:

Objective Initial Phase II:

  • To determine clinical or objective response rate for ruxolitinib given at 20 mg twice daily
  • Primary Objective Dose Escalation Phase I: To determine the maximum tolerated dose and clinical response rate for ruxolitinib given at doses of 30, 40 or 50 mg orally twice daily in subjects with smoldering, chronic and biologically indolent acute or lymphomatous subtype of ATL

Eligibility

  • Subjects greater than or equal to 18 years old with pathologically confirmed adult T-cell leukemia: smoldering or chronic or previously treated lymphomatous or acute subtypes with clinically indolent behavior indicated by lack of significant symptoms and treatment free interval of greater than 6 months.
  • Subjects must have measurable or evaluable disease. Subjects with > 10% of their PBMCs having the characteristic abnormal (i.e., CD3dim, CD4 plus CD25 plus expressing) fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) profile for circulating ATL cells will be considered to have measurable disease.
  • Subjects with symptomatic leukemic meningitis, bony or gastrointestinal (GI) tract involvement, serum calcium or Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) > 1.5 times the upper limit of normal will be excluded. However, subjects that have both ATL and another HTLV-1 associated disease such as tropical spastic paraparesis (human T-cell leukemia virus 1 (HTLV-1) Associated Myelopathy (HAM)/tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP)) will be included.
  • No prior treatment with another JAK inhibitor; subjects previously treated in this protocol at the lower dose are eligible to restart treatment at the higher dose levels.

Design

  • This is a pilot open-label, trial with off label-use of oral ruxolitinib that will treat 27 to 33 Subjects with smoldering or chronic or clinically indolent ATL. Groups of 3 to 6 newly enrolled or reenrolled Subjects will begin treatment at an elevated dose of 30 mg orally given twice daily. If this dose is tolerated without exceeding the criteria for dose limiting toxicity (DLT) during the first cycle of treatment, the tolerability of treatment at 40 mg and then 50 mg twice daily will be evaluated.
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Conditions studied

  • T Cell Leukemia, Adult
  • Leukemia, Adult T-Cell
  • T Cell Leukemia, HTLV I Associated

Keywords

  • JAK 1/2
  • Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus 1
  • HTLV-1
  • Janus Kinase Inhibitor
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In context

Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell

31 studies on the registry are indexed under Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell; 5 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 19 is below the median of 27 across 26 interventional studies indexed under Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell.

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Lead sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the lead sponsor of 3,556 studies on the registry; 336 are open to participants now.

Of its 411 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 373 (91%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

NOTE: After approval and activation of Amendment D, subjects who have failed this protocol treatment previously at the initial dose level may be eligible for re-enrollment and retreatment if they otherwise meet eligibility criteria.

  • Subjects greater than or equal to 18 years old with confirmed adult T- cell leukemia: smoldering or chronic, or previously treated lymphomatous or acute subtypes with clinically indolent behavior indicated by lack of significant symptoms and treatment free interval of greater than 6 months are eligible for treatment in the dose escalation and expansion cohorts.
  • Subjects must have serum antibodies directed to human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1).
  • Subjects must have measurable or evaluable disease. Subjects with > 10% of the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) having the characteristic abnormal (i.e., CD3dim, cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) plus cluster of differentiation 25 (CD25) plus expressing) fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) profile for circulating adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) cells will be considered to have evaluable disease.
  • Subjects must have adequate physiologic parameters:
  • Absolute granulocyte count greater than or equal to 500 K/microL, count greater than or equal to 75,000 K/microL and greater than or equal to 10 g/dL.
  • and creatinine less than or equal to 1.5 times institutional (ULN).
  • (AST), Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) less than or equal to 3.0 times institutional ULN.
  • Performance Score greater than or equal to 70% or (ECOG) less than or equal 1.
  • Subjects must be able to understand and sign Form.

Exclusion criteria

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

  • Subjects with symptomatic leukemic meningitis, bony or gastrointestinal (GI) tract involvement, serum calcium or lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) > 1.5 times the will be excluded. However, subjects that have both ATL and another HTLV-1 associated disease such as tropical spastic paraparesis (human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) Associated Myelopathy (HAM)/tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) will be included.
  • Subjects with symptomatic leukemic meningitis, bony or GI tract involvement, serum calcium or LDH > 1.5 X the upper limit of normal will be excluded. However, subjects that have both ATL and another HTLV-1 associated disease such as tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) will be included.
  • Subjects who have received high doses of systemic for the treatment of their ATL within 4 weeks prior to the start of therapy.
  • Subjects who have received any cytotoxic therapy, immunotherapy, antitumor vaccines or monoclonal antibodies in the 4 weeks prior to the start of the study.
  • of less than 3 months.
  • Documented active bacterial infections, HTLV-II infection, or or C as follows:

    • A positive hepatitis B serology indicative of previous immunization (i.e., hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAb) positive and hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) negative), or a fully resolved acute hepatitis B infection is not an exclusion criterion.
    • Subjects with an indolent chronic hepatitis B infection (normal , AST, albumin and no radiographic or evidence of cirrhosis) may be eligible.
    • Subjects with active are excluded. Subjects positive for hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody are eligible only if polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is negative for HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA).
  • Subjects who have untreated (HIV) are not eligible for this study because by definition they have a defective immune response and are at much higher risk for opportunistic infections due to immune disregulation by both HTLV-1 and HTLVIII (HIV) viruses. Subjects on HIV therapy with undetectable viral loads as measured by HIV RNA quantitative real time PCR may be eligible.
  • Inability or refusal to practice effective during therapy. Men and women of must use an effective method of birth control or abstinence during treatment and for 1 week after completion of the treatment.
  • Subject has significant and/or uncontrolled cardiac, renal, hepatic or other systemic disorders or significant psychological conditions at baseline visit that in the investigators judgment would jeopardize subject enrollment or compliance with the study procedures.
  • Subjects with an absolute requirement for a medication that is a strong inhibitor of Cytochrome P450 3A4 (P450 ) are not eligible.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(18)

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Histologically or cytologically confirmed

The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).

Your pathology report is the document that shows this.

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

Karnofsky performance status (KPS)

A 0–100 scale of how well someone can carry out everyday activities. 100 is no complaints and no signs of illness; 70 is able to look after yourself but not to work or keep up normal activity; 50 is needing considerable help and frequent medical care.

Studies often ask for 60 or 70 and above. Your doctor gives the score.

ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

Life expectancy

The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Biopsy and archival tissue

A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.

Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.

Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

CYP3A (CYP3A4) inhibitors and inducers

CYP3A is a group of enzymes, mainly CYP3A4, in the liver and gut that break down many medicines. Some medicines, supplements and foods (grapefruit, St John’s wort) slow them down or speed them up, which changes how much of a study drug stays in the body.

Studies list them so they can be avoided or switched; bring a list of everything you take, including supplements.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
19 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Original Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib dose cohort

    Ruxolitinib 20 mg orally twice daily for 28 days. Subjects may continue to receive treatment until progressive disease (PD) or unacceptable toxicity.

    Drug: Ruxolitinib

  • Experimental
    2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation cohorts

    Dose level 1: Ruxolitinib 30 mg orally twice daily for 28 days to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD). Subjects may continue to receive treatment until progressive disease (PD) or dose limiting toxicity (DLT) or unacceptable toxicity. Dose level 2: Ruxolitinib: Ruxolitinib 40 mg orally twice daily for 28 days to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD). Subjects may continue to receive treatment until progressive disease (PD) or dose limiting toxicity (DLT) or unacceptable toxicity. Dose level 3: Ruxolitinib: Ruxolitinib 50 mg orally twice daily for 28 days to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD). Subjects may continue to receive treatment until progressive disease (PD) or dose limiting toxicity (DLT) or unacceptable toxicity.

    Drug: Ruxolitinib

  • Experimental
    3- Phase 1 Dose Expansion Cohort

    Ruxolitinib at the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) or the maximum administered dose (MAD) defined in the phase 1 dose escalation cohorts. Subjects may continue to receive treatment until progressive disease (PD) or unacceptable toxicity.

    Drug: Ruxolitinib

Interventions

  • Ruxolitinib 20 mg orally twice daily for 28 days. Subjects may continue to receive treatment until progressive disease (PD) or unacceptable toxicity.

    Also known as: Jakafi

  • Ruxolitinib 30 mg orally twice daily for 28 days to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD). Subjects may continue to receive treatment until progressive disease (PD) or dose limiting toxicity (DLT) or unacceptable toxicity.

    Also known as: Jakafi

  • Ruxolitinib: Ruxolitinib 40 mg orally twice daily for 28 days to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD). Subjects may continue to receive treatment until progressive disease (PD) or dose limiting toxicity (DLT) or unacceptable toxicity.

    Also known as: Jakafi

  • Ruxolitinib 50 mg orally twice daily for 28 days to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD). Subjects may continue to receive treatment until progressive disease (PD) or dose limiting toxicity (DLT) or unacceptable toxicity.

    Also known as: Jakafi

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Phase II: Best Response

    Best response is complete response (CR) plus partial response (PR). Response was measured by the Revised Response Criteria for Lymphoma by Cheson, et al, and the International Consensus Meeting Criteria for Adult T-Cell Lymphoma (ATL). Complete response is disappearance of all clinical, microscopic, and radiographic evidence of disease. Partial response is a ≥50% reduction in the sum of the products of the greatest diameters of measurable disease without the appearance of new lesion. Stable disease is failure to attain complete response, partial response, or progressive disease. Progressive disease in peripheral blood is defined by a 50% increase from nadir in the count of flower cells and an absolute lymphocyte count, including flower cells, of 4x10\^9/L; or the appearance of new lesions excluding skin.

    Time frame: From the time of the start of treatment to approximately 3 years of 5

  2. Phase I: Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)

    MTD is defined as the dose level at which no more than 1 of up to 6 participants experience dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) during the first cycle (28 days) treatment, and the dose below that at which at least 2 (of ≤6) participants have DLT as a result of the drug. A DLT is any grade 3 or 4 toxicity, if deemed possibly, probably, or definitely related to the study drug by the principal investigator during the first cycle of treatment with some exceptions such as Grade 3 anemia without hemolysis. Grade 3 or 4 granulocytopenia or leukopenia without infection, Grade 3 thrombocytopenia without bleeding, and Grade 3 or 4 lymphopenia. Grade 3 is severe or medically significant. Grade 4 is life-threatening, urgent intervention indicated.

    Time frame: From the time of the start of treatment to approximately 1 year

Secondary outcomes

  1. Phase II: Time to Progression (TTP)

    TTP is defined as the date of protocol consent until date of progressive disease is documented. Progressive disease was assessed by the Revised Response Criteria for Lymphoma by Cheson, et al, and the International Consensus Meeting Criteria for Adult T-Cell Lymphoma (guideline (version 1.1). Progressive disease (PD) is at least a 20% increase in the sum of the diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on study, and the appearance of one or more new lesions.

    Time frame: From the time of the start of treatment to approximately 3 years

  2. Phase II: Survival Time

    Survival time is defined as the date of protocol consent until the date of the subject's death for any cause.

    Time frame: From the time of the start of treatment to approximately 3 years

  3. Phase I: Grade of Serious and/or Non-serious Adverse Events (SAEs) Related to the Experimental Treatment by Grade

    Grade of serious adverse events (SAEs) related to the experimental treatment. Adverse events were assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0). Grade 1 is mild, Grade 2 is moderate, Grade 3 is severe, and Grade 4 is life-threatening.

    Time frame: From the time of the start of treatment to approximately 1 year

  4. Phase I: Time to Progression When Ruxolitinib is Administered at Doses of 30, 40 or 50 mg Orally Twice Daily

    TTP is defined as the date of protocol consent until date of progressive disease is documented. Progressive disease was assessed by the Revised Response Criteria for Lymphoma by Cheson, et al, and the International Consensus Meeting Criteria for Adult T-Cell Lymphoma guidelines (version 1.1). Progressive disease (PD) is at least a 20% increase in the sum of the diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on study, and the appearance of one or more new lesions.

    Time frame: From the time of the start of treatment to approximately 1 year

Other outcomes

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

    A DLT is any grade 3 or 4 toxicity, if deemed possibly, probably or definitely related to the study drug by the principal investigator during the first cycle of treatment with some exceptions such as Grade 3 anemia without hemolysis. Grade 3 or 4 granulocytopenia or leukopenia without infection, Grade 3 thrombocytopenia without bleeding, and Grade 3 or 4 lymphopenia. Grade 3 is severe or medically significant. Grade 4 is life-threatening, urgent intervention indicated.

    Time frame: During the first cycle of treatment (28 days)

  2. Number of Participants With Non-Serious Adverse Events Assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0).

    Here is the number of participants with non-serious adverse events assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0). A non-serious adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence.

    Time frame: Date treatment consent signed to date off study, approximately 110 months and 27 days.

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Results

Posted Jan 10, 2023

Participant flow

Dose Escalation
Participant flow — Dose Escalation
MilestoneOriginal Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 3 - 50 mg Twice Daily3- Phase 1 Dose Expansion Cohort
Started15100
Completed13100
Not completed02000
Withdrew: Physician decision01000
Withdrew: Unable to take study drug01000
Dose Expansion
Participant flow — Dose Expansion
MilestoneOriginal Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 3 - 50 mg Twice Daily3- Phase 1 Dose Expansion Cohort
Started120000
Completed100000
Not completed20000
Withdrew: Early disease progression10000
Withdrew: Physician decision10000
Participants Re-Enrolled and Treated
Participant flow — Participants Re-Enrolled and Treated
MilestoneOriginal Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 3 - 50 mg Twice Daily3- Phase 1 Dose Expansion Cohort
Started01000
Completed01000
Not completed00000

Outcome measures

PrimaryPhase II: Best Response

Best response is complete response (CR) plus partial response (PR). Response was measured by the Revised Response Criteria for Lymphoma by Cheson, et al, and the International Consensus Meeting Criteria for Adult T-Cell Lymphoma (ATL). Complete response is disappearance of all clinical, microscopic, and radiographic evidence of disease. Partial response is a ≥50% reduction in the sum of the products of the greatest diameters of measurable disease without the appearance of new lesion. Stable disease is failure to attain complete response, partial response, or progressive disease. Progressive disease in peripheral blood is defined by a 50% increase from nadir in the count of flower cells and an absolute lymphocyte count, including flower cells, of 4x10\^9/L; or the appearance of new lesions excluding skin.

Time frame:
From the time of the start of treatment to approximately 3 years of 5
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Phase II: Best Response
ParticipantsOriginal Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice Daily
Complete Response000
Partial Response110
Stable Disease630
Progressive Disease501
Not Assessable020
PrimaryPhase I: Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)

MTD is defined as the dose level at which no more than 1 of up to 6 participants experience dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) during the first cycle (28 days) treatment, and the dose below that at which at least 2 (of ≤6) participants have DLT as a result of the drug. A DLT is any grade 3 or 4 toxicity, if deemed possibly, probably, or definitely related to the study drug by the principal investigator during the first cycle of treatment with some exceptions such as Grade 3 anemia without hemolysis. Grade 3 or 4 granulocytopenia or leukopenia without infection, Grade 3 thrombocytopenia without bleeding, and Grade 3 or 4 lymphopenia. Grade 3 is severe or medically significant. Grade 4 is life-threatening, urgent intervention indicated.

Time frame:
From the time of the start of treatment to approximately 1 year
Reported as:
Number · mg
Phase I: Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)
mg2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 3 - 50 mg Twice Daily
Phase I: Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)NANA—
SecondaryPhase II: Time to Progression (TTP)

TTP is defined as the date of protocol consent until date of progressive disease is documented. Progressive disease was assessed by the Revised Response Criteria for Lymphoma by Cheson, et al, and the International Consensus Meeting Criteria for Adult T-Cell Lymphoma (guideline (version 1.1). Progressive disease (PD) is at least a 20% increase in the sum of the diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on study, and the appearance of one or more new lesions.

Time frame:
From the time of the start of treatment to approximately 3 years
Reported as:
Mean · Months
Phase II: Time to Progression (TTP)
MonthsOriginal Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice Daily
Phase II: Time to Progression (TTP)5.25 ± 7.623.36 ± 3.341 ± NA
SecondaryPhase II: Survival Time

Survival time is defined as the date of protocol consent until the date of the subject's death for any cause.

Time frame:
From the time of the start of treatment to approximately 3 years
Reported as:
Mean · Months
Phase II: Survival Time
MonthsOriginal Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice Daily
Phase II: Survival Time29.3 (15.7 to 42.9)20.1 (3.9 to 36.3)14.1 (NA to NA)
SecondaryPhase I: Grade of Serious and/or Non-serious Adverse Events (SAEs) Related to the Experimental Treatment by Grade

Grade of serious adverse events (SAEs) related to the experimental treatment. Adverse events were assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0). Grade 1 is mild, Grade 2 is moderate, Grade 3 is severe, and Grade 4 is life-threatening.

Time frame:
From the time of the start of treatment to approximately 1 year
Reported as:
Number · Adverse Events
Phase I: Grade of Serious and/or Non-serious Adverse Events (SAEs) Related to the Experimental Treatment by Grade
Adverse EventsGrade 1 - Original Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice DailyGrade 2 - Original Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice DailyGrade 3 - Original Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice DailyGrade 4 - Original Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice DailyGrade 1 - 2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice DailyGrade 2 - Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice DailyGrade 3 - Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice DailyGrade 4 - Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice DailyGrade 1 - 2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice DailyGrade 2 - 2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice DailyGrade 3 - 2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice DailyGrade 4 - 2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice Daily
Fatigue100010000000
Nausea100000000000
Anemia200001000000
Alanine aminotransferase increased300010000000
Aspartate aminotransferase increased200010000000
Lymphocyte count decreased300010000000
Bilirubin increased100000000000
White blood cells decreased100010001000
Platelet count decreased100000001000
Creatinine increased000020000000
Hypernatremia000001000000
Alkaline phosphatase increased000010000000
Neutrophil count decreased000000100100
SecondaryPhase I: Time to Progression When Ruxolitinib is Administered at Doses of 30, 40 or 50 mg Orally Twice Daily

TTP is defined as the date of protocol consent until date of progressive disease is documented. Progressive disease was assessed by the Revised Response Criteria for Lymphoma by Cheson, et al, and the International Consensus Meeting Criteria for Adult T-Cell Lymphoma guidelines (version 1.1). Progressive disease (PD) is at least a 20% increase in the sum of the diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on study, and the appearance of one or more new lesions.

Time frame:
From the time of the start of treatment to approximately 1 year
Reported as:
Mean · Months
Phase I: Time to Progression When Ruxolitinib is Administered at Doses of 30, 40 or 50 mg Orally Twice Daily
MonthsOriginal Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 3 - 50 mg Twice Daily
Phase I: Time to Progression When Ruxolitinib is Administered at Doses of 30, 40 or 50 mg Orally Twice Daily5.2 (0.89 to 9.51)4.1 (0.77 to 7.43)1 (NA to NA)—
Other pre-specifiedNumber of Participants With a Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT)

A DLT is any grade 3 or 4 toxicity, if deemed possibly, probably or definitely related to the study drug by the principal investigator during the first cycle of treatment with some exceptions such as Grade 3 anemia without hemolysis. Grade 3 or 4 granulocytopenia or leukopenia without infection, Grade 3 thrombocytopenia without bleeding, and Grade 3 or 4 lymphopenia. Grade 3 is severe or medically significant. Grade 4 is life-threatening, urgent intervention indicated.

Time frame:
During the first cycle of treatment (28 days)
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants With a Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT)
ParticipantsOriginal Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice Daily
Number of Participants With a Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT)000
Other pre-specifiedNumber of Participants With Non-Serious Adverse Events Assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0).

Here is the number of participants with non-serious adverse events assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0). A non-serious adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence.

Time frame:
Date treatment consent signed to date off study, approximately 110 months and 27 days.
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants With Non-Serious Adverse Events Assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0).
ParticipantsOriginal Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice Daily
Number of Participants With Non-Serious Adverse Events Assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0).1261

Adverse events

Collected over Date treatment consent signed to date off study, approximately 110 months and 27 days.. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Original Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice Daily11/12 (91.7%)0/12 (0%)12/12 (100%)
2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice Daily3/6 (50%)0/6 (0%)6/6 (100%)
2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice Daily0/1 (0%)0/1 (0%)1/1 (100%)
Most frequent other events
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Most frequent other events
EventOriginal Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice Daily
AnemiaBlood and lymphatic system disorders3/121/61/1
Aspartate aminotransferase increasedInvestigations3/121/61/1
Blood bilirubin increasedInvestigations1/120/61/1
Investigations - Other, Blood lactate dehydrogenase increasedInvestigations0/120/61/1
Lymphocyte count increasedInvestigations1/121/61/1
Neutrophil count decreasedInvestigations6/123/61/1
Platelet count decreasedInvestigations2/120/61/1
White blood cell decreasedInvestigations7/120/61/1
Lymphocyte count decreasedInvestigations7/122/60/1
Alanine aminotransferase increasedInvestigations3/122/60/1

Baseline characteristics

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)Original Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice DailyTotal
<=18 years0000
Between 18 and 65 years106117
>=65 years2002
Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Original Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice DailyTotal
Mean44.5 ± 14.546.3 ± 10.965 ± 051.93 ± 12.7
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Original Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice DailyTotal
Female5319
Male73010
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Original Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice DailyTotal
Hispanic or Latino0000
Not Hispanic or Latino126119
Unknown or Not Reported0000
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Original Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice DailyTotal
American Indian or Alaska Native0000
Asian0000
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander0000
Black or African American125118
White0101
More than one race0000
Unknown or Not Reported0000
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)Original Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice DailyTotal
United States126119
Adult T-Cell Leukemia Lymphoma Diagnosis
Adult T-Cell Leukemia Lymphoma Diagnosis(Participants)Original Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice DailyTotal
Count of participants126119
Performance Status
Performance Status(Participants)Original Phase II Standard Ruxolitinib Dose Cohort - 20 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 1 - 30 mg Twice Daily2- Phase 1 Dose Escalation Cohorts Dose Level 2 - 40 mg Twice DailyTotal
05409
172110

1 further baseline measures are reported on the registry.

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Study locations

1 site
  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
    Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Matsuoka M, Jeang KT. Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and leukemic transformation: viral infectivity, Tax, HBZ and therapy. Oncogene. 2011 Mar 24;30(12):1379-89. doi: 10.1038/onc.2010.537. Epub 2010 Nov 29. PubMed 21119600 ↗
  • Tsukasaki K, Hermine O, Bazarbachi A, Ratner L, Ramos JC, Harrington W Jr, O'Mahony D, Janik JE, Bittencourt AL, Taylor GP, Yamaguchi K, Utsunomiya A, Tobinai K, Watanabe T. Definition, prognostic factors, treatment, and response criteria of adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma: a proposal from an international consensus meeting. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Jan 20;27(3):453-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.2428. Epub 2008 Dec 8. PubMed 19064971 ↗
  • Yamada Y, Atogami S, Hasegawa H, Kamihira S, Soda M, Satake M, Yamaguchi K. [Nationwide survey of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) in Japan]. Rinsho Ketsueki. 2011 Nov;52(11):1765-71. Japanese. PubMed 22185799 ↗

Study documents

PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — All individual participant data (IPD) recorded in the medical record will be shared with intramural investigators upon request. All collected IPD will be shared with collaborators under the terms of collaborative agreements.

Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Informed consent form

Time frame: Clinical data available during the study and indefinitely.

Access criteria: Clinical data will be made available via subscription to Biomedical Translational Research Information System (BTRIS) and with the permission of the study principal investigator (PI).

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 10, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01712659
Responsible party
Kevin Conlon, MD (Principal Investigator, National Cancer Institute (NCI)) — Principal investigator
First posted
Oct 23, 2012
Start date
Oct 26, 2012
Primary completion
Nov 12, 2021
Completion
Jan 18, 2022
Results posted
Jan 10, 2023
Last update
Jan 10, 2023

Study contacts

Kevin C Conlon, M.D.
principal investigator · National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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