A Phase 2 interventional study of Dexamethasone and Ixazomib Citrate in Plasma Cell Leukemia, Plasma Cell Myeloma and Plasmacytoma, sponsored by Mayo Clinic. Completed at 2 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-10-30.
Sponsored by Mayo Clinic · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment
This phase II trial studies how well pomalidomide, ixazomib citrate, and dexamethasone work in treating patients with previously treated multiple myeloma or plasma cell leukemia. Biological therapies, such as pomalidomide and dexamethasone, use substances made from living organisms that may stimulate or suppress the immune system in different ways and stop cancer cells from growing. Ixazomib citrate may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving pomalidomide, ixazomib citrate, and dexamethasone together may be more effective in treating multiple myeloma.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine the confirmed response rate (>= partial response [PR]) of ixazomib citrate (ixazomib), used in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone in patients with previously treated multiple myeloma (MM) with extramedullary disease.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine the toxicities associated with ixazomib in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone in patients with previously treated MM with extramedullary disease.
II. To determine the differential response rates (biochemical versus extramedullary disease) with ixazomib in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone in patients with previously treated MM with extramedullary disease.
III. To determine the progression free survival following treatment with ixazomib in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone in patients with previously treated MM with extramedullary disease.
TERTIARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To assess the proportion of patients achieving minimal residual disease (MRD) negative status.
OUTLINE:
Patients receive ixazomib citrate orally (PO) on days 1, 8, and 15, pomalidomide PO on days 1-21, and dexamethasone PO on days 1, 8, 15, and 22. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 or 6 months for up to 3 years.
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Patients with defined as at least one of the following:
Exclusion Criteria:
Other requiring active therapy
Females of (FCBP)* must have a negative serum pregnancy test with a sensitivity of at least 50 mIU/mL within 10-14 days prior to and again within 24 hours prior to prescribing pomalidomide for cycle 1 (prescriptions must be filled within 7 days as required by RevAssist [lenalidomide REMS program]), and must either commit to continued abstinence from heterosexual intercourse or begin TWO acceptable methods of , one highly effective method and one additional effective method; AT THE SAME TIME, at least 28 days before she starts taking pomalidomide FCBP must also agree to ongoing pregnancy testing; men must agree to use a latex condom during sexual contact with a FCBP even if they have had a successful vasectomy; patient must follow pregnancy testing requirements as outlined in the POMALYST REMS program
Other concurrent chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or any ancillary therapy considered
Interval (QTc) > 470 milliseconds (msec) on a 12-lead ECG obtained during the screening period
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.
The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.
It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.
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.
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).
The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.
The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.
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.
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.
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.
Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.
Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.
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.
Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).
A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.
It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
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.
A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.
On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.
The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.
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.
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.
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.
The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.
The US National Cancer Institute’s scale of how severe an adverse event is — any unwanted medical event during a study, such as a symptom, an illness or an abnormal test result, whether or not a treatment caused it. Whether it did is judged separately.
“Side effects of earlier treatment resolved to grade 1 or less” means they have settled to mild or gone.
Creatinine clearance (CrCl)
How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)
The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.
It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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).
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Measurable disease
The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.
The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Cancer (malignancy)
Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.
Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Postmenopausal
Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Investigational drug or device
A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.
It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ECG (electrocardiogram)
A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
QT and QTc
On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.
The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Excipients
The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
CTCAE grade
The US National Cancer Institute’s scale of how severe an adverse event is — any unwanted medical event during a study, such as a symptom, an illness or an abnormal test result, whether or not a treatment caused it. Whether it did is judged separately.
“Side effects of earlier treatment resolved to grade 1 or less” means they have settled to mild or gone.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Patients receive ixazomib citrate PO on days 1, 8, and 15, pomalidomide PO on days 1-21, and dexamethasone PO on days 1, 8, 15, and 22. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Drug: Dexamethasone · Drug: Ixazomib Citrate · Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis · Drug: Pomalidomide
Given PO
Also known as: Aacidexam, Adexone, Aknichthol Dexa, Alba-Dex, Alin, Alin Depot, Alin Oftalmico, Amplidermis, Anemul mono, Auricularum, Auxiloson, Baycuten, Baycuten N, Cortidexason, Cortisumman, Decacort, Decadrol, Decadron, Decalix, Decameth, Decasone R.p., Dectancyl, Dekacort, Deltafluorene, Deronil, Desamethasone, Desameton, Dexa-Mamallet, Dexa-Rhinosan, Dexa-Scheroson, Dexa-sine, Dexacortal, Dexacortin, Dexafarma, Dexafluorene, Dexalocal, Dexamecortin, Dexameth, Dexamethasonum, Dexamonozon, Dexapos, Dexinoral, Dexone, Dinormon, Fluorodelta, Fortecortin, Gammacorten, Hexadecadrol, Hexadrol, Lokalison-F, Loverine, Methylfluorprednisolone, Millicorten, Mymethasone, Orgadrone, Spersadex, Visumetazone
Given PO
Also known as: MLN-9708, MLN9708, Ninlaro
Correlative studies
Given PO
Also known as: 4-Aminothalidomide, Actimid, CC-4047, Imnovid, Pomalyst
Confirmed Response Rate
A confirmed response is defined as a patient who has achieved a stringent complete response (sCR), complete response (CR), very good partial response (PR), or PR on two consecutive evaluations. The proportion of successes will be estimated by the number of successes divided by the total number of evaluable patients. Ninety-five percent confidence intervals for the true success proportion will be calculated according to the approach of Duffy and Santner. Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), \>=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Overall Response (OR) = CR + PR.
Time frame: 4 years
Biochemical Response Rate
The biochemical response rate will be estimated by the number of responders(patients that achieved partial or complete response) divided by the number of evaluable patients who have measurable disease by serum M-protein, urine M-protein, or serum FLC assay at baseline. Exact binomial confidence intervals will be calculated.
Time frame: 4 years
Extramedullary Response Rate
Extramedullary response, defined as a response by extramedullary plasmacytoma or plasma cell count parameters. The extramedullary response rate will be estimated by the number of responders(patients that achieved a partial or complete response) divided by the number of evaluable patients. Exact binomial confidence intervals will be calculated.
Time frame: 4 years
Incidence of Adverse Events Graded According to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events Version 4.0
Number of patients with adverse events is reported here, the full list of those adverse events and their frequency is reported in the adverse event section.
Time frame: 4 years 1 month
Progression-free Survival
The distribution of progression-free survival will be estimated using the method of Kaplan-Meier.
Time frame: 4 years 8 months
Proportion of Patients Who Achieve Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) Negative Status
The proportion of patients who achieve MRD negative status will be estimated by the number of patients who are MRD negative divided by the total number of evaluable patients who achieve a sCR or CR. Exact binomial 95% confidence intervals for the true MRD negative rate will be calculated.
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Study closed early due to recruitment concerns
| Milestone | Treatment (Ixazomib Citrate, Pomalidomide, Dexamethasone) |
|---|---|
| Started | 17 |
| Completed | 17 |
| Not completed | 0 |
A confirmed response is defined as a patient who has achieved a stringent complete response (sCR), complete response (CR), very good partial response (PR), or PR on two consecutive evaluations. The proportion of successes will be estimated by the number of successes divided by the total number of evaluable patients. Ninety-five percent confidence intervals for the true success proportion will be calculated according to the approach of Duffy and Santner. Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), \>=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Overall Response (OR) = CR + PR.
| proportion of patients | Treatment (Ixazomib Citrate, Pomalidomide, Dexamethasone) |
|---|---|
| Confirmed Response Rate | 0.06 (0.0 to 0.29) |
The biochemical response rate will be estimated by the number of responders(patients that achieved partial or complete response) divided by the number of evaluable patients who have measurable disease by serum M-protein, urine M-protein, or serum FLC assay at baseline. Exact binomial confidence intervals will be calculated.
| proportion of participants | Treatment (Ixazomib Citrate, Pomalidomide, Dexamethasone) |
|---|---|
| Biochemical Response Rate | 0.25 (0.05 to 0.57) |
Extramedullary response, defined as a response by extramedullary plasmacytoma or plasma cell count parameters. The extramedullary response rate will be estimated by the number of responders(patients that achieved a partial or complete response) divided by the number of evaluable patients. Exact binomial confidence intervals will be calculated.
| proportion of participants | Treatment (Ixazomib Citrate, Pomalidomide, Dexamethasone) |
|---|---|
| Extramedullary Response Rate | 0.40 (0.05 to 0.85) |
Number of patients with adverse events is reported here, the full list of those adverse events and their frequency is reported in the adverse event section.
| Participants | Treatment (Ixazomib Citrate, Pomalidomide, Dexamethasone) |
|---|---|
| Incidence of Adverse Events Graded According to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events Version 4.0 | 17 |
The distribution of progression-free survival will be estimated using the method of Kaplan-Meier.
| Months | Treatment (Ixazomib Citrate, Pomalidomide, Dexamethasone) |
|---|---|
| Progression-free Survival | 4.5 (2.0 to 11.8) |
The proportion of patients who achieve MRD negative status will be estimated by the number of patients who are MRD negative divided by the total number of evaluable patients who achieve a sCR or CR. Exact binomial 95% confidence intervals for the true MRD negative rate will be calculated.
Results for this outcome have not been posted.
Collected over Adverse events were followed for 4 years and 1 month, mortality was followed for 4 years and 8 months.. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.
| Group | Deaths | Serious | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment (Ixazomib Citrate, Pomalidomide, Dexamethasone) | 3/17 (17.6%) | 5/17 (29.4%) | 17/17 (100%) |
| Event | Treatment (Ixazomib Citrate, Pomalidomide, Dexamethasone) |
|---|---|
| Lung infectionInfections and infestations | 3/17 |
| Platelet count decreasedInvestigations | 3/17 |
| ConfusionPsychiatric disorders | 2/17 |
| HypoxiaRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders | 2/17 |
| AnemiaBlood and lymphatic system disorders | 1/17 |
| Death NOSGeneral disorders | 1/17 |
| Infections and infestations - Oth specInfections and infestations | 1/17 |
| Upper respiratory infectionInfections and infestations | 1/17 |
| Ankle fractureInjury, poisoning and procedural complications | 1/17 |
| Alanine aminotransferase increasedInvestigations | 1/17 |
| Event | Treatment (Ixazomib Citrate, Pomalidomide, Dexamethasone) |
|---|---|
| AnemiaBlood and lymphatic system disorders | 16/17 |
| FatigueGeneral disorders | 14/17 |
| Neutrophil count decreasedInvestigations | 13/17 |
| White blood cell decreasedInvestigations | 13/17 |
| Platelet count decreasedInvestigations | 12/17 |
| ConstipationGastrointestinal disorders | 10/17 |
| Peripheral sensory neuropathyNervous system disorders | 10/17 |
| NauseaGastrointestinal disorders | 9/17 |
| Creatinine increasedInvestigations | 7/17 |
| DiarrheaGastrointestinal disorders | 5/17 |
| Age, Continuous(years) | Treatment (Ixazomib Citrate, Pomalidomide, Dexamethasone) |
|---|---|
| Mean | 64.2 ± 10.0 |
| Sex: Female, Male(Participants) | Treatment (Ixazomib Citrate, Pomalidomide, Dexamethasone) |
|---|---|
| Female | 10 |
| Male | 7 |
| Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants) | Treatment (Ixazomib Citrate, Pomalidomide, Dexamethasone) |
|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 17 |
| Unknown or Not Reported | 0 |
| Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants) | Treatment (Ixazomib Citrate, Pomalidomide, Dexamethasone) |
|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Asian | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| White | 16 |
| More than one race | 0 |
| Unknown or Not Reported | 1 |
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Ran from Dec 2015 to primary completion in Oct 2020, 58 months.
Results were first posted in May 2022, 1 year 6 months after primary completion.
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Studies of the drugs tested here: Dexamethasone · Ixazomib · Pomalidomide