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TerminatedNCT03269552Updated Jan 18, 2020Results posted

Carfilzomib With or Without Rituximab in the Treatment of Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia or Marginal Zone Lymphoma

A Phase 2 interventional study of Carfilzomib and Laboratory Biomarker Analysis in Marginal Zone Lymphoma, Recurrent Marginal Zone Lymphoma and Recurrent Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia, sponsored by University of Washington. Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-01-18.

Sponsored by University of Washington · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
Terminated due to low accrual.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
4
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 103 studies testing rituximab in Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone — 11 open to participants now, 21 under way, 3 of them phase 3. Rituximab · Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone.

Enrollment
87th of 99
4 · median 36
Started
2017
with 1 other
Phase 2
60 of 103
7 open now
Registered
83rd of 103
by date
Lead sponsor
3 of 103
University of Washington

Among the 103 studies testing rituximab in Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone, this one is the 87th largest by enrollment of the 99 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 2 that started in 2017, is one of 60 in phase 2, and was the 83rd registered.

Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone

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This study: 18 Years and older · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

This phase II trial studies how well carfilzomib with or without rituximab work in treating patients with Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia or marginal zone lymphoma that is previously untreated, has come back, or does not respond to treatment. Carfilzomib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as rituximab, may induce changes in body's immune system and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving carfilzomib alone when disease is responding or with rituximab when disease is not responding may work better in treating patients with Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia or marginal zone lymphoma.

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Determine the overall response rate of single-agent weekly carfilzomib (CFZ), measured after 2 cycles of therapy, in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (WM) and marginal zone lymphoma (MZL).

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Assess safety and tolerability of single agent, weekly CFZ in patients with WM and MZL, and determine the tolerability of weekly CFZ+rituximab for applicable patients.

II. Estimate the time to best response, response duration, and survival with weekly CFZ for WM and MZL.

III. Evaluate the overall response rate associated with weekly CFZ in a subset of patients with rituximab refractory WM or MZL.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive carfilzomib intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who fail to achieve at least 25% M-protein reduction for Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia or partial response for marginal zone lymphoma after 2 courses of carfilzomib, receive rituximab IV weekly on days 1, 8, 15, and 22 of course 3 and then monthly on day 1 of courses 4-6 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for up to 1 year.

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Conditions studied

  • Marginal Zone Lymphoma
  • Recurrent Marginal Zone Lymphoma
  • Recurrent Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
  • Refractory Marginal Zone Lymphoma
  • Refractory Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
  • Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
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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

  • Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (WM) or marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) based on institutional pathology review; patients may have either previously untreated or disease
  • : for WM presence of monoclonal IgM immunoglobulin concentration on serum electrophoresis, with lymphoplasmacytic marrow infiltrate; for MZL: measurable nodal disease measuring at least 1.5 cm in longest dimension, or splenomegaly
  • Indication for initiation of therapy
  • (ANC) > 1,000/uL unless disease-related (due to marrow infiltration or splenomegaly)
  • count > 75,000/uL unless disease-related (due to marrow infiltration or splenomegaly)
  • Serum creatinine \< 2.5 mg/dL or > 30 cc/min
  • \< 2 x (ULN)
  • (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \< 3 x ULN
  • All patients must be informed of the nature of this study and have given written consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines
  • Expected survival of > 90 days
  • Females of (FCBP) must agree to pregnancy testing and to practice
  • Male subjects must agree to practice contraception

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Known (HIV), , or positivity (subjects with hepatitis B surface antigen [SAg] or core antibody positivity, who are receiving and responding to antiviral therapy directed at hepatitis B or are negative for hepatitis B virus [HBV] deoxyribonucleic acid [DNA], are allowed)
  • Candidate for potentially curative antibiotic therapy for gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT); (gastric MALT lymphoma patients with stage I/II helicobacter [H.] pylori positive lymphoma must fail therapy with H.-pylori directed therapy before being considered for this study)
  • (ECOG) performance status 3 or higher
  • Known active central nervous system (CNS) involvement
  • Pregnant or lactating females
  • Inadequate cardiac function, as measured by (LVEF) that is less than or equal to 40%, or the presence of (NYHA) classification of greater than stage II congestive heart failure
  • Significant neuropathy (grades 3-4, or grade 2 with pain) within 14 days prior to screening
  • Uncontrolled inter-current illness including, but not limited to, unstable angina, recent myocardial infarction within 6 months of screening and uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias, psychiatric illness, or psychosocial difficulty that would limit compliance with study requirements
  • Non-hematologic within the past 3 years with the exception of a) adequately treated basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell skin cancer, or thyroid cancer; b) carcinoma in situ of the cervix or breast; c) prostate cancer of Gleason grade 6 or less with stable prostate-specific antigen levels; or d) cancer considered cured by surgical resection or unlikely to impact survival during the duration of the study
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(18)

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.

Relapsed and refractory

Relapsed: the illness came back after treatment had worked. Refractory: it did not respond to treatment, or stopped responding while still on it.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)

The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.

NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

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.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
4 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Treatment (carfilzomib, rituximab)

    Patients receive carfilzomib IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who fail to achieve at least 25% M-protein reduction for Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia or partial response for marginal zone lymphoma after 2 courses of carfilzomib, receive rituximab IV weekly on days 1, 8, 15, and 22 of course 3 and then monthly on day 1 of courses 4-6 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

    Drug: Carfilzomib · Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis · Biological: Rituximab

Interventions

  • Given IV

    Also known as: Kyprolis, PR-171

  • OtherLaboratory Biomarker Analysis

    Correlative studies

  • BiologicalRituximab

    Given IV

    Also known as: ABP 798, BI 695500, C2B8 Monoclonal Antibody, Chimeric Anti-CD20 Antibody, CT-P10, IDEC-102, IDEC-C2B8, IDEC-C2B8 Monoclonal Antibody, MabThera, Monoclonal Antibody IDEC-C2B8, PF-05280586, Rituxan, Rituximab Biosimilar ABP 798, Rituximab Biosimilar BI 695500, Rituximab Biosimilar CT-P10, Rituximab Biosimilar GB241, Rituximab Biosimilar IBI301, Rituximab Biosimilar PF-05280586, Rituximab Biosimilar RTXM83, Rituximab Biosimilar SAIT101, RTXM83

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Overall Response Rate

    Descriptive statistics will be used for baseline characteristics, and responses to treatment.

    Time frame: Up to 1 year

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall Survival

    Estimated using Kaplan-Meier analysis.

    Time frame: Up to 1 year

  2. Time to Best Response

    Estimated using Kaplan-Meier analysis.

    Time frame: Up to 1 year

  3. Time to Progression

    Estimated using Kaplan-Meier analysis.

    Time frame: Up to 1 year

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Results

Posted Jan 18, 2020
Limitations and caveats
Early termination due to low accrual leading to small number of subjects analyzed.

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneTreatment (Carfilzomib, Rituximab)
Started4
Completed2
Not completed2
Withdrew: Adverse event2

Outcome measures

PrimaryOverall Response Rate

Descriptive statistics will be used for baseline characteristics, and responses to treatment.

Time frame:
Up to 1 year
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Overall Response Rate
ParticipantsTreatment (Carfilzomib, Rituximab)
Complete response0
Very good partial response0
Partial response2
Minor response1
Stable disease1
Progressive disease0
SecondaryOverall Survival

Estimated using Kaplan-Meier analysis.

Time frame:
Up to 1 year
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Overall Survival
ParticipantsTreatment (Carfilzomib, Rituximab)
Overall Survival4
SecondaryTime to Best Response

Estimated using Kaplan-Meier analysis.

Time frame:
Up to 1 year
Reported as:
Median · Months
Time to Best Response
MonthsTreatment (Carfilzomib, Rituximab)
Time to Best Response2 (0.5 to 3)
SecondaryTime to Progression

Estimated using Kaplan-Meier analysis.

Time frame:
Up to 1 year
Reported as:
Median · Months
Time to Progression
MonthsTreatment (Carfilzomib, Rituximab)
Time to Progression8 ± 0.05

Adverse events

Collected over Adverse events are reported from the time the subject receives their first dose of study drug through 30 days post-last dose of study drug or initiation of a new anti-cancer therapy, whichever occurs first.. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Treatment (Carfilzomib, Rituximab)0/4 (0%)1/4 (25%)4/4 (100%)
Most frequent serious events
Most frequent serious events
EventTreatment (Carfilzomib, Rituximab)
Microangiopathic Hemolytic AnemiaBlood and lymphatic system disorders1/4
Most frequent other events
Showing 10 of 25
Most frequent other events
EventTreatment (Carfilzomib, Rituximab)
ChillsGeneral disorders2/4
FatigueGeneral disorders2/4
FlatulanceGastrointestinal disorders2/4
NauseaGastrointestinal disorders2/4
Non-Cardiac Chest PainGeneral disorders2/4
Platelet Count DecreasedInvestigations2/4
AnemiaBlood and lymphatic system disorders1/4
ConstipationGastrointestinal disorders1/4
CoughGeneral disorders1/4
DyspneaRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders1/4

Baseline characteristics

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)Treatment (Carfilzomib, Rituximab)
<=18 years0
Between 18 and 65 years2
>=65 years2
Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Treatment (Carfilzomib, Rituximab)
Mean64.25 (59 to 69)
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Treatment (Carfilzomib, Rituximab)
Female0
Male4
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Treatment (Carfilzomib, Rituximab)
Hispanic or Latino0
Not Hispanic or Latino4
Unknown or Not Reported0
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Treatment (Carfilzomib, Rituximab)
American Indian or Alaska Native0
Asian0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander0
Black or African American0
White4
More than one race0
Unknown or Not Reported0
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)Treatment (Carfilzomib, Rituximab)
United States4
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Study locations

1 site
  • Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium
    Seattle, Washington 98109, United States
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References and documents

Study documents

PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Dec 2017 to primary completion in Dec 2018, 12 months.

Results were first posted in Jan 2020, 1 year after primary completion.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Aug 29, 2017
First posted
Aug 31, 2017
StartActual
Dec 18, 2017
Primary completionActual
Dec 28, 2018
CompletionActual
Dec 28, 2018
Results first posted
Jan 18, 2020
Last update
Jan 18, 2020
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 18, 2020, 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
NCT03269552
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 31, 2017
Start date
Dec 18, 2017
Primary completion
Dec 28, 2018
Completion
Dec 28, 2018
Results posted
Jan 18, 2020
Last update
Jan 18, 2020

Study contacts

Stephen Smith
principal investigator · Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium

Oversight

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