Pirtobrutinib (LOXO-305) Consolidation for MRD Eradication in Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (CLL) Treated With Venetoclax

Last updated: April 24, 2025
Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Overall Status: Active - Not Recruiting

Phase

1/2

Condition

Leukemia

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Lymphoma

Treatment

Venetoclax

Pirtobrutinib

Clinical Study ID

NCT05317936
2021-0953
NCI-2022-02427
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

To learn if the combination of LOXO-305 (pirtobrutinib) and venetoclax can help to control previously treated chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL).

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis of CLL per International Workshop on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (IWCLL) 2018 criteria

  • Received venetoclax for at least 12 cycles, with MRD > 0.01% detectable inperipheral blood, by Adaptive Biotechnologies NGS assay, within the month prior tostudy enrollment

  • Age 18 years or older

  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 2

  • Serum bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) or =< 3 x ULN for patients withGilbert's disease

  • Serum creatinine clearance of >= 30 ml/min (calculated or measured)

  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) =< 3.0 x ULN,unless clearly due to documented disease involvement, in which case ALT and AST =< 5.0 x ULN

  • Platelet count of >= 50,000/ul, with no platelet transfusion in prior 2 weeks

  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1000/ul in the absence of growth factor support

  • Hemoglobin >= 8 mg/dL

  • Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) or partial thromboplastin time andprothrombin time (PT) or international normalized ratio (INR) not greater than 1.5 xULN

  • Ability to provide informed consent and adhere to the required follow-up

  • Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine beta humanchorionic gonadotropin (beta-hCG) pregnancy test result within 7 days prior to thefirst dose of study drugs and must agree to use use both a highly effective methodof birth control (e.g., implants, injectables, combined oral contraceptives, someintrauterine devices [IUDs], complete abstinence, or sterilized partner) and abarrier method (e.g., condoms, vaginal ring, sponge, etc) during the period oftherapy and for 6 months after the last dose of study drug. Women ofnon-childbearing potential are those who are postmenopausal (defined as absence ofmenses for >= 1 year) or who have had a bilateral tubal ligation or hysterectomy.Men who have partners of childbearing potential must agree to use effectivecontraception, defined above, during the study and for 30 days following the lastdose of study drug

Exclusion

Exclusion criteria Exclusion Criteria:

  • Known or suspected Richter's transformation to diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), prolymphocytic leukemia, or Hodgkin lymphoma at any time precedingenrollment

  • Known or suspected history of central nervous system (CNS) involvement by CLL

  • History of grade >= 3 arrhythmia on prior covalent Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK)inhibitor

  • Patients who experienced a major bleeding event on a prior BTK inhibitor

  • NOTE: Major bleeding is defined as bleeding having one or more of the followingfeatures: life-threatening bleeding with signs or symptoms of hemodynamiccompromise; bleeding associated with a decrease in the hemoglobin level of at least 2 g/dL; or bleeding in a critical area or organ (e.g., retroperitoneal,intraarticular, pericardial, epidural, or intracranial bleeding or intramuscularbleeding with compartment syndrome)
  • Active second malignancy. Patients with a treated second malignancy and withlikelihood of requiring systemic therapy within the next 2 years of < 10%, asdetermined by an expert in the field, will be eligible. Examples include:

  • Adequately treated non-melanomatous skin cancer or lentigo maligna melanomawithout current evidence of disease

  • Adequately treated cervical carcinoma in situ without current evidence ofdisease

  • Localized (e.g., lymph node negative) breast cancer treated with curativeintent with no evidence of active disease present for more than 3 years andreceiving adjuvant hormonal therapy

  • Localized prostate cancer undergoing active surveillance

  • History of treated and cured Hodgkin's disease or non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) < 5 years from diagnosis

  • Major surgery within 4 weeks of planned start of study therapy

  • A significant history of renal, neurologic, psychiatric, endocrine, metabolic orimmunologic disorder, that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would adverselyaffect the patient's participation in this study or interpretation of study outcomes

  • History of allogeneic or autologous stem cell transplant (SCT) or chimeric antigenreceptor (CAR)-T therapy within the past 60 days or presence of any of thefollowing, regardless of prior SCT and/or CAR-T therapy timing:

  • Active graft versus host disease (GVHD)

  • Need for anti-cytokine therapy for toxicity from CAR-T therapy

  • Residual symptoms of neurotoxicity > grade 1 from CAR-T therapy

  • Active uncontrolled auto-immune cytopenia (e.g., autoimmune hemolytic anemia [AIHA],idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura [ITP])

  • Significant cardiovascular disease, defined as any of the following:

  • Unstable angina or acute coronary syndrome within the past 2 months

  • History of myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to planned start ofstudy treatment

  • Documented left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) by any method of =< 45% inthe 12 months prior to planned start of study treatment

  • >= grade 3 New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classification systemof heart failure

  • Uncontrolled or symptomatic arrhythmias

  • Prolongation of the QT interval corrected (QTc) for heart rate using Fredericia'sFormula (QTcF) > 470 msec on an electrocardiogram (EKG) during screening

  • QTcF is calculated using Fredericia's Formula

  • Correction of suspected drug-induced QTcF prolongation or prolongation due toelectrolyte abnormalities can be attempted at the Investigator's discretion,and only if clinically safe to do so with either discontinuation of theoffending drug or switch to another drug not known to be associated with QTcFprolongation or electrolyte supplementation

  • Correction of QTc for underlying bundle branch block (BBB) permissible

  • Hepatitis B or hepatitis C testing indicating active/ongoing infection based onscreening laboratory tests as defined as:

  • Hepatitis B virus (HBV): Patients with positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) are excluded. Patients with positive hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc) and negative HBsAg require hepatitis B polymerase chain reaction (PCR) evaluation. Patients who are hepatitis B PCR positive will be excluded

  • Hepatitis C virus (HCV): positive hepatitis C antibody. If positive hepatitis Cantibody result, patient will need to have a negative result for hepatitis Cribonucleic acid (RNA) before randomization. Patients who are hepatitis C RNApositive will be excluded

  • Evidence of other clinically significant uncontrolled condition(s) including, butnot limited to, uncontrolled systemic infection (viral, bacterial, or fungal) orother clinically significant active disease process which in the opinion of thePrincipal Investigator may pose a risk for patient participation. Screening forchronic conditions is not required

  • Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, regardless of CD4 count.Patients with unknown or negative status are eligible

  • Known active cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. Patients with unknown or negativestatus are eligible

  • Clinically significant active malabsorption syndrome or other condition likely toaffect gastrointestinal (GI) absorption of the oral administered study treatments

  • Investigational agent or anti-cancer therapy other than venetoclax, with theexception of hormonal therapy for breast or prostate cancer. Other agents must bediscontinued for at least 4 weeks for monoclonal antibody therapy or 5 half livesfor other agents

  • Use of > 20 mg prednisone QD or equivalent dose of steroid per day at the time ofcycle 1 day 1 (C1D1). Patients may not be on prednisone of any dose intended foranti-neoplastic use

  • Patients requiring therapeutic anticoagulation with warfarin or another Vitamin Kantagonist

  • Current treatment with strong cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4 (CYP3A4) inducers and/orstrong P-glycoprotein (P-gp) inhibitors. Because of their effect on CYP3A4, use ofany of the following within 3 days of study treatment start or planned use duringstudy participation is prohibited:

  • Grapefruit or products from grapefruit

  • Seville oranges or products from Seville oranges

  • Star fruit or products from star fruit

  • Vaccination with a live vaccine within 28 days prior to study start

  • Previous treatment with another non-covalent BTK inhibitor, such as nemtabrutinib

  • Pregnancy, lactation or plan to breastfeed during the study or within 30 days of thelast dose of study treatment

  • Patients with known hypersensitivity to any component or excipient of LOXO-305 andvenetoclax

  • Any unresolved toxicity from prior therapy greater than Common Terminology Criteriafor Adverse Events (CTCAE) (version 5.0) grade 2 at the time of starting studytreatment, except for alopecia

Study Design

Total Participants: 44
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Venetoclax
Phase: 1/2
Study Start date:
November 16, 2022
Estimated Completion Date:
October 01, 2027

Study Description

Primary Objective:

I. To estimate the therapeutic efficacy of pirtobrutinib consolidation in patients who have detectable CLL in peripheral blood after receiving venetoclax for at least 12 cycles. The primary endpoint will be the rate of undetectable MRD (U-MRD4) in the peripheral blood, assessed by NGS at a threshold of 0.01% sensitivity, after 24 cycles of combination therapy.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Determine the complete remission (CR)/complete remission with incomplete marrow recovery (CRi) rate after 6, 12 18 and 24 cycles of combination therapy, in patients who were not in CR/CRi at study initiation and estimate the time to best response with this combination.

II. Determine the cumulative rate of blood and bone marrow minimal residual disease undetectable minimal residual disease (MRD) by next generation sequencing (NGS) at thresholds of 0.01% sensitivity (MRD4), 0.001% sensitivity (MRD5) and 0.0001% sensitivity (MRD6).

III. Achievement of undetectable MRD at a sensitivity of 0.0001% (MRD6) in the bone marrow in patients who achieve undetectable (U)-MRD6 in peripheral blood.

IV. Determine the safety of combined pirtobrutinib and venetoclax. V. Determine the progression-free and overall survival.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive pirtobrutinib orally (PO) once daily (QD) and venetoclax PO QD on days 1-28. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 24 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After 24 cycles of combination therapy, patients who achieve U-MRD4 discontinue therapy. Patients who do not achieve U-MRD4 receive pirtobrutinib PO QD on days 1-28. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 36 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 4 weeks, and then every 24 weeks (6 months) for up to 5 years.

Connect with a study center

  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas 77030
    United States

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