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Efficacy and Safety of Carfilzomib in Combination With Ibrutinib vs Ibrutinib in Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia

NCT04263480 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 99

Last updated 2026-05-12

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Summary

In Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) chemotherapy induces only low CR/VGPR (Complete Remission/ Very Good Partial Response) rates and responses of short duration compared to other indolent lymphomas. Thus, innovative approaches are needed which combine excellent activity and tolerability in WM. Chemotherapy-free approaches are highly attractive for this patient group. Based on its high activity in WM and its low toxicity, Ibrutinib was approved for the treatment of WM by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). However, also Ibrutinib fails to induce CRs and the VGPR rate is 16% in relapsed patients. In addition, activity of Ibrutinib depends on the genotype: compared to MYD88mut/CXCR4WT patients Ibrutinib single agent therapy induces substantially lower response rates in patients with the MYD88mut/CXCR4mut or the MYD88WT/CXCR4WT genotype (major response (at least PR) in 91.7 % compared to 61.9 and 0 %, respectively). Phase II data have indicated that the proteasome inhibitor Carfilzomib is able to overcome the inferior prognosis of Ibrutinib in MYD88mut/CXCR4mut and MYD88WT/CXCR4WT patients, as response rates were high for all genotypes in a phase II study combining Carfilzomib with Rituximab and Dexamethasone. Based on this the investigators hypothesize that addition of Carfilzomib to Ibrutinib will increase the VGPR/CR rate compared to Ibrutinib alone in patients with WM, in particular in patients carrying the CXCR4 mutation. In addition, the investigators hypothesize, that the combination Carfilzomib and Ibrutinib will be also highly active in MYD88 wildtype patients and that this combination will be at least as efficient in treatment naïve patients as in relapsed/refractory patients.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Carfilzomib + Ibrutinib

Carfilzomib: Cycle 1, day 1: 20 mg/m² i.v. Cycle 1, day 8, day 15: 70 mg/m² i.v. Cycle 2 - 12, day 1, day 8, day 15: 70 mg/m² i.v. Cycle 13 - 24, day 1, day 15: 70 mg/m² i.v. Ibrutinib: 420 mg p.o daily until disease progression or non-tolerable toxicities

DRUG

Ibrutinib

Ibrutinib: 420 mg p.o daily until disease progression or non-tolerable toxicities

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Amgen

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Janssen, LP

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Christian Buske

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christian Buske, MD · University of Ulm

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-08-18
Primary Completion
2028-05-31
Completion
2028-05-31

Countries

  • Austria
  • Germany
  • Greece

Study Locations

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