A Phase 1 Dose Escalation and Expanded Cohort Study of EPZ-5676 in the Treatment of Pediatric Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Leukemias Bearing a Rearrangement of the MLL Gene



Status:Completed
Conditions:Other Indications, Blood Cancer, Blood Cancer, Hematology, Leukemia
Therapuetic Areas:Hematology, Oncology, Other
Healthy:No
Age Range:Any - 18
Updated:8/4/2016
Start Date:May 2014
End Date:June 2016

Use our guide to learn which trials are right for you!

A subset of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia
(ALL) harbor rearrangements of the MLL gene, which are detected either by cytogenetic or
fluorescent in situ hybridization evaluation at the time of diagnosis. A protein called
DOT1L plays an important role in the malignant process in these leukemias. EPZ-5676 is a
molecule that blocks the activity of DOT1L, and is therefore being evaluated in the
treatment of patients with MLL-rearranged leukemias.

This is a Phase 1b study of EPZ-5676 in pediatric patients. The study will have two phases.
The first phase will assess escalating doses of EPZ-5676 in order to determine the maximally
tolerated dose (MTD) or recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) of EPZ-5676 as a 28-day continuous
IV infusion. Once the MTD and/or RP2D is established, a second phase of the study will
further evaluate the safety of EPZ-5676 and assess the anti-leukemia activity.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age: >3 months to <18 years of age.

2. Diagnosis: Patients must have documented relapsed/refractory ALL, AML, or acute
leukemia of ambiguous lineage and meet the following criteria:

- Patients must have at least received an appropriate induction therapy regimen.
Patients with persistent leukemia after induction therapy, or with recurrence of
leukemia at any time during the course of treatment (including allogeneic HSCT)
are eligible;

- Patients must have > 10% leukemic blasts in the bone marrow;

- Patients must have rearrangement involving the MLL gene, including reciprocal
chromosomal translocations involving 11q23 by FISH, cytogenetic analysis,
polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or next-generation sequencing (NGS) OR partial
tandem duplication (PTD) of MLL by PCR or NGS.

3. Therapeutic Options: Patients must be ineligible or inappropriate for other treatment
regimens known to have curative potential.

4. Performance Level: Karnofsky > 50% for pts > 12 years; Lansky > 50% for pts < 12
years of age.

5. Prior Therapy: Patients must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all
prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or radiotherapy prior to entering this study.

Myelosuppressive Chemotherapy:

- 14 days must have elapsed since the completion of cytotoxic therapy

- Patients may receive hydroxyurea, low-dose cytarabine and/or glucocorticoids to
control peripheral blood leukemic cell counts at study entry

- At least 7 days since the completion of therapy with hematopoietic growth
factors

- At least 7 days since the completion of therapy with a biologic agent

- At least 21 days since receipt of chimeric antigen receptor therapy or other
modified T cell therapy

- At least 60 days from prior total body irradiation (TBI)

- At least 60 days must have elapsed from hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
(HSCT)

6. Renal and Hepatic Function: Patient must have adequate renal and hepatic functions as
indicated by the following laboratory values:

- Patient must have a calculated creatinine clearance or radioisotope GFR >
60mL/min/1.73m2 or a normal serum creatinine based on age/gender

- Total bilirubin < 1.5 x ULN for age or normal conjugated bilirubin

- ALT and AST < 3 x ULN (unless attributed to leukemic involvement)

7. Cardiac Function: Patient must have a shortening fraction (SF) of > 27% or an
ejection fraction (EF) of > 50% by echocardiogram or MUGA scan.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with CNS 3 disease or symptomatic CNS disease

2. Clinically active heart disease including prolonged QTc or prolonged PR interval, or
history of arrhythmias

3. On immunosuppressive or other anti-leukemic therapy, excluding patients receiving
glucocorticoids for management of circulating blast count or patients on a stable
dose (<20mg/m2/day prednisone or equivalent) of systemic or topical glucocorticoid
therapy with ≤ Grade 1 GvHD or tapering dose of calcineurin inhibitor

4. Patients with known bleeding diathesis or prothrombin time (PT) or aPTT >1.5 x ULN or
fibrinogen <0.5 x LLN

5. Receiving prophylactic use of hematopoietic colony stimulating factors

6. Known history of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or chronic
infection with hepatitis B virus (HBsAg positive) or hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV
positive)

7. Being actively treated for another concurrent malignancy

8. Pregnant or nursing females;

9. Male patients not willing to use a condom

10. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to uncontrolled
infection, significant graft-versus-host-disease (GvHD) (Grade 2-4), or psychiatric
illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements

11. Patients who are concurrently receiving strong inducers/inhibitors of CYP3A

12. Patients with known history of Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome), history of congenital
immunodeficiency or inherited marrow failure disorder.

13. Patients with known bleeding diathesis, or PT (Prothrombin time) or aPTT (activated
partial thromboplastin time) > 1.5x ULN or <0.5x LLN.
We found this trial at
9
sites
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
Principal Investigator: Cynthia Wetmore, MD PhD
?
mi
from
Atlanta, GA
Click here to add this to my saved trials
3400 N Charles St
Baltimore, Maryland 21205
410-516-8000
Principal Investigator: Pat Brown, MD
Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University opened in 1876, with the inauguration of its...
?
mi
from
Baltimore, MD
Click here to add this to my saved trials
3333 Burnet Avenue # Mlc3008
Cincinnati, Ohio 45229
 1-513-636-4200 
Principal Investigator: Maureen O'Brien, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Patients and families from across the region and around the...
?
mi
from
Cincinnati, OH
Click here to add this to my saved trials
4650 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, California 90027
 (323) 660-2450
Principal Investigator: Paul Gaynon, MD
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Children's Hospital Los Angeles is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit hospital for pediatric...
?
mi
from
Los Angeles, CA
Click here to add this to my saved trials
13123 E 16th Ave
Aurora, Colorado 80045
(720) 777-1234
Principal Investigator: Lia Gore, MD
Children's Hospital Colorado At Children's Hospital Colorado, we see more, treat more and heal more...
?
mi
from
Aurora, CO
Click here to add this to my saved trials
450 Brookline Ave
Boston, Massachusetts 2215
617-632-3000
Principal Investigator: Lewis Silverman, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Since it’s founding in 1947, Dana-Farber has been committed to providing adults...
?
mi
from
Boston, MA
Click here to add this to my saved trials
1275 York Ave
New York, New York 10021
(212) 639-2000
Principal Investigator: Neal Shukla, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — the world's oldest and...
?
mi
from
New York, NY
Click here to add this to my saved trials
San Francisco, California 94143
Principal Investigator: Mignon Loh, MD
Phone: 877-827-3222
?
mi
from
San Francisco, CA
Click here to add this to my saved trials
555 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8
Principal Investigator: Jim A Whitlock, MD
Phone: 416-813-8885
?
mi
from
Toronto,
Click here to add this to my saved trials