Phase I Study of AR-42 in Relapsed Myeloma, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, and Lymphoma
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients must have CLL, prolymphocytic leukemia, or lymphoma (Hodgkins or
Non-Hodgkins) as defined by 2008 WHO criteria or multiple myeloma as defined by IMWG
criteria
- Patients must have received at least one prior antineoplastic therapy, must have
progressed after at least 1 prior therapy, and for whom no standard therapy is
available or whom decline such options; prior autologous and/or allogeneic transplant
is permitted
- Prior biologic therapy or prior radiation is permitted; however, at least 28 days
must have elapsed since the completion of prior therapy and patients must have
recovered from all therapy-associated toxicities to no greater than grade 1 at the
time of registration
- Patients with symptomatic disease may receive palliative corticosteroids up to 1 week
before initiating therapy
- Patients must be off any prior chemotherapy for at least 28 days or 3 half lives,
whichever is longer, and all therapy-related toxicity must have resolved to grade 1
or less
- ANC >= 1000/uL
- Total bilirubin < 1.5 mg/dL
- Serum creatinine =< 1.5x institutional upper limit of normal or estimated creatinine
clearance >= 50 ml/min by MDRD (original or abbreviated), or measured creatinine
clearance >= 50 mL/min
- ECOG/WHO performance score of 0-1
- Patients must be able to swallow capsules
- Patients or their legal representatives must be able to read, understand and provide
informed consent to participate in the trial
- Women with potential for child bearing must have a negative pregnancy test at
screening; both men and women are required to use appropriate contraception during
study
- Platelet count >= 50,000/uL
- AST and ALT =< 5x the institutional upper limit of normal
Exclusion
- Pregnant women are excluded from this study
- Patients with malabsorption or any other condition that in the opinion of the
principal investigator could cause difficulty in absorption of drug
- Breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with AR-42
- Patients with malignant cells in the cerebrospinal fluid or parenchyma within the
preceding 3 months or patients with primary CNS lymphoma are not eligible
- Patients with uncontrolled autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) or idiopathic
thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) are not eligible
- Patients receiving concurrent corticosteroids less than 1 week prior to protocol
therapy other than for physiologic maintenance treatment or control of AIHA or ITP
- Concurrent use of complementary or alternative medicines that in the opinion of the
principal investigator would confound the interpretation of toxicities and/or
antitumor activity of the study drug
- Patients with a "currently active" second malignancy that, in the opinion of the
principal investigator, will interfere with patient participation, increase patient
risk, shorten survival to < 1 year, or confound data interpretation
- Patients with a mean QTcB > 450 msec in males and > 470 msec in females
- Patients who are receiving concurrent antineoplastic therapy
- Any other medical condition, including mental illness or substance abuse, deemed by
the principal investigator to likely interfere with a patient's ability to sign
informed consent, cooperate and participate in the study, or interfere with the
interpretation of the results
- Patients with significant cardiovascular disease, including a myocardial infarction
or unstable angina within 6 months or unstable cardiac arrhythmias are not eligible
for the study
- Known HIV infection