NCT02165397

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ibrutinib in combination with rituximab in participants with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (WM).

Trial Health

93
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
181

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for phase_3

Timeline
Completed

Started Jul 2014

Longer than P75 for phase_3

Geographic Reach
9 countries

48 active sites

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

June 9, 2014

Completed
8 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

June 17, 2014

Completed
20 days until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

July 7, 2014

Completed
5.3 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

November 7, 2019

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

November 7, 2019

Completed
1 year until next milestone

Results Posted

Study results publicly available

November 16, 2020

Completed
Last Updated

March 3, 2021

Status Verified

December 1, 2020

Enrollment Period

5.3 years

First QC Date

June 9, 2014

Results QC Date

October 20, 2020

Last Update Submit

February 9, 2021

Conditions

Keywords

IbrutinibPharmacyclicsPCYCLymphomaBtk inhibitorWMRituximabRituxanWaldenström'sWaldenstrom Macroglobulinemianon-Hodgkin lymphomaNHL

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Progression Free Survival (PFS) Based on Independent Review Committee (IRC) Assessment - Kaplan Meier Landmark Estimates at Month 54

    PFS was defined as the time from date randomization to date of first IRC-confirmed disease progression (PD) assessed according to the modified VIth International Workshop on Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia (IWWM) criteria (National Comprehensive Cancer Network \[NCCN\] 2014) or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first, regardless of the use of subsequent antineoplastic therapy prior to documented PD or death. As the median PFS was not reached in the Ibrutinib + Rituximab arm at the time of the analysis, Kaplan Meier landmark estimate of the PFS rate at 54 months (that is, the estimated percentage of participants with PFS at Month 54) is presented.

    Month 54 (median time on study: 49.7 months [Ibr+R and Pbo+R] and 57.9 months [Open-Label Ibr])

Secondary Outcomes (5)

  • Overall Response Rate (ORR) Based on IRC Assessment Up to 3 Years After Last Participant Randomized

    Median time on study: 49.7 months (Ibr+R and Pbo+R) and 57.9 months (Open-Label Ibr)

  • Time to Next Treatment (TnT) Time From the Date of Randomization to the Start Date of Any Subsequent WM Treatment.

    Month 54 (median time on study: 49.7 months [Ibr+R and Pbo+R] and 57.9 months [Open-Label Ibr])

  • Percentage of Participants With Sustained Hemoglobin (Hgb) Improvement Up to 3 Years After Last Participant Randomized

    Median time on study: 49.7 months (Ibr+R and Pbo+R) and 57.9 months (Open-Label Ibr)

  • Percentage of Participants With ≥ 3 Points Increase From Baseline by Week 25 in the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) Subscale Score

    Baseline, 25 weeks

  • Overall Survival (OS) - Kaplan Meier Landmark Estimates at Month 54

    Month 54 (median time on study: 49.7 months [Ibr+R and Pbo+R] and 57.9 months [Open-Label Ibr])

Study Arms (3)

Randomized Study (Ibrutinib + Rituximab)

EXPERIMENTAL

Ibrutinib: 420 mg (3 capsules x 140 mg) orally administered daily beginning from Day 1. Rituximab: 375 mg/m\^2 intravenous (IV) per package insert weekly for four consecutive weeks, followed by a second four-weekly rituximab course after a three-month interval.

Drug: IbrutinibDrug: Rituximab

Randomized Study (Placebo + Rituximab)

EXPERIMENTAL

Placebo: 3 capsules of placebo orally administered daily beginning from Day 1. Rituximab: 375 mg/m\^2 IV per package insert weekly for four consecutive weeks, followed by a second four-weekly rituximab course after a three-month interval.

Drug: PlaceboDrug: Rituximab

Open-Label Substudy (Ibrutinib)

EXPERIMENTAL

Ibrutinib: 420 mg (3 capsules) orally administered daily beginning from Day 1.

Drug: Ibrutinib

Interventions

Participants will receive 420 mg of Ibrutinib orally.

Also known as: PCI-32765
Open-Label Substudy (Ibrutinib)Randomized Study (Ibrutinib + Rituximab)

Participants will receive placebo capsules orally.

Randomized Study (Placebo + Rituximab)

Participants will receive rituximab 375 mg/m\^2 IV.

Also known as: Rituxan
Randomized Study (Ibrutinib + Rituximab)Randomized Study (Placebo + Rituximab)

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Untreated or previously treated for WM. Previously treated subjects must have either documented disease progression or had no response (stable disease) to the most recent treatment regimen
  • Centrally confirmed clinicopathological diagnosis of WM
  • Measurable disease defined as serum monoclonal immunoglobulin M (IgM) \>0.5 g/dL
  • Symptomatic disease meeting at least 1 of the recommendations from the Second International Workshop on Waldenström Macroglobulinemia for requiring treatment
  • Hematology and biochemical values within protocol-defined limits
  • Men and women ≥ 18 years of age
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of ≤ 2

You may not qualify if:

  • Known involvement of the central nervous system by WM
  • Disease that is refractory to the last prior rituximab-containing therapy defined as either
  • Relapse after the last rituximab-containing therapy \< 12 months since last dose of rituximab, OR
  • Rituximab treatment within the last 12 months before the first dose of study drug
  • Known anaphylaxis or (immunoglobulin E) IgE-mediated hypersensitivity to murine proteins or to any component of rituximab
  • Prior exposure to ibrutinib or other Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors
  • Known bleeding disorders (eg, von Willebrand's disease) or hemophilia
  • History of stroke or intracranial hemorrhage within 12 months prior to enrollment.
  • Any uncontrolled active systemic infection.
  • Any life-threatening illness, medical condition, or organ system dysfunction that, in the investigator's opinion, could compromise the subject's safety or put the study outcomes at undue risk.
  • Currently active, clinically significant cardiovascular disease
  • Requires treatment with a strong cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A inhibitor
  • Eligibility Criteria for Open-label Substudy Treatment Arm C
  • Relapse after the last rituximab-containing therapy \<12 months since last dose of rituximab, OR
  • Failure to achieve at least a MR after the last rituximab-containing therapy.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (48)

University of California Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, 90404, United States

Location

Stanford Cancer Center

Palo Alto, California, 94305, United States

Location

Colorado Blood Cancer Institute

Denver, Colorado, 80218, United States

Location

Emory University Hospital

Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

Location

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

Location

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

Location

Hackensack University Medical Center

Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, United States

Location

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, 10065, United States

Location

Weill Cornell Medical Center

New York, New York, 10065, United States

Location

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, 37204, United States

Location

The Canberra Hospital

Garran, Australian Capital Territory, 2605, Australia

Location

Concord Repartriation General Hospital

Concord, New South Wales, 2139, Australia

Location

Flinders Medical Center

Bedford Park, South Australia, 05042, Australia

Location

Peter MacCallum Cancer Center

Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia

Location

Cross Cancer Institute

Edmonton, Alberta, T6G1Z2, Canada

Location

Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center

Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 2Y9, Canada

Location

Princess Margaret Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9, Canada

Location

McGill University Health Center

Montreal, Quebec, H4A3J1, Canada

Location

Institut Paoli-Calmettes

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, 13273, France

Location

Centre Hospitalier de Saint Brieuc Hopital Yves le Foll

Saint-Brieuc, Finistère, 22027, France

Location

Hôtel Dieu

Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, 44093, France

Location

CHU de Nancy-Hopital Brabois Adulte

Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, 54511, France

Location

Hôpital Claude Huriez

Lille, Nord, 59037, France

Location

CHU Estaing

Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, 63000, France

Location

Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud

Pierre-Bénite, Rhône, 69495, France

Location

Hopital Henri Mondor

Créteil, 94010, France

Location

Hôpital Saint Louis

Paris, 75010, France

Location

Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpétrière

Paris, 75651 Cedex 13, France

Location

Stauferklinikum Schwäbisch Gmünd

Mutlangen, Baden-Wurttemberg, 73557, Germany

Location

Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, 55131, Germany

Location

Universität Des Saarlandes

Homburg, Saarland, 66421, Germany

Location

DIAKO Evangelische Diakonie Krankenhaus gGmbH

Bremen, 28239, Germany

Location

LMU Klinikum der Universität München

München, 81377, Germany

Location

University General Hospital of Patras

Pátrai, Achaia, 26500, Greece

Location

Alexandra Hospital

Athens, Attica, 11528, Greece

Location

University General Hospital of Thessaloniki "AHEPA"

Thessaloniki, Macedonia, 54621, Greece

Location

Laiko General Hospital of Athens

Athens, 11527, Greece

Location

Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino

Turin, Piedmont, 10126, Italy

Location

Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

Milan, 20122, Italy

Location

ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda

Milan, 20162, Italy

Location

ASST di Pavia - Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia

Pavia, 27100, Italy

Location

Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia di Udine

Udine, 33100, Italy

Location

Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol

Badalona, Barcelona, 08916, Spain

Location

Hospital Universitario de Salamanca

Salamanca, Castille and León, 37007, Spain

Location

Hospital Clinic de Barcelona

Barcelona, 08036, Spain

Location

Hospital de La Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Barcelona, 08041, Spain

Location

Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor

Madrid, 28031, Spain

Location

Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Bournemouth, Dorset, BH7 7DW, United Kingdom

Location

Related Publications (6)

  • Dimopoulos MA, Tedeschi A, Trotman J, Garcia-Sanz R, Macdonald D, Leblond V, Mahe B, Herbaux C, Tam C, Orsucci L, Palomba ML, Matous JV, Shustik C, Kastritis E, Treon SP, Li J, Salman Z, Graef T, Buske C; iNNOVATE Study Group and the European Consortium for Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia. Phase 3 Trial of Ibrutinib plus Rituximab in Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia. N Engl J Med. 2018 Jun 21;378(25):2399-2410. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1802917. Epub 2018 Jun 1.

    PMID: 29856685BACKGROUND
  • Dimopoulos MA, Trotman J, Tedeschi A, Matous JV, Macdonald D, Tam C, Tournilhac O, Ma S, Oriol A, Heffner LT, Shustik C, Garcia-Sanz R, Cornell RF, de Larrea CF, Castillo JJ, Granell M, Kyrtsonis MC, Leblond V, Symeonidis A, Kastritis E, Singh P, Li J, Graef T, Bilotti E, Treon S, Buske C; iNNOVATE Study Group and the European Consortium for Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia. Ibrutinib for patients with rituximab-refractory Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia (iNNOVATE): an open-label substudy of an international, multicentre, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2017 Feb;18(2):241-250. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30632-5. Epub 2016 Dec 10.

    PMID: 27956157BACKGROUND
  • Guijosa A, Ramirez-Gamero A, Sarosiek S, Branagan AR, von Keudell G, Treon SP, Castillo JJ. Ibrutinib plus rituximab vs ibrutinib monotherapy in patients with Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia: a pooled analysis. Blood Adv. 2025 Sep 23;9(18):4705-4715. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2025016536.

  • Buske C, Tedeschi A, Trotman J, Garcia-Sanz R, MacDonald D, Leblond V, Mahe B, Herbaux C, Matous JV, Tam CS, Heffner LT, Varettoni M, Palomba ML, Shustik C, Kastritis E, Treon SP, Ping J, Hauns B, Arango-Hisijara I, Dimopoulos MA. Plain Language Summary of the iNNOVATE study: ibrutinib plus rituximab is well-tolerated and effective in people with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. Future Oncol. 2023 Feb;19(5):345-353. doi: 10.2217/fon-2022-1015. Epub 2023 Feb 23.

  • Buske C, Tedeschi A, Trotman J, Garcia-Sanz R, MacDonald D, Leblond V, Mahe B, Herbaux C, Matous JV, Tam CS, Heffner LT, Varettoni M, Palomba ML, Shustik C, Kastritis E, Treon SP, Ping J, Hauns B, Arango-Hisijara I, Dimopoulos MA. Ibrutinib Plus Rituximab Versus Placebo Plus Rituximab for Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia: Final Analysis From the Randomized Phase III iNNOVATE Study. J Clin Oncol. 2022 Jan 1;40(1):52-62. doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.00838. Epub 2021 Oct 4.

  • Trotman J, Buske C, Tedeschi A, Matous JV, MacDonald D, Tam CS, Tournilhac O, Ma S, Treon SP, Oriol A, Ping J, Briso EM, Arango-Hisijara I, Dimopoulos MA. Single-Agent Ibrutinib for Rituximab-Refractory Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia: Final Analysis of the Substudy of the Phase III InnovateTM Trial. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 Nov 1;27(21):5793-5800. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-21-1497. Epub 2021 Aug 11.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Waldenstrom MacroglobulinemiaLymphomaLymphoma, Non-Hodgkin

Interventions

ibrutinibRituximab

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neoplasms, Plasma CellNeoplasms by Histologic TypeNeoplasmsHemostatic DisordersVascular DiseasesCardiovascular DiseasesParaproteinemiasBlood Protein DisordersHematologic DiseasesHemic and Lymphatic DiseasesHemorrhagic DisordersLymphoproliferative DisordersLymphatic DiseasesImmunoproliferative DisordersImmune System Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-DerivedAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodiesImmunoglobulinsImmunoproteinsBlood ProteinsProteinsAmino Acids, Peptides, and ProteinsSerum GlobulinsGlobulins

Results Point of Contact

Title
Lori Styles
Organization
Pharmacyclics LLC, An AbbVie Company

Study Officials

  • Bernhard Hauns, MD

    Pharmacyclics LLC.

    STUDY DIRECTOR

Publication Agreements

PI is Sponsor Employee
No
Restriction Type
OTHER
Restrictive Agreement
Yes

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 3
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
DOUBLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
INDUSTRY
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

June 9, 2014

First Posted

June 17, 2014

Study Start

July 7, 2014

Primary Completion

November 7, 2019

Study Completion

November 7, 2019

Last Updated

March 3, 2021

Results First Posted

November 16, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-12

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will share

Requests for access to individual participant data from clinical studies conducted by Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company, can be submitted through Yale Open Data Access (YODA) Project site at the following link.

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