DCLLSG

CLL2-BIG Trial

Title A prospective, open-label, multicenter phase-II trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a sequential regimen of bendamustine followed by GA101 and ibrutinib (BIG) followed by GA101 and ibrutinib maintenance in CLL patients
Protocol IDs EudraCT: 2014-000569-35
NCT02345863
Participating Countries Germany
Status completed
Contact DCLLSG Office: Tel. +49 (0) 221-478-88220
Design Prospective, multicenter, single-arm, open-label phase-II trial
Primary Endpoint Overall response rate (ORR) at final restaging (RE) including all patients
achieving CR, CRi, PR or PR with lymphocytosis
Secondary Endpoints - Safety parameters: AEs, AESI and their relationship to study treatment
- MRD levels measured in peripheral blood
- Best response rate (BRR) until 6 months after RE
- ORR after debulking, maintenance therapy,in the two strata of previously untreated and relapsed/refractory patients, as well as in the fit and unfit patients for all response definitions, in biological defined risk groups
- (Clinical) complete response rate (CR)
- Progression-free survival (PFS)
- Event-free survival (EFS)
- Overall survival (OS)
- Duration of response, treatment free survival and time to next treatment
- Evaluation of relationship between various baseline markers and clinical outcome parameters
Target Population - B-CLL according to iwCLL criteria, requiring treatment
- Previously untreated or relapsed/refractory CLL
- Fit and unfit patients
- ECOG performance status 0 – 2
- Age  ≥ 18 years
Treatment Debulking
2 debulking cycles of bendamustine will be administered unless the patient has a contraindication or a debulking is not clinically indicated
Bendamustin i.v.
Cycle 1 - 2: 70 mg/m², d1-2
Induction
GA101
(Obinutuzumab) i.v.
Cycle 1: d1 - 100 mg, d1 (or d2) - 900 mg, d8 + d15 - 1000 mg
Cycle 2 - 6: 1000 mg, d1
+ Ibrutinib p.o.
Cycle 2 - 6: 420 mg daily
Maintenance
GA101 (Obinutuzumab) i.v.
Cycle 1 - 8: 1000 mg, d1
Ibrutinib p.o.
Cycle 1 - 8: 420 mg daily
q 84d

Maintenance treatment will be continued until (whichever
occurs first):
- 3 months after confirmation of achievement of MRD negativity in patients with a (clinical) CR/CRi,
- progression of CLL or start of a subsequent therapy
- unacceptable toxicity
- maintenance cycle 8
Patients recruited 66 patients
Time schedule Recruitment period: 16 Jan 2015 - 31 Aug 2015
End of study: Mar 2019
Clinical Study Report / Publication: scheduled for Mar 2020
End of archiving period: Mar 2029
Sponsor University of Cologne
Principal Investigator Dr. med. Julia von Tresckow, Department I of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne
Publications Cramer P, Tausch E, von Tresckow J, Giza A, Robrecht S, Schneider C, Fürstenau M, Langerbeins P, Al-Sawaf O, Pelzer BW, Fink AM, Fischer K, Wendtner CM, Eichhorst B, Kneba M, Stilgenbauer S, Hallek M
Durable Remissions Following Combined Targeted Therapy in Patients with CLL Harboring TP53 Deletions and/or Mutations
Blood. 2021 Jun 4 blood.2020010484. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020010484. Online ahead of print.

von Tresckow J, Cramer P, Bahlo J, Robrecht S, Langerbeins P, Fink AM, Al-Sawaf O, Illmer T, Klaproth H, Estenfelder S, Ritgen M, Fischer K, Wendtner CM, Kreuzer KA, Stilgenbauer S, Böttcher S, Eichhorst BF, Hallek M
CLL2-BIG: sequential treatment with bendamustine, ibrutinib and obinutuzumab (GA101) in chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Leukemia. 2019 May;33(5):1161-1172 doi: 10.1038/s41375-018-0313-8