The PARP inhibitor veliparib can be safely added to bendamustine and rituximab and has preliminary evidence of activity in B-cell lymphoma Journal Article


Authors: Soumerai, J. D.; Zelenetz, A. D.; Moskowitz, C. H.; Palomba, M. L.; Hamlin, P. A. Jr; Noy, A.; Straus, D. J.; Moskowitz, A. J.; Younes, A.; Matasar, M. J.; Horwitz, S. M.; Portlock, C. S.; Konner, J. A.; Gounder, M. M.; Hyman, D. M.; Voss, M. H.; Fury, M. G.; Gajria, D.; Carvajal, R. D.; Ho, A. L.; Beumer, J. H.; Kiesel, B.; Zhang, Z.; Chen, A.; Little, R. F.; Jarjies, C.; Dang, T. O.; France, F.; Mishra, N.; Gerecitano, J. F.
Article Title: The PARP inhibitor veliparib can be safely added to bendamustine and rituximab and has preliminary evidence of activity in B-cell lymphoma
Abstract: Purpose: The PARP inhibitor veliparib enhances the cytotoxicity of alkylating agents. This phase I study evaluated veliparib with the bifunctional alkylator bendamustine (VB) in patients with relapsed/refractory lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and solid malignancies, with a cohort expansion of VB with rituximab (VBR) in patients with B-cell lymphomas. Experimental Design: This dose-escalation study evaluated safety, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary efficacy of veliparib (20–400 mg twice a day, days 1–7 of 28-day cycle) and bendamustine (70 and 90 mg/m2 intravenously, days 1 and 2). A cohort expansion was conducted, which combined veliparib and bendamustine at the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) with rituximab (375 mg/m2, day 1) in patients with B-cell lymphomas. Thirty-four patients were treated in seven dose-escalation cohorts and seven patients in the dose-expansion cohort. Results: The MTD was veliparib 300 mg twice daily plus bendamustine 90 mg/m2. Dose-limiting toxicities (DLT) were anemia, nausea, hypertension, and hyperhidrosis. Grade ≥3 toxicities included lymphopenia (87.8%), anemia (19.5%), neutropenia (12.2%), thrombocytopenia (9.8%), leukopenia (9.8%), nausea (7.3%), and hypophosphatemia (7.3%). Apparent veliparib clearance was slightly lower than previously reported. Of 14 patients with lymphoma evaluable for response, five of seven (71%) on VB and six of seven (86%) on VBR achieved objective response. One patient with multiple myeloma achieved partial response. Conclusions: VB and VBR were generally well-tolerated. VBR had preliminary clinical activity in patients with B-cell lymphoma, which warrants further investigation in a phase II trial. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as NCT01326702. ©2017 AACR.
Journal Title: Clinical Cancer Research
Volume: 23
Issue: 15
ISSN: 1078-0432
Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research  
Date Published: 2017-08-01
Start Page: 4119
End Page: 4126
Language: English
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-16-3068
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC5541854
PUBMED: 28314788
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Notes: Article -- Export Date: 5 September 2017 -- Source: Scopus
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  1. Zhigang Zhang
    392 Zhang
  2. Carol Portlock
    203 Portlock
  3. Craig Moskowitz
    406 Moskowitz
  4. Ariela Noy
    333 Noy
  5. Maria Lia Palomba
    349 Palomba
  6. Richard D Carvajal
    148 Carvajal
  7. Jason Konner
    147 Konner
  8. Steven M Horwitz
    592 Horwitz
  9. Martin Henner Voss
    268 Voss
  10. Devika Gajria
    29 Gajria
  11. Matthew G Fury
    102 Fury
  12. Andrew D Zelenetz
    736 Zelenetz
  13. Mrinal M Gounder
    207 Gounder
  14. David Hyman
    352 Hyman
  15. Alison Moskowitz
    297 Moskowitz
  16. Paul Hamlin
    256 Hamlin
  17. Matthew J Matasar
    284 Matasar
  18. Alan Loh Ho
    209 Ho
  19. David J Straus
    351 Straus
  20. Anas Younes
    317 Younes
  21. Thu-Oanh Thi Dang
    11 Dang
  22. Fallon Olga France
    4 France
  23. Nishant   Mishra
    2 Mishra