Fixed-duration pirtobrutinib plus venetoclax with or without rituximab in relapsed/refractory CLL: The phase 1b BRUIN trial Journal Article


Authors: Roeker, L. E.; Woyach, J. A.; Cheah, C. Y.; Coombs, C. C.; Shah, N. N.; Wierda, W. G.; Patel, M. R.; Lamanna, N.; Tsai, D. E.; Nair, B.; Wang, C.; Zhao, X.; Liu, D.; Radtke, D.; Chapman, S.; Marella, N.; McNeely, S. C.; Brown, J. R.
Article Title: Fixed-duration pirtobrutinib plus venetoclax with or without rituximab in relapsed/refractory CLL: The phase 1b BRUIN trial
Abstract: Pirtobrutinib is a highly selective, noncovalent (reversible) Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTKi). Patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) were treated with fixed-duration pirtobrutinib plus venetoclax (PV) or pirtobrutinib plus venetoclax and rituximab (PVR) in this phase 1b trial. Prior covalent BTKi therapy was allowed, but not prior treatment with venetoclax. Patients were assigned to receive PV (n = 15) or PVR (n = 10) for 25 cycles. Most patients (68%) had received prior covalent BTKi therapy. At the data cutoff date, the median time on study was 27.0 months for PV and 23.3 months for PVR. Overall response rates were 93.3% (95% confidence interval [CI], 68.1-99.8) for PV and 100% (95% CI, 69.2-100.0) for PVR, with 10 complete responses (PV: 7; PVR: 3). After 12 cycles of treatment, 85.7% (95% CI, 57.2-98.2) of PV and 90.0% (95% CI, 55.5-99.7) of PVR patients achieved undetectable minimal residual disease (<10-4) in peripheral blood. Progression-free survival at 18 months was 92.9% (95% CI, 59.1-99.0) for PV patients and 80.0% (95% CI, 40.9-94.6) for PVR patients. No dose-limiting toxicities were observed during the 5-week assessment period. The most common grade ≥3 adverse events (AEs) for all patients included neutropenia (52%) and anemia (16%). AEs led to dose reduction in 3 patients and discontinuation in 2. In conclusion, fixed-duration PV or PVR was well tolerated and had promising efficacy in patients with R/R CLL, including patients previously treated with a covalent BTKi. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT03740529. © 2024 American Society of Hematology
Keywords: adult; clinical article; aged; aged, 80 and over; middle aged; clinical trial; constipation; fatigue; mortality; neutropenia; diarrhea; drug dose reduction; drug efficacy; drug safety; drug withdrawal; hypophosphatemia; monotherapy; united states; rituximab; follow up; antineoplastic agent; progression free survival; multiple cycle treatment; anemia; tumor volume; nausea; thrombocytopenia; vomiting; antineoplastic combined chemotherapy protocols; gene frequency; pyrimidines; backache; chill; coughing; drug dose escalation; dyspnea; minimal residual disease; pyrazole derivative; sulfonamide; multicenter study; pyrazoles; sulfonamides; urinary tract infection; xerostomia; australia; phase 1 clinical trial; drug therapy; pyrimidine derivative; chronic lymphatic leukemia; fused heterocyclic rings; brain hemorrhage; leukemia, lymphocytic, chronic, b-cell; overall response rate; bruton tyrosine kinase; infusion related reaction; very elderly; humans; human; male; female; article; agammaglobulinaemia tyrosine kinase; venetoclax; b cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia; bridged bicyclo compounds, heterocyclic; pirtobrutinib
Journal Title: Blood
Volume: 144
Issue: 13
ISSN: 0006-4971
Publisher: American Society of Hematology  
Date Published: 2024-09-26
Start Page: 1374
End Page: 1386
Language: English
DOI: 10.1182/blood.2024024510
PUBMED: 38861666
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC11451378
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Notes: The MSK Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA008748) is acknowledge in the PDF -- Corresponding authors is MSK author: Lindsey E. Roeker -- Source: Scopus
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