This study is to provide idelalisib (IDELA) to individuals with relapsed, previouslytreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who have limited treatment options and are noteligible for other Gilead-sponsored studies.
Drug: Idelalisib
Idelalisib 150 mg tablet administered orally twice daily
Other Name: GS-1101,CAL-101,Zydelig®
Drug: Rituximab
Rituximab administered intravenously starting at 375 mg/m^2 at Week 0 and continuing with
a dose of 500 mg/m^2 at Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, and 20.
Other Name: Rituxan®
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Male or female ≥ 18 years of age with a diagnosis of B-cell CLL established
according to the International Workshop on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (IWCLL)
criteria and documented within medical records
2. CLL that warrants treatment (consistent with accepted IWCLL criteria for initiation
of therapy)
3. Prior treatment for CLL comprising any of the following:
1. Prior treatment with ≥ 1 regimen containing a therapeutic anti-CD20 antibody or
2. Prior treatment with ≥ 2 regimens containing ≥ 1 cytotoxic agent
4. CLL progression < 24 months since the completion of the last prior therapy for CLL
5. Appropriate for noncytotoxic-containing therapy based on the presence of any of the
following factors:
1. Grade ≥ 3 neutropenia or thrombocytopenia attributable to cumulative
myelotoxicity from prior administration of cytotoxic agents (as documented by
bone marrow biopsy obtained since last prior therapy), or
2. Estimated creatinine clearance < 60 mL/min (as determined by the
Cockcroft-Gault method), or
3. A Cumulative Illness Rating Scale (CIRS) score of > 6
6. A negative serum pregnancy test for female subjects of childbearing potential
7. Male and female subjects of childbearing potential who engage in heterosexual
intercourse must agree to use protocol-specified method(s) of contraception.
8. Lactating females must agree to discontinue nursing before the study drug is
administered.
9. Evidence of a personally signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Known hypersensitivity to the idelalisib, its metabolites, or formulation
excipient(s)
2. Known histological transformation from CLL to an aggressive lymphoma (ie, Richter
transformation)
3. Known myelodysplastic syndrome
4. Evidence of ongoing systemic bacterial, fungal, or viral infection at the time of
randomization
5. Ongoing drug-induced liver injury, chronic active hepatitis C (HCV), chronic active
hepatitis B (HBV), alcoholic liver disease, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, primary
biliary cirrhosis, extrahepatic obstruction caused by cholelithiasis, cirrhosis of
the liver, or portal hypertension
6. Ongoing drug-induced pneumonitis
7. Ongoing inflammatory bowel disease
8. History of anaphylaxis in association with previous administration of monoclonal
antibodies
University of California, San Diego - Moores Cancer Center
La Jolla, California, United States
Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York, United States
St. James University Hospital
Dublin, Ireland
Ospedale San Raffaele
Milano, Italy
A.S.O. Molinette S. Giovanni Battista
Turin, Italy
Hammersmith Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Thomas Jahn, MD, Study Director
Gilead Sciences