This phase I/II trial studies the best dose and side effects of pacritinib when given together with sirolimus and tacrolimus and to see how well they work in preventing graft versus host disease in patients with blood cancer undergoing donor stem cell transplant. Sometimes the transplanted cells from a donor can make an immune response against the body's normal cells called graft versus host disease. Giving pacritinib, sirolimus, and tacrolimus after the transplant may stop this from happening.
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT02891603.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Determine the lowest biologically active dose of pacritinib that is safe and well tolerated when combined with sirolimus (SIR)/tacrolimus (TAC). (Phase I)
II. Determine if pacritinib (PAC)/SIR/TAC suppresses STAT3 activity in circulating CD4+ T-cells at day +21, to at least 35% phosphorylation. (Phase II)
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Investigate whether PAC/SIR/TAC reduces the cumulative incidence of acute graft versus host disease (GVHD) by day +100, compared to our published rate of 43% from SIR/TAC alone.
II. Study the effect of PAC/SIR/TAC on regulatory T cells (Treg), type 1 helper cell (Th1), and type 17 helper cell (Th17) differentiation among circulating T-cells at day +21 and day +100.
III. Determine how PAC/SIR/TAC impacts CD28 and IL-2 receptor signal transduction by measuring S6 (mTOR), H3 ser10 (aurora kinase), and STAT5 phosphorylation in CD4+ T-cells at days +21 and +100.
OUTLINE:
Patients receive pacritinib orally (PO) once daily (QD) or twice daily (BID) on days 0-100. Patients undergo standard of care allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) on day 0. Patients also receive sirolimus PO daily starting 1 day before HSCT and up to 1 year, and tacrolimus PO or intravenously (IV) daily, starting 3 days before HSCT for up to 50 days. Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unexpected toxicity.
Lead OrganizationMoffitt Cancer Center
Principal InvestigatorJoseph Pidala