This is a Phase Ib in adult patients with relapsed or refractory EBV-positive DLBCL using daily oral dosing of VK-2019 in three dose escalation cohorts: 600 mg/day, 1200 mg/day, 1800 mg/day for 28 days (cycle), until progression or toxicity.
Age ≥ 18 years.
Patient must have relapsed or refractory EBV-positive DLBCL after a minimum of 2 prior regimens of systemic therapy.
Patient must have exhausted all available standard of care treatment options that could potentially provide clinical benefit.
Toxicities related to prior therapy must have returned to Grade 1 or less, or if chronic must be stable. Peripheral neuropathy must be Grade 2 or less
Patients with severe or active symptomatic cardiopulmonary diseases (unstable angina and/or congestive heart failure or peripheral vascular disease within the last 12 months; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation other respiratory illness requiring hospitalization) or clinically significant psychiatric disorders; patents with effectively treated conditions (e.g. stenting for CAD) are eligible.
Patients with metastatic disease with active central nervous system (CNS) involvement, defined as parenchymal brain or leptomeningeal involvement.
Concurrent administration of herbal preparations.
A serious uncontrolled medical disorder or active infection which would impair the ability of the subject to receive protocol therapy or whose control may be jeopardized by the complications of this therapy.
Pierluigi Porcu
Lead sponsor
University of Kentucky
Sponsor institution
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Collaborator
The Wistar Institute
Collaborator