Trial of Venetoclax (ABT-199) and Dexamethasone for Relapsed or Refractory Systemic AL Amyloidosis

Inclusion Criteria

• •Histologic diagnosis of AL amyloidosis, confirmed by positive Congo red stained biopsy, with evidence of measurable clonal disease according that requires active treatment
• •Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) status of 0 to 2
• •Relapsed or refractory after at least 1 prior therapy for AL amyloidosis and, in the investigator's opinion, require further treatment. Participants with a history of autologous stem cell transplantation must have adequate blood counts independent of growth factor support and have recovered from any transplant-related toxicities and be at least 100 days post-autologous transplant.
• •Less than 30% plasma cells in the bone marrow biopsy and no bone lesions or hypercalcemia.
• •The pre-screening test of CD138+ patient marrow plasma cells must show that the patient's CD138+ plasma cells have an apoptosis ratio of Venetoclax treated over untreated cells of greater than 1.4.
• •Objective, measurable organ involvement. Skin purpura, carpal tunnel syndrome, or the presence of vascular amyloid on a bone marrow biopsy alone are not sufficient to meet criteria for "symptomatic organ involvement". Patients may have any of the following amyloid-related organ involvement as defined below:
• •1. Renal: albuminuria higher than 0.5 g/day in a 24-hour urine collection.
• •2. Cardiac: involvement is defined as the presence of a mean left ventricular wall thickness on echocardiogram more than 12 mm in the absence of a history of hypertension or valvular heart disease, or unexplained low voltage (\< 0.5 mV) on electrocardiogram; or an NT-proBNP \> 332 ng/L in CKD 1 or 2 patients or a BNP \> 100ng/L in those who are CKD3.
• •3. Hepatic: hepatomegaly on physical examination with alkaline phosphatase \> 1.5 X the upper limit of normal (ULN).
• •4. Autonomic or peripheral neuropathy: based on clinical history, autonomic dysfunction with orthostasis, symptoms of nausea or dysgeusia, gastric atony by gastric emptying scan, diarrhea or constipation, or abnormal sensory and/or motor findings on neurologic examination.
• •AL Amyloidosis Cardiac Risk stage I, II or IIIa disease. Staging system defined by: NT-proBNP cut off of \< 332 pg/mL and troponin I cut-off of \< 0.10 ng/mL as thresholds for stages I, II and III; NT-proBNP \< 8500 for stage IIIa.
• •1. Stage I, both under threshold;
• •2. Stage II, either troponin or NT-proBNP \[but not both\] over threshold;
• •3. Stage III, both over threshold;
• •4. Stage IIIa, both over threshold but NT-proBNP \< 8500 pg/ml.
• •Clinical laboratory values as specified below before the first dose of study drug:
• •1. Echocardiographic ejection fraction \> 45% within 28 days before the first dose of study drug.
• •2. Within the 3 days of the first dose of study drug: i. Platelet count \> 75 x 109/L; ii. Neutrophil count \> 1.0 x 109/L; iii. Total bilirubin \< 2 x ULN; iv. Alkaline phosphatase \< 5 x ULN; v. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \< 3 x ULN; vi. eGFR \> 30 mL/min/1.73 m2
• •Female patients who are postmenopausal for at least 1 year before the screening visit, OR are surgically sterile, OR, if they are of childbearing potential, agree to practice 2 effective methods of contraception, at the same time, from the time of signing the informed consent through 30 days after the last dose of study drug, or agree to completely abstain from heterosexual intercourse.
• •Male patients, even if surgically sterilized (ie, status post vasectomy), who agree to practice effective barrier contraception during the entire study treatment period and through 30 days after the last dose of study drug, OR agree to completely abstain from heterosexual intercourse.
• •Voluntary written consent must be given before performance of any study-related procedure not part of standard medical care with the understanding that consent may be withdrawn by the patient at any time without prejudice to future medical care.