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THE PINNACLE TRIAL

Multicenter Phase II Study of Bortezomib in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology October 20, 2006.
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THE LARGEST STUDY IN PATIENTS WITH MCL WHO HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE PRIOR THERAPY

Trial design and population: a prospective, phase 2, open-label, single-arm, multicenter clinical trial in patients with previously treated MCL who progressed following their last prior therapy (N = 155)

Key endpoints: response rates (CR, CRu, PR); TTP, DOR, OS, safety*

Eligibility criteria included: documented relapse or progression following 1 or 2 prior lines of antineoplastic therapy of which at least 1 must have included an anthracycline or mitoxantrone and at least 1 must have included rituximab (greater than or equal to 4 weeks prior to study entry)



The median number of cycles administered: 4 across all patients; 8 in responding patients (CR+CRu+PR)

PINNACLE PATIENT PROFILE N = 155
Median age in years (range)65 (42,89)
Gender: male/female81%/19%
Karnofsky Performance Status score less than 9029%
Greater than or equal to 1 extranodal sites involved with MCL 75%
Stage 4 disease 77%
Bone marrow positive for MCL 55%
Refractory to prior therapy37%
Number of prior lines of therapy: 1/2-3 54%/46%
Treatment with anthracyclines/mitoxantrone,
alkylating agents, and rituximab
91%

* TTP = Time to progression: time from first dose to disease progression in all patients.
DOR = Duration of response: time from initial documentation of first response to first disease progression in responding patients.
OS = Overall survival.
† SD = Stable disease.

PINNACLE trial response rates
VELCADE® DELIVERS 31% ORR WITH 8% CR*


*ORR = Overall response rate (CR + CRu + PR); CR = Complete response (CR + CRu)
† In PINNACLE, response rates to VELCADE were determined according to the International Workshop Response Criteria (IWRC) based on independent radiologic review of CT scans. Complete response (CR) required complete disappearance of all detectable clinical and radiographic evidence of disease; normalization of biochemical abnormalities; bone marrow clear of lymphoma, and resolution of all symptoms. CR/unconfirmed (CRu) required that all CR criteria were met except that residual lymph node masses greater than 1.5 cm permitted if they have regressed at least 75%, and indeterminate bone marrow aspirate or biopsy permitted. Partial response (PR) required greater than or equal to 50% decrease in the sum of the products of the longest perpendicular dimensions of all dominant lymph node masses and all other measurable sites of disease; no evidence of relapse or progressive disease (PD). Stable disease (SD) required response less than that required for PR, but the criteria for relapse or progressive disease were not met.

VELCADE demonstrates durable responses
IN PINNACLE, VELCADE PROVIDES DURABLE RESPONSE

Results demonstrate delayed onset of disease progression and need for subsequent therapies



Median time to progression (TTP): 6.2 months (95% CI, 4.0,6.9)


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