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A Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Polatuzumab Vedotin With Rituximab-Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, and Prednisone (R-CHP) Versus Rituximab-Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, and Prednisone (R-CHOP) in Participants With Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (POLARIX)

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Status and phase

Active, not recruiting
Phase 3

Conditions

Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Treatments

Drug: Vincristine Placebo
Drug: Polatuzumab vedotin Placebo
Drug: Polatuzumab Vedotin
Drug: Vincristine
Drug: Cyclophosphamide
Drug: Prednisone
Drug: Doxorubicin
Drug: Rituximab

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT03274492
2017-002023-21 (EudraCT Number)
GO39942

Details and patient eligibility

About

This Phase III, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study will compare the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of polatuzumab vedotin plus R-CHP versus R-CHOP in participants with previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

Enrollment

1,000 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 80 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Previously untreated participants with cluster of differentiation 20 (CD20)-positive DLBCL, including one of the following diagnoses by 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) classification of lymphoid neoplasms: DLBCL, not otherwise specified (NOS) including germinal center B-cell type, activated B-cell type; T-cell/histiocyte-rich large B-cell lymphoma; Epstein-Barr virus-positive DLBCL, NOS; anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive large B-cell lymphoma; human herpesvirus-8 (HHV8)-positive DLBCL, NOS; High-grade B-cell lymphoma with MYC and B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL2) and/or B-cell lymphoma 6 (BCL6) rearrangements (double-hit or triple-hit lymphoma); High-grade B-cell lymphoma, NOS
  • Availability of archival or freshly collected tumor tissue before study enrolment
  • International Prognostic Index (IPI) score of 2-5
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0, 1, or 2
  • Life expectancy greater than or equal to (>/=)12 months
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) >/= 50 percent (%) on cardiac multiple-gated acquisition (MUGA) scan or cardiac echocardiogram (ECHO)
  • Adequate hematologic function
  • Female participants: Agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive methods and refrain from donating eggs.
  • Male participants: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use a condom and agreement to refrain from donating sperm.

Exclusion criteria

  • History of severe allergic or anaphylactic reactions to humanized or murine monoclonal antibodies or known sensitivity or allergy to murine products
  • Contraindication to any of the individual components of CHOP, including prior receipt of anthracyclines
  • Prior organ transplantation
  • Current Grade greater than (>) 1 peripheral neuropathy by clinical examination
  • Demyelinating form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
  • History of indolent lymphoma
  • History of follicular lymphoma grade 3B
  • B-cell lymphoma, unclassifiable, with features intermediate between DLBCL and classical Hodgkin lymphoma (grey-zone lymphoma)
  • Primary mediastinal (thymic) large B-cell lymphoma
  • Burkitt lymphoma
  • Prior treatment with cytotoxic drugs within 5 years of screening for any condition (example [e.g.], cancer, rheumatoid arthritis) or prior use of any anti-CD20 antibody
  • Prior use of any monoclonal antibody within 3 months of the start of Cycle 1
  • Prior therapy for DLBCL, with the exception of nodal biopsy
  • Corticosteroid use >30 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent, for purposes other than lymphoma symptom control
  • Participants with central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma (primary or secondary involvement), primary effusion DLBCL, and primary cutaneous DLBCL
  • Vaccination with live vaccines within 28 days prior to the start of Cycle 1
  • Any investigational therapy within 28 days prior to the start of Cycle 1
  • History of other malignancy that could affect compliance with the protocol or interpretation of results
  • Evidence of significant, uncontrolled, concomitant diseases that could affect compliance with the protocol or interpretation of results, including significant cardiovascular disease or pulmonary disease
  • Recent major surgery (within 4 weeks prior to the start of Cycle 1), other than for diagnosis
  • History or presence of an abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) that is clinically significant in the investigator's opinion, including complete left bundle branch block, second- or third-degree heart block, or evidence of prior myocardial infarction
  • Known active bacterial, viral, fungal, mycobacterial, parasitic, or other infection (excluding fungal infections of nail beds) at study enrollment or significant infections within 2 weeks before the start of Cycle 1
  • Clinically significant liver disease, including active viral or other hepatitis, current alcohol abuse, or cirrhosis
  • Prior radiotherapy to the mediastinal/pericardial region
  • Participants with suspected active or latent tuberculosis
  • Positive test results for chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection
  • Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositive status
  • Positive results for the human T-lymphotrophic 1 virus (HTLV-1)
  • Participants with a history of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Quadruple Blind

1,000 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

R-CHP plus Vincristine Placebo plus Polatuzumab Vedotin
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will receive polatuzumab vedotin 1.8 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) intravenously (IV), placebo for vincristine IV, rituximab 375 milligrams per square meter (mg/m\^2) IV, cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m\^2 IV, and doxorubicin 50 mg/m\^2 IV on Day 1 and prednisone 100 milligrams per day (mg/day) orally (PO) on Days 1-5 of every 21-day cycle for 6 cycles. Rituximab 375 mg/m\^2 IV will be administered as monotherapy in Cycles 7 and 8.
Treatment:
Drug: Doxorubicin
Drug: Rituximab
Drug: Prednisone
Drug: Cyclophosphamide
Drug: Polatuzumab Vedotin
Drug: Vincristine Placebo
R-CHOP plus Polatuzumab Vedotin Placebo
Placebo Comparator group
Description:
Participants will receive placebo for polatuzumab vedotin, rituximab 375 mg/m\^2 IV, cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m\^2 IV, doxorubicin 50 mg/m\^2 IV, and vincristine 1.4 mg/m\^2 IV (maximum 2 milligrams per dose \[mg/dose\]) on Day 1 and prednisone 100 mg/day PO on Days 1-5 of every 21-day cycle for 6 cycles. Rituximab 375 mg/m\^2 IV will be administered as monotherapy in Cycles 7 and 8.
Treatment:
Drug: Doxorubicin
Drug: Rituximab
Drug: Prednisone
Drug: Cyclophosphamide
Drug: Vincristine
Drug: Polatuzumab vedotin Placebo

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