Loncastuximab Tesirine in Combination With Rituximab in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Follicular Lymphoma

Juan P. Alderuccio, MD

Status and phase: Enrolling; Phase 2

Conditions: Follicular Lymphoma

Treatments: Drug: Loncastuximab tesirine; Drug: Rituximab

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT04998669

20201130

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research is to see if Loncastuximab Tesirine in combination with Rituximab will result in higher complete response rate when given to treat follicular lymphoma.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Men and women ≥ 18 years of age.

2. Patients must have histologic confirmation of Follicular Lymphoma (FL) (grade 1, 2 and 3A). Note: Participants who have received previous CD19-directed therapy must have a biopsy which shows CD19 expression after completion of the CD19-directed therapy.

3. Patients with relapsed or refractory FL previously treated with ≥1 line of systemic therapy having ≥ 1 Groupe d'Etude des Lymphomes (GELF) criteria for therapy, or Progression of Diseases within 24 months (POD24), or second relapse.

4. Baseline FDG-PET/CT scans must demonstrate positive lesions compatible with CT defined anatomical tumor sites. Patients should have at least one measurable site of disease per Lugano classification.

5. Patient should have ≥ 1 Groupe d'Etude des Lymphomes (GELF) criteria for treatment initiation).

   • Involvement of ≥3 nodal sites, each with diameter of ≥3 cm
   • Any nodal or extranodal tumor mass with a diameter of ≥7 cm
   • B symptoms (fever ≥ 38 degrees Celsius of unclear etiology, night sweats, weight loss > 10% within the prior 6 months).
   • Risk of local compressive symptoms that may result in organ compromise
   • Splenomegaly or splenic lesion without splenomegaly
   • Leukopenia (leukocytes < 1000/mm3)
   • Leukemia (> 5.000 lymphoma cells/mm3)
   • Bone lesions detected on FDG-PET/CT; or

6. Progression or relapse within 24 months of frontline treatment in patients previously treated with ≥1 line of systemic therapy; or

7. Second FL relapse/progression after ≥1 line of systemic therapy. These patients will be eligible independently of GELF criteria and POD24.

8. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 2.

9. Life expectancy of greater than 6 weeks.

10. Patients must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below,

    • Absolute neutrophil count ≥1000/mm3 (unless due to lymphoma involvement of the bone marrow or spleen).
    • Platelets ≥100,000/mm3 or ≥ 60,000/mm3 in case of bone marrow involvement by lymphoma.
    • Hemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL or ≥8 g/dL in case of bone marrow involvement by lymphoma.
    • Total bilirubin < 1.5 x within normal institutional limits (unless due to lymphoma involvement of liver or a known history of Gilbert's disease).
    • Gamma-Glutamyl Transpeptidase (GGT)/Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST)/(SGOT)/Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT)(SGPT) ≤ 2.5 × institutional upper limit of normal.
    • Creatinine within normal institutional limits, or creatinine clearance ≥30 ml/min/1.7m^2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal (unless due to lymphoma).

Exclusion criteria

1. FL grade 3B or transformed FL.
2. [Removed]
3. ≥ 6 lines of systemic immunochemotherapy for treatment of FL.
4. Patients with clinically significant pleural effusions and/or ascites requiring drainage or associated with shortness of breath.
5. Patients receiving any other investigational agents.
6. Patients with known central nervous system involvement of lymphoma.
7. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness such as: history of Myocardial Infarction (MI) in the last 6 months, congestive heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III-IV, uncontrolled or symptomatic arrhythmia, stroke in last 6 months, liver cirrhosis, and autoimmune disorder requiring immunosuppression or long-term corticosteroids (>10 mg daily prednisone equivalent).
8. Breastfeeding or pregnant women.
9. Serologic status reflecting active hepatitis B or C infection. Patients that are positive for hepatitis B core antibody, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), or hepatitis C antibody will need a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) prior to enrollment. (PCR positive patients will be excluded.) Hepatitis C antibody positive patients are eligible if PCR is negative. Hepatitis B core antibody (+) patients without evidence of HBsAg or Hep B PCR (+) are eligible with appropriate Hepatitis B reactivation prophylaxis.
10. History of Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Note: HIV screening test is optional
11. Patients with impaired decision-making capacity.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 1 patient group

Loncastuximab tesirine + Rituximab

Experimental group

Description:

During the 12-week Induction Phase (Cycles 1 to 4), participants will receive loncastuximab tesirine on days 1 of each 3-week cycle for Cycles 1 through 4; and rituximab on days 1, 8, 15 of Cycle 1 and day 1 of Cycle 2. Maintenance Phase 1 (Cycle 5) is 8 weeks: Participants achieving complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) during the Induction Phase will receive loncastuximab tesirine once every 3-weeks; and rituximab once during week 7 or 8. Participants achieving a response of Stable Disease (SD) or Progressive Disease (PD) will be taken off treatment. Maintenance Phase 2 (Cycles 6 and 7) is 16 weeks: * Participants achieving CR during Maintenance Phase 1 receive rituximab once during week 7 or 8 of Cycles 6 and 7. * Participants achieving PR during Maintenance Phase 1 receive loncastuximab tesirine once every 3-weeks over each 8 week cycle; and rituximab once during week 7 or 8 of Cycles 6 and 7. * Participants achieving SD or PD will be taken off treatment.

Treatment:

Drug: Rituximab

Drug: Loncastuximab tesirine