Phase III Study of SyB L-0501 in Combination With Rituximab to Treat Recurrent/Relapsed Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

SymBio Pharmaceuticals

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Assess the Efficacy and Safety of SyB L-0501 in Combination With Rituximab in Patients With Recurrent or Relapsed DLBCL

Treatments: Drug: Rituximab

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT03372837

2017002

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of SyB L-0501 in combination with rituximab in patients with recurrent/relapsed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Full description

Primary Objective is to determine the efficacy, as measured by overall response rate on the basis of Revised Response Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma, of SyB L-0501 at 120 mg/m^2/day on Day 2 and Day 3 in combination with rituximab at 375 mg/m^2 on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle in patients with recurrent/relapsed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria Patients who satisfy all of the conditions listed below.

1. Patients with histopathologically confirmed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) except for transformed lymphoma on the basis of World Health Organization (WHO) histological classification (4th ed., 2008).
2. Patients with documented Cluster of differentiation 20 (CD20)-positive for lymphoma cells.
3. Patient with recurrent or relapsed DLBCL after R-CHOP-like theraphy as the firstline therapy.
4. Patients with measurable lesions >1.5 cm in major axes.
5. Patients who are expected to survive for at least 3 months.
6. Patients aged 20 or above at the time informed consent is obtained.
7. Patient with Performance Status (P.S.) 0-1.
8. Patients with adequately maintained organ function.

Exclusion Criteria The study subject should be excluded if any one of the following condition exists.

1. Patients who have been without treatment for less than 3 weeks after prior treatment.
2. Patients who can be candidates for autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation at the discretion of the investigator.
3. Patients who received adequate prior treatments and did not respond to any of them.
4. Patient who received prior chemotherapy 3 regimens or more.
5. Patients with central nervous system (CNS) involvement or patients with clinical symptoms suggestive of CNS involvement.
6. Patient with serious active infection.
7. Patient with serious complication.
8. Patient with complication or medical history of serious cardiac disease.
9. Patient with serious gastrointestinal symptoms.
10. Patient with malignant pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites retention.
11. Patients positive for hepatitis B surface (HBs) antigen, hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody, or HIV antibody.
12. Patient with serious bleeding tendency.
13. Patient with a fever of 38.0°C or higher.
14. Patients with, or confirmed in the past to have had, interstitial pneumonia, pulmonary fibrosis, or pulmonary emphysema.
15. Patients with active multiple primary cancer or patients with a history of other malignant cancer within the past 5 years, except for basal cell cancer of the skin, squamous cell cancer, or cervical cancer in situ.
16. Patients with, or confirmed in the past to have had, autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
17. Patient who received bendamustin hydrochloride in the past.
18. Patients who received cytokine preparation such as erythropoietin or granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) or blood transfusions within 2 weeks before the examination at registration for this study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 1 patient group

SyB L-0501

Experimental group

Description:

The administration of SyB L-0501 at 120 mg/m\^2/day by intravenous infusion on Day 2 and Day 3 of each 21-day cycle with up to 6 cycles. Dose modifications are permitted from 2nd cycle according to dose reduction schedule. SyB L-0501 60 mg/m\^2, 90 mg/m\^2 or 120 mg/m\^2/day on Day 2 and Day 3 will be followed by 18 days of observation.

Treatment:

Drug: Rituximab