Clinical trial • Phase II • Oncology|Haematology

Epcoritamab for Relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma | Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma | Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma | High-grade B-cell lymphoma | Grade 3B follicular lymphoma

Phase II trial of Epcoritamab for Relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma | Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma | Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma |…

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology|Haematology
Trial Disease
Relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma | Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma | Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma | High-grade B-cell lymphoma | Grade 3B follicular lymphoma
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
Bispecific antibody|Monoclonal antibody|Small molecule
Orphan Drug
Yes

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
28-02-2025
First CTIS Authorization Date
14-05-2025

Trial design

open-label, adaptive Phase II trial across 15 sites in Spain.

Open Label
Yes
Adaptive
True, response-adaptive design: treatment allocation and use of monotherapy versus combination therapy is adapted based on early response (including MRD ctDNA and clinical response). No explicit dose-escalation rules or stopping rules are detailed in the record.
Biomarker Stratified
True, MRD (ctDNA) stratification (MRD positive vs MRD negative)
Target Sample Size
80

Eligibility

Recruits 80 Vulnerable population selected in the registry. Written informed consent must be obtained before any study-specific assessment is performed. Subject information and informed consent form documents are provided. Trial enrolment is restricted to adults (Age >18 years). No specific details on assent or consent procedures for minors or other vulnerable subgroups are provided in the record..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Females who are pregnant or breastfeeding
Vulnerable Population
Vulnerable population selected in the registry. Written informed consent must be obtained before any study-specific assessment is performed. Subject information and informed consent form documents are provided. Trial enrolment is restricted to adults (Age >18 years). No specific details on assent or consent procedures for minors or other vulnerable subgroups are provided in the record.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Written informed consent must be obtained before any study-specific assessment is performed.\n- Female patients of child-bearing potential must have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test at screening and agree to use highly effective methods of contraception (e.g., established use of oral, injected or implanted combined (estradiol and progesterone containing) hormonal contraception; placement of an intrauterine device (IUD) or intrauterine system (IUS) upon enrollment according to the recommendations provided by Clinical Trial Facilitation Group (CTFG), during the treatment period and for 4 months after the last dose of study medication. Moreover, the patient must agree to ongoing pregnancy testing during the course of the study, and after study therapy has ended. This applies even if the patient practices complete and continued sexual abstinence.\n- Male patients must use a reliable method of contraception (if sexually active with a female of child-bearing potential) upon enrollment according to the recommendations provided by CTFG, during the treatment period, and for 4 months following the last dose of investigational drug or agreement to remain abstinent. Agreement to refrain from donating blood or sperm during the study participation and for 4 months after the last dose of study medication\n- Women must agree not to donate blood or oocytes during the course of the study and for 4 months after the last dose of study medication. Restrictions concerning blood donation apply as well to females who are not of childbearing potential. Men must also not donate sperm during the trial and for 4 months after receiving the last dose of study drug.\n- Females of childbearing potential must refrain from breastfeeding during the course of the study and for 4 months after the last dose of study medication\n- Willingness and ability to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plans, laboratory tests, and other study procedures\n- Not included in other clinical trial or treated with an experimental drug\n- Age >18 years\n- Patients with Relapse/Refractory histologically confirmed LBCL, including, Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL); Primary Mediastinal Large B Cell Lymphoma (PMBCL), High-grade B-cell lymphoma (HGBCL); and grade 3B Follicular Lymphoma\n- Patients must have received adequate first-line therapy including at a minimum: an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody (rituximab or obinutuzumab), and CHOP (cyclophosphamide, hydroxydaunomycin, oncovin, and prednisone) or CHOP-like chemotherapy\n- At the investigator's discretion, the patient should not be a candidate for 1st relapse CAR-T therapy or unwilling to receive CAR-T therapy\n- Patients must be autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT)-ineligible: Age ≥65 and/or HTC-CI ≥3 or or unwilling to receive transplant\n- PET positive disease\n- Performance status according to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0 to 2.\n- Patients meeting with the following hematology values: Hemoglobin ≥8 g/dl (transfusion support permitted but not within 7 days of screening lab collection); Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1 X 10E9/L (growth factor support allowed in case of bone marrow involvement); Absolute lymphocyte count ≥ 0.1 x 10E9/L; Platelet count ≥ 70 x 10E9/L (unless secondary to bone marrow involvement, OR ≥50 x 10E9/L if documented bone marrow involvement). Platelet transfusions permitted but not within 7 days of screening lab collection."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients who received more than one prior line of systemic therapy\n- Patients with detectable Central Nervous System (CNS) lymphoma\n- Significant organ function impairment: creatinine clearance calculated by Cockcroft-Gault ≤ 45 ml/min; direct bilirubin level < 2 x ULN (except in patients with Gilbert’s syndrome); alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) >3 × ULN or >5 × ULN in cases of documented liver involvement; clinically relevant pleural effusion; left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤ 45%\n- Serious accompanying disorder leading to impaired organ function causing significant clinical problems and reduced life expectancy of less than 3 months\n- Have a history of deep venous thrombosis/embolism, threatening thromboembolism or known thrombophilia or are at a high risk for a thromboembolic event in the opinion of the investigator and who are not willing/able to take venous thromboembolic event prophylaxis during the entire treatment period\n- Known clinically significant cardiac disease, including: Onset of unstable angina pectoris within 6 months of signing the patient informed consent form; Acute myocardial infarction within 6 months of signing the patient informed consent form; Congestive heart failure (grade III or IV as classified by the New York Heart Association; Left ventricular ejection fraction ≤45%.\n- Known past or current malignancy other than inclusion diagnosis, except for: Cervical carcinoma of Stage 1B or less; Non-invasive basal cell or squamous cell skin carcinoma; Non-invasive, superficial bladder cancer; Localized low grade prostate cancer (up to Gleason score 6); DCIS of the breast; Other malignancy that has been treated with curative intent and has remained in remission for 3 years\n- Previous ASCT\n- Prior anti-CD3 and CD20 bispecific antibodies therapy or prior treatment with tafasitamab.\n- Presence of severe infection that is uncontrolled or requiring IV antimicrobials for management\n- History of HIV infection or acute or chronic active hepatitis B or C infection. Individuals with positive HIV serology may be included if negative viral load and CD4 >200/mm3. For being included, patients should have controlled disease and been on treatment for at least 1 year. Individuals with history of hepatitis infection with positive antibodies (anti-HB and anti-HV) might be included if negative viral load (negative hepatitis B PCR). Patients who are HBcAb positive must receive HBV prophylaxis while on treatment. Patients with positive HbsAg are excluded. Patients who are hepatitis B PCR positive will be excluded. Patients who are hepatitis C RNA positive will be excluded.\n- Females who are pregnant or breastfeeding\n- Richter’s transformation or prior chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).\n- Treatment with radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, immunosuppressive therapy, or any investigational agent for the purposes of treating cancer within 4 weeks prior to Cycle 1 Day 1\n- Recent major surgery (within 4 weeks before the start of Cycle 1 Day 1) other than for diagnosis\n- Vaccination with a live vaccine or COVID-19 vaccination within 4 weeks prior to treatment\n- History of hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or their ingredients or to drugs with similar structure. History of severe allergic or anaphylactic reactions to human, humanized, chimeric, or murine monoclonal antibodies\n- Close affiliation with the investigator (e.g. a close relative) or persons working at the study site"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- The efficacy of Epcoritamab monotherapy will be centrally evaluated by the best CRR at any moment since initiation. The CRR will be assessed by PET-CT according to Lugano Classification (Appendix 3) and is defined as the proportion of patients who achieve a best response of complete response (CR) at any moment since initiation of Epcoritamab first administration","definition_or_measurement_approach":"CRR assessed by PET-CT according to the Lugano Classification; defined as the proportion of patients achieving a best response of complete response (CR) at any time since first administration of Epcoritamab (central evaluation)."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- The efficacy of Epcoritamab monotherapy will be centrally evaluated by the best CRR, defined as the proportion of patients who achieve a best response of CR after 3 cycles of Epcoritamab administration","definition_or_measurement_approach":"CRR after 3 cycles, centrally evaluated; defined as proportion achieving CR after 3 cycles."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- The efficacy of Epcoritamab monotherapy and combination therapy with tafasitamab-lenalidomide will be evaluated by local investigators and central evaluation as per CRR (locally evaluated for Epcoritamab monotherapy; local and central evaluation for combination therapy), ORR, DoR, DoCR, Event-free survival (EFS), PFS and OS at any time","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Efficacy endpoints evaluated by local and central review where specified; includes CRR, objective response rate (ORR), duration of response (DoR), duration of complete response (DoCR), event-free survival (EFS), progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- The efficacy of Epcoritamab monotherapy and combination therapy with tafasitamab-lenalidomide will be evaluated by MRD (positive or negative) from ctDNA samples immediately before initiation of C3, C4, C7, C10, C12, C13, C15, End of Treatment (EoT) and cycles 18/24 (epcoritamab monotherapy) or cycles 21/27 (combination therapy).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"MRD assessed on ctDNA samples (positive/negative) at specified timepoints: immediately before initiation of cycles 3,4,7,10,12,13,15, at End of Treatment, and cycles 18/24 (monotherapy) or 21/27 (combination)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- The PFS, OS and DoR of patients with negative MRD at Visit 3 (V3) (immediately before administrating C3 of Epcoritamab monotherapy), as previously defined in this section","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Assess PFS, OS and DoR in subgroup with negative MRD at Visit 3 (pre-C3) using standard time-to-event analyses."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- The safety and tolerability of Epcoritamab monotherapy and combination therapy with tafasitamab-lenalidomide are evaluated as follows: Type, frequency, and severity of adverse events","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Safety assessed by type, frequency and severity of adverse events (AE), per standard AE reporting criteria."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
80
Recruitment Window Months
77
Consent Approach
Written informed consent must be obtained before any study-specific assessment is performed. Subject information and informed consent form documents are provided (SIS and ICF documents listed); Spanish translations of protocol/public title are present. Trial enrols adults (>18 years). No additional details on assent or age-specific consent procedures are provided in the record.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
15
Total Number Of Participants
80

Spain

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
25-04-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
06-10-2025
Processing Time Days
164
Number Of Sites
15
Number Of Participants
80

Sites

Site Name
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon
Department Name
Hematology
Principal Investigator Name
Mariana Bastos Oreiro
Principal Investigator Email
bastosmariana@yahoo.com
Contact Person Name
Mariana Bastos Oreiro
Contact Person Email
bastosmariana@yahoo.com
Site Name
Hospital Universitari Vall D Hebron
Department Name
Hematology
Principal Investigator Name
Pau Abrisqueta Acosta
Principal Investigator Email
pau.abrisqueta9@gmail.com
Contact Person Name
Pau Abrisqueta Acosta
Contact Person Email
pau.abrisqueta9@gmail.com
Site Name
Hospital San Pedro De Alcantara
Department Name
Hematology
Principal Investigator Name
Juan Miguel Bergua Burgues
Principal Investigator Email
jmberguaburg@gmail.com
Contact Person Name
Juan Miguel Bergua Burgues
Contact Person Email
jmberguaburg@gmail.com
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Basurto
Department Name
Hematology
Principal Investigator Name
Cristina Barrenetxea
Principal Investigator Email
cristina.barrene@gmail.com
Contact Person Name
Cristina Barrenetxea
Contact Person Email
cristina.barrene@gmail.com
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor
Department Name
Hematology
Principal Investigator Name
María Stefania Infante
Principal Investigator Email
mariastefania.infante@salud.madrid.org
Contact Person Name
María Stefania Infante
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz
Department Name
Hematology
Principal Investigator Name
Sergio Ramos
Principal Investigator Email
sergio.ramos@quironsalud.com
Contact Person Name
Sergio Ramos
Contact Person Email
sergio.ramos@quironsalud.com
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Dr Peset Aleixandre
Department Name
Hematology
Principal Investigator Name
Eva Mª Donato Martín
Principal Investigator Email
donato_eva@gva.es
Contact Person Name
Pau Abrisqueta Acosta
Contact Person Email
donato_eva@gva.es
Site Name
Hospital Costa Del Sol
Department Name
Hematology
Principal Investigator Name
María Casanova
Principal Investigator Email
mariacasanova@yahoo.com
Contact Person Name
María Casanova
Contact Person Email
mariacasanova@yahoo.com
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Y Politecnico La Fe
Department Name
Hematology
Principal Investigator Name
Rafael Andreu
Principal Investigator Email
andreu_raflap@gva.es
Contact Person Name
Rafael Andreu
Contact Person Email
andreu_raflap@gva.es
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet
Department Name
Hematology
Principal Investigator Name
Araceli Rubio Martínez
Principal Investigator Email
arubiom@salud.aragon.es
Contact Person Name
Araceli Rubio Martínez
Contact Person Email
arubiom@salud.aragon.es
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Central De Asturias
Department Name
Hematology
Principal Investigator Name
Angel Ramirez Payer
Principal Investigator Email
apayer.angel@gmail.com
Contact Person Name
Angel Ramirez Payer
Contact Person Email
apayer.angel@gmail.com
Site Name
Hospital Universitario De Burgos
Department Name
Hematology
Principal Investigator Name
Francisco Javier Díaz Gálvez
Principal Investigator Email
fcdiaz@saludcastillayleon.es
Contact Person Name
Francisco Javier Díaz Gálvez
Contact Person Email
fcdiaz@saludcastillayleon.es
Site Name
University Clinical Hospital Virgen De La Arrixaca
Department Name
Hematology
Principal Investigator Name
Almudena Cascales
Principal Investigator Email
almudena.cascales@gmail.com
Contact Person Name
Almudena Cascales
Contact Person Email
almudena.cascales@gmail.com
Site Name
Hospital Universitario De Canarias
Department Name
Hematology
Principal Investigator Name
Mª José Rodríguez Salazar
Principal Investigator Email
rodriguezsalazarmariajose@gmail.com
Contact Person Name
Mª José Rodríguez Salazar
Site Name
Institut Catala D'oncologia
Department Name
Hematology
Principal Investigator Name
Juan Manuel Sancho
Principal Investigator Email
jsancho@iconcologia.net
Contact Person Name
Juan Manuel Sancho
Contact Person Email
jsancho@iconcologia.net

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Fundacion Geltamo
Organisation Type
Patient organisation/association
Country Of Registered Address
Spain

Third parties

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Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
Epcoritamab (GEN3013)
Active Substance
Epcoritamab
Modality
Bispecific antibody
Routes Of Administration
Subcutaneous injection
Route
Subcutaneous injection
Authorisation Status
Not authorised (no marketing authorisation listed in record)
Orphan Designation
Yes
Maximum Dose
48 mg
Investigational Product Name
Revlimid 25 mg hard capsules
Active Substance
Lenalidomide
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
Oral
Route
Oral
Authorisation Status
Authorised (marketing authorisation EU/1/07/391/004)
Orphan Designation
Yes
Maximum Dose
25 mg
Investigational Product Name
MINJUVI 200 mg powder for concentrate for solution for infusion
Active Substance
Tafasitamab
Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Routes Of Administration
Infusion
Route
Infusion
Authorisation Status
Authorised (marketing authorisation EU/1/21/1570/001)
Orphan Designation
Yes
Maximum Dose
12 mg/kg
Combination Treatment
Yes

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