Clinical trial • Phase II • Oncology|Haematology

FLUDARABINE PHOSPHATE for Relapsed/refractory aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma | Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) | High-grade B-cell lymphoma (HGBL) | Follicular lymphoma Grade 3B | Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma

Phase II trial of FLUDARABINE PHOSPHATE for Relapsed/refractory aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma | Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) | High-grad…

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology|Haematology
Trial Disease
Relapsed/refractory aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma | Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) | High-grade B-cell lymphoma (HGBL) | Follicular lymphoma Grade 3B | Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
Cell therapy|Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
15-04-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
06-05-2024

Trial design

open-label, none/not specified-controlled Phase II trial across 17 sites in France.

Open Label
Yes
Comparator
None/Not specified
Target Sample Size
42
Trial Duration For Participant
1095

Eligibility

Recruits 42 Only adult participants are eligible; a signed written informed consent form is required. Adult persons unable to provide informed consent are explicitly excluded. The trial metadata indicates no vulnerable population selected; there is no mention of assent for minors and age criteria/eligibility require adult status..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Women of childbearing potential who are pregnant or breastfeeding because of the potentially dangerous effects of chemotherapy on the fetus or infant. Patients of either sex who are not willing to practice birth control from the time of consent during treatment and for at least 6 months after conditioning chemotherapy dosing or axicabtagene ciloleucel dosing, whichever is later
Vulnerable Population
Only adult participants are eligible; a signed written informed consent form is required. Adult persons unable to provide informed consent are explicitly excluded. The trial metadata indicates no vulnerable population selected; there is no mention of assent for minors and age criteria/eligibility require adult status.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"-Signed written Informed Consent Form\n-Patients must meet CAR-T-eligible as defined by: o Patient deemed eligible for CAR T-cells therapy by the CAR-T physician o AND all the following criteria: ECOG performance status of 0, 1 or 2 Adequate vascular access for leukapheresis procedure (either peripheral or central venous line) Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1 G/L Platelets ≥ 75 G/L Absolute lymphocyte count ≥ 0,1 G/L Creatinine clearance (as estimated by Cockcroft Gault or MDRD) ≥ 40 mL/min Serum alanine aminotransferase/aspartate aminotransferase (ALT/AST) ≤ 2.5xULN Total bilirubin ≤ 26 μmol/L, except in patients with Gilbert’s syndrome Cardiac ejection fraction ≥ 45% Baseline oxygen saturation ≥ 92% on room air\n-Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test (females who have undergone surgical sterilization or who have been postmenopausal for at least 12 months are not considered to be of childbearing potential)\n-Patient who understands and speaks one of the country official languages\n-Histologically proven relapsed or refractory aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL) of the following histology at relapse: diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), high-grade B-cell lymphoma (HGBL), follicular lymphoma Grade 3B per WHO 2016 classification and Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphomas. Indolent B-NHL who transformed into aggressive B-NHL and were previously treated with R-CHOP are eligible\n-Tumoral tissue (at diagnosis or relapse) available for central pathology review, exploratory endpoints and ancillary studies\n-Positron-emission tomography (PET)-positive disease\n-Patients must have received adequate first-line therapy including at a minimum: o An anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody (rituximab or obinutuzumab), and \t \t LYSARC ALYCANTE EudraCT#: 2020􀇦001868􀇦28 Confidential, do not disclose without prior agreement Protocol version 4.0 dated 02/Feb/2023 EN-SOP-PM-11-Temp-01-protocol template-v8.0 effective date: 24/06/2019 Page 7/100 o CHOP or CHOP-like chemotherapy Note: CHOP-like chemotherapy corresponds to ACVBP or EPOCH or COPADEM. Dose-reduced CHOP (i.e. miniCHOP) is excluded except for dose-reductions of vincristin due to peripheral neuropathy. Patients who have received additional drugs in combination with CHOP or CHOP-like regimen are eligible.\n-Relapsed or refractory disease after first-line chemoimmunotherapy (full dose of R-CHOP or R-CHOP-like regimen), documented by PET-scan: o Relapsed disease defined as complete remission to first-line therapy followed by biopsy proven disease relapse within 12 months from end of first-line therapy. Patients who received first line of R-CHOP or obinutuzumab-CHOP for an indolent B-NHL who relapse as transformed aggressive B-NHL within a year from the end of first-line therapy are eligible. o Refractory disease defined as: Progressive disease (PD) during first-line therapy Stable disease (SD) as best response after at least 4 cycles of firstline therapy (e.g. 4 cycles of R-CHOP) Partial response (PR) as best response after at least 6 cycles, and biopsy-proven residual disease\n-At least 2 weeks must have elapsed since any prior systemic cancer therapy at the time the patient provides consent\n-Patients must be autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT)-ineligible as defined by: o Patient deemed ineligible for high-dose chemotherapy and ASCT based on physician’s assessment o AND at least one of the following criteria: Age ≥ 65 years or Age ≥ 18 years and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation-specific Comorbidity Index (HCT-CI – Appendix 09) score ≥3 or Age ≥ 18 years and prior ASCT (as 1st line consolidation)"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"-Patients who received more than one prior line of systemic therapy\n-Active hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection at the time of screening Active Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection defined as: - HBs Ag positive - HBs Ag negative, anti-HBs antibody positive and/or anti-HBc antibody positive with detectable viral DNA\n-Positive serology of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and syphilis at the time of screening\n-Uncontrolled systemic fungal, bacterial, viral or other infection despite appropriate antibiotics or other treatment at the time of leukapheresis or Axicel administration\n-History of any one of the following cardiovascular conditions within the past 6 months: Class III or IV heart failure as defined by the New York Heart Association, cardiac angioplasty or stenting, myocardial infarction, unstable angina, or other clinically significant cardiac disease\n-History of autoimmune disease requiring systemic immunosuppression and/or systemic disease modifying agents within the last year\n-History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia (eg, bronchiolitis obliterans), drug-induced pneumonitis, idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis per chest computed tomography (CT) scan at screening. History of radiation pneumonitis in the radiation field (fibrosis) is allowed.\n-History of severe immediate hypersensitivity reaction to tocilizumab or any of the agents used in this study\n-History of severe immediate hypersensitivity reaction attributed to aminoglycosides, cyclophosphamide and fludarabine\n-Treatment with a live, attenuated vaccine within 6 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment or anticipation of need for such a vaccine during the course of the study\n-Women of childbearing potential who are pregnant or breastfeeding because of the potentially dangerous effects of chemotherapy on the fetus or infant. Patients of either sex who are not willing to practice birth control from the time of consent during treatment and for at least 6 months after conditioning chemotherapy dosing or axicabtagene ciloleucel dosing, whichever is later\n-Patients who are intolerant to first-line therapy or who received suboptimal firstline therapy, including dose-reduced R-CHOP (“R-miniCHOP”), and those who discontinued prematurely first-line therapy due to toxicity are not eligible (except for dose-reductions or discontinuation of vincristin due to peripheral neuropathy)\n-In the investigator’s judgment, the patient is unlikely to complete all protocolrequired study visits or procedures, including follow-up visits, or comply with the study requirements for participation\n-Adult person unabled to provide informed consent because of intellectual impairment, any serious medical condition, laboratory abnormality or psychiatric illness.\n-Prior CD19 targeted therapy\n-Patients with cardiac atrial or cardiac ventricular lymphoma involvement\n-Requirement for urgent therapy due to tumor mass effects, such as bowel obstruction or blood vessel compression\n-Patient with clinically significant pleural effusion\n-History of another primary malignancy that has not been in remission for at least 2 years (except for nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ (eg, cervix, bladder, breast)). A maintenance treatment is not allowed.\n-Patients with detectable Central Nervous System (CNS) lymphoma. Patients with a history of CNS lymphoma but no active CNS disease (after systematic MRI and lumbar puncture) at the time of enrollment will be eligible.\n-History or presence of non-malignant CNS disorder, such as seizure disorder requiring anti-convulsive therapy, cerebellar disease, or any autoimmune disease with CNS involvement disease"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"-CMR at 3 months based on investigator disease assessment according to PET-scan using the Lugano Response Criteria","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Complete metabolic response (CMR) at 3 months assessed by investigator based on PET-scan interpretation using the Lugano Response Criteria"}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"-CMR at 3 months from Axi-cel infusion (without additional anticancer therapy) determined by central imaging review (using the Lugano Response Criteria)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Central imaging review using the Lugano Response Criteria to determine CMR at 3 months post Axi-cel infusion"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"-Event-free survival (EFS) at 3, 6 and 12 months from leukapheresis based on investigator disease assessment. EFS is defined as the time between leukapheresis and: o any event preventing Axi-cel infusion if Axi-cel is never infused, or o death, disease progression, or instauration of a new lymphoma therapy for lymphoma progression after Axi-cel infusion.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"EFS measured from leukapheresis to any event preventing Axi-cel infusion, or death, disease progression, or start of a new lymphoma therapy after Axi-cel infusion; assessed by investigator at 3, 6 and 12 months"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"-EFS at 3, 6 and 12 months from leukapheresis based on central imaging review. EFS is defined as the time between leukapheresis and: o any event preventing Axi-cel infusion if Axi-cel is never infused, or o death, disease progression, or instauration of a new lymphoma therapy for lymphoma progression after Axi-cel infusion.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"EFS measured from leukapheresis with central imaging review using definition above at 3, 6 and 12 months"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"-Modified EFS (mEFS) at 6 and 12 months from leukapheresis based on investigator assessment and central imaging review. mEFS is defined as the time between leukapheresis and: o any event preventing Axi-cel infusion if Axi-cel is never infused, or o death, disease progression, or instauration of a new lymphoma therapy for lymphoma progression after Axi-cel infusion or failure to achieve a CMR at 6 and 12 months post-CAR infusion.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"mEFS measured from leukapheresis to events as defined including failure to achieve CMR at 6 and 12 months; assessed by investigator and central imaging review"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"-Best objective response (complete and partial metabolic response)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Best objective metabolic response evaluated per PET imaging (complete and partial metabolic responses)"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"-Duration of response (DOR)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from initial response to documented progression or death"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"-Progression-free survival (PFS) from Axi-cel infusion","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from Axi-cel infusion to progression or death"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"-Overall survival (OS) from leukaphaeresis and Axi-cel infusion","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from leukapheresis and from Axi-cel infusion to death from any cause"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"-DOR, PFS, OS at 2 years and 3 years","definition_or_measurement_approach":"DOR, PFS and OS evaluated at 2-year and 3-year timepoints"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"-Safety of Axi-cel","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Safety assessed by adverse event reporting and clinical/laboratory monitoring"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"-Health-related Quality of life (EORTC QLQ-C30, EQ-5D-5L and QLQ-NHLHG29)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Patient-reported outcomes measured using EORTC QLQ-C30, EQ-5D-5L and QLQ-NHL-HG29 questionnaires"}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
42
Recruitment Window Months
54
Consent Approach
Signed written informed consent is required from each participant. Participants must understand and speak one of the country's official languages. Consent documents and specific informed consent forms (including biology and pregnancy ICFs and subject information sheets) are provided (document titles available). Adults unable to provide informed consent are excluded. No procedures for assent of minors are described (trial enrolment is limited to adults).

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
17
Total Number Of Participants
42

France

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
29-04-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
19-02-2025
Processing Time Days
296
Number Of Sites
17
Number Of Participants
42

Sites

Site Name
Institut Paoli Calmettes
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Gabriel BRISOU
Contact Person Email
brisoug@ipc.unicancer.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens Picardie
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Magalie JORIS
Contact Person Email
joris.magalie@chu-amiens.fr
Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Sylvain CHOQUET
Contact Person Email
sylvain.choquet@aphp.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Nantes
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Thomas GASTINNE
Contact Person Email
thomas.gastinne@chu-nantes.fr
Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
François LEMONNIER
Contact Person Email
francois.lemonnier@aphp.fr
Site Name
Institut Bergonie
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
François-Xavier GROS
Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Morgane CHEMINANT
Contact Person Email
morgane.cheminant@aphp.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Rennes
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Roch HOUOT
Contact Person Email
roch.houot@chu-rennes.fr
Site Name
Centre Henri Becquerel
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Fabrice JARDIN
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Montpellier
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Guillaume CARTRON
Contact Person Email
g-cartron@chu-montpellier.fr
Site Name
Hospices Civils De Lyon
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Emmanuel BACHY
Contact Person Email
emmanuel.bachy@chu-lyon.fr
Site Name
University Hospital Of Clermont-Ferrand
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Jacques-Olivier BAY
Contact Person Email
jobay@chu-clermontferrand.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Lille
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Franck MORSCHHAUSER
Site Name
Institut Universitaire Du Cancer Toulouse-Oncopole
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Lucie OBERIC
Contact Person Email
oberic.lucie@iuct-oncopole.fr
Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Catherine THIEBLEMONT
Contact Person Email
catherine.thieblemont@aphp.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Dijon
Department Name
Clinical Hematology
Contact Person Name
Amandine DURAND
Contact Person Email
amandine.durand@chu-dijon.fr
Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Rémy DULERY
Contact Person Email
na@na

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
LYSARC
Organisation Type
Laboratory/Research/Testing facility
Country Of Registered Address
France

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
FLUDARABINE PHOSPHATE
Active Substance
FLUDARABINE PHOSPHATE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
INFUSION
Route
INFUSION
Authorisation Status
Authorized
Investigational Product Name
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE
Active Substance
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
INFUSION
Route
INFUSION
Authorisation Status
Authorized
Investigational Product Name
AXICABTAGENE CILOLEUCEL
Active Substance
AXICABTAGENE CILOLEUCEL
Modality
Cell therapy
Routes Of Administration
INFUSION
Route
INFUSION
Authorisation Status
Authorized
Combination Treatment
Yes

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