Clinical trial • Phase II • Oncology|Haematology

GLOFITAMAB for Relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Phase II trial of GLOFITAMAB for Relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. None/Not specified-controlled. 20 participants.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology|Haematology
Trial Disease
Relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
Bispecific antibody|Monoclonal antibody|Cell therapy
Orphan Drug
Yes

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
29-12-2025
First CTIS Authorization Date
15-04-2026

Trial design

None/Not specified-controlled Phase II trial across 5 sites in Germany.

Comparator
None/Not specified
Target Sample Size
20

Eligibility

Recruits 20 Vulnerable population selection flag is set. Patients must provide written informed consent ("Patient has given written informed consent."). Exclusion criteria explicitly exclude those who "lack accountability and inability to appreciate the nature, meaning and consequences of the trial and to formulate their own wishes correspondingly". Subject information and informed consent form documents are listed in the application. No procedures for assent or minor consent are described..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Female patients who are pregnant or breast feeding or planning to become pregnant within 18 months after start of trial treatment. Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test result within 3 days prior to initiation of trial treatment.
Vulnerable Population
Vulnerable population selection flag is set. Patients must provide written informed consent ("Patient has given written informed consent."). Exclusion criteria explicitly exclude those who "lack accountability and inability to appreciate the nature, meaning and consequences of the trial and to formulate their own wishes correspondingly". Subject information and informed consent form documents are listed in the application. No procedures for assent or minor consent are described.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient has given written informed consent."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient successfully performed MNC-leucapheresis procedure for a commercially available CAR-T-cell product"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient is willing and able to provide baseline biopsy material (archival or fresh tumor sample) for central review"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Male patients with female partners of childbearing potential are eligible to participate if they agree to contraceptive methods throughout the duration of the trial and at least 18 months after obinutuzumab administration, 12 months after lost dose oxaliplatin, 6 months after lymphodepletion or 2 months after last dose glofitamab, whatever is last"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Female participants of childbearing potential must agree to use a highly effective method of contraception (e.g., hormonal contraception, intrauterine device (IUD), or surgical sterilization) throughout the duration of the trial and at least 18 months after obinutuzumab administration, 15 months after lost dose oxaliplatin, 6 months after lymphodepletion or 2 months after last dose glofitamab, whatever is last."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient is 18-80 years of age at time of signing the written informed consent"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient has histologically confirmed diagnosis of large B-cell lymphoma by local pathologist at time of relapse."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient received R-CHOP based first-line therapy containing a CD20-antibody and anthracyclines."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient has relapsed/refractory disease, defined as follows: - Relapsed: disease that had recurred following partial or complete response (PR/CR) within 12 months of adequate first-line therapy - Refractory: disease that did not respond to, or that progressed <6 months after, completion of first-line therapy"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient has at least one FDG-PET positive bi-dimensionally measurable (≥1.5 cm) nodal lesion, or one bi dimensionally measurable (>1 cm extranodal lesion, as measured on computed tomography (CT) scan"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient has Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS) of 0 - 2"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient has an absolute lymphocyte count > 200/µL"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient is eligible for CAR-T cell therapy as per investigator´s discretion meeting all of the following criteria of adequate organ function: a. Adequate kidney function, defined as: Serum creatinine estimated glomerular filtration rate (MDRD) ≥ 60 mL/min. b. Adequate hepatic function, defined as: ALAT and ASAT ≤ 5 ULN. Bilirubin ≤ 2.0 mg/dl (except for Meulengracht disease) c. Adequate bone marrow function, defined as: Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1000/µL, Platelets ≥ 50.000/µL and Hemoglobin > 8.0 g/dL. d. Adequate cardiac function, defined as: Cardiac ejection fraction ≥ 45%. e. Adequate pulmonary function as per investigators discretion"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient has HIV infection of any stage as determined by presence of anti-HIV antibodies (confirmatory test) and / or presence of RNA confirmed by PCR during screening"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient has current or history of CNS disease, such as stroke, epilepsy, CNS vasculitis, or neurodegenerative disease"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient has significant or extensive cardiovascular disease such as New York Heart Association Class III or IV cardiac disease, myocardial infarction within the last 3 months, unstable arrhythmias, or unstable angina"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient has an active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient receives ongoing corticosteroid use >20 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent. Patients on stable low-dose corticosteroids (≤20 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent for at least 7–14 days prior to first IMP administration) or on short courses of higher-dose corticosteroids that are completed before first IMP administration are eligible."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Female patients who are pregnant or breast feeding or planning to become pregnant within 18 months after start of trial treatment. Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test result within 3 days prior to initiation of trial treatment."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient has a relationship of dependence or employer-employee relationship to the sponsor or the investigator"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient lacks accountability and inability to appreciate the nature, meaning and consequences of the trial and to formulate their own wishes correspondingly"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient is non-compliant, for reasons including, but not limited to the following: - Increased alcohol consumption, drug dependency or substance abuse that would interfere with cooperation with requirements of the trial - Refusal of blood products during treatment - Any similar circumstances that appear to make protocol treatment or follow-up impossible"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient has previous or concurrent malignancies with the following exceptions: a. Surgically cured carcinoma in-situ b. Other kinds of cancer without evidence of disease for at least 3 years"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient has known hypersensitivity to any component of the Glofitamab, Obinutuzumab, Yescarta® and/or Breyanzi® formulation as well as a known history of severe allergic, anaphylactic, or other hypersensitivity reactions to chimeric or humanized antibodies or fusion protein and/or any known contraindication (including hypersensitivity) to one of the other trial drugs"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient has severe active infection requiring iv treatment within 14 days prior first dose of study drugs"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient has congenital or acquired immunodeficiency including previous organ or allogeneic stem cell transplantation"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient received prior treatment with glofitamab or other bispecific antibodies targeting both CD20 and CD3"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient received prior treatment with gemcitabine and oxaliplatin in prior lymphoma treatment line"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient had a major surgery within 4 weeks prior to first dose of study drugs"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient has primary or secondary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma at the time of enrollment or history of CNS lymphoma"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Complete response rate (CRR) at end of treatment (CCR@EOT), defined as proportion of patients who achieved complete response at the end of trial treatment as per Lugano classification","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Defined as proportion of patients who achieved complete response at the end of trial treatment as per Lugano classification"}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- CRR post induction treatment (CCR@pIT) and at 3 months post-CAR-T cell infusion (CRR@3MpCT)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Overall CRR","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Objective Response rate (ORR) after induction treatment (ORR@pIT), at 3 months post-CAR-T cell infusion (ORR@3MpCT) and at the end of trial treatment (ORR@EOT)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Overall ORR","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Best overall response rate (BORR)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Progression-free survival (PFS) plus PFS rate at one and two years after start of trial treatment","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Overall survival (OS) plus OS rate at one and two years after start of trial treatment","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Quantification of peak CAR-T cell expansion in peripheral blood following Glofitamab consolidation (measured by flow cytometry and/or qPCR for CAR transgene)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured by flow cytometry and/or qPCR for CAR transgene"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Time to peak CAR-T cell expansion post-infusion","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Duration of CAR-T cell persistence in peripheral blood (up to end of evaluation period or loss of detectability)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Correlation between CAR-T cell expansion/persistence and clinical response (e.g., CR, PR, PFS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Assessment of safety of the treatment as determined by the incidence, type, causality, frequency, timing, severity and seriousness of adverse events using NCI CTCAE 6.0","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Safety assessed by incidence, type, causality, frequency, timing, severity and seriousness of adverse events using NCI CTCAE 6.0"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Incidence of AEs of special Interest (AESIs) as listed in the protocol","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Tolerability as determined by proportion of patients completing all planned cycles","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Quality of life over time as determined by EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured using EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire"}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
20
Recruitment Window Months
48
Consent Approach
Patients must provide written informed consent ("Patient has given written informed consent."). Subject information and informed consent forms are listed in the application (L1_SIS and ICF documents). No details on assent, age-specific consent documents for minors, or languages available are provided in the submitted metadata.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
5
Total Number Of Participants
20

Germany

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
12-03-2026
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
15-04-2026
Processing Time Days
34
Number Of Sites
5
Number Of Participants
20

Sites

Site Name
Universitaet Muenster
Department Name
Medizinische Klinik A
Contact Person Name
Evgenii Shumilov
Contact Person Email
Evgenii.Shumilov@ukmuenster.de
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Duesseldorf AöR
Department Name
Department of Hematology, Oncology and clinical Immunology
Contact Person Name
Sascha Dietrich
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Essen AöR
Department Name
Klinik für Hämatologie und Stammzelltransplantation
Contact Person Name
Bastian von Tresckow
Site Name
Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöR
Department Name
Medizinische Klinik m. S. Hämatologie, Onkologie und Tumorimmunologie
Contact Person Name
Björn Chapuy
Contact Person Email
bjoern.chapuy@charite.de
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg AöR
Department Name
Medizinische Klinik, Innere Medizin 5
Contact Person Name
Peter Dreger

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Frankfurter Institut Fuer Klinische Krebsforschung IKF GmbH
Organisation Type
Pharmaceutical company
Country Of Registered Address
Germany

Third parties

  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet Wuerzburg","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 4","organisation_type":"Educational Institution"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
Columvi 10 mg concentrate for solution for infusion
Active Substance
GLOFITAMAB
Modality
Bispecific antibody
Routes Of Administration
INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
Route
INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
Authorisation Status
Authorised
Maximum Dose
372.5 mg
Investigational Product Name
Gazyvaro 1,000 mg concentrate for solution for infusion.
Active Substance
OBINUTUZUMAB
Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Routes Of Administration
INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
Route
INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
Authorisation Status
Authorised
Maximum Dose
1000 mg
Investigational Product Name
Breyanzi 1.1-70 × 106 cells/mL / 1.1-70 × 106 cells/mL dispersion for infusion
Active Substance
LISOCABTAGENE MARALEUCEL
Modality
Cell therapy
Routes Of Administration
INTRAVENOUS
Route
INTRAVENOUS
Authorisation Status
Authorised
Maximum Dose
120000000 (units as provided)
Investigational Product Name
YESCARTA 0.4 – 2 x 10e8 cells dispersion for infusion
Active Substance
AXICABTAGENE CILOLEUCEL
Modality
Cell therapy
Routes Of Administration
INTRAVENOUS
Route
INTRAVENOUS
Authorisation Status
Authorised
Orphan Designation
Yes
Maximum Dose
2000000 (units as provided)
Combination Treatment
Yes

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