Clinical trial • Phase II • Oncology|Haematology
RITUXIMAB for Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (ABC)
Phase II trial of RITUXIMAB for Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (ABC). open-label, none/not specified-controlled. 75 participants.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Oncology|Haematology
- Trial Disease
- Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (ABC)
- Trial Stage
- Phase II
- Drug Modality
- Monoclonal antibody|Small molecule
- Orphan Drug
- Yes
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 05-11-2024
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 02-12-2024
Trial design
open-label, none/not specified-controlled Phase II trial in Italy.
- Open Label
- Yes
- Comparator
- None/Not specified
- Biomarker Stratified
- True, biomarker: Lymph2Cx (NanoString) cell-of-origin (ABC) selection
- Target Sample Size
- 75
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 673
Eligibility
Recruits 75 No vulnerable population selected. Participants must be adults (Age ≥ 18 and < 65 years). Written informed consent is required from the patient prior to study entry ("Written informed consent from the patient stating understanding of the purpose and procedures required by the study and willingness to take part in the study."). No assent procedures are described..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- If female, the patient is pregnant or breast-feeding
- Vulnerable Population
- No vulnerable population selected. Participants must be adults (Age ≥ 18 and < 65 years). Written informed consent is required from the patient prior to study entry ("Written informed consent from the patient stating understanding of the purpose and procedures required by the study and willingness to take part in the study."). No assent procedures are described.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"-Histologically confirmed DLBCL not otherwise specified (NOS). Patients with follicular lymphoma IIIB and large B-cell lymphoma with IRF4 rearrangement can be also included.\n-Patients with occult or prior hepatitis B infection (defined as HBsAg negative, anti-HBs positive and /or anti-HBc positive) may be included if hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA is undetectable. These patients must be willing to undergo bi-monthly DNA testing and they should receive prophylaxis with Lamivudine\n-No active hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection\n-Known availability of biopsy material\n-No Central Nervous System (CNS) disease (meningeal and/or brain involvement by lymphoma)\n-Absence of active infections\n-No peripheral neuropathy or active neurological non-neoplastic disease of CNS\n-No major surgical intervention prior 3 months to enrolment if not due to lymphoma and/or no other disease life-threatening that can compromise chemotherapy treatment\n-No previous malignancies or patient with a history of curatively treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma or melanoma of the skin or in situ carcinoma of the cervix at any time prior to the study or patients with any other malignancy in remission without treatment for at least 5 years prior to enrolment.\n-Women of childbearing potential and men who are sexually active must be practicing a highly effective method of birth control during and after the study consistent with local regulations regarding the use of birth control methods for subjects participating in clinical trials.\n-Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum (beta-human chorionic gonadotropin [-hCG]) or urine pregnancy test at Screening. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding are ineligible for this study.\n-ABC type defined by Lymph2Cx on the NanoString platform. Note: A formalin fixed paraffin embedded lymph node or tumor biopsy specimen must be submitted to Central Pathology for review during the Screening Period. The specimen must have been acquired by a surgical incision or excision biopsy or from a core needle biopsy\n-Life expectancy > 6 months\n-Written informed consent from the patient stating understanding of the purpose and procedures required by the study and willingness to take part in the study.\n-Previously untreated disease\n-Age ≥ 18 and < 65 years\n-IPI score ≥ 2\n-Ann Arbor stage II–IV disease\n-Measurable disease ≥ 1.5 cm in longest diameter, and measurable in 2 perpendicular dimensions\n-Normal blood count as defined as: absolute neutrophil count ≥1.0 × 109/L independent of growth factor support, platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm3 or >=50,000/mm3 if bone marrow (BM) involvement independent of transfusion support in either situation\n-Normal organ functions defined as: creatinine ≤2 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) or estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (Cockroft-Gault) ≥40 ml/min/1.73m2, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤3× the ULN; total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × the ULN unless bilirubin rise is due to Gilbert’s syndrome or of non-hepatic origin: patients with documented Gilbert disease may be enrolled if total bilirubin is ≤ 3.0 × the ULN; International normalized ratio (INR) < 1.5 × the ULN in the absence of therapeutic anticoagulation; partial thromboplastin time (PTT) or activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) < 1.5 × the ULN in the absence of a lupus anticoagulant”"}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"-DLBCL including High grade B-cell Lymphomas, both with double hit and NOS according to the 2017 Revised WHO Classification of Tumour of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues\n-Neuropathy ≥ grade 2\n-Seropositive for or active viral infection with HBV\n-HBsAg positive\n-HBsAg negative, anti-HBs positive and/or anti-HBc positive with detectable viral DNA\n-Known seropositive active HCV\n-Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection\n-Any of the following abnormal laboratory values (unless any of these abnormalities are due to underlying lymphoma): creatinine > 2 times the ULN (unless creatinine clearance normal, or calculated creatinine clearance < 40 mL/min (using the Cockcroft–Gault formula); AST or ALT >3 × the ULN; total bilirubin >1.5 × the ULN: patients with documented Gilbert disease may be enrolled if total bilirubin is ≤ 3.0 × the ULN; INR > 1.5 × the ULN in the absence of therapeutic anticoagulation; PTT or aPTT > 1.5 × the ULN in the absence of a lupus anticoagulant”\n-History of stroke or intracranial hemorrhage within the past 6 months.\n-Requires anticoagulation with warfarin or equivalent vitamin K antagonists\n-Requires treatment with strong CYP3A inhibitors\n-GCB-DLBCL after centralized COO profiling\n-History of clinically relevant liver or renal insufficiency; significant cardiac, vascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, endocrine, neurologic, rheumatologic, hematologic, psychiatric, or metabolic disturbances\n-Clinically significant cardiovascular disease such as uncontrolled or symptomatic arrhythmias, congestive heart failure, or myocardial infarction within 6 months of Screening, or any Class 3 (moderate) or Class 4 (severe) cardiac disease as defined by the New York Heart Association Functional Classification.\n-Any uncontrolled active systemic infection requiring intravenous (IV) antibiotics\n-Major surgical intervention prior 4 weeks to enrollment if not due to lymphoma and/or other disease life-threatening that can compromise chemotherapy treatment\n-Prior malignancies other than lymphoma in the last 5 years with exception of currently treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma or melanoma of the skin or in situ carcinoma of the cervix\n-Any other medical or psychological condition that might preclude participation in the study or impair the patient's ability to give informed consent.\n-Any life-threatening illness, medical condition, or organ system dysfunction which, in the investigator’s opinion, could compromise the subject’s safety, interfere with the absorption or metabolism of ibrutinib capsules, or put the study outcomes at undue risk.\n-If female, the patient is pregnant or breast-feeding\n-Any other histologies than DLBCL: composite or transformed disease,.\n-Primary mediastinal lymphoma (PMBL)\n-Known central nervous system lymphoma\n-Primary testicular lymphoma\n-Any prior lymphoma therapy\n-Contraindication to any drug in the chemotherapy regimen\n-Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 50%"}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"-Progression-free survival (PFS) of the high/high-intermediate risk patients from date of enrolment","definition_or_measurement_approach":"PFS measured from date of enrolment; primary objective describes 2-years PFS of treated population (PFS assessed per study schedule from enrollment date)."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"-Event Free Survival (EFS) and Overall survival (OS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Standard survival endpoints: time to event measured from enrollment to event or death (EFS) and to death (OS) as per protocol."}
- {"endpoint_text":"-Rate of complete response (CRR) and of overall response (ORR)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Response rates assessed per Lugano criteria (objectives reference Lugano 2014 for response assessment)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"-Duration of response (DOR)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Duration measured from first documented response to progression or relapse as per protocol."}
- {"endpoint_text":"-Rate of complete response (CRR) before and after maintenance","definition_or_measurement_approach":"CRR assessed at end of induction and after maintenance per response assessment schedule."}
- {"endpoint_text":"-Rate of conversion in CR with Ibrutinib maintenance for patients in PR after the induction with RI-CHOP21","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Conversion rate assessed for patients with PR at end of induction who receive ibrutinib maintenance."}
- {"endpoint_text":"-Toxicity: all grade of toxicity and severe, life- threatening, fatal (grade 3, 4 and 5) and/or serious adverse events will be defined according to “Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events” (CTCAE)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Adverse events graded and reported according to CTCAE; all-grade and grade ≥3/serious events recorded per CTCAE definitions."}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 75
- Recruitment Window Months
- 59
- Consent Approach
- Written informed consent is required from each patient prior to study procedures ("Written informed consent from the patient stating understanding of the purpose and procedures required by the study and willingness to take part in the study."). Participants are adults (≥18 years) so no assent. Subject information sheets and informed consent forms are included in the submitted documents (multiple ICF/SIS documents listed); documents are provided in Italian.
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 39
- Total Number Of Participants
- 75
Italy
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 06-03-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 10-11-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 614
- Number Of Sites
- 39
- Number Of Participants
- 75
Sites
- Site Name
- IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione Pascale
- Department Name
- UOC Ematologia Oncologica
- Contact Person Name
- Antonio Pinto
- Contact Person Email
- a.pinto@istitutotumori.na.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Unita Sanitaria Locale Della Romagna
- Department Name
- Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Monica Tani
- Contact Person Email
- monica.tani@auslromagna.it
- Site Name
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino
- Department Name
- Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Chiara Ghiggi
- Contact Person Email
- chiara.ghiggi@hsanmartino.it
- Site Name
- Universita Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore
- Department Name
- Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Stefan Hohaus
- Contact Person Email
- stefan.hohaus@Unicatt.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana
- Department Name
- U.O. Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Sara Galimberti
- Contact Person Email
- sara.galimberti@med.unipi.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Delle Marche
- Department Name
- Clinica di Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Guido Gini
- Contact Person Email
- guido.gini@ospedaliriuniti.marche.it
- Site Name
- AORN San Giuseppe Moscati Avellino
- Department Name
- S.C. Ematologia e Trapianto emopoietico
- Contact Person Name
- Sonya De Lorenzo
- Contact Person Email
- sonya.delorenzo@tin.it
- Site Name
- ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda
- Department Name
- SC Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Emanuele Ravano
- Contact Person Email
- emanuele.ravano@ospedaleniguarda.it
- Site Name
- Careggi University Hospital
- Department Name
- Unità funzionale di Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Benedetta Puccini
- Contact Person Email
- puccinib@aou-careggi.toscana.it
- Site Name
- Pia Fondazione Di Culto E Religione Card G Panico
- Department Name
- UOC Ematologia e trapianto
- Contact Person Name
- Anna Mele
- Contact Person Email
- a.mele@piafondazionepanico.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Degli Spedali Civili Di Brescia
- Department Name
- SC Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Alessandra Tucci
- Contact Person Email
- alessandra.tucci@asst-spedalicivili.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedale Di Circolo E Fondazione Macchi
- Department Name
- UOC di Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Marta Coscia
- Contact Person Email
- Marta.Coscia@asst-settelaghi.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ss Antonio E Biagio E Cesare Arrigo
- Department Name
- SCDU Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Manuela Zanni
- Contact Person Email
- manuela.zanni@ospedale.al.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale
- Department Name
- SOC Clinica Ematologica
- Contact Person Name
- Jacopo Olivieri
- Contact Person Email
- jacopo.olivieri@asufc.sanita.fvg.it
- Site Name
- Istituto Europeo Di Oncologia S.r.l.
- Department Name
- Divisione Oncoematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Corrado Tarella
- Contact Person Email
- corrado.tarella@ieo.it
- Site Name
- ARNAS G. Brotzu
- Department Name
- SC Ematologia e CTMO
- Contact Person Name
- Sara Veronica Usai
- Contact Person Email
- sara.v.usai@aob.it
- Site Name
- Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo
- Department Name
- Divisione di Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Luca Arcaini
- Contact Person Email
- luca.arcaini@unipv.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Unita Sanitaria Locale Della Romagna
- Department Name
- U.O. Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Anna Merli
- Contact Person Email
- anna.merli@auslromagna.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore Della Carita
- Department Name
- SCDU Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Gianluca Gaidano
- Contact Person Email
- gianluca.gaidano@med.uniupo.it
- Site Name
- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori
- Department Name
- SC Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Paolo Corradini
- Contact Person Email
- paolo.corradini@unimi.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Citta Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino
- Department Name
- SC Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Barbara Botto
- Contact Person Email
- bbotto@cittadellasalute.to.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Citta Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino
- Department Name
- SC Ematologia U
- Contact Person Name
- Federica Cavallo
- Contact Person Email
- f.cavallo@unito.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliera Regionale San Carlo
- Department Name
- U.O. Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Michele Cimminiello
- Contact Person Email
- michele.cimminiello@ospedalesancarlo.it
- Site Name
- Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo Dei Tintori
- Department Name
- Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Ivana Casaroli
- Contact Person Email
- ivanarita.casaroli@irccs-sangerardo.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Unita Sanitaria Locale Di Piacenza
- Department Name
- U.O. Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Annalisa Arcari
- Contact Person Email
- a.arcari@ausl.pc.it
- Site Name
- Centro Di Riferimento Oncologico Di Aviano
- Department Name
- SOC Oncologia Medica A
- Contact Person Name
- Michele Spina
- Contact Person Email
- mspina@cro.it
- Site Name
- Casa Sollievo Della Sofferenza
- Department Name
- U.O. Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Rosario Potito Scalzulli
- Contact Person Email
- p.scalzulli@operapadrepio.it
- Site Name
- Azienda USL IRCCS Di Reggio Emilia
- Department Name
- SC Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Francesco Merli
- Contact Person Email
- merli.francesco@ausl.re.it
- Site Name
- PO Garibaldi-Nesima, ARNAS Garibaldi
- Department Name
- U.O.C. Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Ugo Consoli
- Contact Person Email
- ugo.consoli144@gmail.com
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliera Papardo
- Department Name
- SC Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Donato Mannina
- Contact Person Email
- donatomannina@aopapardo.it
- Site Name
- Istituto Oncologico Veneto
- Department Name
- Oncoematologia IOV
- Contact Person Name
- Mariella Lo Schirico
- Contact Person Email
- mariella.loschirico@iov.veneto.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina
- Department Name
- SC Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Francesco Zaja
- Contact Person Email
- francesco.zaja@asugi.sanita.fvg.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Sanitaria Locale Di Pescara
- Department Name
- UOS Dipartimentale - Centro di diagnosi e Terapia dei linfomi
- Contact Person Name
- Elsa Pennese
- Contact Person Email
- elsa.pennese@asl.pe.it
- Site Name
- Ospedale San Raffaele S.r.l.
- Department Name
- Unità Linfomi - Dip. Oncoematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Andrés Ferreri
- Contact Person Email
- andres.ferreri@hsr.it
- Site Name
- Istituto Tumori Bari Giovanni Paolo II
- Department Name
- UOC Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Giacomo Loseto
- Contact Person Email
- g.loseto@oncologico.bari.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Di Modena
- Department Name
- Ematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Giovanna Leonardi
- Contact Person Email
- eonardi.giovanna@policlinico.mo.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliera S Maria Di Terni
- Department Name
- S.C. Oncoematologia
- Contact Person Name
- Arcangelo Liso
- Contact Person Email
- arcangelo.liso@unipg.it
- Site Name
- Istituto Oncologico Veneto
- Department Name
- Oncologia 1
- Contact Person Name
- Dario Marino
- Contact Person Email
- dario.marino@iov.veneto.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I
- Department Name
- Istituto Ematologia -Dipartimento di Medicina Traslazionale e di Precisione
- Contact Person Name
- Maurizio Martelli
- Contact Person Email
- martelli@bce.uniroma1.it
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Fondazione Italiana Linfomi Ets
- Organisation Type
- Patient organisation/association
- Country Of Registered Address
- Italy
Third parties
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- {"country":"","full_name":"Janssen-Cilag S.p.A - Italia","duties_or_roles":"","organisation_type":""}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- RITUXIMAB
- Active Substance
- RITUXIMAB
- Modality
- Monoclonal antibody
- Routes Of Administration
- INTRAVENOUS|SUBCUTANEOUS
- Maximum Dose
- 375 mg/m2 (IV, maxDailyDoseAmount); 1400 mg (SC, maxDailyDoseAmount)
- Investigational Product Name
- DOXORUBICIN HYDROCHLORIDE
- Active Substance
- DOXORUBICIN HYDROCHLORIDE
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- INTRAVENOUS
- Maximum Dose
- 50 mg/m2 (maxDailyDoseAmount); maxTotalDoseAmount 300
- Investigational Product Name
- VINCRISTINE
- Active Substance
- VINORELBINE
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- INTRAVENOUS
- Maximum Dose
- 2 mg/m2 (maxDailyDoseAmount); maxTotalDoseAmount 12
- Investigational Product Name
- IBRUTINIB
- Active Substance
- IBRUTINIB
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL
- Orphan Designation
- Yes
- Maximum Dose
- 560 mg (maxDailyDoseAmount); maxTotalDoseAmount 376880
- Investigational Product Name
- PREDNISONE
- Active Substance
- PREDNISOLONE
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL
- Maximum Dose
- 100 mg (maxDailyDoseAmount); maxTotalDoseAmount 3000
- Investigational Product Name
- CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE
- Active Substance
- CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- INTRAVENOUS
- Maximum Dose
- 750 mg/m2 (maxDailyDoseAmount); maxTotalDoseAmount 4500
- Combination Treatment
- Yes
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