Testing the Combination of Anti-cancer Drugs Mosunetuzumab, Polatuzumab Vedotin, and Lenalidomide for the Treatment of Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Last updated: March 8, 2025
Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

1

Condition

Marginal Zone Lymphoma

Lymphoma

Lymphoma, B-cell

Treatment

Polatuzumab Vedotin

Biospecimen Collection

Positron Emission Tomography

Clinical Study ID

NCT06015880
NCI-2023-06477
PHI-141
10601
NCI-2023-06477
UM1CA186717
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of mosunetuzumab when given together with polatuzumab vedotin and lenalidomide in treating patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) that has come back after a period of improvement (relapsed) or that has not responded to previous treatment (refractory). Mosunetuzumab and polatuzumab vedotin are monoclonal antibodies that may interfere with the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Polatuzumab, linked to a toxic agent called vedotin, attaches to CD79B positive cancer cells in a targeted way and delivers vedotin to kill them. Lenalidomide may stimulate or suppress the immune system in different ways and stop cancer cells from growing and by preventing the growth of new blood vessels that cancer cells need to grow. Giving mosunetuzumab with polatuzumab vedotin and lenalidomide may work better in treating patients with relapsed/refractory DLBCL.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients must have histologically confirmed DLBCL NOS, high-grade B-cell lymphoma,or transformed indolent lymphoma as per the World Health Organization 2022 criteria

  • All patients will have relapsed/refractory DLBCL after 1 or more prior lines oftherapy with the exception of patients receiving CAR T in second line that have a Dscore of 3 at day (D)+ 30 through D+ 90

  • Patients who progressed/relapsed after prior polatuzumab vedotin are allowed

  • For the expansion cohorts only: cohort A must have < complete response (CR) orDeauville score of 3 or 4 at D90 (or before) after standard of care chimeric antigenreceptor (CAR) T-cell therapy; cohort B- other patients with relapsed/refractoryafter 1 or more prior lines of therapy (e.g. relapse after day 90 from CAR-T, orrelapsed after other therapies and were not considered candidates for CAR-T orautologous hematopoietic cell transplantation)

  • All patients that have failed 1 line of therapy will be eligible with the exceptionof a 12 patient cohort (A) that will require prior CAR T therapy

  • Measurable disease by CT or PET scan, with one or more sites of disease >= 1.5 cm inlongest dimension

  • Age >= 18 years

  • Because no dosing or adverse event data are currently available on the use ofmosunetuzumab in combination with polatuzumab vedotin, and lenalidomide inpatients < 18 years of age, children are excluded from this study

  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 2 (Karnofsky >= 60%)

  • Life expectancy >= 12 weeks

  • Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,000/mcL

  • Platelets >= 50,000/mcL without transfusion for 2 weeks prior to cycle 1 day 1 (C1D1)

  • Hemoglobin >= 9 g/dL

  • Total bilirubin =< 1.5 × institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) (however,patients with known Gilbert disease who have serum bilirubin level =< 3 × ULN may beenrolled)

  • Aspartate transaminase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase [SGPT]) =< 3 ×ULN (AST and/or ALT =< 5 × ULN for patients with liver involvement)

  • Alkaline phosphatase 2.5 × ULN (=< 5 × ULN for patients with documented liverinvolvement or bone metastases)

  • Creatinine clearance >= 30 mL/min/1.73 m^2 by Cockcroft-Gault: (140- age) × (weightin kg) × (0.85 if female) 72 × (serum creatinine in mg/dL)

  • International normalized ratio (INR) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) =< 1.5 × ULN (This applies only to patients who do not receive therapeuticanticoagulation; patients receiving therapeutic anticoagulation, such aslow-molecular-weight heparin or warfarin, should be on a stable dose.)

  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients on effective anti-retroviraltherapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months are eligible for this trial

  • For patients with evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBVviral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy, if indicated

  • Patients with a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have beentreated and cured. For patients with HCV infection who are currently ontreatment, they are eligible if they have an undetectable HCV viral load

  • Patients with treated brain metastases are eligible if follow-up brain imaging 6-8weeks after central nervous system (CNS)-directed therapy shows no evidence ofprogression or CNS lymphoma

  • Patients with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatmentdoes not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment ofthe investigational regimen are eligible for this trial

  • For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain fromheterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive measures, and agreement to refrainfrom donating eggs, as defined below:

  • Women must remain abstinent or use contraceptive methods with a failure rate of 1% per year during the treatment period and for 3 months after the final doseof mosunetuzumab, 3 months after the final dose of polatuzumab vedotin, and 1month after the last dose of lenalidomide

  • For men: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse)or use a condom, and agreement to refrain from donating sperm, as definedbelow:

  • With female partners of childbearing potential, men must remain abstinent oruse a condom during the treatment period, 5 months after the final dose ofpolatuzumab vedotin, and 1 month after the last dose of lenalidomide

  • Some concurrent cancer therapeutics (e.g., prostate, breast hormonal-based therapy)are allowed

  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consentdocument. Legally authorized representatives may sign and give informed consent onbehalf of study participants

  • Agree to comply with all local requirements of the lenalidomide risk minimizationplan

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Plasmablastic lymphoma, primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma, gray zone lymphoma

  • Patients who have not recovered from adverse events due to prior anti-cancer therapy (i.e., have residual toxicities > grade 1) with the exception of alopecia

  • Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents or treatments

  • Any condition, including the presence of laboratory abnormalities, which places thesubject at unacceptable risk if he/she were to participate in the study or confoundsthe ability to interpret data from the study

  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical orbiologic composition to mosunetuzumab or other agents used in study

  • Patients with uncontrolled intercurrent illness

  • Uncontrolled or known active bacterial, viral, fungal, mycobacterial, parasitic, orother infection (defined as ongoing signs/symptoms related to the infection withoutimprovement despite appropriate antibiotics, antiviral therapy and/or othertreatment) at study enrollment, or any major episode of infection requiringtreatment with IV antibiotics or hospitalization (relating to the completion of thecourse of antibiotics) within 4 weeks prior to first study treatment administration

  • Active CNS involvement or detectable disease by lymphoma, including leptomeningealinvolvement

  • Pregnant women are excluded from this study because mosunetuzumab is bispecificantibody with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Because thereis an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary totreatment of the mother with mosunetuzumab, breastfeeding should be discontinued ifthe mother is treated with mosunetuzumab. These potential risks may also apply toother agents used in this study. Pregnant or breastfeeding, or intending to becomepregnant during the study or within 3 months after the final dose of mosunetuzumab, 3 months after the final dose of polatuzumab vedotin, and 1 month after the finaldose of lenalidomide

  • Patients with known history or current symptoms of cardiac disease, or history oftreatment with cardiotoxic agents, should have a clinical risk assessment of cardiacfunction using the New York Heart Association Functional Classification. To beeligible for this trial, patients should be class 2 or better

  • Known or suspected chronic active Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection

  • Patients with any other significant condition(s) that would make this protocolunreasonably hazardous

  • Current > grade 1 peripheral neuropathy

  • Prior solid organ transplantation

  • Patients with known or suspected history of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)

  • Patients with history of confirmed progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)

  • Currently active or uncontrolled autoimmune disease

  • Patients with a history of autoimmune-related hypothyroidism on a stabledose of thyroid replacement hormone may be eligible

  • Patients with controlled type 1 diabetes mellitus who are on an insulinregimen are eligible for the study

  • Patients with a history of disease-related immune thrombocytopenicpurpura, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, or other stable autoimmune diseasesmay be eligible

Study Design

Total Participants: 30
Treatment Group(s): 6
Primary Treatment: Polatuzumab Vedotin
Phase: 1
Study Start date:
May 20, 2024
Estimated Completion Date:
June 29, 2026

Study Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To determine the safety and tolerability of mosunetuzumab + polatuzumab vedotin + lenalidomide in relapsed/refractory (R/R) diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

SECONDARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To observe and record anti-tumor activity of the combination of mosunetuzumab, polatuzumab vedotin, and lenalidomide in R/R DLBCL.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. To assess the efficacy in patients that have failed prior polatuzumab vedotin containing regimens (i.e., patients who progressed/relapsed after prior polatuzumab).

II. To assess anti-tumor activity in patients that a) have < complete response (CR) or Deauville score of 3 or worse at day 90 (D90) (or before) after standard of care chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy; b) other patients who have failed prior treatment (e.g. relapse after day 90 from CAR-T, or relapsed after other therapies and were not considered candidates for CAR-T).

III. To identify biomarkers that can predict the response to mosunetuzumab + polatuzumab vedotin + lenalidomide.

IV. To describe anti-tumor activity in patients whose tumors have previously failed to respond to polatuzumab (i.e., patients who progressed/relapsed after prior polatuzumab).

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of mosunetuzumab, followed by a dose-expansion study.

Patients receive mosunetuzumab intravenously (IV) over 2-4 hours on days 1, 8, and 15 of cycle 1 and then day 1 of each subsequent cycle. Treatment repeats every 28 days for 8 cycles in patients who achieve a complete response (CR) or up to 17 cycles for patients with a partial response (PR) or stable disease (SD) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also receive polatuzumab vedotin IV over 30-90 minutes on day 1 for 6 cycles and lenalidomide orally (PO) on days 1-21 for 8 cycles in patients who achieve CR or up to 17 cycles. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo positron emission tomography (PET)/ computed tomography (CT) and blood sample collection throughout the study.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3-6 months for 2 years.

Connect with a study center

  • City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Duarte, California 91010
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center LAO

    Duarte, California 91010
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Sacramento, California 95817
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Moffitt Cancer Center

    Tampa, Florida 33612
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Northwestern University

    Chicago, Illinois 60611
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Virginia Cancer Center

    Charlottesville, Virginia 22908
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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