To Evaluate Efficacy of Belinostat or Pralatrexate in Combination Against CHOP Alone in PTCL

Last updated: May 13, 2025
Sponsor: Acrotech Biopharma Inc.
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

3

Condition

Non-hodgkin's Lymphoma

Lymphoma

Treatment

COP

Belinostat Injection

Pralatrexate Injection

Clinical Study ID

NCT06072131
SPI-Bel-301 Study
70,789
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

Part 1: This is a 5 Arm study primarily to determine the best dose out of the two dose levels of Belinostat and Pralatrexate combined with CHOP/COP in newly diagnosed PTCL patients based on Safety for part 2 study.

Part 2 (Efficacy and Safety): This is a 3 Arm study. Patients with previously untreated PTCL will be randomized 1:1:1 into 1 of 3 treatment groups: 2 experimental treatment groups (Bel-CHOP or Fol-COP) or 1 active comparator treatment group (CHOP). Patients will be treated for up to 6 cycles. The primary objective is to compare the Progression Free Survival of patients with newly diagnosed PTCL treated for up to 6 cycles with Beleodaq (belinostat) in combination with CHOP (Bel-CHOP) or Folotyn (pralatrexate injection) in combination with COP (Fol-COP) to CHOP alone.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Patient with newly diagnosed, untreated histology-proven PTCL based on localpathology review who is eligible for receiving, Belinostat, Pralatrexate, and CHOP.Pathology material must be available at the site for each patient before enrollmentso that it can be sent to the Sponsor (or designee) for later confirmation. Thefollowing subtypes, as defined by the updated World Health Organization (WHO)classification, may be included. This information should be available foreligibility:

  2. Pathology subtype:

  • Peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified
  • Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma
  • Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-negative anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL) patients are eligible only if Brentuximab Vedotin (BV) is notcommercially approved for use, not available in the country or patient iscontraindicated to receive BV.
  • Follicular T-cell lymphoma
  • Others: Extra-nodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type;enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma; hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma; andsubcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma
  1. CD30 expression and T-cell Follicular Helper (TFH) phenotype status must beavailable for documentation.

  2. Patient has at least 1 site of measurable disease according to Response EvaluationCriteria in Lymphoma (RECIL) 2017 criteria as assessed by the local Investigator (Appendix 3)

  3. Patient has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance (ECOG) status ≤2

  4. For Part 1 (Dose Finding) - Patient has adequate hematological, hepatic, and renalfunction as defined by:

  5. Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L or ≥ 1.0 × 10⁹/L if evidence of bonemarrow involvement

  6. Platelet count ≥100×10⁹/L or ≥ 75×10⁹/L if evidence of bone marrow involvement

  7. Total bilirubin ≤1.5 mg/dL

  8. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT), alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) ≤ 3×upper limit of normal (ULN; AST/ALT ≤5×ULN if documented hepaticinvolvement with lymphoma)

  9. Calculated creatinine clearance of ≥ 60 mL/min

  10. Part 2 (Efficacy and Safety) - disease related hypoplasia, hepatological or renaldysfunction can be included if any of the treatment groups can be administered basedon package insert recommendation with the following restrictions:

  11. Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L or ≥ 1.0 × 10⁹/L if evidence of bonemarrow involvement

  12. Platelet count ≥100×10⁹/L or ≥ 75×10⁹/L if evidence of bone marrow involvement

  13. Total bilirubin ≤1.5 mg/dL

  14. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT), alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) ≤ 3 x the upper limit of normal (ULN; AST/ALT ≤5×ULN if documentedhepatic involvement with lymphoma)

  15. Calculated creatinine clearance of ≥ 60 mL/min

  16. UGT1A1 genotype has been characterized (see Belinostat dose modifications ifabnormal) and must be available for documentation.

  17. Patient must be willing and capable of giving written informed consent and must beable to adhere to dosing and visit schedules and meet all study requirements

  18. Patient (male or female) is at least 18 years of age at the time of informed consent

  19. Patient is willing to practice 2 forms of contraception, one of which must be abarrier method, from study entry until at least 6 months after the last dose ofstudy treatment.

  20. Females of childbearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test within 4weeks prior to the first day of study treatment. Females who are postmenopausal forat least 1 year (defined as more than 12 months since last menses) or are surgicallysterilized do not require this test.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

A patient will not be eligible for inclusion if ANY of the criteria listed below apply:

  1. Patients with a diagnosis of:

  2. Precursor T-cell lymphoma or leukemia

  3. Adult T-cell lymphoma/leukemia

  4. T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia

  5. T-cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia

  6. Primary cutaneous type ALCL

  7. Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (mycosis fungoides/Sezary syndrome)

  8. ALCL if they can be treated with Brentuximab Vedotin (BV)

  9. Patients taking drugs which are potent UGT1A1 inhibitors must discontinue one weekbefore randomization; drug can be resumed if the treatment doesn't includebelinostat

  10. Patient with an active concurrent malignancy/life-threatening disease with theexception of non melanoma skin tumors and in situ cervical cancer if they havereceived treatment resulting in complete resolution of the cancer and currently haveno clinical, radiologic, or laboratory evidence of active or recurrent disease. Ifthere is a history of prior malignancies/life-threatening diseases, the patient mustbe disease free for at least 5 years

  11. Prior histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor or pralatrexate therapy

  12. Any known cardiac abnormalities such as baseline prolongation of QT/corrected QT (QTc) interval (i.e. demonstration of a QTc interval >450 msec); long QT syndrome;myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to starting study; history ofsignificant cardiovascular disease; the required use of a concomitant medicationthat may cause Torsades de Pointes

  13. Patient with uncontrolled hypertension

  14. Patients status on the following:

  15. Has a known HIV-positive diagnosis with uncontrolled and detectable viral load

  16. Has Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C virus diagnosis with uncontrolled and detectableviral load or immunological evidence of chronic active disease

  17. Patient with central nervous system metastasis

  18. Patient with an active uncontrolled infection, underlying medical condition,laboratory abnormality, or other serious illness that would impair the ability ofthe patient to receive protocol treatment

  19. Patient who has used any investigational drugs, biologics, or devices within 28 daysprior to study treatment or plans to use any of these during the course of the study

  20. Patient with a known history of drug or alcohol abuse

  21. Pregnant or breastfeeding women

Study Design

Total Participants: 504
Treatment Group(s): 4
Primary Treatment: COP
Phase: 3
Study Start date:
October 04, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
November 30, 2030

Study Description

Study Design and Treatment Plan:

Part 1: Dose Finding

It is a randomized, open label, multicenter study in patients with PTCL who have not been previously treated and the control arm is CHOP, COP, is the CHOP regimen without Doxorubicin (H). Two investigational agents are separately added to C(H)OP, Belinostat for Bel-CHOP and Pralatrexate for FOL-COP. In this first part, each investigational arm will have two dose levels which will be compared with CHOP as reference. Treatment will be randomized in five arms:

  1. Group 1a (Bel-CHOP) Belinostat 600 mg/m2

  2. Group 1b (Bel-CHOP) Belinostat 1000 mg/m2

  3. Group 2a (Fol-COP) Pralatrexate 20 mg/m2

  4. Group 2b (Fol-COP) Pralatrexate 30 mg/m2

  5. Group 3 for CHOP alone. Analysis will be done when 75 patients have received their planned treatment cycles to evaluate treatment compliance.

Approximately 20 patients will be enrolled into each group and receive at least one cycle of drug thus 15 patients are expected to be evaluated with their planned treatment of 6 cycles completed. The safety data will be evaluated to select the proper dose for Belinostat -CHOP and Pralatrexate-COP for the Part 2 study.

Part 2: Efficacy and Safety

It is a randomized, open-label, multicenter study in newly diagnosed PTCL patients. This is a three arm study and 143 patients will enroll in each arm. Patients will be randomized in a balance manner (1:1:1) into 1 of 3 treatment groups and treated for up to 6 cycles:

Group 1: (Bel-CHOP): Belinostat at the dose determined from Part 1 (600 or 1000 mg/m2) to be administered on Day 1 by 30 min intravenous (IV) infusion once daily for 5 days; CHOP will also be administered starting on Day 1 within 15 min (±5 min) after the end of the belinostat infusion at the doses shown below for Group 3, with cycles repeated every 21 days for up to 6 cycles

Group 2: (Fol-COP): Pralatrexate at the dose determined from part 1 (20 or 30 mg/m2) is to be administered on Day 1 and Day 8 as an IV push over 3 to 5 min; CHOP will also be administered starting on Day 1 within 15 min (±5 min) after the end of the pralatrexate administration at the doses shown below for Group 3, with cycles repeated every 21 days for up to 6 cycles. COP combination refers to CHOP without Doxorubicin (H).

Group 3: (CHOP): Combination chemotherapy to be administered starting on Day 1 at the doses shown below, with cycles repeated every 21 days for up to 6 cycles

  • Cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m2 IV, Day 1

  • Doxorubicin 50 mg/m2 IV, Day 1 (limit lifetime cumulative dose to <550 mg/m² to reduce risk of cardiotoxicity)

  • Vincristine 1.4 mg/m2 (maximum 2 mg) IV, Day 1

  • Prednisone 100 mg orally (PO) daily, Day 1 (after the end of the belinostat or pralatrexate administration for Groups 1 and 2) to Day 5

Randomization will be stratified on:

  • Histology (nodal, extra-nodal)

  • Prognostic Index for T-Cell Lymphoma (Group 1 or 2 vs 3 or 4)

  • Region (US, ex-US)

The study duration will include up to a 28-day screening period, a 6-cycle treatment period (18 weeks), follow-up until progression, an End-of-Treatment Visit at least 30 days after the last dose of study treatment, and long-term survival follow-up for patients by phone every 6 months thereafter until a 5-year median follow-up of the population is reached. Patients discontinuing the study for other reasons than progression will have the same long-term follow-up for OS analysis. Tumor assessments will be performed every 3 cycles (i.e., 9 weeks) on Cycle 4 Day 1 and End-of-Treatment Visit during treatment, then every 3 months for 3 years for patients with complete response (CR), partial response (PR), or stable disease, and every 6 months thereafter until disease progression or death

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