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A Ph2 Study of Glofitamab Alone or With Polatuzumab Vedotin, Pirtobrutinib, or Atezolizumab in Richter's Transformation

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Chronic Lymphocytic LeukemiaRichter's TransformationCLL

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Study Overview

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Description

This research is being done to evaluate Glofitamab by itself or in combination with Polatuzumab Vedotin, Pirtobrutinib, or Atezolizumab as possible treatments for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) that has transformed into Richter's Transformation (RT). The names of the study drugs involved in this research study are: * Glofitamab (a T-cell bispecific humanized monoclonal antibody) * Obinutuzumab (a humanized glycoengineered type II anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody) * Polatuzumab vedotin (an antibody-drug conjugate) * Pirtobrutinib (a selective inhibitor of BTK) * Atezolizumab (a humanized immunoglobulin monoclonal antibody) * Tocilizumab (a recombinant, humanized, anti-human monoclonal antibody)

Official Title

A Phase 2 Study of Glofitamab as Monotherapy or in Combination With Polatuzumab Vedotin, Pirtobrutinib, or Atezolizumab in Richter's Transformation

Quick Facts

Study Start:2024-01-22
Study Completion:2033-01-15
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06043674

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Must have a confirmed diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma as per IW-CLL 2018 criteria with biopsy proven transformation to diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), consistent with Richter's Transformation. The diagnostic sample must be reviewed by the treating institution. Tumor sample may be obtained by core needle or excisional surgical biopsy. A fresh biopsy is encouraged, but an archival sample is acceptable if the following provisions are met: 1) availability of a tumor-containing formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue block, 2) if the tumor containing FFPE tissue block cannot be provided in total, sections from this block should be provided. Biopsy can be obtained up to 3 months prior to first day of treatment.
  2. * Cohort-specific eligibility criteria:
  3. * Glofitamab monotherapy cohort: Patients with either relapsed/refractory or previously untreated Richter's Transformation.
  4. * Glofitamab + polatuzumab vedotin cohort: Patients with previously untreated RT. After the first 10 patients are enrolled in this cohort irrespective of prior BTKi exposure status, the remainder of the patients enrolled to this cohort must have previously untreated RT and no prior BTK inhibitor. Patients cannot have prior polatuzumab vedotin exposure.
  5. * Glofitamab + pirtobrutinib cohort: Patients with previously untreated RT and prior BTK inhibitor exposure (with enrollment to begin only after the first 10 patients are accrued to the polatuzumab combination cohort). Patients cannot have prior pirtobrutinib exposure.
  6. * Glofitamab + atezolizumab cohort: Patients with relapsed/refractory RT. Patients are required to have received ≥ 1 prior line of therapy. Patients cannot have prior atezolizumab exposure.
  7. * Age ≥18 years.
  8. * ECOG performance status of 0-2 (Appendix A).
  9. * For patients receiving glofitamab monotherapy, glofitamab in combination with polatuzumab vedotin, or glofitamab in combination with atezolizumab, participants must meet the following organ and marrow function as defined below:
  10. * Absolute neutrophil count must be \> 1.0 x10\^9/L (growth factor allowed to achieve), unless patients have significant bone marrow involvement of their malignancy confirmed on biopsy.
  11. * Platelets must be \> 30 x10\^9/L, independent of transfusion within 7 days of screening, unless patients have bone marrow involvement of their malignancy confirmed on biopsy
  12. * Creatinine \< 2.0 x ULN (upper limit of normal) or estimated CrCl \> 50 ml/min
  13. * Total bilirubin \< 1.5 X ULN
  14. * Subjects with Gilbert's Syndrome or resolving autoimmune hemolytic anemia may have a bilirubin up to 3.0 X ULN
  15. * AST/ALT \< 3.0 X ULN, unless documented liver involvement by lymphoma
  16. * For patients receiving glofitamab in combination with pirtobrutinib, participants must meet the following:
  17. * Absolute neutrophil count must be \> 1.0 x109/L (growth factor \>7 days prior allowed to achieve), unless patients have significant bone marrow involvement of their malignancy confirmed on biopsy.
  18. * Hemoglobin \> 8 g/dL, independent of transfusion within 7 days of screening, unless patients have bone marrow involvement of their malignancy confirmed on biopsy
  19. * Platelets must be \> 50 x109/L, independent of transfusion within 7 days of screening
  20. * Estimated CrCl \> 50 ml/min according to Cockcroft/Gault formula
  21. * AST/ALT \< 3.0 X ULN, or \< 5.0 X ULN with documented liver involvement by lymphoma
  22. * Total bilirubin \< 1.5 X ULN or \< 3.0 x ULN with documented liver involvement by lymphoma and/or Gilbert's Disease
  23. * Adequate coagulation, defined as activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) or partial thromboplastin time (PTT) and prothrombin (PT) or (international normalized ratio (INR) not greater than 1.5 x ULN.
  24. * The patient is able to take oral medications
  25. * Patients who have undergone prior allogeneic transplantation are potentially eligible if their transplant day 0 is \> 6 months from their first dose of treatment and as follows:
  26. * For patients receiving glofitamab monotherapy or glofitamab in combination with polatuzumab vedotin, all of the following must additionally be true:
  27. * No current or prior Grade 3/4 graft versus host disease (GVHD)
  28. * Stable off of immunosuppression for at least 2 months prior to receiving their first dose of treatment on study
  29. * For patients receiving glofitamab in combination with pirtobrutinib, all of the following must additionally be true:
  30. * No active/current GVHD
  31. * No prior history of Grade 3/4 GVHD
  32. * Stable off of immunosuppression for at least 2 months prior to receiving their first dose of treatment on study
  33. * For patients receiving atezolizumab, no prior allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation is allowed.
  34. * Willingness to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or to use effective contraceptive methods that result in a failure rate of \<1% per year during the treatment period and for at least the following durations listed below:
  35. * Female patients: at least 18 months after pre-treatment with obinutuzumab, or 2 months after the last dose of glofitamab, or 5 months after the last dose of atezolizumab, or 9 months after the last dose of polatuzumab vedotin, 3 months after the last dose of tocilizumab (if applicable), or 1 month after the last dose of pirtobrutinib, whichever whichever is longest.
  36. * Male patients: at least 3 months after pre-treatment with obinutuzumab, or 2 months after the last dose of glofitamab, or 5 months after the last dose of polatuzumab vedotin, or 2 months after the last dose of tocilizumab (if applicable), whichever is longest.
  37. * Examples of highly effective contraceptive methods with a failure rate of \<1% per year include: Tubal ligation, male sterilization, hormonal implants, established proper use of hormonal contraceptives that inhibit ovulation, hormone-releasing intrauterine devices, and copper intrauterine devices. Alternatively, two methods (e.g., two barrier methods such as a condom and a cervical cap) may be combined to achieve a failure rate of \<1% per year. Barrier methods must always be supplemented with the use of a spermicide.
  38. * For female patients, willingness to refrain from donating ova during the same periods described in section 3.1.6 for female patients. For male patients, willingness to refrain from donating sperm during the same periods described in section 3.1.6 for male patients.
  39. * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. (Providing consents in as many languages as possible is encouraged)
  1. * Patients with the Hodgkin variant transformation of CLL will be excluded.
  2. * No prior anti-CD20 bispecific antibody is allowed. No prior, polatuzumab vedotin is allowed for patients in the polatuzumab vedotin-containing combination arm. No prior, or atezolizumab therapy is allowed for patients in the atezolizumab-containing combination arm. No prior pirtobrutinib is allowed for patients in the pirtobrutinib-containing arm.
  3. * Subject has received any of the following within 14 days or 5 drug half-lives (whichever is shortest) prior to the first dose of treatment: investigational agents, targeted therapies, e.g. tyrosine kinase inhibitors, systemic immunotherapeutic/immunostimulating agents, including, but not limited to, CD137 agonists or immune checkpoint blockade therapies, including anti-CTLA-4, anti-PD-1, and anti-PD-L1 therapeutic antibodies, radio-immunoconjugates, antibody-drug conjugates (patients in the pirtobrutinib combination arm may not have received an antibody-drug conjugate within 28 days prior to the first dose of study treatment), immune/cytokines and monoclonal antibodies. Patients who are currently receiving treatment with a Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor may continue this agent until the day prior to starting treatment, to reduce the risk of tumor flare on treatment cessation.
  4. * Prior treatment with CAR T-cell therapy within 30 days before first study treatment administration.
  5. * Subject has not recovered to less than Grade 1 clinically significant adverse effect(s)/toxicity from prior anti-cancer therapy including immunotherapy, with the exception of alopecia, endocrinopathy managed with replacement therapy, and stable vitiligo.
  6. * Patients with bulky cervical adenopathy that is compressing the upper airway and could result in significant further airway compression during a tumor flare event.
  7. * History of other malignancies, except:
  8. * CLL/SLL
  9. * Malignancy treated with curative intent and with no known active disease present before the first dose of study drug and felt to be at low risk for recurrence by treating physician
  10. * Adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or lentigo maligna without evidence of disease
  11. * Adequately treated carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease
  12. * Low-risk prostate cancer on active surveillance
  13. * For patients receiving polatuzumab vedotin: Current \> Grade 1 peripheral neuropathy.
  14. * Any history of immune-related ≥ Grade 3 AE with the exception of endocrinopathy managed with replacement therapy.
  15. * Patient with history of confirmed progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML).
  16. * Current or past history of central nervous system (CNS) disease involvement or history of leptomeningeal disease.
  17. * Current or past history of CNS disease, such as stroke, epilepsy, CNS vasculitis or neurodegenerative disease (Note: patients with a history of stroke who have not experienced a stroke or transient ischemic attack in the past 2 years and have no residual neurologic deficits, as judged by the investigator, are permitted).
  18. * History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia (e.g., bronchiolitis obliterans), drug-induced pneumonitis, or idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest CT scan.
  19. * Uncontrolled pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites requiring recurrent drainage procedures (once monthly or more frequently).
  20. * Prior solid organ transplantation.
  21. * History of known or suspected hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH).
  22. * Active or history of autoimmune disease, including but not limited to myocarditis, pneumonitis, myasthenia gravis, myositis, autoimmune hepatitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, vascular thrombosis associated with antiphospholipid syndrome, Wegener's granulomatosis, Sjögren's syndrome, Guillain-Barré syndrome, multiple sclerosis, vasculitis, or glomerulonephritis.
  23. * Patients with a remote history of, or well controlled, autoimmune disease may be eligible to enroll after consultation with the study PI.
  24. * Patients with a history of autoimmune-related hypothyroidism who are on thyroid-replacement hormone and patients with controlled Type 1 diabetes mellitus who are on an insulin regimen can be included.
  25. * Patients with eczema, psoriasis, lichen simplex chronicus, or vitiligo with dermatologic manifestations only (e.g., patients with psoriatic arthritis are excluded) are eligible for the study provided that the disease is well controlled (Rash \<10% of BSA, and no acute exacerbations requiring methotrexate, retinoids, biologics, or high potency oral corticosteroids) at baseline and requires only low-potency topical corticosteroids.
  26. * For patients enrolling to the pirtobrutinib combination arm, patients with the following should be discussed with the Sponsor-Investigator prior to enrollment: active uncontrolled auto-immune cytopenia (e.g., autoimmune hemolytic anemia \[AIHA\], idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura \[ITP\]) for which new therapy was introduced or existing therapy was escalated within the 4 weeks prior to study enrollment to maintain adequate blood counts.
  27. * Patients who require systemic immunosuppressive therapy for an ongoing medical condition will be excluded with the exception of corticosteroid use for disease-related symptom control. Treatment for autoimmune disease with systemic immunosuppressive medications including, but not limited to, prednisone, azathioprine, methotrexate, thalidomide, and anti-tumor necrosis factor agents are not allowed within 2 weeks prior to Day 1 of Cycle 1.
  28. * Note the following are permitted: use of inhaled corticosteroids, use of mineralocorticoids for management of orthostatic hypotension.
  29. * Corticosteroids for lymphoma symptom control is allowed provided patients are on a stable dose as per discretion of the treating investigator and in discussion with the Sponsor-Investigator.
  30. * History of severe allergic or anaphylactic reactions to monoclonal antibody therapy unless in consultation with an allergy specialist they are deemed eligible for retreatment with desensitization.
  31. * Patients, who have had a major surgery or significant traumatic injury within 4 weeks of start of study drug, patients who have not recovered from the side effects of any major surgery (defined as requiring general anesthesia).
  32. * History of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV):
  33. * For patients receiving glofitamab in combination with pirtobrutinib, patients who have tested positive for HIV are excluded due to risk of opportunistic infections with both HIV and BTK inhibitors. For patients with unknown HIV status, HIV testing will be performed at screening and result must be negative for enrollment.
  34. * For patients in all other cohorts, only those without controlled disease (controlled disease defined as CD4 count greater than or equal to 200 per microliter, undetectable viral load, and stable anti-retroviral therapy) will be excluded.
  35. * History of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus 1 (HTLV-1) infection.
  36. * Known active cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection.
  37. * Clinically significant liver disease, including cirrhosis and active viral or non-viral hepatitis. Patients who are positive for hepatitis B core antibody or hepatitis B surface antigen must have a negative viral load (by PCR testing), be willing to undergo regular testing, and be able to be treated with a prophylactic agent (e.g. entecavir). Patients with hepatitis C seropositivity are eligible only if they have a negative viral load (by PCR testing).
  38. * Patients with a known active infection or any major episode of infection requiring hospitalization or treatment with IV antimicrobial within 4 weeks prior to first study drug. Patients receiving prophylactic antibiotics (e.g., to prevent a urinary tract infection or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation), antivirals, or antifungals may participate.
  39. * Patients should not have received immunization with live vaccines within 28 days prior to start of study treatment. In addition, patients must not receive live, attenuated vaccines (e.g., FluMist®) while receiving study treatment or after the last dose until B-cell recovery to the normal ranges. Inactivated influenza vaccination is permitted during influenza season.
  40. * Patients with any one of the following currently or in the previous 6 months will be excluded: myocardial infarction, congenital long QT syndrome, torsade de pointes, unstable angina, or coronary/peripheral artery bypass graft.
  41. * Patients with New York Heart Association Class III or IV heart failure or with Objective Assessment Class C or D cardiac disease.
  42. * For patients receiving pirtobrutinib:
  43. * Significant cardiovascular disease defined as:
  44. * unstable angina or acute coronary syndrome within the past 2 months prior to randomization
  45. * history of myocardial infarction within 3 months prior to randomization or
  46. * documented LVEF by any method of ≤ 40% in the 12 months prior to randomization
  47. * Uncontrolled or symptomatic arrhythmias
  48. * Note: patients with atrial fibrillation are allowed as long as they are adequately rate-controlled.)
  49. * Note: Patients with pacemakers are eligible if they have no history of fainting or clinically relevant arrhythmias while using the pacemaker
  50. * Prolongation of the QT interval corrected for heart rate (QTcF) \> 470 msec. QTcF is calculated using Fridericia's Formula (QTcF): QTcF = QT/(RR0.33).
  51. * Correction of suspected drug-induced QTcF prolongation can be attempted at the investigator's discretion and only if clinically safe to do so with either discontinuation of the offending drug or switch to another drug not known to be associated with QTcF prolongation.
  52. * Correction for underlying bundle branch block (BBB) allowed.
  53. * Clinically significant active malabsorption syndrome or other condition likely to affect gastrointestinal (GI) absorption of the study drug.
  54. * Active uncontrolled auto-immune cytopenia (e.g., autoimmune hemolytic anemia \[AIHA\], idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura \[ITP\]) for which new therapy was introduced or existing therapy was escalated within the 4 weeks prior to study enrollment to maintain adequate blood counts.
  55. * Patients requiring therapeutic anticoagulation with warfarin or another vitamin K antagonist.
  56. * Have a known hypersensitivity to any of the excipients of Pirtobrutinib or to any intended study medications.
  57. * Patients who experienced a major bleeding event or grade ≥ 3 arrhythmia on prior treatment with a BTK inhibitor. Note: Major bleeding is defined as bleeding having one or more of the following features: potentially life-threatening bleeding with signs or symptoms of hemodynamic compromise; bleeding associated with a decrease in the hemoglobin level of at least 2g per deciliter; or bleeding in a critical area or organ (e.g., retroperitoneal, intraarticular, pericardial, epidural, or intracranial bleeding or intramuscular bleeding with compartment syndrome)
  58. * History of bleeding disorders (e.g. von Willebrand's disease, hemophilia).
  59. * History of stroke or intracranial hemorrhage within 6 months of starting study therapy.
  60. * Inability to comply with protocol mandated hospitalizations and restrictions.
  61. * Patients who are pregnant, breast-feeding, or intending to become pregnant during the study.
  62. * Any other diseases, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, mental status or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that would contraindicate the use of an investigational drug.

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

DFCI Clinical Trials Hotline
CONTACT
877-DF-TRIAL
DFCILymphomaResearchNurses@partners.org
Christine Ryan, MD
CONTACT

Principal Investigator

Christine Ryan, MD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Study Locations (Sites)

Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215
United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215
United States
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599
United States
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio, 43210
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Christine Ryan

  • Christine Ryan, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2024-01-22
Study Completion Date2033-01-15

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2024-01-22
Study Completion Date2033-01-15

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
  • CLL
  • Richter's Transformation

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
  • Richter's Transformation