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VITALIZE: This phase II trial is evaluating how safe and effective a combination of immunotherapy treatments (DPX-Survivac and Pembrolizumab) is both with and without chemotherapy (cyclophosphamide) is in people with relapsed or refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell LymphomaA Phase 2b, Open-label, Multicenter, Randomized Parallel-Group, Two-Stage, Study of an Immunotherapeutic Treatment DPX-Survivac and Pembrolizumab, With and Without Intermittent Low-Dose Cyclophosphamide, in Subjects With Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (VITALIZE)

Clinical summary

Summary

This is a randomised, open-label trial with two experimental arms. In Experimental Arm 1, participants will receive DPX-Survivac, pembrolizumab and intermittent, low-dose cyclophosphamide (CPA). In Experimental Arm 2, participants will receive DPX-Survivac and pembrolizumab. All participants will receive two 0.5mL doses of DPX-Survivac 3 weeks apart on day 7 (D7) and D28 followed by up to twelve 0.1 mL doses of DPX-Survivac, 8 weeks apart (Q8W). All participants will also receive pembrolizumab intravenously (IV) at a flat dose of 200 mg starting at D7 and on day 1 of each 3-week cycle thereafter (i.e., D28, D49, D70 etc.) (Q3W). For those participants in Arm 1, intermittent oral CPA at a dose of 50 mg twice a day (BID) is administered from D0 to D6 (7 days) followed by 7 days off. This 14-day cycle of "7 days on and 7 days off" will be repeated until the end of study treatment.

Conditions

This trial is treating patients with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma.

Cancer

Blood Cancers Haematological

Age

People18+

Phase

II

Trial Acronym

VITALIZE

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Trial sponsor

ImmunoVaccine Technologies, Inc. (IMV Inc.)

Scientific Title

A Phase 2b, Open-label, Multicenter, Randomized Parallel-Group, Two-Stage, Study of an Immunotherapeutic Treatment DPX-Survivac and Pembrolizumab, With and Without Intermittent Low-Dose Cyclophosphamide, in Subjects With Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (VITALIZE)

Eligibility

Inclusion

  • Adults ≥ 18 years of age who are willing and able to provide written informed consent
  • Have an ECOG performance status of ≤ 1. Subjects with an ECOG performance status of 2 may be enrolled with Medical Monitor approval.
  • Pathologically confirmed diagnosis of DLBCL, as defined by the 2016 World Health Organization classification including DLBCL NOS high-grade B-cell lymphoma with MYC and BCL2 and/or BCL6 rearrangements, Epstein-barr virus (EBV) positive DLBCL, and T cell rich B cell lymphoma (TCRBCL). Subjects with DLBCL transformed from indolent lymphoma (except for Richter's transformation) are eligible.
  • Subjects must have progressive disease following at least two (2) lines of prior systemic therapy for DLBCL; prior treatment must have included an anthracycline and rituximab (or another CD20-targeted agent).
  • Subjects must have failed or be ineligible for ASCT or CAR-T
  • Have at least one bi-dimensionally measurable lesion per Lugano (2014)
  • Willing to provide pre-treatment and on-treatment tumor biopsy tissue.
  • Meet protocol-specified laboratory requirements
  • Life expectancy > 3 months.

Exclusion

  • Primary CNS lymphoma or active secondary CNS involvement and/or lymphomatous meningitis
  • Chemotherapy, immunotherapy, major surgery, or investigational agent treatment within 28 days of D0 or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter
  • Radiotherapy within 14 days of day 0
  • Autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) within ˂100 days prior to D0
  • Chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy within ˂28 days prior to D0
  • Diagnosis of immunodeficiency disorder or history of active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years
  • Uncontrolled significant active infections (controlled Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, or HIV may be eligible)
  • Prior history of malignancy other than eligible lymphoma sub-types, unless the subject has been free of the disease for ≥ 2 years prior to the start of study treatment

Inclusion

  • You are able to swallow medication by mouth.
  • You have had treatment but your cancer has gotten worse or has not responded to the treatment you have been given.
  • You have had treatment, but your cancer has come back.

Exclusion

  • You have certain types of non-cancer medical conditions.
  • You have had certain treatments, surgical procedures or drugs.
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