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RecruitingLast updated: 29 November 2023

ZUMA-23: The goal of this clinical study is to compare the study drug, axicabtagene ciloleucel, versus standard of care (SOC) in first-line therapy in participants with high-risk large B-cell lymphoma.An Adaptive Phase 3, Randomized, Open-Label, Multicenter Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Axicabtagene Ciloleucel Versus Standard of Care Therapy as First-Line Therapy in Subjects With High-Risk Large B-Cell Lymphoma (ZUMA-23)

Clinical summary

Summary

Eligible participants will be randomly allocated to either the Experimental Arm or the Active Comparator Arm.

In the Experimental Arm, participants will receive lymphodepletion chemotherapy for 3 days, followed by axicabtagene ciloleucel. hemotherapy will consist of cyclophosphamide (500mg/m^2 per day) intravenously (IV) plus fludarabine (30mg/m^2 per day) via IV. Axicabtagene ciloleucel will be administered as a single IV infusion at a target dose of 2 x 10^6 anti-cluster of differentiation (CD)19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) transduced autologous T cells/kg on Day 0.

In the Active Comparator Arm, participants will receive the investigator's choice of one of the following Standard of Care Therapies: Rituximab plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (R-CHOP) for a total of 6 cycles (21-day cycle); Or Dose-adjusted etoposide, prednisone, vincristine, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and rituximab (DA-EPOCH-R) for a total of 6 cycles (21-day cycle).

Conditions

This trial is treating patients with high-risk large B-cell lymphoma.

Cancer

Blood Cancers Haematological

Age

People18+

Phase

III

Trial Acronym

ZUMA-23

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Trial sponsor

Kite, A Gilead Company

Scientific Title

An Adaptive Phase 3, Randomized, Open-Label, Multicenter Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Axicabtagene Ciloleucel Versus Standard of Care Therapy as First-Line Therapy in Subjects With High-Risk Large B-Cell Lymphoma (ZUMA-23)

Eligibility

Inclusion

  • Histologically confirmed large B cell lymphoma (LBCL) based on 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) classification by local pathology lab assessment, including of the following:

    • Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), not otherwise specified (NOS)
    • High-grade B-cell lymphoma (HGBL)
  • Note: Transformed DLBCL from follicular lymphoma or from marginal zone lymphoma is eligible if no prior treatment with anthracycline-containing regimen.
  • High-risk disease defined as an International Prognostic Index (IPI) score of 4 or 5 at initial diagnosis.
  • Have received only 1 cycle of rituximab plus chemotherapy (R-chemotherapy).
  • Adequate bone marrow, renal, hepatic, pulmonary, and cardiac function.
  • Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test.

Exclusion

  • The following WHO 2016 subcategories by local assessment:

    • T-cell/histiocyte-rich LBCL
    • Primary DLBCL of the central nervous system (CNS)
    • Primary mediastinal (thymic) LBCL
    • B-cell lymphoma, unclassifiable, with features intermediate between DLBCL and classical Hodgkin lymphoma
    • Burkitt lymphoma
  • Presence of detectable cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-malignant cells, brain metastases, or a history of CNS involvement of lymphoma.
  • Presence of cardiac lymphoma involvement.
  • Any prior treatment for LBCL other than the 1 cycle of R-chemotherapy.
  • History of severe immediate hypersensitivity reaction to any of the agents used in this study.
  • Presence of CNS disorder. History of stroke, transient ischemic attack, or posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) within 12 months prior to enrollment.
  • History of acute or chronic active hepatitis B or C infection.
  • Positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) unless taking appropriate anti-HIV medications, with an undetectable viral load by PCR and with a cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) count > 200 cells/uL.
  • Medical conditions likely to interfere with assessment of safety or efficacy of study treatment. Please refer to protocol for further details.
  • History of clinically significant cardiac disease within 12 months before enrollment.
  • History of any medical condition requiring maintenance systemic immunosuppression/systemic disease modifying agents within the last 2 years.

Note: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.

Inclusion

  • You have been diagnosed with cancer, but have not received any treatment.

Exclusion

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