Trial purpose
Cancer treatment
Tumor type
Haematological
Age
<25
Clinical summary
Summary
Eligible patients will be enrolled and are allowed to start lymphodepleting chemotherapy as recommended in protocol, after which they will receive a single intravenous infusion of tisagenlecleucel. The efficacy of tisagenlecleucel will be evaluated via Overall Response Rate (ORR) which includes complete response (CR) and partial response (PR) as determined by local assessment. Safety assessments will be conducted until study completion.
Conditions
This trial is treating people with B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, including the following subtypes: burkitt lymphoma/leukemia (BL), diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL), gray zone lymphoma (GZL) and follicular lymphoma (FL)
Eligibility
Inclusion
- Histologically confirmed pediatric mature B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-cell NHL) including the following subtypes; Burkitt lymphoma/ Burkitt leukemia (BL), diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL), gray zone lymphoma (GZL), and follicular lymphoma (FL) Note: Patients with B-cell NHL associated with Nijmegen breakage syndrome will be allowed.
- Patients <25 years of age and weighing at least 6 kg at the time of screening
- Patients who have relapsed after one or more prior therapies (can include allogeneic and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant) or are primary refractory (have not achieved a CR or PR after the first line of therapy)
- Measurable disease by radiological criteria in all patients at the time of screening. Patients with Burkitt leukemia who don't meet radiological criteria must have bone marrow involvement of >25% by local assessment of bone marrow aspirate and/or biopsy.
- Karnofsky (age ≥16 years) or Lansky (age <16 years) performance status ≥60.
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Adequate bone marrow reserve without transfusions (transfusion >2 weeks prior to laboratory assessment is allowed) defined as:
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >1000/mm3
- Platelets ≥50000//mm3
- Hemoglobin ≥8.0 g/dl
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Adequate organ function defined as:
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a serum creatinine (sCR) based on gender/age as follows: Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL) Age Male Female
1 to <2 years 0.6 0.6 2 to <6 years 0.8 0.8 6 to <10 years 1.0 1.0 10 to <13 years 1.2 1.2 13 to <16 years 1.5 1.4
≥16 years 1.7 1.4
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) for age
- Total bilirubin <2 mg/dL (for Gilbert's Syndrome patients total bilirubin <4 mg/dL)
- Adequate pulmonary function
i. Oxygen saturation of >91% on room air ii. No or mild dyspnea (≤Grade 1)
- Must have a leukapheresis material of non-mobilized cells accepted for manufacturing.
Exclusion
- Prior gene therapy or engineered T cell therapy.
- Prior treatment with any anti-CD19 therapy.
- Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) <3 months prior to screening and ≤4 months prior to infusion.
- Presence of grade 2 to 4 acute or extensive chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in patients who received prior allogeneic HSCT.
- Prior diagnosis of malignancy other than study indication, and not disease free for 5 years.
- Clinically significant active infection confirmed by clinical evidence, imaging, or positive laboratory tests (e.g., blood cultures, PCR for DNA/RNA, etc.)
- Presence of active hepatitis B or C as indicated by serology.
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive test.
- Active neurological autoimmune or inflammatory disorders not related to B cell NHL (eg: Guillain-Barre syndrome, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
- Active central nervous system (CNS) involvement by malignancy.
- Patients with B-cell NHL in the context of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) associated lymphomas.
Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.
Inclusion
- You have had treatment but your cancer has gotten worse or has not responded to the treatment you have been given.
Exclusion
- You have been diagnosed with a prior or secondary type of cancer.
- You have certain types of non-cancer medical conditions.
- You have had certain treatments, surgical procedures or drugs.
Clinical trials have complex eligibility criteria, and other criteria may apply for this trial. Ask your doctor about whether this trial could be right for you.
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Trial sponsor
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Scientific Title
A Phase II, Single Arm, Multicenter Open Label Trial to Determine the Safety and Efficacy of Tisagenlecleucel in Pediatric Subjects With Relapsed or Refractory Mature B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL)
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