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A Randomized Phase II Trial of Consolidation Therapy Following CD19 CAR T-Cell Treatment For Relapsed/Refractory Large B-Cell Lymphoma or Grade IIIB Follicular Lymphoma

Clinical Trial Details

This study is being done to determine if we can lower the chance of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) growing or spreading by adding treatment to the usual therapy.

The purpose of this study is to compare the usual treatment alone to using the study drugs mosunetuzumab and/or polatuzumab vedotin after CAR T-cell therapy. The usual approach for relapsed/refractory DLBCL patients is follow-up visits with no further therapy. We are doing this study because we want to find out if this approach is better or worse than the usual approach for DLBCL patients receiving CAR T-cell therapy.

Mosunetuzumab is an experimental drug known as a bispecific antibody targeting CD20 and CD3. This antibody brings the T-cells of the immune system and the lymphoma cells together so that the immune system can potentially destroy the lymphoma cells. Experimental means that mosunetuzumab is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Polatuzumab vedotin is an antibody–drug conjugate which targets CD79b, a molecule that is on the surface of B-cell lymphoma cells. Antibody-drug conjugates consist of an antibody against the tumor cell that is attached to a chemotherapy drug. The antibody brings the chemotherapy drug to the lymphoma cell so that it can potentially destroy the lymphoma cell. Polatuzumab vedotin is approved by the FDA in combination with bendamustine and a rituximab product for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, after at least two prior therapies.

After receiving CAR T-cell therapy, participants in this study will be randomized into one of four treatment groups. There is an equal chance of being assigned to any of the groups. The study team will discuss dosing and treatment specifics with each participant depending on the group they are assigned. Treatment cycles typically last 21 days.

  • Group 1 will receive mosunetuzumab through a vein in the arm for 8 cycles of treatment.
  • Group 2 will receive polatuzumab vedotin through a vein in the arm for 6 cycles of treatment.
  • Group 3 will receive both mosunetuzumab and polatuzumab vedotin through a vein in the arm for up to 8 cycles of treatment.
  • Group 4 will not receive any study drugs and will be monitored closely by the study team. Participants in this group will have the option to “crossover” to Group 3 if their cancer gets worse within 12 months of CAR T-cell therapy.

After completing study treatment, all participants will come in for study visits every 3 to 6 months for up to 5 years. Study visits may include physical exams, blood tests, and scans.

Key Eligibility: 
  1. Over the age of 18 with a diagnosis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL)
  2. Participants must be registered for Step 1 after they have signed institutional consent for CAR T-cell leukapheresis but prior to the start of lymphodepleting (LD) chemotherapy for commercial CAR T-cell product.
  3. In the opinion of the enrolling physician, participants must be felt to be a candidate for CAR T-cell therapy with plans to be treated with FDA approved commercially available CD19 CAR T-cell construct.
  4. Participants are permitted to receive or have received ‘bridging therapy’ after CAR T-cell leukapheresis, however, participants must not receive polatuzumab vedotin, and/or mosunetuzumab as part of bridging therapy.

Detailed eligibility will be discussed when reaching out to the study team.

Study contact by location

Upper East Side - Manhattan

Contact(s)

June Greenberg, RN
(212) 746-2651
jdg2002@med.cornell.edu

Primary Investigator(s)

Protocol ID(s)

Weill Cornell Medicine IRB #:

2401026930

ClinicalTrials.gov:

NCT05633615

Sponsor:

SWOG

Status

Open to Enrollment

Age Group

Adult

Sponsor