This is a multicenter open label phase II trial in patients with previously treated Marginal Zone Lymphomas. The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and the safety of tafasitamab in combination with acalabrutinib. Twenty-four patients are expected to be enrolled and treated every 28 days with acalabrutinib and tafasitamab for 24 cycles. The study consists of two parts, which are performed sequentially. The first part is a safety run-in to evaluate the safety data once 6 patients (representing the 25% of the total cohort) have completed the first cycle of treatment. An Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC) will provide an independent assessment of this evaluation. The second part starts after the outcome of this evaluation and will include the remaining 18 patients. The 6 patients of the safety run-in phase will be considered for the final evaluation of the study. Between 11 - 13 weeks, patients showing partial or complete response (PR, CR) will continue treatment, while patients showing stable disease (SD) will discontinue it. However, patients in SD who benefit from therapy may continue to be treated, after agreement between the Investigator and the Sponsor. Patients who complete the 24 cycles of treatment will enter the follow-up phase up to 3 years from patient's last study treatment dose (about 5 years from treatment start). Patients who discontinue treatment before cycle 24 for any reason will be followed for up to 3 years (every 6 months for the first year and yearly for the second and third year) from the patient's last study treatment dose. .
Marginal zone B cell lymphomas (MZLs) comprise three distinct entities: extranodal MZL (EMZL) of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type (MALT) lymphoma, splenic MZL (SMZL) and nodal MZL (NMZL). Together they represent approximately 5%-15% of all non-Hodgkin lymphomas. MZL are in general indolent lymphomas with relatively low risk of transformation. The available treatment options can lead to responses but disease recurrence is often observed. For patients with MZL and recurrent disease following initial treatment, currently there is no established standard therapy and new treatment options and treatment combinations are needed. The proposed trial will evaluate the safety and efficacy of the anti-CD19 monoclonal antibody tafasitamab in combination with the BTK inhibitor acalabrutinib. The B-lymphocyte, lineage specific surface antigen CD19 is broadly and homogeneously expressed in MZLs. This makes CD19 an attractive target for the treatment of MZL patients, in particular those who failed a previous rituximab-containing regimen. On the other hand, genetic and immunogenetic data point to B-cell receptor signalling as a key oncogenic pathway of MZLs. The activity of single agent ibrutinib in MZLs is an in vivo proof that MZLs are addicted of BTK-driven signalling and that the BCR pathway is a vulnerability of these lymphomas. The safety profile of the anti CD19 monoclonal antibody tafasitamab and of the BTK inhibitor acalabrutinib indicate the possibility that their combination can be developed without major overlapping side effects. The proposed trial is a prospective multicenter trial combining tafasitamab and acalabrutinib in patients with MZL (including EMZL, SMZL and NMZL) with disease refractory to or in first or greater relapse after prior systemic therapy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
26
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University of Wien
Vienna, Austria
ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia
Brescia, Italy
Fondazione IRCCS - Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
Milan, Italy
Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Milan, Italy
Ospedale Maggiore della Carità
Novara, Italy
AUSL Ravenna U.O. Ematologia
Ravenna, Italy
Azienda Ospedaliera - IRCCS - Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova
Reggio Emilia, Italy
Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi - ASST Sette Laghi
Varese, Italy
Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland
Bellinzona, Switzerland
Complete Response (CR) Rate as best response to treatment
defined according to the international Revised Response Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma (Cheson et al 2014). For patients with SMZL, response is defined according to Matutes et al. 2008 and for patients with gastric lymphomas, histological response is evaluated according to GELA scoring system (Copie-Bergman et al 2003).
Time frame: Between 11 - 13 weeks after treatment start, at the end of cycles 6, 12, 18, 24 (each cycle is 28 days)
Number of treatment emergent adverse events (AE)
Analysis of type and severity of Adverse Events according to CTCAE v5.0 and relationship to study treatment
Time frame: From the time of informed consent signature until 28 days after treatment discontinuation or until resolution of all treatment-related AEs, whichever occurs later.
Overall Response Rate (ORR)
ORR will be defined as sum of PR plus CR defined according to the revised response criteria for malignant lymphomas (Cheson et al 2014), to the GELA Histological Grading System for gastric EMZL and the Matutes criteria for SMZL.
Time frame: Between 11 - 13 weeks after treatment start, at the end of cycles 6, 12, 18, 24 (each cycle is 28 days)
Progression Free Survival (PFS)
PFS will be computed from the first IMP dose to date of disease progression or date of death for any reason or censored at the date of the last follow-up visit, whichever occurs earlier
Time frame: From the date of treatment start to the date of progression or the date of death for any cause until 3 years from last treatment dose
Duration of response (DoR)
DOR will be define as the time between the first documented response to therapy and subsequent disease progression or relapse or death according to the international Revised Response Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma (Cheson et al 2014).
Time frame: From the date of the first documented response to the date of disease progression or relapse or death until 3 years from last treatment dose
Overall Survival (OS)
Overall survival (OS) will be computed from the first IMP dose to the date of death for any reason or censored at the date of the last contact, whichever occurs earlier
Time frame: From the date of treatment start to the date of death for any cause until 3 years from last treatment dose
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