This phase II trial tests how well lenalidomide and epcoritamab works in treating patients with follicular lymphoma that has not been previously treated. Although follicular lymphoma is incurable, prognosis has improved for both early and advanced stage disease, largely attributed to therapeutic advances. Lenalidomide may stimulate or suppress the immune system in different ways and stop cancer cells from growing and by preventing the growth of new blood vessels that cancer cells need to grow. Epcoritamab is a bispecific monoclonal antibody that binds to two different antigens (the part of the target that the antibody attaches to), at the same time. This dual action allows bispecific antibodies to improve target specificity by binding two antigens on the same cell to recruit and activate immune cells to kill cancer cells. Lenalidomide and epcoritamab, when given together, may be more effective in treating patients with follicular lymphoma than if they were given alone.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To assess efficacy (complete response \[CR\] rate) of epcoritamab and lenalidomide (E-Len) in patients with de novo follicular lymphoma (FL). SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To further assess efficacy of the combination (objective response rate \[ORR\], progression free survival \[PFS\], duration of response). II. To characterize the adverse event profile of the combination. EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES: I. To characterize the T-cell population balance in patients treated with E-Len. II. To evaluate the predictive role of genetic mutations on durability of response to E-Len (including m7 Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index \[FLIPI\] score). III. To evaluate minimal residual disease (MRD) dynamics on treatment. OUTLINE: Patients receive lenalidomide orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-21 of each cycle and epcoritamab subcutaneously (SC) on days 1, 8, 15, and 21 of cycles 1-3 and on day 1 of each subsequent cycle. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 12 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may be re-treated with study treatment at any point during the follow-up period as long as they did not progress during treatment or stop due to unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET)/CT, or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as well as bone marrow biopsy throughout the trial. Patients undergo blood sample collection on trial and during follow-up. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed for safety on days 7, 30, and 60, for active response every 6 months for up to 2 years, and then for survival every 6 months.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
29
Undergo blood sample collection
Undergo bone marrow biopsy
Undergo CT or PET/CT
Ancillary studies
Given SC
Given PO
Undergo MRI
Undergo PET/CT
City of Hope Medical Center
Duarte, California, United States
City of Hope at Irvine Lennar
Irvine, California, United States
Complete response (CR) rate
Defined as the proportion of response evaluable patients who achieve a complete response according to Lugano criteria on study before any documented disease progression or any subsequent non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) treatment. Disease assessment will be performed by positron emission tomography (PET)-computed tomography (CT), CT, magnetic resonance imaging and/or bone marrow biopsy. PET-CT and CT results will be read by a radiologist and investigator response assessment will be performed. CR rate will be estimated along with the 95% exact binomial confidence interval.
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Incidence of adverse events (AEs)
Toxicity will be evaluated by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5 AE terms and grades. Observed toxicities will be summarized by type, severity, and attribution.
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Overall response rate (ORR)
The proportion of response evaluable patients who achieve CR or partial response (PR) according to Lugano 2016 guidelines on study before any documented disease progression or any subsequent NHL treatment. ORR will be estimated along with the 95% exact binomial confidence interval.
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Progression free survival (PFS)
PFS will be estimated using the product-limit method of Kaplan and Meier along with the Greenwood estimator of standard error; 95% confidence interval will be constructed based on log-log transformation. Median PFS will be estimated when possible.
Time frame: From start of protocol treatment to disease relapse/progression or death due to any cause, whichever is earlier, assessed up to 2 years
Duration of response (DOR)
Response will be graded by the Lugano 2016 criteria. DOR will be estimated using the product-limit method of Kaplan and Meier along with the Greenwood estimator of standard error; 95% confidence interval will be constructed based on log-log transformation. Median DOR will be estimated when possible.
Time frame: From the first achievement of CR or PR to disease progression/relapse or death due to any cause, whichever is earlier, assessed up to 2 years
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