Overview

A Study of Tislelizumab as Monotherapy in Relapsed or Refractory Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2020-11-02
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of tislelizumab assessed by Independent Review Committee (IRC) in participants with relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL), as measured by Overall Response Rate (ORR) per the Lugano Classification
Phase:
Phase 2
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
BeiGene
Criteria
Key Inclusion Criteria:

1. Histologically confirmed relapsed or refractory cHL (biopsy from diagnosis or at any
relapse is acceptable).

2. Participants must have relapsed (disease progression after most recent therapy) or
refractory (failure to achieve CR/complete metabolic response [CMR] or partial
response [PR] to most recent therapy) cHL and meets either one of the following
criteria:

1. Has failed to achieve a response or progressed after autologous hematopoietic
stem cell transplant (auto-SCT).

2. Has received at least two prior systemic chemotherapy regimens for cHL and is not
an auto-SCT candidate due to: chemo-resistant disease (unable to achieve CR or
partial response [PR] to salvage chemotherapy), advanced age (≥ 65 years of age),
failure to collect stem cells or unable to perform stem cell collection as
assessed by the Investigator, or any significant co-existing medical conditions.

3. Participants must have measurable disease defined as ≥ 1 nodal lesion that is > 1.5 cm
in the longest diameter, or ≥ 1 extra-nodal lesion (e.g. hepatic nodules) that is > 1
cm in the longest diameter.

4. Availability of archival or fresh tumor tissue sample from an evaluable core or
excisional biopsy (10-15 unstained formalin fixed paraffin embedded [FFPE] slides).
Otherwise, participants may be permitted to enroll on a case-by-case basis after
discussion with the Sponsor's medical monitors, provided cHL diagnosis can be
confirmed by a central laboratory.

5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.

6. Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks.

7. participants must have adequate organ functions as indicated by the following
laboratory values:

1. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 109/L, independent of growth factor
support within 7 days of first dose.

2. Platelet ≥ 75 x 109/L, independent of growth factor support or transfusion within
7 days of first dose.

3. Hemoglobin (Hgb) ≥ 8 g/dL or ≥ 5 mmol/L.

4. Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN).

5. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) and
alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 x upper
limit of normal (ULN), or ≤ 5X ULN if liver metastases are present.

6. Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN (total bilirubin level < 4 x ULN for
participants with Gilbert's syndrome).

8. International normalized ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5 x ULN and activated partial thromboplastin
time (aPTT) ≤ 1.5 x ULN unless participant is receiving anticoagulant therapy and
coagulation parameters (prothrombin time [PT/INR] and aPTT) are within intended
therapeutic range of intended use of the anticoagulant at time of Screening.
Participants with factor inhibitors prolonging PT or INR may be included after
discussion with the medical monitor.

9. Participants must have no evidence of dyspnea at rest and a pulse oximetry of > 92%
while breathing room air.

10. Participants must have forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)/forced vital
capacity (FVC) > 60% by pulmonary function test (PFT); carbon monoxide diffusion
capacity (DLCO), FEV1 and FVC all > 50 % predicted value; all PFTs must be obtained
within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of tislelizumab.

11. Prior chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy or investigational therapy (including
Chinese herbal medicine and Chinese patent medicine) used to control cancer including
locoregional treatment must have been completed ≥ 4 weeks before the first dose of
tislelizumab, and all treatment-related adverse events are stable and have either
returned to baseline or Grade 0/1 (except for alopecia and hemoglobin. For hemoglobin,
please follow inclusion criteria #8c [hemoglobin]).

Key Exclusion Criteria:

1. Nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma or gray zone lymphoma.

2. Prior allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant.

3. History of severe hypersensitivity reaction to monoclonal antibodies.

4. New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV heart failure, unstable angina,
severe uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmia, electrocardiographic evidence of acute
ischemia, or myocardial infarction within 6 months of first day of Screening.

5. Prior malignancy within the past 3 years except for curatively treated basal or
squamous cell skin cancer, superficial bladder cancer, or carcinoma in situ of the
cervix or breast.

6. Prior therapy targeting PD-1 or PD-L1.

7. Participants with active autoimmune disease or history of autoimmune disease with high
risk of recurrence including but not limited to history of immune-related neurologic
disease, multiple sclerosis, autoimmune (demyelinating) neuropathy, Guillain-Barrè
syndrome, myasthenia gravis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), connective tissue
disease, scleroderma, inflammatory bowel disease including Crohn's disease and
ulcerative colitis, autoimmune hepatitis, toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), or
Stevens-Johnson syndrome.

Note: Participants is permitted to enroll if he/she has vitiligo, eczema, type I
diabetes mellitus, endocrine deficiencies including thyroiditis managed with
replacement hormone and/or physiologic corticosteroid. Participants with rheumatoid
arthritis and/or other arthropathies, Sjögren's syndrome or psoriasis controlled with
topical medication, and participants with positive serology such as positive
antinuclear antibody (ANA) or anti-thyroid antibody should be evaluated for presence
of target organ involvement and potential need for systemic treatment but should
otherwise be eligible.

8. Conditions requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (> 10 mg daily
Prednisone equivalent) or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days of first
dose of tislelizumab.

Note: Adrenal replacement doses of ≤ 10 mg daily Prednisone are permitted in the
absence of active autoimmune disease. Topical, ocular, intra-articular, intra-nasal
and inhalational corticosteroid (with minimal systemic absorption), a brief course of
corticosteroid for prophylaxis (e.g. contrast dye allergy) or for treatment of
non-autoimmune conditions (e.g. delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction caused by
contact allergen) are allowed.

9. Has history of interstitial lung disease or non-infectious pneumonitis or has evidence
of interstitial lung disease or non infectious pneumonitis currently.

10. QT Interval Corrected by the Fridericia Correction Formula (QTcF)interval > 480 msec,
unless secondary to bundle branch block.

11. Serious acute or chronic infection requiring systemic therapy.

12. Known central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma.

13. Underlying medical conditions that, in the Investigator's opinion, will render the
administration of study drug hazardous or obscure the interpretation of toxicity or
adverse events.

14. Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), or active hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C
(HCV) infection (detected positive by polymerase chain reaction [PCR]) Inclusion
Exclusion HIV Antibody (-) Antibody (+) HBV HBsAg (-) and HBcAb (-) HBsAg (+) HBsAg
(-) AND HBcAb (+) HBV DNA < 1000 IU/ml. After enrollment, monthly monitoring for HBV
DNA or anti-viral therapy should be given to prevent HBV reactivation HBsAg (-) AND
HBcAb (+) HBV DNA ≥ 1000 IU/ml HCV HCV Ab (-) HCV Ab (+) HCV RNA ≥ 1 (log10IU/ml) HCV
Ab (+) HCV RNA<1 (log10IU/ml) HBsAg: Hepatitis B surface antigen; HBcAb: Hepatitis B
core antibody; HBV: Hepatitis B virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; HCV Ab: Hepatitis C
antibody; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid; RNA:
ribonucleic acid

15. Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant within 100 days of first dose of
tislelizumab.

16. Use of any live vaccine against infectious diseases (e.g. influenza, varicella, etc.)
within 4 weeks (28 days) of the first dose of tislelizumab, and any intended use
within 60 days after the last dose of tislelizumab.

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