Overview

Treatment Of Newly-diagnosed Follicular Lymphoma With CELMoD BMS-986369, Rituximab +/- Nivolumab.

Status:
Not yet recruiting
Trial end date:
2027-06-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
First line treatment with combination rituximab and BMS-986369 with, or without nivolumab, in patients in previously untreated Follicular Lymphoma
Phase:
Phase 2
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
Collaborators:
Austin Health
Barwon Health
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Eastern Health
Fiona Stanley Hospital
Grampians Health
Treatments:
Nivolumab
Rituximab
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age 18+ years.

2. Histologically proven CD20 positive Follicular non Hodgkin lymphoma (FL) grades 1-3A
(i.e. classical follicular lymphoma according to the current World Health Organization
classification).3

3. No previous chemotherapy, or other investigational drug for this indication apart from
focal radiotherapy.

4. Stage II-IV disease (Ann Arbor criteria).

5. Eastern Collaborative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 to 1 unless
attributable to lymphoma, in which case patients of performance status 2 are also
eligible.

6. Deemed to need treatment by treating investigator. Reasons for treatment can include,
but are not limited to:

a. Any nodal or extranodal tumour mass >7cm AND/OR multiple extranodal disease sites b.
Involvement of at least 3 sites each with diameter >3cm c. Symptomatic splenic enlargement
d. Organ involvement/compression e. Ascites or pleural effusion f. Lactate Dehydrogenase
(LDH) elevated g. Presence of systemic symptoms h. Disease progression in preceding 3
months i. Evidence of marrow infiltration with marrow compromise. (e.g., Hb, WCC or plt
count below lower limit of institutional normal range).

g) Adequate bone marrow function including:

1. Haemoglobin >8.0 g/dL

2. White cell count (WCC) ≥2000/μL

3. Neutrophils >1.5 x 109/L

4. Platelets >75 x 109/L at the time of study entry, unless attributed to bone marrow
infiltration by lymphoma.

h) Adequate renal function with serum creatinine ≤1.5 x ULN or creatinine clearance (CrCl)
≥ 60mL/min (using Cockcroft-Gault formula, 24hr urine collection or eGFR).

Female CrCl = (140 - age in years) x weight (kg) x 0.85 72 x serum creatinine (mg/dL)

Male CrCl = (140 - age in years) x weight (kg) x 1.00 72 x serum creatinine (mg/dL) i)
Adequate hepatic function with AST/ALT ≤3x ULN and total bilirubin ≤1.5 x ULN (except
subjects with Gilbert syndrome, who can have a total bilirubin ≤3 mg/dL or ≤51.3 μmol/L).

j) Adequate left ventricular ejection fraction of >45% as demonstrated on a Gated Cardiac
Blood Pool Scan or echocardiogram.

k) Life expectancy > 3 months. l) Patients of childbearing potential willing to adhere to
the following contraceptive precautions. Refer to the Celgene-BMS-986369/CC-99282 Pregnancy
Prevention Plan (Appendix 4) for additional guidance.

1. Females of childbearing potential (FCBP) must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy
test (minimum sensitivity 25 IU/L or equivalent units of HCG) within 24 hours prior to
the start of study treatment.

2. Females must not be breastfeeding.

3. FCBP must use appropriate method(s) of contraception to avoid pregnancy for 23 weeks
(30 days plus five half-lives of nivolumab) and 28 days for BMS 986369 post-treatment
completion.

4. Men who are sexually active with FCBP must use any contraceptive method with a failure
rate of less than 1% per year. They must agree to adhere to contraception for a period
of 90 days from the last day BMS-986369 and refrain from donating sperm.

5. Azoospermic males and FCBP who are continuously not heterosexually active are exempt
from contraceptive requirements. However, they must still undergo pregnancy testing as
described in this section.

m) Written, informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Follicular large B-cell Lymphoma (Grade 3B) transformed follicular lymphoma, other
indolent lymphomas.

2. Prior therapy with anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-CD137, or anti-CTLA-4
antibody or any other antibody or drug specifically targeting T-cell co-stimulation or
checkpoint pathways.

3. Central nervous system, meningeal involvement or spinal cord compression by lymphoma.

4. Patients with active, known or suspected autoimmune disease. Patients with well
controlled type I diabetes mellitus, coeliac disease, residual hypothyroidism due to
autoimmune condition only requiring hormone replacement, vitiligo or psoriasis not
requiring systemic treatment, or other conditions not expected to recur in the absence
of an external trigger are permitted to enrol.

5. Subjects with a condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids
(>10mg daily prednisone equivalents) or other immunosuppressive medications within 14
days of study drug administration. Inhaled or topical steroids, and adrenal
replacement therapy are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease.

6. Past history of interstitial lung disease.

7. Prior organ transplantation or allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.

8. Prior malignancy active within the previous 2 years except for locally curable cancers
that have been apparently cured, such as basal or squamous cell skin cancer,
superficial bladder cancer, or carcinoma in situ of the prostate, cervix, or breast.

9. Uncontrolled or severe cardiovascular disease (NYHA class III or IV heart failure;
myocardial infarction within the last 6 months of study entry); unstable angina;
unstable cardiac arrhythmias; clinically significant pericardial disease.

10. Any other serious active disease.

11. Any positive test result for hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus during screening
indicating acute or chronic infection. Latent hepatitis B with undetectable viral load
by PCR is allowable provided appropriate anti-viral prophylaxis is given as per
institutional guidelines.

12. Any positive test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or known acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

13. Any history of severe hypersensitivity reactions to other monoclonal antibodies.

14. A history of allergy or intolerance (unacceptable AEs) to study drug components or
Polysorbate-80-containing infusions.

15. Medical or psychiatric conditions that compromise the patient's ability to give
informed consent.