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Comparing 5 approaches for b-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma

Official title: IKS03 in Patients With Advanced B Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas

A Phase 1 Cohort Dose Escalation and Expansion Trial to Determine the Safety, Tolerance, Maximum Tolerated Dose, and Preliminary Antineoplastic Activity of IKS03 in Patients With Advanced B Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas (NHL)

Condition: B-cell Non-Hodgkin LymphomaSponsor: Iksuda Therapeutics Ltd.Target enrollment: 140

Interventions

DRUG

IKS03

IKS03 is a human monoclonal antibody (Ab) targeting CD19 linked to a pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD) pro-drug as the cytotoxic agent.

Canadian Sites (1)

Jewish General Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

RECRUITING

Eligibility Criteria

See who this study is looking for94 criteria

The trial’s own eligibility text, word for word from the registry. Only the trial site can say who takes part.

Inclusion

  • +Males or females, ≥ 18 years of age
  • +Part I: documented B cell NHL (any subtype except Burkitt lymphoma, Waldenström macroglobulinemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia); previously confirmed CD19-positive if feasible
  • +Part II: documented B cell NHL (subtypes to be determined); confirmed CD19-positive; possible expansion cohortsCohortA group of participants sharing a characteristic, followed together.Read more → may include:
  • +Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (including germinal center B cell type, activated B cell type)
  • +Follicular lymphoma (including duodenal-type follicular lymphoma)
  • +Mantle cell lymphoma
  • +B cell lymphomas not specified
  • +If B cell NHL subtype likely to have bone marrow involvement must be willing to undergo bone marrow biopsy in the event of an on-study complete response to confirm response
  • +NHL that is relapsed, refractory to, or intolerant of existing therapy(ies) with known curative potential, or for which no standard therapy is available; must have received at least 2 prior lines of systemic therapy
  • +Must be in need of systemic treatment and not require immediate cytoreductive therapy
  • +Part I: measurable or non-measurable disease
  • +Part II: measurable disease according to The Revised Criteria/Lugano Classification
  • +Part I: screeningScreeningThe checks done before joining, to see whether a study fits.Read more → tumor biopsy requested, but optional; Part 2: patient must agree to screening tumor biopsy
  • +Ability to understand and give written informed consentInformed consentThe process of being told what taking part involves, then choosing freely.Read more →
  • +ECOG performance status 0 or 1
  • +Women of childbearing potential and fertile men agreeing to use two effective methods of contraception (including a highly effective method of contraception); women beginning 2 weeks prior to the first dose, men beginning prior to the first dose, and both continuing until 8 months after the last dose of study drug; male patients must also agree to refrain from sperm donation during this period.

Exclusion

  • Known or suspected hypersensitivity to any of the excipients of formulated study drug
  • Non-infectious hepatitis
  • Known HIV infection or AIDS
  • Active hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus infection
  • Patients documented to be CD19-negative
  • Part 2: History of another malignancy within 2 years, with the exception of:
  • Treated, non-melanoma skin cancers
  • Treated carcinoma in situ (e.g., breast, cervix)
  • Controlled, superficial carcinoma of the urinary bladder
  • T1a or b prostate carcinoma treated according to standard of careStandard of careThe treatment normally given for a condition outside a study.Read more →, with PSA within normal limits
  • Papillary thyroid carcinoma Stage I treated surgically for cure
  • Any of the following hematologic abnormalities at baselineBaselineYour starting measurements, taken before treatment begins.Read more → (transfusion allowed \> 5 days previous):
  • Hemoglobin \< 8.0 g/dL
  • Absolute neutrophil count \< 1,000 per mm3
  • Platelet count \< 75,000 per mm3
  • Any of the following laboratory abnormalities at baseline:
  • Total bilirubin \> 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN); \> 3 × ULN if with Gilbert's Syndrome
  • AST or ALT \> 3 × ULN; \> 5 × ULN if due to hepatic involvement by tumor
  • Estimated GFR ≤ 60 mL/min corrected for BSA
  • Albuminuria defined as urine albumin to creatinine ratio \< 30 mg/g or \< 3 mg/mmol) by spot urine albumin
  • Any of the following coagulation parameter abnormalities at baseline unless on a stable dose of anticoagulant therapy for a prior thrombotic event:
  • PT or INR \> 1.5 × ULN; \> 3× ULN if anticoagulated)
  • PTT \> 1.5 × ULN; \> 3× ULN if anticoagulated
  • Any of the following laboratory abnormalities at baseline aimed at assessing renal function:
  • Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≤ 60 mL/min, corrected for BSA.
  • Albuminuria defined as urine albumin to creatinine ratio (UACR) ≥ 45 mg/g or ≥ 4.5 mg/mmol by spot urine albumin
  • Patients with:
  • Active thrombosis, or a history of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism, within 4 weeks unless adequately treated and stable
  • Active uncontrolled bleeding or a known bleeding diathesis
  • Significant cardiovascular disease or condition, including:
  • Congestive heart failure or angina pectoris requiring therapy
  • Ventricular arrhythmia requiring therapy or other uncontrolled arrhythmia
  • Severe conduction disturbance (e.g., 3rd degree heart block)
  • QTc interval ≥ 480 milliseconds
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction below the lower limit of normal or \< 50% by MUGA scan or echocardiogram
  • Class III or IV cardiovascular disease according to the New York Heart Association Functional Classification
  • History of acute coronary syndromes (e.g., MI, unstable angina), coronary angioplasty, stenting, or bypass within 6 months
  • Significant liver disease, including:
  • Hepatic cirrhosis (Child-Pugh Class B and Class C)
  • Significant pulmonary disease or condition, including:
  • Significant symptomatic COPD, as assessed by the InvestigatorPrincipal investigatorThe doctor or researcher responsible for running the study at a site.Read more →
  • History or any current evidence on imaging studies of interstitial lung disease, pulmonary fibrosis
  • History of pulmonary inflammatory disease, pneumonitis, ARDS
  • History of pneumonia within 1 month
  • Significant corneal disease or condition, including history of or current evidence of keratitis
  • Clinically significant CNS disease or condition including PML, epilepsy, vasculitis, or neurodegenerative disease. Also including TIA or stroke within 6 months
  • Any other serious/active/uncontrolled infection, any infection requiring parenteral antibiotics, or unexplained fever \> 38ºC within 2 weeks
  • Autoimmune disease or condition requiring systemic steroids or other immunosuppressive medications
  • Unresolved Grade \> 1 AEAdverse eventAny medical problem that happens during a study, whether or not the treatment caused it.Read more → associated with any prior antineoplastic therapy (except persistent Grade 2 alopecia, peripheral neuropathy, decreased hemoglobin, neutropenia, lymphopenia, hypomagnesemia, and/or endocrine end-organ failure being adequately managed by HRT)
  • Inadequate recovery from a surgical procedure, or a major surgical procedure within 4 weeks
  • Any other serious, life-threatening, or unstable preexisting medical condition, including significant organ system dysfunction, or clinically significant laboratory abnormality(ies)
  • A psychiatric disorder or altered mental status that would preclude understanding of the informed consentInformed consentThe process of being told what taking part involves, then choosing freely.Read more → process
  • Drugs and Other Treatments to be Excluded:
  • Receipt of:
  • Any tumor vaccine within 6 weeks (must have progressed if previously received)
  • Prior autologous/allogeneic CAR-T therapy if known to be CD19-negative after
  • Any other antineoplastic agent for the primary malignancy without delayed toxicity within 3 weeks or 5 plasma half-lives, whichever is shortest (except nitrosoureas and mitomycin C within 6 weeks)
  • Any other investigational treatments within 3 weeks
  • Drugs known to impair renal function, including:
  • NSAIDS within 3 days
  • Aminoglycoside antibiotics, amphotericin B, etc. within 1 week
  • Bisphosphonates within 1 month
  • Prior solid organ transplant
  • Allogeneic HSCT within 6 months, or:
  • If receiving immunosuppression
  • If with active evidence of GVHD
  • Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) within 3 months
  • Radiotherapy:
  • To target lesions within 4 weeks unless progression of the lesion has been documented
  • To non-target lesions within 1 week
  • Live/live-attenuated vaccines against infectious diseases within 4 weeks
  • Immunosuppressive or systemic glucocorticoid therapy (\> 10 mg prednisone daily or equivalent) within 2 weeks
  • Prophylactic use of hematopoietic growth factors within 1 week
  • Herbal therapies and supplements within 2 weeks
  • Strong inhibitors of cytochrome P450 within 2 weeks
  • Women who are pregnant or intending to become pregnant before, during, or within 8 months after the last dose of study drug; women who are breastfeeding
  • Central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma, leptomeningeal infiltration, or spinal cord compression not controlled by prior surgery or radiotherapy; symptoms suggesting CNS involvement
  • Any CD19-targeted therapy within 4 weeks
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In plain language

Assembled directly from this trial’s registry record. Every sentence traces to a field below — nothing here is generated or interpreted.

Learning 
What this study is

This study is testing a treatment for a condition.

Phase 1Phase 1The earliest stage of human testing, in a small group, focused on safety.Read more → — an early safety study in a small group, checking how it is tolerated and at what dose.

What is being given or done in this study: IKS03.

From the trial registry

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  • designModule.phases
  • armsInterventionsModule.interventions[].name
How the study is run

Groups are assigned by the study team using set rules, rather than by chance.

This study is open-labelOpen-labelEveryone knows which treatment is being given — nothing is hidden.Read more →: everyone knows which treatment is being given, including you and the study team.

From the trial registry

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  • designModule.designInfo.maskingInfo.masking
Is there a placebo?

This study does not list a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → group.

There are 5 groups in this study.

From the trial registry

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  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
Who the study is looking for

The study lists a minimum age of 18 years, with no upper limit given.

The study is open to people of any sex.

The study does not accept healthy volunteersHealthy volunteerSomeone without the condition being studied who takes part anyway.Read more →.

These are the criteria the study lists. Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can decide whether someone can take part.

From the trial registry

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  • eligibilityModule.sex
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How big and how long

The study aims to enrol about 140 people.

The study is currently expected to finish around September 2028.

The main measurement is taken over: Up to 20 months.

From the trial registry

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  • statusModule.completionDateStruct.date
  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
What the study measures

Recommended Phase 2Phase 2A middle-stage study looking at what a treatment does and watching for side effects.Read more → Dose (Part I) — measured over Up to 20 months.

Objective Response Rate (Part II) — measured over up to 42 months.

From the trial registry

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  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame

Source: NCT05365659 on ClinicalTrials.gov. The full registry text is further down this page — this summary never replaces it.

Not medical advice. What do these terms mean?

What is being tested — in plain terms

About IKS03Drug

IKS03 is a human monoclonal antibody (Ab) targeting CD19 linked to a pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD) pro-drug as the cytotoxic agent.

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

Common questions

Answered from this trial’s registry record. Where the record doesn’t say, these answers say so rather than filling the gap.

Am I eligible for this trial?

Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can decide whether someone can take part. Concord cannot make that determination, and neither can any tool that has not examined you.

What the study lists: a minimum age of 18 years.

The full inclusionInclusion criteriaThe things you must have or be for a study to consider you.Read more → and exclusion criteriaExclusion criteriaThe things that would prevent someone from taking part.Read more → are published on this page, exactly as the study team wrote them.

The useful next step is to bring this trial to your doctor. Answering a few questions first gives them something concrete to review.

From the trial registry
  • eligibilityModule.minimumAge
  • eligibilityModule.eligibilityCriteria
Is there a placebo?

This study does not list a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → group.

From the trial registry
  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
Would I know which treatment I am getting?

This study is open-labelOpen-labelEveryone knows which treatment is being given — nothing is hidden.Read more →: everyone knows which treatment is being given, including you and the study team.

Groups are assigned by the study team using set rules, rather than by chance.

From the trial registry
  • designModule.designInfo.maskingInfo.masking
  • designModule.designInfo.allocation
Who can join?

The study lists a minimum age of 18 years, with no upper limit given.

It is open to people of any sex.

It does not accept healthy volunteersHealthy volunteerSomeone without the condition being studied who takes part anyway.Read more →.

Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can confirm whether a particular person can take part.

From the trial registry
  • eligibilityModule.minimumAge
  • eligibilityModule.sex
  • eligibilityModule.healthyVolunteers
How long would this take?

The study's main measurement is taken over: Up to 20 months.

The study as a whole is currently expected to finish around 2028-09.

How long any one person takes part can differ from the study length. The study team can tell you what the schedule looks like in practice.

From the trial registry
  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
  • statusModule.completionDateStruct.date
How many people are taking part?

The study aims to enrol about 140 people.

From the trial registry
  • designModule.enrollmentInfo.count
Where is this happening?

This study lists one location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Sites can open and close during a study, so confirm with the team before travelling.

From the trial registry
  • trial_locations

About This Trial

This first-in-human study will evaluate the recommended dose for further clinical development, safety, tolerability, antineoplastic activity, immunogenicity, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of IKS03, a CD19 targeting antibody-drug conjugate, in patients with advanced B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).

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