What's the purpose of this trial?
This is an open-label, multicenter, phase I study, which primary objective is to characterize the safety and tolerability of PIT565 and to identify maximal tolerated doses (MTDs) and/or recommended doses (RDs), schedule and route of administration in relapsed and/or refractory B-cell Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (R/R B-NHL) and relapsed and/or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (R/R B-ALL).
This trial is currently open and accepting patients.
What will happen during the trial?
You may be able to join this trial if you:
The following criteria is a partial list of reasons why patients may be
eligible to participate in this clinical trial. Further evaluation with a medical professional is
required.
Inclusion Criteria:
* Signed informed consent must be obtained prior to participation in the study.
* Male or female patients ≥18 years of age at the date of signing the informed consent form
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤2
NHL patient population
* Refractory or relapsed B-NHL
* Must have relapsed after or failed to respond to at least two prior treatment therapies including an αCD20 monoclonal antibody containing chemotherapy combination regimen
* Must have at least one bi-dimensionally measurable nodal lesion or one bi-dimensionally measurable extranodal lesion, as measured on positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) scan
ALL patient population
* Refractory or relapsed CD19-positive B-ALL
* Morphologic disease in the bone marrow (≥ 5% blasts)
Exclusion Criteria:
* History of severe hypersensitivity to any ingredient of the study treatment or its excipients
* Contraindication to tocilizumab
* History of ongoing, chronic or recurrent infectious disease, or evidence of tuberculosis infection
* Malignant disease, other than that being treated in this study. Exceptions to this exclusion include the following: malignancies that were treated curatively and have not recurred within 2 years prior to study treatment; completely resected basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers, and completely resected carcinoma in situ of any type
* Active central nervous system (CNS) involvement by malignancy or presence of symptomatic CNS metastases, or CNS metastases that require local CNS-directed therapy (such as radiotherapy or surgery), or increasing doses of corticosteroids within the 2 weeks prior to the start of study treatment
* Active, known or suspected autoimmune disease other than patients with vitiligo, residual hypothyroidism only requiring hormone replacement, psoriasis not requiring systemic treatment or conditions not expected to recur
* Patients receiving systemic treatment with any immunosuppressive medication
Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.
Additional Trial Information
Phase 1
Enrollment: 140 patients (estimated)
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