This phase II trial tests whether magrolimab and pembrolizumab works to shrink tumors in patients with classic Hodgkin lymphoma that has come back (relapsed) or does not respond to treatment (refractory). Magrolimab is a type of protein called an antibody. It is designed to target and block a protein called CD47. CD47 is present on cancer cells and is used by cancer cells to protect themselves from your body’s immune system. Blocking CD47 with magrolimab may enable your body’s immune system to find and destroy the cancer cells. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. . Giving magrolimab and pembrolizumab may kill more cancer cells in patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma.
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT04788043.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To assess the complete remission (CR) rate of magrolimab in combination with pembrolizumab in adult subjects with relapsed or refractory (R/R) classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL).
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To assess the safety and tolerability of magrolimab in combination with pembrolizumab in adult subjects with R/R cHL.
II. To assess the overall response rate (ORR).
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. To assess the duration of response (DOR), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS).
II. To assess response depth and duration in high risk subgroups, including subjects with primary refractory disease, brentuximab vedotin (BV)-refractory disease, prior treatment with a PD-1 inhibitor (must be at least 6 months prior to enrollment), and subjects with progression after autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT).
III. To analyze changes in the tumor microenvironment following treatment with magrolimab and pembrolizumab, including changes in CD47, PD 1, PD-L1, PD-L2, and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and II expression in Hodgkin Reed Sternberg (HRS) cells and microenvironmental T cells and macrophages.
IV. To correlate pre-treatment CD47 and PD L1 expression levels and 9p24.1 copy number status with clinical responses.
V. To collect serial plasma samples to be banked for potential future correlative studies.
OUTLINE:
Patients receive magrolimab intravenously (IV) over 2-3 hours on days 1, 8, 15, and 22 of cycle 1, days 1, 8, and 15 of cycle 2, and day 1 of subsequent cycles. Patients also receive pembrolizumab IV on day 8 of cycle 1 and day 1 of subsequent cycles. Treatment repeats every 28 or 21 days for 6 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment patients are followed up at 35 and then every 6 months for up to 5 years.
Lead OrganizationStanford Cancer Institute Palo Alto
Principal InvestigatorRanjana Hira Advani