This phase II trial tests how well giving pembrolizumab, gemcitabine, vinorelbine, and liposomal doxorubicin followed by circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (ctDNA) guided consolidation works in treating patients with classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) that has come back after a period of improvement (relapsed) or that has not responded to previous treatment (refractory). Standard of care for relapsed or refractory cHL includes induction therapy (chemotherapy and immunotherapy) followed by a procedure that uses healthy blood stem cells from a patient's own body to replace bone marrow that’s not working properly (autologous stem cell transplant [ASCT]). Patients then receive radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy for consolidation therapy.
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. Gemcitabine is a chemotherapy drug that blocks the cells from making DNA and may kill cancer cells. Vinorelbine is in a class of chemotherapy medications called vinca alkaloids. It works by stopping cancer cells from growing and dividing and may kill them. Doxorubicin is in a class of chemotherapy medications called anthracyclines. Doxorubicin damages the cell’s DNA and may kill cancer cells. It also blocks a certain enzyme needed for cell division and DNA repair. Liposomal doxorubicin is a form of the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin that is contained inside very tiny, fat-like particles. Liposomal doxorubicin may have fewer side effects and work better than other forms of the drug.
A blood test called CLARITY™ that is used to detect cancer relapse (i.e., ctDNA) in combination with standard positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) scans may help guide doctors in deciding which patients don’t need to have an ASCT. Avoiding an ASCT may help reduce the risk of short-term and long-term side effects and allow for all treatment to be completed in clinic
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United States
California
San Francisco
University of California San FranciscoStatus: Approved
Contact: Michael Alexander Spinner
Phone: 678-886-2753
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To determine the ctDNA/minimal residual disease (MRD) negative, positron emission tomography (PET) negative complete response rate for classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) patients undergoing treatment with pembrolizumab (pembro) + gemcitabine, vinorelbine, and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride liposomal doxorubicin (GVD).
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine progression free and overall survival at 2 years among patients receiving non-transplant consolidation. (Key Secondary Objective)
II. To determine progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) at 2 years for the overall cohort.
III. To determine the proportion of patients treated with pembro + GVD and non-transplant consolidation who ultimately undergo ASCT within 2 years.
IV. To determine the rate of discordance between PET/ computed tomography (CT) response and ctDNA/MRD response.
V. To determine the incidence of adverse events, including immune-related adverse events, in patients receiving pembro + GVD and pembrolizumab consolidation.
VI. To measure health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) as measured by Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS)-29 and Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy – Comprehensive Score for Financial Toxicity (FACIT-COST).
VII. To determine the proportion of patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) cHL for whom baseline Foresight CLARITY LDT genotyping from the peripheral blood is successful.
EXPLORATORY/CORRELATIVE OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate the kinetics of ctDNA/MRD clearance in the peripheral blood after pembro + GVD.
II. To evaluate the ctDNA/MRD-negative complete response (CR) rate and 2-year PFS stratified by cHL molecular subgroup (H1 versus (vs) H2 genotype).
III. To evaluate long term efficacy and toxicity outcomes for up to 5 years.
IV. To compare the performance of identification of phased variants detected from plasma genotyping with identification of phased variants detected from archival tissue genotyping.
OUTLINE:
INDUCTION (CYCLES 1-2): Patients receive pembrolizumab intravenously (IV) on day 1 and gemcitabine IV, vinorelbine IV and liposomal doxorubicin IV on days 1 and 8 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days for 2 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with complete response (CR) and ctDNA/minimal residual disease negative (MRD-) after cycle 2 proceed to Induction Cycles 3-4. Patients with partial response (PR) or indeterminant response (IR) after cycle 2 proceed to Induction Cycles 3-4. Patients who do not achieve CR and ctDNA/MRD- after cycle 2 discontinue trial therapy.
INDUCTION (CYCLES 3-4): Patients receive pembrolizumab IV on day 1 and gemcitabine IV, vinorelbine IV and liposomal doxorubicin IV on days 1 and 8 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days for 2 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who were CR and ctDNA/MRD- after Induction cycle 2 proceed to Consolidation. Patients who were PR or IR after Induction cycle 2 and achieve CR after Induction cycle 4 proceed to consolidation. All other patients discontinue trial therapy.
CONSOLIDATION: Patients receive pembrolizumab IV on day 1 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days for 8 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may also receive involved site radiation therapy (ISRT) 5 days a week for approximately 3 weeks in addition to or in place of pembrolizumab, per the treating investigator, in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients undergo transthoracic echocardiogram or multigated acquisition scan (MUGA) during screening and receive fludeoxyglucose (FDG) IV and undergo PET/CT scan, CT scan, and blood sample collection throughout the study.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days and every 6 months for 5 years. Patients undergoing stem cell transplant are followed up at 14 days prior to transplant, and 1 and 3 months after transplant.
Lead OrganizationUniversity of California San Francisco
Principal InvestigatorMichael Alexander Spinner