Evaluating Mosunetuzumab for Clearance of Detectable Minimal Residual Disease for the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Previously Treated with BTKi and/or BCL2i
This phase Ib/II trial tests how well mosunetuzumab given alone or in combination with a Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTKi such as ibrutinib, acalabrutinib, zanubrutinib, or pirtobrutinib) works for clearance of detectable minimal residual disease (MRD) and treating patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) previously treated with BTKi or B-cell lymphoma 2 inhibitor (BCL2i). Mosunetuzumab is a monoclonal antibody that may interfere with the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. A monoclonal antibody is a type of protein that can bind to certain targets in the body, such as molecules that cause the body to make an immune response (antigens). BTK inhibitor is substance that blocks the activity of a protein called Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK), which plays an important role in the development and maturation of B cells. B cells are a type of white blood cell that makes special proteins called antibodies. BTK inhibitors bind to the BTK protein, which is found on most B cells and some types of cancer cells. Blocking BTK may help keep cancer cells from growing. Some BTK inhibitors are used to treat cancer. Bcl-2 inhibitor is a selective inhibitor of the anti-apoptotic protein B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2), with potential pro-apoptotic and antineoplastic activities. Upon administration, Bcl-2 inhibitor BCL201 binds to and inhibits the activity of Bcl-2. This restores apoptotic processes in tumor cells. Bcl-2 protein is overexpressed in many cancers and plays an important role in the negative regulation of apoptosis; its expression is associated with increased drug resistance and tumor cell survival. Giving mosunetuzumab alone or in combination with a BTKi may better treat patients with CLL or SLL previously treated with BTKi or BCL2i.
Inclusion Criteria
- Subjects must meet 2018 International Workshop on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (iwCLL) guidelines for the diagnosis of CLL or SLL
- Recent completion of treatment or ongoing treatment for CLL/SLL as follows: * BTKi arm: On continuous BTKi therapy for > 12 months, including > 2 months at a stable dose. ** BTKis include ibrutinib, acalabrutinib, zanubrutinib and pirtobrutinib. Up to 5 subjects on pirtobrutinib are allowed on the BTKi arm. No limits for other BTKis. ** The BTKi is the first- or second-line therapy for CLL. ** Prior exposure to BTKi + anti-CD20 mAb is allowed as long as the mAb has been stopped before starting study therapy. This combination is considered one line of therapy (LOT). ** Prior exposure to the combination of a BCL2i + BTKi +/- anti-CD20 mAb is allowed. The combination is considered one LOT. *** If BTKi was continued after the triplet combination, the subject is eligible for the BTKi arm. *** If all three agents of the triplet combination stopped before the study therapy, the subject is eligible for the BCL2i arm. *** If BCL2i was continued after the combination, the subject is not eligible. * BCL2i arm: Completed BCL2i-based therapy < 12 months of enrollment. ** BCL2i-based therapy must be the most recent CLL therapy prior to enrollment. ** BCL2i must have been given for at least 6 months for patients who were intolerant to a BCL2i and stopped the treatment without disease progression. For all others, at least 12 cycles of BCL2i therapy are required. ** BCL2i-based therapy should have been given as first- or second-line therapy for CLL. ** BCL2i-based regimens include venetoclax plus obinutuzumab (VO) or rituximab (VR), and the combination of a BTKi + a BCL2i +/- anti-CD20mAb. *** If BCL2i was continued after the combination, the subject is not eligible
- Detectable minimal residual disease (MRD) of >= 10^-4 in peripheral blood (PB) or bone marrow (BM) based on NGS-based method (ClonoSEQ). * Note: Discordance between PB and BM MRD has been reported in CLL. Detectable MRD in either one of these samples is eligible
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 2
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 3 × upper limit of normal (ULN) or ≤ 5 × ULN with documented liver involvement or hemolysis (completed within 30 days prior to starting study therapy)
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x ULN or =< 3 x ULN with documented liver involvement, hemolysis, and/or Gilbert's disease (completed within 30 days prior to starting study therapy)
- Serum creatinine calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 30 ml/min/1.73m^2 using the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equation (CKD-EPI) equation or using 24-hour urine collection (completed within 30 days prior to starting study therapy)
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 0.75 × 10^9/L * Independent of growth factor support within 7 days of screening assessment
- Hemoglobin (HGB) ≥ 8 g/dL * Independent of transfusion within 7 days of screening assessment
- Platelet count (PLT) ≥ 50 × 10^9/L * Independent of transfusion within 7 days of screening assessment
- Prothrombin time (PT)/international normalized ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5 x ULN (must be completed within 30 days prior to starting study therapy)
- Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) or activated PTT ≤ 1.5 x ULN (must be completed within 30 days prior to starting study therapy)
- Women of child-bearing potential must agree to remain abstinent or use highly effective contraception (defined as contraceptive measures that result in a failure rate of < 1% per year) during the treatment period and for at least 3 months after the last dose of study therapy and tocilizumab
- Men with female sexual partners of childbearing potential should agree to remain abstinent or use contraceptive measures which include a condom plus an additional contraceptive method that together result in a failure rate of < 1% per year during the treatment period and for at least 1 month after the last dose of study therapy and 2 months after the last dose of tocilizumab. Men should refrain from donating sperm during the same period. Women should not donate oocytes. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
- Ability to take oral medications
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
Exclusion Criteria
- Bulky disease with any lymph node > 5cm or absolute lymphocyte count > 100,000 /microL
- Clinical progression of CLL at the time of enrollment
- Prior treatment with chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy within 30 days of starting study therapy, or radioimmunotherapy within 12 weeks of starting study therapy
- History of solid organ or allogeneic stem cell transplantation
- Ongoing significant toxicity (grade 3 or higher adverse events) from prior BCL2i- or BTKi- -based therapy at the time of enrollment
- Known or suspected Richter’s transformation or known central nervous system (CNS) involvement of CLL
- History of bleeding disorders (e.g. von Willebrand’s disease, hemophilia)
- Current or past history of CNS disease, such as stroke, epilepsy, CNS vasculitis, or neurodegenerative disease. * Note: Participants with a history of stroke who have not experienced a stroke or transient ischemic attack in the past 1 year and have no residual neurologic deficits as judged by the investigator are allowed. * Note: Participants with a history of epilepsy who have had no seizures in the past 2 years with or without anti-epileptic medications can be eligible only for the expansion cohort
- Significant cardiovascular disease defined as: * Uncontrolled arrhythmia; OR * Note: Patients with atrial fibrillation are eligible if they are adequately rate controlled. * Note: Patients with pacemakers are eligible if they had no history of fainting or clinically relevant arrhythmias while using the pacemaker. * Class 3 or 4 congestive heart failure as defined by the New York Heart Association Functional Classification; OR * Ejection fraction (EF) < 40% by any methods in the 12 months of enrollment; OR * Unstable angina or acute coronary syndrome including myocardial infarction within 6 months of enrollment
- Patients with significant pulmonary disease such as uncontrolled obstructive pulmonary disease, history of bronchospasm, uncontrolled idiopathic, autoimmune, or drug-induced interstitial lung disease (ILD), or uncontrolled drug induced or auto-immune pneumonitis
- Clinically significant history of liver disease, including viral or other hepatitis, or cirrhosis
- For patients with history of other malignancies with life expectancy of < 2 years. The study allows enrollment of patients with the following types of cancer in remission and life expectancy of 2 years or longer: * Adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or lentigo maligna without evidence of disease. * Adequately treated carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease. * Low-risk prostate cancer on active surveillance. * Current adjuvant hormonal therapy for breast or prostate cancer treated with curative intent > 2 years before starting study therapy
- Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents
- Concurrent systemic immunosuppression (e.g. azathioprine, methotrexate, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, anti-TNF agents, anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody) within 30 days of starting study therapy or administration of > 20 mg of prednisone or equivalent daily within 14 days of study therapy
- Vaccinated with live vaccine within 4 weeks of starting study therapy
- Major surgery within 4 weeks of starting study therapy. If a subject had major surgery greater than 4 weeks prior to the first dose, they must have recovered adequately from any toxicity and/or complications from the intervention before the first dose of study therapy
- Ongoing or recent infection (e.g. bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic, or other infection) requiring intravenous antimicrobials within 4 weeks of starting study therapy. Prophylactic antibiotics are allowed if there is no evidence of active infection and the antibiotics is not included on the list of the prohibited medications
- Known or suspected history of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
- Known hypersensitivity to biopharmaceuticals produced in CHO cells or any component of the mosunetuzumab. Patients with previous reactions to other anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies (e.g. rituximab, ofatumumab) are not excluded
- Concurrent treatment with warfarin or other vitamin K antagonists for anticoagulation. * Note: Other antiplatelet and anticoagulants are allowed
- Patients who have tested positive for HIV are excluded due to potential drug-drug interactions between anti retroviral medications and pirtobrutinib and risk of opportunistic infections with both HIV and irreversible BTK inhibitors. For patients with unknown HIV status, HIV testing will be performed at Screening and result should be negative for enrollment
- Active hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection: * HBV: Patients with positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) are excluded. Patients with negative HBsAg and positive hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc) require HBV deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) PCR. Patients with positive HBV DNA PCR will be excluded. Patients with negative HBsAg, positive anti-HBc and undetectable HBV DNA are eligible and will receive prophylaxis with entecavir to prevent HBV reactivation during study therapy. HBV DNA should be monitored every 3 months during HBV prophylaxis. Refer to section 5.4 for HBV monitoring and prophylaxis. * HCV: Patients with positive hepatitis C antibody require HCV RNA PCR. Patients with positive HCV RNA will be excluded.
- History of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)
- Positive SARS-CoV-2 test within 7 days prior to enrollment. Either a rapid antigen test (self-testing at home) or a PCR test is allowed
- Pregnancy, lactation or plan to breastfeed during the study or within 6 months of the last dose of study treatment
- Active uncontrolled autoimmune disease, including, but not limited to myocarditis, pneumonitis, myasthenia gravis, myositis, autoimmune hepatitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, vascular thrombosis associated with antiphospholipid syndrome, Wegener’s granulomatosis, Sjögren’s syndrome, Guillain-Barré syndrome, multiple sclerosis, vasculitis, or glomerulonephritis * Patients with a remote history of, or well-controlled, autoimmune disease with a treatment‑free interval from immunosuppressive therapy for 12 months may be eligible to enroll if judged to be safe by the investigator. * Patients with a history of autoimmune-related hypothyroidism on a stable dose of thyroid-replacement hormone are eligible. * Patients with controlled type 1 diabetes mellitus who are on an insulin regimen are eligible for the study. * Patients with history of autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) or idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) are eligible as long as treatment regimens (e.g. new therapy, dose escalation of existing therapy) remained stable within 4 weeks of starting study therapy
- Significant co-morbid condition or disease which in the judgement of the principal investigator would place the patient at undue risk or interfere with the study
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To evaluate the rate of undetectable minimal residual disease in bone marrow at < 10e-4 (BM-uMRD4) based on ClonoSEQ at best response.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate the safety of mosunetuzumab with or without a bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTKi) in CLL.
II. To evaluate clinical response determined by the International Workshop on CLL (iwCLL) guidelines at the end of therapy.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate rates of progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) at 3 years since initiation of study therapy.
II. To evaluate rate of next treatment at 3 years after cessation of mosunetuzumab.
III. To characterize re-emergence of MRD after treatment cessation (ClonoSEQ).
IV. To characterize T-cell receptor repertoire (ImmunoSEQ).
V. To evaluate immune cell dynamics (flow cytometry, cytometry by time-of-flight [CyTOF]).
VI. To evaluate clonal evolution (whole exome sequencing [WES], single‐cell ribonucleic acid sequencing [scRNAseq]).
VII. To evaluate the emergence of acquired resistance-conferring mutations associated with treatment resistance in CLL (targeted sequencing of candidate genes including BTK and PLCG2).
OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 arms.
ARM I: Patients receive BTKi orally (PO) per standard of care (SOC) and mosunetuzumab subcutaneously (SC) on day 1 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days for up to 8 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who achieve deep response called undetectable minimal residual disease (MRD) after 8 cycles will stop mosunetuzumab after cycle 8. Patients with detectable MRD receive mosunetuzumab SC on day 1 of each additional cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days for up to 17 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo computerized tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), bone marrow biopsy and aspiration, blood sample collection, and may undergo tissue biopsy throughout the study. Patients also undergo saliva sample collection during screening.
ARM II: Patients receive mosunetuzumab SC on day 1 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days for up to 8 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with undetectable MRD after 8 cycles will stop mosunetuzumab after cycle 8. Patients with detectable MRD receive mosunetuzumab SC on day 1 of each additional cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days for up to 17 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo CT, PET or MRI, bone marrow biopsy and aspiration, blood sample collection, and may undergo tissue biopsy throughout the study. Patients also undergo saliva sample collection during screening.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years, then every 6 months for 3 years, then every 6 months for an additional 5 years.
Trial PhasePhase I/II
Trial Typetreatment
Lead OrganizationDana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center
Principal InvestigatorInhye E Ahn
- Primary ID25-277
- Secondary IDsNCI-2025-08486
- ClinicalTrials.gov IDNCT07052695