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NCT Number: NCT06890884

A Clinical Study of Zilovertamab Vedotin (MK-2140) Plus Rituximab Plus Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, and Prednisone (R-CHP) Versus Polatuzumab Vedotin Plus R-CHP in People With Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) (MK-2140-011/waveLINE-011)

Researchers are looking for ways to treat germinal center B-cell-like diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (GCB DLBCL). DLBCL is a fast-growing blood cancer that affects B-cells. GCB is a type of DLBCL that affects young B-cells that are still maturing.

The goal of this study is to learn if more people who receive zilovertamab vedotin (MK-2140) and R-CHP have the cancer respond (go away) than those who receive polatuzumab vedotin and R-CHP.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

AZ Sint-Maarten, Campus Leopoldstraat 2 ( Site 0306), Mechelen, Antwerpen, Belgium

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

The main inclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:

  • Has histologically confirmed diagnosis of germinal center B-cell (GCB) subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), by prior biopsy, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of neoplasms of the hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues.
  • Has positron emission tomography (PET) positive disease at screening, defined as 4 to 5 on the Lugano 5-point scale.
  • Has received no prior treatment for their DLBCL.
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected participants must have well controlled HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART).
  • Participants who are hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive are eligible if they have received hepatitis B virus (HBV) antiviral therapy and have undetectable HBV viral load prior to randomization.
  • Participants with history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable at screening.

Exclusion criteria

The main exclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:

  • Has a history of transformation of indolent disease to DLBCL.
  • Has received a diagnosis of primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL) or Grey zone lymphoma.
  • Has Ann Arbor Stage I DLBCL.
  • Has clinically significant (i.e., active) cardiovascular disease: cerebral vascular accident/stroke (<6 months prior to enrollment), myocardial infarction (<6 months prior to enrollment), unstable angina, congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association Classification Class ≥II), or serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication.
  • Has clinically significant pericardial or pleural effusion.
  • Has ongoing Grade >1 peripheral neuropathy.
  • Has a demyelinating form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
  • HIV-infected participants with a history of Kaposi's sarcoma and/or Multicentric Castleman's Disease.
  • Has ongoing corticosteroid therapy.
  • Known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 2 years.
  • Known active central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma.
  • Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years.
  • Has active infection requiring systemic therapy.
  • Has active HBV (defined as HBsAg positive and detectable HBV deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)) and HCV (defined as anti-HCV antibody positive and detectable HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA)) infection.
  • Has history of stem cell/solid organ transplant.

Treatment and study plan

Zilovertamab vedotin

Biological

IV infusion

Other names: MK-2140, VLS-101

Rituximab

Biological

IV infusion

Other names: RITUXAN®

Cyclophosphamide

Drug

IV infusion

Other names: CYTOXAN®, NEOSAR®

Doxorubicin

Drug

IV infusion

Other names: ADRIAMYCIN®

Rituximab Biosimilar

Biological

IV infusion

Other names: TRUXIMA®, RUXIENCE®, RIABNI®

Prednisone

Drug

Oral administration or IV infusion

Prednisolone

Drug

Oral administration or IV infusion

Polatuzumab vedotin

Biological

IV infusion

Rescue medication

Drug

Participants receive rescue medication at the investigators discretion, per approved product label. Recommended rescue medication is Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor (G-CSF).

Primary outcomes

  1. Complete Response Rate (CRR) at End of Treatment (EOT) per Lugano Response Criteria

    Time frame: Up to approximately 31 months

    CRR at EOT is defined as the percentage of participants who experience complete response (CR) per Lugano response criteria as assessed by blinded independent central review (BICR) at end of treatment. CR is complete metabolic (no/minimal FDG uptake) and radiologic response (target lesions regress to ≤1.5 cm in longest transverse diameter of a lesion) and no new lesions. Participants with missing data or who discontinue treatment or study prior to reaching EOT will be considered non-responders and included in the total number of participants.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Progression-free Survival (PFS) per Lugano Response Criteria

    Time frame: Up to approximately 51 months

    PFS is defined as the time from randomization to the first documented disease progression per Lugano response criteria by BICR or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.

  2. Overall Survival (OS)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 87 months

    OS is defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause.

  3. Event-free Survival (EFS) per Lugano Response Criteria

    Time frame: Up to approximately 51 months

    EFS is defined as the time from randomization to any of the following events: progressive disease per Lugano response criteria by BICR, death due to any cause, initiation of a new anti-caner therapy, or a positive biopsy for residual disease. The EFS for all participants will be presented.

  4. Duration of CR

    Time frame: Up to approximately 51 months

    For participants who demonstrate CR at EOT per Lugano response criteria by BICR, duration of complete response is defined as the time from the first documented evidence of CR at or before EOT until disease progression or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.

  5. Number of participants who experience one or more adverse events (AEs)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 9 months

    An AE is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant, temporally associated with the use of study treatment, whether or not considered related to the study treatment. The number of participants who experience at least one AE will be presented.

  6. Number of participants who discontinue study intervention due to an AE

    Time frame: Up to approximately 6 months

    An AE is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant, temporally associated with the use of study treatment, whether or not considered related to the study treatment. The number of participants who experience at least one AE will be presented.

  7. Change From Baseline in Health-Related Quality Of Life (HRQoL) on Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Lymphoma (FACT-Lym) Trial Outcome Index (TOI)

    Time frame: Baseline and up to Week 25

    The FACT-Lym is a 42-item questionnaire designed to measure HRQoL and cancer-specific symptoms in non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients. Subscales include FACT-General (FACT-G), FACT-Trial Outcome Index (FACT-TOI), FACT-Lym total score (FACT-Lym TS), and the Lymphoma subscale (Lym S). The Lym S has a single domain consisting of 15 items specific to lymphoma burden with a score ranging from 0 to 60. FACT-G has 4 well-being domains, physical (7 items), social/family (7), emotional (6), and functional (7), with scores ranging from 0 to 108. FACT-TOI combines FACT-G's physical and functional domains with Lym S, with scores ranging from 0 to 116. FACT-Lym TS combines FACT-G with Lym S, with scores ranging from 0 to 168. The scoring of FACT-Lym is on a 5-point Likert scale from 0 to 4, with 0= not at all, 1= a little bit, 2= somewhat, 3=quite a bit, 4=very much. The higher the score the better the quality of life.

  8. Change From Baseline in HRQoL on FACT-Lym Total Score

    Time frame: Baseline and up to Week 25

    The FACT-Lym is a 42-item questionnaire designed to measure HRQoL and cancer-specific symptoms in non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients. Subscales include FACT-General (FACT-G), FACT-Trial Outcome Index (FACT-TOI), FACT-Lym total score (FACT-Lym TS), and the Lymphoma subscale (Lym S). The Lym S has a single domain consisting of 15 items specific to lymphoma burden with a score ranging from 0 to 60. FACT-G has 4 well-being domains, physical (7 items), social/family (7), emotional (6), and functional (7), with scores ranging from 0 to 108. FACT-TOI combines FACT-G's physical and functional domains with Lym S, with scores ranging from 0 to 116. FACT-Lym TS combines FACT-G with Lym S, with scores ranging from 0 to 168. The scoring of FACT-Lym is on a 5-point Likert scale from 0 to 4, with 0= not at all, 1= a little bit, 2= somewhat, 3=quite a bit, 4=very much. The higher the score the better the quality of life.

  9. Change From Baseline in HRQoL on FACT-Lym Physical Well-being (PWB) (Items General Physical [GP]1 through GP7)

    Time frame: Baseline and up to Week 25

    The FACT-Lym is a 42-item questionnaire designed to measure HRQoL and cancer-specific symptoms in non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients. Subscales include FACT-General (FACT-G), FACT-Trial Outcome Index (FACT-TOI), FACT-Lym total score (FACT-Lym TS), and the Lymphoma subscale (Lym S). The Lym S has a single domain consisting of 15 items specific to lymphoma burden with a score ranging from 0 to 60. FACT-G has 4 well-being domains, physical (7 items), social/family (7), emotional (6), and functional (7), with scores ranging from 0 to 108. FACT-TOI combines FACT-G's physical and functional domains with Lym S, with scores ranging from 0 to 116. FACT-Lym TS combines FACT-G with Lym S, with scores ranging from 0 to 168. The scoring of FACT-Lym is on a 5-point Likert scale from 0 to 4, with 0= not at all, 1= a little bit, 2= somewhat, 3=quite a bit, 4=very much. The higher the score the better the quality of life.

  10. Change From Baseline in HRQoL on Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy/Gynecologic Oncology Group-Neurotoxicity (FACT/GOG-NTX) Neurotoxicity Subscale Score

    Time frame: Baseline and up to Week 25

    The FACT/GOG-NTX provides a targeted assessment of symptoms of peripheral neuropathy, including sensory, motor, and auditory problems and cold sensitivity. It is an 11-item questionnaire designed to measure the neurotoxicity subscale. The scoring of FACT/GOG-NTX is on a 5-point Likert scale from 0 to 4, with 0= not at all, 1= a little bit, 2= somewhat, 3=quite a bit, 4=very much. To produce a Neurotoxicity Subscale score (range 0-44), the sum of the item scores are multiplied by the number of items in the subscale, then divided by the number of items answered.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Toll Free Number

CONTACT

[email protected]

1-888-577-8839

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Randomized, Open-label, Multicenter, Phase 2 Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Zilovertamab Vedotin (MK-2140) Plus R-CHP Versus Polatuzumab Vedotin Plus R-CHP in Treatment-naïve Participants With GCB Subtype of Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (DLBCL)

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2032
First posted
Mar 24, 2025
Registry last updated
Jul 30, 2026

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