New hope for hard-to-treat lymphoma: drug duo aims to shrink tumors and delay progression
NCT ID NCT05171647
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 06, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This phase 3 study tests whether a combination of two targeted drugs (mosunetuzumab and polatuzumab vedotin) works better than a standard chemotherapy regimen for people with aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma that has returned or not responded to prior therapy. About 208 adults with certain lymphoma subtypes will be randomly assigned to one of the two treatment groups. The main goals are to see how many patients have their tumors shrink or disappear and how long they live without the cancer getting worse.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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208 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2022
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0, 1, or 2 * CD20+ aggressive lymphoma as determined by the local hemopathology laboratory from the following diagnoses by 2016 World Health Organization classification of lymphoid neoplasms: DLBCL, not otherwise specified (NOS); high-grade B-cell lymphoma (NOS or double/triple hit); transformed follicular lymphoma; follicular lymphoma Grade 3b * Have disease relapsed or refractory to at least one prior systemic therapy for aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (aNHL) * Participants who have received only one prior line of therapy must be ineligible for autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) * Measurable disease * Adequate hepatic, hematologic, and renal function * Estimated creatinine clearance (CrCl) ≥ 30 mL/min by Cockroft-Gault method or other institutional standard methods * Negative HIV test at screening. Participants with a positive HIV test at screening are eligible provided that, prior to enrollment, they are stable on anti-retroviral therapy for at least 4 weeks, have a CD4 count of at least 200 microliters, have an undetectable viral load, and have not had a history of opportunistic infection attributable to AIDS within the last 12 months Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or breast feeding, or intending to become pregnant during the study or within 3 months after the final dose of mosunetuzumab, 9 months after the final dose of polatuzumab vedotin, 12 months after the final dose of rituximab, 6 months after the final dose of gemcitabine, 9 months after the final dose of oxaliplatin, and 3 months after the final dose of tocilizumab, as applicable * Inability to comply with protocol-mandated activity restrictions * Prior treatment with mosunetuzumab or other CD-20-directed bispecific antibodies, or R-GemOx or Gem-Ox * Prior treatment with polatuzumab vedotin, with the following exceptions: participants who have a documented response (partial response or complete response) to polatuzumab vedotin and an absence of PD within 12 months from the last dose of polatuzumab vedotin; participants who received up to 2 doses of a polatuzumab vedotin-containing regimen as bridging to CAR-T therapy, and either has a documented disease control (stable disease, partial response, or complete response), or were not assessed for response following treatment with polatuzumab vedotin * Contraindication to any component of the study treatment * Grade \> 1 peripheral neuropathy * Participants with Grade \> 1 persistent toxicity related to prior anti-lymphoma treatment (except for alopecia and anorexia, or other toxicities not considered a safety risk for the participant per investigator's judgment) * Received anti-lymphoma treatments with monoclonal antibodies, radio-immunoconjugates or antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) within 4 weeks before the first dose of study treatment * Treatment with any chemotherapeutic agent, or treatment with any other anti-lymphoma agent (investigational or otherwise) within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives of the drug, whichever is shorter, prior to the first dose of study treatment * Treatment with radiotherapy within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment * ASCT within 100 days prior to the first study treatment administration * Prior treatment with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy within 30 days before the first study treatment administration * Prior allogenic stem cell transplant (SCT) * Have had a solid organ transplantation * Known or suspected history of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) * History of confirmed progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy * History of severe allergic or anaphylactic reactions to monoclonal antibody therapy (or recombination antibody-related fusion proteins) * History of other malignancy that could affect compliance with the protocol or interpretation of results, with the exception of malignancies with a negligible risk of metastasis or death * Currently have or have had a past history of central nervous system (CNS) involvement of lymphoma * Current or past history of CNS disease, such as stroke, epilepsy, CNS vasculitis, or neurodegenerative disease. Participants with a history of stroke who have not experienced a stroke or transient ischemic attack in the past 2 years and have no residual neurologic deficits as judged by the investigator, or with a history of epilepsy who have had no seizures in the past 2 years while not receiving any anti-epileptic medications, are allowed * Significant cardiovascular disease such as New York Heart Association Class III or IV cardiac disease, myocardial infarction within the last 6 months, unstable arrhythmias, or unstable angina * Significant active pulmonary disease * Participants with active symptoms of interstitial lung disease and/or pneumonitis, or those with a history of interstitial lung disease and/or pneumonitis within 6 months prior to the first dose of study treatment * Known active bacterial, viral, fungal, mycobacterial, parasitic, or other infection (excluding fungal infections of the nail beds) at study enrollment, or any major episode of infection requiring treatment with IV antibiotics or hospitalization (relating to the completion of the course of antibiotics) within 2 weeks prior to the first study treatment administration * Known or suspected chronic active Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection * Recent major surgery within 4 weeks prior to the first study treatment administration * Positive test results for chronic hepatitis B infection * Acute or chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection * Have been administered a live, attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks before the first dose of study treatment administration or anticipation that such a live, attenuated vaccine will be required during the study * Participants who have positive SARS-CoV-2 test within 7 days prior to enrollment (rapid antigen test result is acceptable) * History of autoimmune disease * Received investigational therapy, whether or not intended for lymphoma treatment, within 7 days prior to initiation of study treatment * Clinically significant history of liver disease, including viral or other hepatitis, or cirrhosis
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Anadolu Health Center
Kocaeli, 41400, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Ankara University Medical Faculty
Ankara, 06100, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Ascension Seton Infusion Center
Austin, Texas, 78712, United States
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Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences
Guangzhou, 510060, China
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Chiang Mai Uni Hospital
Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand
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Chum Hopital Notre Dame
Montreal, Quebec, H2L 4M1, Canada
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Chungnam National University Hospital
Daejeon, 35015, South Korea
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City of Hope Cancer Center
Duarte, California, 91010, United States
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D'or Instituto de Pesquisa e Educação
São Paulo, Brazil
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Dokuz Eylul Universitesi Tip Fakultesi
Lzmir, 35340, Turkey (Türkiye)
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FUNDALEU
Buenos Aires, C1114AAN, Argentina
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Fujian Medical University Union Hospital
Fuzhou, 350001, China
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Hamilton Health Sciences - Juravinski Cancer Centre
Hamilton, Ontario, L8V 5C2, Canada
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Henan Cancer Hospital
Zhengzhou, 450008, China
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Hokkaido University Hospital
Hokkaido, 060-8648, Japan
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Hospital Aleman
Buenos Aires, 1118, Argentina
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Hospital Erasto Gaertner
Curitiba, Paraná, 81520-060, Brazil
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Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Ciudad Autonoma Buenos Aires, C1181ACH, Argentina
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Hospital Sao Jose
São Paulo, São Paulo, 01323-030, Brazil
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Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez
Monterrey, Nuevo León, 64460, Mexico
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Hospital das Clinicas - UFRGS
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90035-903, Brazil
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Hospital das Clínicas FMRP-USP
Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14048-900, Brazil
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Ichilov Sourasky Medical Center
Tel Aviv, 6423906, Israel
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Instituto Alexander Fleming
Buenos Aires, 1426, Argentina
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Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia
Distrito Federal, 14080, Mexico
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Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
México, Mexico
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Instituto Regional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas del Sur
Arequipa, 5154, Peru
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Kindai University Hospital
Osaka, 589-8511, Japan
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Kyushu University Hospital
Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
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MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Medipol Mega Üniversite Hastanesi Göztepe
Istanbul, 34214, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Middlemore Clinical Trials
Auckland, New Zealand
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Oncosalud Sac
Lima, 41, Peru
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Ondokuz Mayis Univ. Med. Fac.
Samsun, 55139, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Princess Margaret Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9, Canada
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Pusan National University Hospital
Busan, 49241, South Korea
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Samsung Medical Center
Seoul, 06351, South Korea
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Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, 03080, South Korea
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Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System
Seoul, 03722, South Korea
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Sichuan Cancer Hospital
Chengdu, 610041, China
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Siriraj Hospital
Bangkok, 10700, Thailand
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Soroka Medical Center
Beersheba, 8410101, Israel
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Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen Uni
Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand
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St. Luke's Hospital
Chesterfield, Missouri, 63017, United States
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Superare Centro de Infusion S.A. de C.V.
Mexico City, Mexico CITY (federal District), 11550, Mexico
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The Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR
Tokyo, 135-8550, Japan
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Tianjin Cancer Hospital
Tianjin, 300060, China
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Tohoku University Hospital
Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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Tongji Hosp, Tongji Med. Col, Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Tech
Wuhan, 430030, China
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Yamagata University Hospital
Yamagata, 990-9585, Japan
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Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital
Seoul, 07345, South Korea
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