New 'Bispecific' antibody takes aim at Hard-to-Treat blood cancers
NCT ID NCT02290951
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-phase trial tested a drug called odronextamab in 200 people with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma or chronic lymphocytic leukemia that had stopped responding to prior treatments. The drug is a bispecific antibody designed to bring immune cells close to cancer cells to kill them. The main goals were to check safety and find the right dose, while also looking at whether tumors shrank.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Odronextamab (a bispecific antibody that targets both CD20 on cancer cells and CD3 on immune cells)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a new treatment option for patients with B-cell cancers who have run out of standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase 1 trial focused on safety, so it is not yet proven to work. Side effects may occur, and the drug may not shrink tumors in most patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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200 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2015
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Key Inclusion Criteria: 1. Have documented CD20+ B-cell malignancy, with active disease not responsive to prior therapy, for whom no standard of care options exists, and for whom treatment with an anti-CD20 antibody may be appropriate: * Part A (IV administration) B-NHL confirmed by National Cancer Institute (NCI) working group criteria * Part B (SC administration): Confirmed diagnosis of B-NHL requiring therapy as defined by WHO classification 2017 2. Patients with B-NHL must have had prior treatment with an anti-CD20 antibody therapy. Patients with CLL (Part A only) are not required to have received prior treatment with an anti-CD20 antibody therapy as defined in the protocol. * For the inclusion in the disease-specific expansion cohort enrolling DLBCL patients after failure of CAR-T therapy, the patient must have recovered from the toxicities of the lymphodepletion therapy and CAR-T infusion. * For inclusion in Part B, patients must have FL grade 1-3a or DLBCL (with or without prior CAR-T) per the criteria above, and: * Patients with FL grade 1-3a and DLBCL must have received at least 2 prior lines of systemic therapy, including an anti-CD20 antibody and an alkylating agent 3. All patients must have at least one bi-dimensionally measurable lesion ≥1.5 cm) documented by CT or MRI scan, if CT scan is not feasible. 4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤1 5. Life expectancy of at least 6 months 6. Adequate bone marrow function as described in the protocol 7. Adequate organ function as described in the protocol 8. Willingness to undergo mandatory tumor biopsy pretreatment, if in the opinion of the investigator, the patient has an accessible lesion that can be biopsied without significant risk to the patient. 9. Willing and able to comply with clinic visits and study-related procedures 10. Provide signed informed consent or legally acceptable representative Key Exclusion Criteria: 1. Primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma or known or suspected CNS involvement by non-primary CNS NHL 2. History of or current relevant CNS pathology such as * Epilepsy, seizure, paresis, aphasia, apoplexia, severe brain injuries, cerebellar disease, organic brain syndrome, psychosis, or * Evidence for presence of inflammatory lesions and/or vasculitis on cerebral MRI 3. Standard anti-lymphoma chemotherapy (non-biologic) or radiotherapy within 28 days prior to first administration of study drug 4. Infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), or cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection \[(as noted by detectable levels on a blood polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay)\]. 1. Patients with hepatitis B (HepBsAg+) who have controlled infection (serum hepatitis B virus deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that is below the limit of detection AND receiving anti-viral therapy for hepatitis B) are permitted upon consultation with the physician managing the infection. 2. Patients who show detectable levels of CMV at screening will need to be treated with appropriate antiviral therapy and demonstrate at least 2 undetectable levels of CMV by PCR assay (at least 7 days apart) before being re-considered for eligibility. 5. Patients who have received a live vaccination within 28 days of first dose of study treatment Note: Other protocol Inclusion/Exclusion criteria apply
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Assuta Ashdod University Hospital
Ashdod, Southern District, 7747629, Israel
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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CHU Hôpital Lyon Sud
Lyon, 69495, France
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Centre Henri Becquerel
Rouen, Haute-Normandie, 76038, France
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Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel)
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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Hadassah Medical Center
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 9112001, Israel
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Institut Gustave Roussy
Villejuif, Île-de-France Region, 94800, France
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Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center
Haifa, 3436212, Israel
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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Meir Medical Center
Kfar Saba, Central District, 44281, Israel
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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Rambam Health Care Campus - Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Institute
Haifa, 3109601, Israel
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Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Truro, Cornwall, tr1 3lq, United Kingdom
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Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States
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Stanford University
Stanford, California, 94305, United States
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The Chaim Sheba Medical Center
Tel-Hashomer, Central District, 5265601, Israel
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The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Manchester, M20 4BX, United Kingdom
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Universitatsklinikum Wurzburg
Würzburg, Bavaria, 97080, Germany
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University of California, Irvine
Orange, California, 92868, United States
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Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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