gen3014 trial in relapsed or refractory hematologic malignancies

Conditions: Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma (RRMM); Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL); Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Summary: the drug that will be investigated in the study is an antibody, gen3014. since this is the first study of gen3014 in humans, the main purpose is to evaluate safety. in addition to safety, the study will determine the recommended gen3014 dose to be tested in a larger group of participants and assess preliminary clinical activity of gen3014. gen3014 will be studied in relapsed (disease has returned) or refractory (resistant to treatment) multiple myeloma (also known as rrmm) and other blood cancers. the study consists of 3 parts: 1. the dose escalation will test increasing doses of gen3014 to identify a safe dose level to be tested in the other two parts. 2. expansion part a will further test the gen3014 dose determined from the dose escalation. 3. expansion part b will compare intravenous (iv) gen3014 with the subcutaneous (sc) daratumumab in ex-us countries. participants will receive either gen3014 into the vein or daratumumab under the skin; none will be given placebo. the study duration will be different for the individual participants. overall, the study may be ongoing up to 5 years after the last participant's first treatment.

this trial will be conducted in 3 parts: dose escalation (phase 1), expansion parts, a and b (phase 2). in the dose escalation phase gen3014 will be evaluated in rrmm and relapsed and refractory acute myeloid leukemia (r/r aml). the participants will receive gen3014 administered at various dose levels in 28-day cycles. dose limiting toxicities (dlts) will be assessed during the first treatment cycle and the maximum tolerated dose (mtd) and/or recommended phase 2 dose (rp2d) will be determined. in expansion part a, gen3014 will be further evaluated in 4 cohorts: anti-cd38 monoclonal antibody (mab)-naive rrmm, anti-cd38 mab-refractory rrmm, relapsed or refractory diffuse large b-cell lymphoma (r/r dlbcl), and r/r aml at the rp2d identified from the dose escalation. in expansion part b, gen3014 iv will be compared to daratumumab sc, head-to-head (h2h) to evaluate whether gen3014 may be more potent in anti-cd38 mab-naïve rrmm participants.

Eligibility criteria:
key inclusion criteria * must have fresh bone marrow samples collected at screening for rrmm, r/r aml, and r/r dlbcl with suspected bone marrow involvement. * dose escalation phase, expansion part a (for mm and aml) and expansion part b- eastern cooperative oncology group (ecog) performance status (ps) score 0, 1, or 2. expansion part a (for dlbcl): ecog ps 0 or 1. * has acceptable laboratory test results during the screening period. * a woman of reproductive potential must agree to use adequate contraception during the trial and for 12 months after the last gen3014 or daratumumab sc administration. * a woman of childbearing potential must have a negative serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hcg) at screening and additionally, for expansion part b, within 72 hours of the first dose of study treatment prior to dosing. * a woman must agree not to donate eggs (ova, oocytes) for assisted reproduction during the trial and for 12 months after receiving the last dose of gen3014 or daratumumab sc. * a man who is sexually active with a woman of childbearing potential and has not had a vasectomy must agree to use a barrier method of birth control and all men must not donate sperm during the trial and for 12 months after receiving the last dose of gen3014 or daratumumab sc. specific for rrmm: * must have documented multiple myeloma as defined by the criteria below and have evidence of disease progression on the most recent prior treatment regimen based on imwg criteria: * prior documentation of monoclonal plasma cells in the bone marrow ≥10% or presence of a biopsy-proven plasmacytoma and, * measurable disease at baseline as defined by any of the following: * immunoglobulin (ig) g, iga, igd, or igm myeloma: serum m-protein level ≥0.5 g/dl (≥5 g/l) or urine m protein level ≥200 mg/24 hours or, * light chain myeloma: serum ig free light chain (flc) ≥10 mg/dl and abnormal serum ig kappa lambda flc ratio. note: participants with rrmm must have exhausted standard therapies, at the investigator's discretion. * for anti-cd38 mab-naive rrmm cohort: participant received at least 3 prior lines of therapy including a proteasome inhibitor (pi) and an immunomodulatory imide drug (imid) in any order, or is double refractory to a pi and an imid; or participant received ≥ 2 prior lines of therapy if 1 of those lines included a combination of pi and imid. note: participants should not have received any anti-cd38 antibody. * anti-cd38 mab-naive rrmm participants will be enrolled from ex-us countries. * dose escalation phase - for anti-cd38 mab-treated rrmm cohort: participant has received at least 2 prior lines of therapy and must have discontinued daratumumab or isatuximab for at least 4 weeks prior to the first dose of gen3014. note: participants should not have received any other anti-cd38 antibody except daratumumab or isatuximab. specific for r/r aml: * relapsed or refractory aml, both de novo or secondary; must have failed all conventional therapy. acute promyelocytic leukemia (apl) is excluded from this trial. note: relapse is defined by bm blasts ≥5% in participants who have been in cr previously, or reappearance of blasts in the blood, or development of extramedullary aml. refractory is defined as not being able to achieve a cr after the initial therapy. * participant with relapsed aml who received at least 2 prior therapies for aml with the exception of hydroxyurea. * participant with refractory aml who received at least 1 prior line of therapy for aml with the exception of hydroxyurea. * participant's life expectancy at screening is judged to be at least 3 months. specific for dlbcl: * expansion phase: relapsed or refractory dlbcl, both de novo or histologically transformed. participants with r/r dlbcl must have exhausted standard therapies, at the investigator's discretion. * expansion phase: received at least 2 prior lines of systemic therapy, with 1 being a cd20-containing chemoimmunotherapy. * expansion phase: have at least 1 measurable site of disease as per lugano criteria. * expansion phase: must have available archival or fresh tumor tissue or both to submit to a central laboratory for cd38 assay. key exclusion criteria * prior treatment with any cd38-directed therapies (eg, daratumumab, isatuximab, cd38 chimeric antigen receptor t cell (car-t), bispecific antibody (ab)) in anti-cd38 mab-naive rrmm cohort. note: prior daratumumab or isatuximab exposure is allowed for anti-cd38 mab-treated rrmm participants in the dose escalation and anti-cd38 mab-refractory rrmm cohort in the expansion part a. * treatment with an anti-cancer agent, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or major surgery within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment (dose escalation and expansion part a) or randomization (expansion part b). * treatment with an investigational drug within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, prior to the first dose of study treatment (dose escalation and expansion part a) or randomization (expansion part b). * cumulative dose of corticosteroids more than the equivalent of ≥140 mg of prednisone within 2-week period before the first dose of study treatment (dose escalation and expansion part a) or maximum cumulative dose of dexamethasone 160 mg within 28 days of randomization (expansion part b). * has clinically significant cardiac disease. * toxicities from previous anti-cancer therapies have not resolved to baseline levels or to grade 1 or less except for alopecia and peripheral neuropathy. * primary central nervous system (cns) tumor or known cns involvement at screening. * has known history/positive serology for hepatitis b. * known medical history or ongoing hepatitis c infection that has not been cured. * known history of seropositivity of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) (dose escalation and expansion part a) or to be positive for hiv with details in the protocol (expansion part b). * currently receiving any other investigational agents. * a woman who is pregnant or breast-feeding, or who is planning to become pregnant while enrolled in this trial or within 12 months after the last dose of study treatment. * a man who plans to father a child while enrolled in this trial or within 12 months after the last dose of study treatment. specific exclusion criteria for rrmm: * prior allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (hsct). * autologous hsct within 3 months of the first dose of gen3014. specific exclusion criteria for r/r aml: * \<5% blasts in blood or bone marrow at screening. * white blood cell (wbc) counts ≥50,000/microliter (μl) in peripheral blood that cannot be controlled by hydroxyurea prior to the first dose of gen3014. * prior autologous hsct. * allogenic hsct within 3 months of the first dose of gen3014. * active graft-versus-host-disease requiring immunosuppressive treatment. any immunosuppressive medication (eg, calcineurin inhibitors) must be stopped ≥4 weeks prior to the first dose of gen3014. note: other protocol defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.

Keywords: hexabody® anti-cd38 monoclonal antibody