A Study of GNC-035 in Relapsed or Refractory Non-Hodgkin 's Lymphoma and Other Hematological Malignancies

Phase I main objectives: To observe the safety and preliminary efficacy of GNC-035 in patients with relapsed/refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma and other hematological malignancies, to determine the DLT and MTD, or MAD, and to determine RP2D. Phase II Main objective: To explore the efficacy of GNC-035 in patients with relapsed/refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma and other hematological malignancies.


Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:

1. Subjects can understand the informed consent form, voluntarily participate in and sign the informed consent form.
2. No gender limit.
3. Age: ≥18 years old and ≤75 years old.
4. Expected survival time ≥3 months.
5. Histologically or cytologically confirmed relapsed/refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
6. For patients with relapsed/refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma. These include:

   Patients who experience failure of at least one line of standard therapy. Patients with relapsed or refractory disease who were not or not suitable for other therapies as judged by the investigator.

   Relapsed and refractory were defined as follows:

   Relapse was defined as disease progression after 6 months of response to adequate treatment with at least one anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody.

   Refractory was defined as refractory to anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, failure to achieve remission after adequate treatment with anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody (combined chemotherapy or single agent), or disease progression during treatment or 6 months after completion of adequate treatment.

   Among them, "anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody regimen adequate treatment" refers to the completion of the full cycle of anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody combined with chemotherapy according to the pathological type and disease stage, such as rituximab monotherapy at a dose of 375 mg/m2 per week for at least 4 injections. Progression during treatment required the completion of at least one cycle of anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody combined with chemotherapy or monotherapy if progression occurred during induction therapy. At least one dose was completed if progression occurred during maintenance therapy. "Response" included complete and partial responses.
7. For non-Hodgkin lymphoma, at least one lesion must be evaluable during the uphill phase; The extension stage had to have at least one measurable lesion according to the Lugano criteria (lymph node lesion ≥1.5cm or extranodal lesion \> 1.0cm).
8. ECOG ≤2.
9. Toxicity of previous antineoplastic therapy has returned to grade 1 or less as defined by NCI-CTCAE v5.0 (except for those indicators considered by the investigator to be possibly related to the disease, such as anemia, and those judged by the investigator to have no safety risk, such as alopecia, grade 2 peripheral neurotoxicity, and hypothyroidism stable with hormone replacement therapy).
10. Organ function within 7 days before the first dose:

    Bone marrow function: without blood transfusion, G-CSF (for 2 weeks), and medication correction within 7 days prior to screening Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.0×109/L (≥0.5×109/L if the subject has bone marrow infiltration); Hemoglobin ≥80 g/L (≥70g/L if the subject has bone marrow infiltration); Platelet count ≥75×109/L; Liver function: total bilirubin, ≤1.5 ULN (Gilbert's syndrome, ≤3 ULN), and aminotransferase (AST/ALT), ≤2.5 ULN (for those with liver tumor invasive changes, ≤5.0 ULN) without correction with hepatoprotective medication within 7 days before screening examination Renal function: creatinine (Cr) ≤1.5 ULN and creatinine clearance (Ccr) ≥50 mL/ minute (according to Cockcroft and Gault formula) Urinalysis / 24-hour urine protein quantification: qualitative urine protein ≤1+ (if qualitative urine protein ≥2+, 24-hour urine protein \< 1g is eligible) Cardiac function: left ventricular ejection fraction ≥50% Coagulation: fibrinogen ≥1.5g/L Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤1.5×ULN; Prothrombin time (PT) ≤1.5×ULN.
11. Female subjects of childbearing potential or male subjects with a fertile partner must use highly effective contraception from 7 days before the first dose until 12 weeks after the last dose. Female subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative serum/urine pregnancy test within 7 days before the first dose.
12. Participants were able and willing to comply with protocol-specified visits, treatment plans, laboratory tests, and other study-related procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients who underwent major surgery within 28 days before study administration or who were scheduled to undergo major surgery during the study (" major surgery "was defined by the investigator).
2. Pulmonary disease grade ≥3 according to NCI-CTCAE v5.0, including dyspnea at rest or requiring continuous oxygen therapy; Patients with current interstitial lung disease (ILD) (except those who have recovered from previous interstitial pneumonia).
3. Active infections requiring systemic therapy, such as severe pneumonia, bacteremia, sepsis, etc.
4. patients with active autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, psoriasis requiring systemic treatment, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory intestinal diseases and Hashimoto's thyroiditis, etc., excluding type I diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism that can be controlled only by replacement therapy, skin diseases without systemic treatment (such as vitiligo, psoriasis), etc.
5. Patients with other malignant tumors within 5 years before the first administration, cured non-melanoma skin cancer in situ, superficial bladder cancer, cervical cancer in situ, gastrointestinal mucosal cancer, breast cancer, localized prostate cancer, and other patients without recurrence within 5 years were excluded.
6. Human immunodeficiency virus antibody (HIVAb) positive, active tuberculosis, active hepatitis B virus infection (HBsAg positive or HBcAb positive and HBV-DNA test ≥ central detection lower limit) or hepatitis C virus infection (HCV antibody positive and HCV-RNA≥ central detection lower limit).
7. Hypertension poorly controlled by medication (systolic blood pressure \&gt; 160 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure \&gt; 100 mmHg).
8. A history of severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, including but not limited to:

   Severe cardiac rhythm or conduction abnormalities, such as ventricular arrhythmias requiring clinical intervention, grade III atrioventricular block, etc.

   Prolonged QT interval at rest (QTc \> 450 msec in men or QTc \> 470 msec in women) Acute coronary syndrome, congestive heart failure, aortic dissection, stroke, or other grade 3 or higher cardio-cerebrovascular event occurring within 6 months before the first dose.

   New York Heart Association (NYHA) class ≥II HF.
9. Patients with a history of allergy to recombinant humanized antibodies or to any of the excipients of GNC-035.
10. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
11. Patients with central nervous system involvement.
12. Prior organ transplantation or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (ALLo-HSCT).
13. Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (Auto-HSCT) within 12 weeks before starting GNC-035 therapy.
14. Current use of immunosuppressive agents, including, but not limited to, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, etc., within 2 weeks or 5 half-life periods prior to GNC-035 treatment, whichever is shorter.
15. Received radiotherapy, macromolecular targeted drugs within 4 weeks before GNC-035 treatment; Chemotherapy and a small-molecule targeted agent were administered 2 weeks or within five half-lives before treatment, whichever was less.
16. Have received anti-CD20 or anti-CD79b therapy within 4 weeks before starting GNC-035 and are responding.
17. Received CAR-T therapy within 12 weeks before GNC-035 treatment.
18. Use of a study drug from another clinical trial within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives, whichever was shorter, before the trial dose.
19. Other circumstances that the investigator deemed inappropriate for participation in the trial.