Phase II Open Label Trial to Determine Safety & Efficacy of Tisagenlecleucel in Pediatric Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients (BIANCA)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03610724 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : August 1, 2018
Last Update Posted : May 15, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma | Biological: Tisagenlecleucel Drug: lymphodepleting chemotherapy Drug: Bridging Therapy | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 33 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase II, Single Arm, Multicenter Open Label Trial to Determine the Safety and Efficacy of Tisagenlecleucel in Pediatric Subjects With Relapsed or Refractory Mature B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) |
Actual Study Start Date : | February 15, 2019 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | July 27, 2021 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | April 26, 2023 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Tisagenlecleucel
CAR-positive viable T cells infusion
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Biological: Tisagenlecleucel
Single intravenous infusion
Other Name: CTL019 Drug: lymphodepleting chemotherapy Prior to tisagenlecleucel infusion, each subject should undergo lymphodepletion with recommended Fludarabine and cyclophosphamide (unless contra-indicated for subject) Drug: Bridging Therapy Pre-study treatment phase may also include bridging therapy of investigator's choice |
- Overall response rate (ORR) [ Time Frame: 3 months post-tisagenlecleucel infusion or discontinued earlier ]The overall response rate (ORR) is defined as the proportion of subjects with a best overall disease response of CR or PR, where the best overall disease response is defined as the best disease response recorded from tisagenlecleucel infusion until progressive disease or start of new anticancer therapy, whichever comes first.
- Duration of response (DOR) [ Time Frame: Through study completion, approximately 4 years ]Duration of response (DOR) is defined as the time from the date of first documented disease response (CR or PR) as determined by local investigator assessments to the date of first documented progression or death due to underlying cancer.
- Event free survival (EFS) [ Time Frame: Through study completion, approximately 4 years ]Event free survival (EFS) is defined as the time from date of first tisagenlecleucel infusion to the earliest date of death from any cause, disease progression as determined by local investigator assessments, or starting new anticancer therapy for underlying cancer, excluding HSCT.
- Relapse free survival (RFS) [ Time Frame: Through study completion, approximately 4 years ]Relapse free survival (RFS) is defined as the time from the date of first documented disease response (CR or PR) as determined by local investigator assessments to the date of first documented disease progression or death due to any cause.
- Progression free survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: Through study completion, approximately 4 years ]Progression free survival (PFS) is defined as the time from the date of first tisagenlecleucel infusion to the date of first documented disease progression as determined by local investigator assessments or death due to any cause.
- Overall survival (OS) [ Time Frame: Through study completion, approximately 4 years ]Overall survival (OS) is defined as the time from date of first tisagenlecleucel infusion to the date of death due to any cause.
- Cmax [ Time Frame: Through study completion, approximately 4 years ]The maximum (peak) transgene level (copies/μg) observed in peripheral blood or other body fluid after single dose administration
- Tmax [ Time Frame: Through study completion, approximately 4 years ]The time to reach maximum (peak) transgene level (days) in peripheral blood or other body fluid after single dose administration
- AUCs [ Time Frame: Through study completion, approximately 4 years ]Area Under the Concentration-time Curve (AUCs) from the time course of transgene levels in peripheral blood following tisagenlecleucel infusion (days*copies/μg)
- Clast [ Time Frame: Through study completion, approximately 4 years ]The last observed quantifiable transgene level in peripheral blood (copies/μg)
- Tlast [ Time Frame: Through study completion, approximately 4 years ]The time of last observed quantifiable transgene level in peripheral blood (days)
- Levels of pre-existing and treatment induced humoral immunogenicity and cellular immunogenicity against tisagenlecleucel cellular kinetics, safety and efficacy [ Time Frame: Until disease progression or through study completion, approximately 4 years ]The humoral immunogenicity assay measures the antibody titers specific to tisagenlecleucel prior to and following infusion by flow cytometry. The impact of humoral and cellular immunogenicity on cellular kinetics, safety and disease response will be explored.
- Subjects that proceed to stem cell transplant (SCT) after tisagenlecleucel infusion until end of study (EOS) [ Time Frame: Through study completion, approximately 4 years ]Percentage of subjects who proceed to transplant post-tisagenlecleucel therapy until EOS
- Levels of cytokines for early prediction of cytokine release syndrome (CRS) utilizing clinical and biomarker data [ Time Frame: Through study completion, approximately 4 years ]Retrospective assessment of potential CRS predictive models considering also data from other CTL019 trials. Soluble immune and inflammatory cytokines (eg: IL-10, interferon gamma, IL-6, CRP, and ferritin) will be measured. These levels may also be summarized by severity of CRS and potentially graphed using strip plots.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | up to 25 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically confirmed pediatric mature B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-cell NHL) including the following subtypes; Burkitt lymphoma/ Burkitt leukemia (BL), diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL), gray zone lymphoma (GZL), and follicular lymphoma (FL) Note: Patients with B-cell NHL associated with Nijmegen breakage syndrome will be allowed.
- Patients <25 years of age and weighing at least 6 kg at the time of screening
- Patients who have relapsed after one or more prior therapies (can include allogeneic and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant) or are primary refractory (have not achieved a CR or PR after the first line of therapy)
- Measurable disease by radiological criteria in all patients at the time of screening. Patients with Burkitt leukemia who don't meet radiological criteria must have bone marrow involvement of >25% by local assessment of bone marrow aspirate and/or biopsy.
- Karnofsky (age ≥16 years) or Lansky (age <16 years) performance status ≥60.
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Adequate bone marrow reserve without transfusions (transfusion >2 weeks prior to laboratory assessment is allowed) defined as:
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >1000/mm3
- Platelets ≥50000//mm3
- Hemoglobin ≥8.0 g/dl
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Adequate organ function defined as:
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a serum creatinine (sCR) based on gender/age as follows: Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL) Age Male Female
1 to <2 years 0.6 0.6 2 to <6 years 0.8 0.8 6 to <10 years 1.0 1.0 10 to <13 years 1.2 1.2 13 to <16 years 1.5 1.4
≥16 years 1.7 1.4
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) for age
- Total bilirubin <2 mg/dL (for Gilbert's Syndrome patients total bilirubin <4 mg/dL)
- Adequate pulmonary function
i. Oxygen saturation of >91% on room air ii. No or mild dyspnea (≤Grade 1)
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- Must have a leukapheresis material of non-mobilized cells accepted for manufacturing.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior gene therapy or engineered T cell therapy.
- Prior treatment with any anti-CD19 therapy.
- Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) <3 months prior to screening and ≤4 months prior to infusion.
- Presence of grade 2 to 4 acute or extensive chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in patients who received prior allogeneic HSCT.
- Prior diagnosis of malignancy other than study indication, and not disease free for 5 years.
- Clinically significant active infection confirmed by clinical evidence, imaging, or positive laboratory tests (e.g., blood cultures, PCR for DNA/RNA, etc.)
- Presence of active hepatitis B or C as indicated by serology.
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive test.
- Active neurological autoimmune or inflammatory disorders not related to B cell NHL (eg: Guillain-Barre syndrome, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
- Active central nervous system (CNS) involvement by malignancy.
- Patients with B-cell NHL in the context of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) associated lymphomas.
Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03610724

Study Director: | Novartis Pharmaceuticals | Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
Responsible Party: | Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03610724 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CCTL019C2202 2017-005019-15 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | August 1, 2018 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 15, 2023 |
Last Verified: | May 2023 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
Plan Description: | Novartis is committed to sharing with qualified external researchers, access to patient-level data and supporting clinical documents from eligible studies. These requests are reviewed and approved by an independent expert panel on the basis of scientific merit. All data provided is anonymized to respect the privacy of patients who have participated in the trial in line with applicable laws and regulations. This trial data is currently available according to the process described on www.clinicalstudydatarequest.com. |
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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Tisagenlecleucel relapsed/refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma pediatric patients Burkitt lymphoma (BL) Burkitt leukemia (BL) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) |
primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL) gray zone lymphoma (GZL) follicular lymphoma (FL) leukapheresis lymphodepleting chemotherapy (LD) NHL |
Lymphoma Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Lymphoproliferative Disorders Lymphatic Diseases |
Immunoproliferative Disorders Immune System Diseases Tisagenlecleucel Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological Antineoplastic Agents |