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A Phase 1/2 Study of Betalutin for Treatment of Relapsed Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

A Phase 1/2 Study of Lutetium (177Lu)-Lilotomab Satetraxetan (Betalutin®) Antibody-radionuclide-conjugate for Treatment of Relapsed Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 1Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01796171
Acronym
LYMRIT-37-01
Enrollment
191
Registered
2013-02-21
Start date
2012-12-31
Completion date
2022-10-27
Last updated
2024-06-21

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Follicular Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Keywords

Radioimmunotherapy, Lu-177, Phase I study, Phase II study, Betalutin

Brief summary

This study is a Phase 1/2 open-label three part study in patients with relapsed indolent Non-Hodgkin's lymohoma (NHL) (Parts A and C) or relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma (FL) (Part B).

Detailed description

Part A of the study was a Phase 1/2a study to assess the safety and preliminary efficacy of different treatment regimens of Betalutin with expansion at the candidate recommended Phase 2 doses. Part B was a dedicated Phase 2b randomized substudy to further assess the efficacy and safety of the candidate recommended Phase II doses. Part C was a Phase 2a fixed dose expansion cohort planned to obtain supplementary pharmacokinetic data.

Interventions

DRUG20 MBq/kg Betalutin
DRUG40 mg lilotomab
DRUG100 mg/m2 lilotomab
DRUG60 mg/m2 lilotomab
DRUGRituximab
DRUG12.5 mBq/kg Betalutin

Sponsors

ICON Clinical Research
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Nordic Nanovector
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Part A and Part C: Inclusion Criteria: 1. Histologically confirmed (by World Health Organization \[WHO\] classification) relapsed incurable non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma of following subtypes; follicular grade I-IIIA (for Part C, this excludes patients meeting Part B criteria, who should enter Part B), marginal zone, small lymphocytic, lymphoplasmacytic, mantle cell. 2. Age ≥ 18 years. 3. Part A: A pre-study WHO performance status of 0-1; Part C: WHO performance status of 0-2. 4. Life expectancy should be ≥3 months. 5. \<25% tumour cells in bone marrow biopsy (biopsy taken from a site not previously irradiated). 6. Measurable disease by radiological methods. 7. Women of childbearing potential must: 1. understand that the study medication is expected to have teratogenic risk. 2. have a negative pregnancy test. 3. agree to use, and be able to comply with, effective contraception without interruption, 4 weeks before starting study medication, throughout study medication therapy and for 12 months after end of study medication therapy, even if she has amenorrhoea. 8. Male patients must agree to use condoms during intercourse throughout study medication therapy and the following 12 months. 9. Patients previously treated with native rituximab are eligible. 10. The patient is willing and able to comply with the protocol, and agrees to return to the hospital for follow up visits and examination. 11. The patient has been fully informed about the study and has signed the informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Medical contraindications, including uncontrolled infection, severe cardiac, pulmonary, neurologic, psychiatric or metabolic disease, uncontrolled asthma/allergy requiring systemic steroids, known to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive. 2\. Laboratory values within 15 days pre-registration: 1. Absolute neutrophil counts (ANC) ≤1.5×109/L. 2. Part A: Platelet count ≤150×109/L; Part C: Platelet count \<150×109/L. For Part C, criteria 2a and 2b must be satisfied within 72 hours of the administration of rituximab 3. Total bilirubin ≥30 mmol/L (Part A only). Total bilirubin \> 1.5×ULN (except patients with documented Gilbert's syndrome \[≥3.0 mg/dL\]) (Part C only). 4. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and alanine transaminase (ALT) ≥4×normal level (Part A only). Aspartate transaminase (AST), ALT or ALP \>2.5×ULN (or \>5.0×ULN with liver involvement by primary disease). (Part C only). 5. Creatinine ≥115 µmol/L (men), 97 µmol/L (women) (Part A only). Serum creatinine ≥1.5×ULN (Part C only). 6. Haemoglobin \<9.0 g/dL (Part C only). 3. Known central nervous system (CNS) involvement of lymphoma. 4. Previous total body irradiation. 5. Positive test for human anti-murine antibody (HAMA) at screening. 6. Chemotherapy or immunotherapy received within the last 4 weeks prior to start of study treatment. Pre treatment with rituximab is allowed. 7\. Pregnant or lactating women. 8. Previous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (autologous and allogenic). 9. Part A: Previous treatment with radioimmunotherapy. Part C: Not applicable. 10. Actively participating in another study or received an IMP within 4 weeks prior to enrolment. 11\. Receipt of live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to enrolment. 12. Part A and Part C: Test positive for hepatitis B (HBsAg and anti-HBc). Part C only: Test positive for hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). 13\. A known hypersensitivity to rituximab, lilotomab, Betalutin or murine proteins or any excipient used in rituximab, lilotomab, or Betalutin. Part B: Inclusion Criteria: Histologically confirmed (by WHO classification) relapsed non-Hodgkin B-cell FL (grade I IIIA). 2\. Male or female aged ≥18 years. 3. Received at least 2 prior systemic anti-neoplastic or immunotherapy-based regimens (maintenance therapy following a CR/PR is not considered to be a separate line of therapy). Systemic regimens including agents such as idelalisib or other PI3K inhibitors qualify as a prior line of therapy. 4\. Prior therapy must have included a rituximab/anti-CD20 agent and an alkylating agent - which may be been administered in separate regimens. 5\. Patients must be refractory to any at least one previous regimen that contained rituximab or an anti CD20 agent, with refractoriness defined as: i. no response (no CR or PR) during therapy, or ii. a response (CR/PR) lasting less than 6 months after the completion of a regimen including rituximab/anti-CD20 therapy (including occurrence of progressive disease (PD) during rituximab/anti-CD20 maintenance therapy, or within 6 months of completion of maintenance therapy). 6\. WHO performance status of 0-2. 7. Life expectancy of ≥3 months. 8. Bone marrow tumour infiltration \<25% (in biopsy taken from a site not previously irradiated). 9\. Measurable disease by CT or MRI: longest diameter (LDi) \>1.5 cm for nodal lesion, LDi \>1.0 cm for extra nodal lesion on an assessment performed during the screening period. Criteria 10 and 11 must be satisfied within 72 hours of the administration of rituximab: 10\. ANC ≥1.5×109/L. 11. Platelet count ≥100×109/L. Criteria 12 to 15 must be verified at time of eligibility review within 2 weeks prior to rituximab administration: 12\. Haemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL. 13. Total bilirubin ≤1.5×upper limit of normal (ULN) (except patients with documented Gilbert's syndrome \[\<3.0 mg/dL\]). 14\. Liver enzymes: AST; ALT or ALP ≤2.5×ULN (or ≤5.0×ULN with liver involvement by primary disease). 15\. Adequate renal function as demonstrated by a serum creatinine \<1.5×ULN. 16. Women of childbearing potential must: 1. understand that the study medication is expected to have teratogenic risk. 2. have a negative serum beta human-chorionic gonadotropin (ß-HCG) pregnancy test at screening. 3. commit to continued abstinence from heterosexual intercourse (excluding periodic abstinence or the withdrawal method) or begin a highly effective method of birth control with a Pearl-Index \<1%, without interruption, from 4 weeks before starting study medication, throughout study medication therapy and for 12 months after end of study medication therapy, even if she has amenorrhoea. Apart from abstinence, highly effective methods of birth control are: i. Combined (oestrogen and progestogen containing) hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, intravaginal, transdermal). ii. Progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, injectable, implantable) iii. Intrauterine device (IUD). iv. Intrauterine hormone-releasing system (IUS). v. Bilateral tubal occlusion. vi. Vasectomised partner. 17. Male patients must agree to use condoms during intercourse throughout study treatment administration and for 12 months following administration of Betalutin. 18\. The patient is willing and able to comply with the protocol, and agrees to return to the hospital for follow up visits and examination. 19\. The patient has been fully informed about the study and has signed the informed consent form. 20\. Negative HAMA test at screening. 21. Negative test at screening for Hepatitis B (negative HBsAg and anti-HBc), Hepatitis C and HIV.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Part A, Phase I12 weeksNumber of participants with dose limiting toxicities (DLTs) in Part A
Part A, Phase IIa5 yearsTumour response rates in patients in Part A receiving Betalutin based on evaluation of CT scan images including PET/CT imaging (and bone marrow biopsy if applicable).
Part B, Phase IIbup to 5 yearsOverall response rate in Part B defined as the number of participants with a best response of complete remission or partial remission at any time

Countries

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (Türkiye), United Kingdom, United States

Participant flow

Recruitment details

Patients were recruited in the Australia, Canada, the European Union, Israel, Norway, Singapore, Turkey, United Kingdom (UK) and United States (US)

Pre-assignment details

255 patients were screened in the 28 days before the start of treatment, 191 were enrolled, 190 started pre-treatment with rituximab (one enrolled participant died before starting rituximab) and 187 were treated with Betalutin

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Part A, Arm 1: 10 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosing
10 MBq/kg Betalutin 40 mg lilotomab
4
Part A, Arm 1: 15 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosing
15 MBq/kg Betalutin 40 mg lilotomab
36
Part A, Arm 1: 20 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosing
20 MBq/kg Betalutin 40 mg lilotomab
3
Part A, Arm 2: 10 MBq/kg Betalutin With no Pre-dosing
10 MBq/kg Betalutin
1
Part A, Arm 2: 15 MBq/kg Betalutin With no Pre-dosing
15 MBq/kg Betalutin
2
Part A, Arm 3: 15 MBq/kg Betalutin With Rituximab Pre-dosing
15 MBq/kg Betalutin Rituximab
3
Part A, Arm 4: 15 MBq/kg Betalutin With Higher Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosing
15 MBq/kg Betalutin 100 mg/m2 lilotomab
3
Part A, Arm 4: 20 MBq/kg Betalutin With Higher Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosing
20 MBq/kg Betalutin 100 mg/m2 lilotomab
19
Part A, Arm 5: 20 MBq/kg Betalutin With Intermediate Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosing
20 MBq/kg Betalutin 60 mg/m2 lilotomab
3
Part A - Received Rituximab Only
Participant received pre-treatment only and was withdrawn before receiving Betalutin
2
Part B Arm 1 and Part and C: 15 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosing
15 MBq/kg Betalutin 40 mg lilotomab Note: these two groups were combined for the purposes of the safety analyses as they received the same treatment therefore have been combined for the purposes of reporting baseline variables for consistency
76
Part B, Arm 2: 20 MBq/kg Betalutin With Higher Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosing
20 MBq/kg Betalutin 100 mg/m2 lilotomab
28
Part B, Arm 3: 12.5 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosing
40 mg lilotomab 12.5 mBq/kg Betalutin
9
Part B - Received Rituximab Only
Participant received pre-treatment only and was withdrawn before receiving Betalutin
1
Total190

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001FG002FG003FG004FG005FG006FG007FG008FG009FG010FG011FG012FG013FG014
EnrolledDeath000000000000001
Follow-up PeriodDeath0000001000179100
Follow-up PeriodPatient transferred to other hospital010000000000000
Follow-up PeriodPhysician Decision020000000050000
Follow-up PeriodProgressive disease010000030000000
Follow-up PeriodSponsor Decision00000000004015700
Follow-up PeriodStart of further anticancer therapy42521221152000000
Follow-up PeriodWithdrawal by Subject010001000031000
Pre-reatment With RituximabAdverse Event000000000200000
Pre-reatment With RituximabWithdrawal by Subject000000000000010
Treatment Period With BetalutinDeath000000000020000
Treatment Period With BetalutinPhysician Decision000000000051100
Treatment Period With BetalutinProgressive disease010000000000000
Treatment Period With BetalutinSponsor Decision000000000020000
Treatment Period With BetalutinStart of further anticancer therapy000000001011000
Treatment Period With BetalutinWithdrawal by Subject000000000011000

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicPart A, Arm 1: 15 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart A, Arm 1: 20 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart A, Arm 2: 10 MBq/kg Betalutin With no Pre-dosingPart A, Arm 2: 15 MBq/kg Betalutin With no Pre-dosingPart A, Arm 3: 15 MBq/kg Betalutin With Rituximab Pre-dosingPart A, Arm 4: 15 MBq/kg Betalutin With Higher Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart A, Arm 4: 20 MBq/kg Betalutin With Higher Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart A, Arm 1: 10 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart A, Arm 5: 20 MBq/kg Betalutin With Intermediate Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart A - Received Rituximab OnlyPart B Arm 1 and Part and C: 15 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart B, Arm 2: 20 MBq/kg Betalutin With Higher Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart B, Arm 3: 12.5 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart B - Received Rituximab OnlyTotal
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
25 Participants2 Participants1 Participants2 Participants3 Participants2 Participants15 Participants2 Participants2 Participants2 Participants47 Participants19 Participants5 Participants0 Participants127 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
11 Participants1 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants1 Participants4 Participants2 Participants1 Participants0 Participants29 Participants9 Participants4 Participants1 Participants63 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants1 Participants0 Participants0 Participants1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants3 Participants4 Participants0 Participants0 Participants7 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
36 Participants3 Participants1 Participants2 Participants3 Participants3 Participants19 Participants4 Participants3 Participants2 Participants73 Participants23 Participants9 Participants1 Participants182 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
19 Participants0 Participants0 Participants1 Participants2 Participants0 Participants9 Participants1 Participants1 Participants2 Participants46 Participants16 Participants3 Participants1 Participants101 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
17 Participants3 Participants1 Participants1 Participants1 Participants3 Participants10 Participants3 Participants2 Participants0 Participants30 Participants12 Participants6 Participants0 Participants89 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
EG002
affected / at risk
EG003
affected / at risk
EG004
affected / at risk
EG005
affected / at risk
EG006
affected / at risk
EG007
affected / at risk
EG008
affected / at risk
EG009
affected / at risk
EG010
affected / at risk
EG011
affected / at risk
EG012
affected / at risk
EG013
affected / at risk
EG014
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
2 / 410 / 360 / 30 / 10 / 22 / 32 / 36 / 181 / 40 / 223 / 7611 / 281 / 90 / 11 / 1
other
Total, other adverse events
3 / 436 / 363 / 30 / 12 / 23 / 33 / 316 / 184 / 42 / 261 / 7622 / 289 / 91 / 10 / 1
serious
Total, serious adverse events
1 / 47 / 362 / 30 / 12 / 21 / 31 / 30 / 180 / 40 / 012 / 767 / 280 / 91 / 10 / 1

Outcome results

Primary

Part A, Phase I

Number of participants with dose limiting toxicities (DLTs) in Part A

Time frame: 12 weeks

Population: Population evaluable for DLTs. Note one further participant was treated with 20 MBq Betalutin and 100 mg/m2 lilotomab but was underdosed with lilotomab so was not evaluable for DLTs and has not been included.

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Part A, Arm 1: 10 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart A, Phase I0 Participants
Part A, Arm 1: 15 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart A, Phase I1 Participants
Part A, Arm 1: 20 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart A, Phase I3 Participants
Part A, Arm 2: 10 MBq/kg Betalutin With no Pre-dosingPart A, Phase I0 Participants
Part A, Arm 2: 15 MBq/kg Betalutin With no Pre-dosingPart A, Phase I2 Participants
Part A, Arm 3: 15 MBq/kg Betalutin With Rituximab Pre-dosingPart A, Phase I1 Participants
Part A, Arm 4: 15 MBq/kg Betalutin With Higher Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart A, Phase I1 Participants
Part A, Arm 4: 20 MBq/kg Betalutin With Higher Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart A, Phase I1 Participants
Part A, Arm 5: 20 MBq/kg Betalutin With Intermediate Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart A, Phase I0 Participants
Primary

Part A, Phase IIa

Tumour response rates in patients in Part A receiving Betalutin based on evaluation of CT scan images including PET/CT imaging (and bone marrow biopsy if applicable).

Time frame: 5 years

Population: Per-protocol analysis set: participants receiving Betalutin who had adequate tumour assessments at baseline, and after ≥12 weeks (unless disease progression occurred), and no major protocol deviations impacting on efficacy results. Only participants in Phase IIa with FL receiving 40/15 and 100/20 With FL were analyzed. This was the analysis set selected for efficacy analysis as this was the population selected for further analysis in the larger Part B study.

ArmMeasureCategoryValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Part A, Arm 1: 10 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart A, Phase IIaComplete remission7 Participants
Part A, Arm 1: 10 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart A, Phase IIaPartial remission5 Participants
Part A, Arm 1: 10 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart A, Phase IIaStable disease3 Participants
Part A, Arm 1: 10 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart A, Phase IIaProgressive disease3 Participants
Part A, Arm 1: 15 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart A, Phase IIaProgressive disease0 Participants
Part A, Arm 1: 15 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart A, Phase IIaComplete remission2 Participants
Part A, Arm 1: 15 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart A, Phase IIaStable disease1 Participants
Part A, Arm 1: 15 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart A, Phase IIaPartial remission6 Participants
Primary

Part B, Phase IIb

Overall response rate in Part B defined as the number of participants with a best response of complete remission or partial remission at any time

Time frame: up to 5 years

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Part A, Arm 1: 10 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart B, Phase IIb28 Participants
Part A, Arm 1: 15 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart B, Phase IIb9 Participants
Part A, Arm 1: 20 MBq/kg Betalutin With Lower Dose Lilotomab Pre-dosingPart B, Phase IIb2 Participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 25, 2026