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Study of Nivolumab in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) That Have Either Failed or Are Not Eligible for Autologous Stem Cell Transplant (CheckMate 139)

A Single-Arm, Open-Label, Phase 2 Study of Nivolumab (BMS-936558) in Subjects With Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) After Failure of Autologous Stem Cell Transplant (ASCT) or After Failure of At Least Two Prior Multi-Agent Chemotherapy Regimens in Subjects Who Are Not Candidates for ASCT

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02038933
Enrollment
121
Registered
2014-01-17
Start date
2014-03-05
Completion date
2020-10-08
Last updated
2021-10-14

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

Conditions

Lymphoma. Non-Hodgkin

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Nivolumab is effective in the treatment of DLBCL in patients that have failed or are ineligible for ASCT

Interventions

DRUGNivolumab

Sponsors

Bristol-Myers Squibb
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

For more information regarding BMS clinical trial participation, please visit www.BMSStudyConnect.com Inclusion Criteria: * Confirmation of relapsed or refractory DLBCL or transformed lymphoma (TL) * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 -1 * At least one lesion that measures \>1.5 cm * Prior therapy and screening lab criteria must be met * Appropriate contraceptive measures must be taken

Exclusion criteria

* Known central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma * History of interstitial lung disease, prior malignancy, active autoimmune disease, positive test for hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus * Prior allogeneic stem cell transplant (SCT), chest radiation ≤ 24 weeks from study drug, ≥1000 mg of Carmustine Bis-chloroethylnitrosourea (BCNU) as part of pre-transplant conditioning regimen, prior treatment with drug targeting T-cell costimulation or immune checkpoint pathways * Women who are breastfeeding or pregnant

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Objective Response Rate (ORR) Per Independent Radiologic Review Committee (IRRC) AssessmentFrom first dose until date of documented disease progression or subsequent therapy, whichever occurs first (assesed up to April 2016, approximately 25 months)ORR is defined as the percentage of participants with a Best Overall Response (BOR) of Complete Remission (CR) or Partial Remission (PR), according to the 2007 revised International Working Group (IWG) Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma, , based on IRRC assessment. CR= Disappearance of all evidence of disease, confirmed by PET scan; PR= Regression of measurable disease and no emergence of new sites

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Complete Remission RateFrom date of first dose to study completion (up to approximately 78 months)Complete Remission Rate is defined as the percentage of participants with a Best Overall Response (BOR) of Complete Response (CR) according to the 2007 revised IWG Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma, based on Independent Radiology Review Committee (IRRC) assessment. CR= Disappearance of all evidence of disease, confirmed by PET scan.
Duration of Complete RemissionFrom time of first documentation of CR to the date of initial documented disease progression or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first (up approximately 14 months)The duration of Complete Remission is defined as the time from first documentation of Complete Response (CR) (which is the date of first negative FDG-PET scan or the date of first documentation of no disease involvement in the bone marrow \[if required\], whichever occurs later) to the date of initial objectively documented progression as determined using the 2007 IWG criteria, based on Independent Radiology Review Committee (IRRC) assessment, or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first. CR= Disappearance of all evidence of disease, confirmed by PET scan.
Partial Remission RateFrom date of first dose to study completion (up to approximately 78 months)Partial Remission rate is defined as the percentage of participants with a Best Overall Response (BOR) of Partial Response (PR) according to the 2007 revised IWG Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma, based on Independent Radiology Review Committee (IRRC) assessment. PR= Regression of measurable disease and no emergence of new sites.
Duration of Response (DOR)From date of first response to the date of documented disease progression or death, whichever occurs first (up to approximately 18 months)DOR is defined as the time from first response (Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR)) to the date of initial objectively documented progression as determined using the 2007 revised IWG Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma, based on Independent Radiology Review Committee (IRRC) assessment, or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first. CR= Disappearance of all evidence of disease, confirmed by PET scan; PR= Regression of measurable disease and no emergence of new sites.
Progression Free SurvivalFrom date of first dose to date of documented disease progression or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first (up to approximately 2 months)Progression Free Survival (PFS) is defined as the time from first dosing date to the date of the first documented progression, as determined by an Independent Radiology Review Committee (IRRC) according to the 2007 revised IWG Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma, or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.
Objective Response Rate (ORR) Per Investigator AssessmentFrom first dose until date of documented disease progression or subsequent therapy, whichever occurs first (up to approximately 30 months)ORR is defined as the percentage of participants with a Best Overall Response (BOR) of Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR), according to investigator assessment. CR= Disappearance of all evidence of disease, confirmed by PET scan; PR= Regression of measurable disease and no emergence of new sites.
Duration of Partial RemissionFrom date of first documentation of PR to date of disease progression or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first (up to approximately 12 months)Duration of Partial Remission is defined as the time from first documentation of Partial Response (PR) to the date of initial objectively documented progression as determined using the 2007 IWG criteria, based on Independent Radiology Review Committee (IRRC) assessment, or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first. PR= Regression of measurable disease and no emergence of new sites.

Countries

Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Participant flow

Pre-assignment details

121 participants entered the treatment period.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
ASCT-failed
Participants who failed Autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT), treated with Nivolumab 3 mg/Kg Q2W
87
ASCT-ineligible
Participants who were ineligible for Autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT), treated with Nivolumab 3 mg/Kg Q2W
34
Total121

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyAdverse event unrelated to study drug6
Overall StudyDisease progression104
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up1
Overall StudyOther reasons2
Overall StudyParticipant request to discontinue treatment2
Overall StudyStudy drug toxicity6

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicASCT-ineligibleTotalASCT-failed
Age, Continuous66.4 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 12.98
61.1 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 11.96
59.1 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.94
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
1 Participants3 Participants2 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
20 Participants64 Participants44 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
13 Participants54 Participants41 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
1 Participants12 Participants11 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
2 Participants5 Participants3 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants2 Participants2 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
31 Participants102 Participants71 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
13 Participants44 Participants31 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
21 Participants77 Participants56 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
98 / 121
other
Total, other adverse events
109 / 121
serious
Total, serious adverse events
83 / 121

Outcome results

Primary

Objective Response Rate (ORR) Per Independent Radiologic Review Committee (IRRC) Assessment

ORR is defined as the percentage of participants with a Best Overall Response (BOR) of Complete Remission (CR) or Partial Remission (PR), according to the 2007 revised International Working Group (IWG) Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma, , based on IRRC assessment. CR= Disappearance of all evidence of disease, confirmed by PET scan; PR= Regression of measurable disease and no emergence of new sites

Time frame: From first dose until date of documented disease progression or subsequent therapy, whichever occurs first (assesed up to April 2016, approximately 25 months)

Population: All treated participants

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
ASCT-failedObjective Response Rate (ORR) Per Independent Radiologic Review Committee (IRRC) Assessment10.3 Percent of participants
ASCT-ineligibleObjective Response Rate (ORR) Per Independent Radiologic Review Committee (IRRC) Assessment2.9 Percent of participants
Secondary

Complete Remission Rate

Complete Remission Rate is defined as the percentage of participants with a Best Overall Response (BOR) of Complete Response (CR) according to the 2007 revised IWG Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma, based on Independent Radiology Review Committee (IRRC) assessment. CR= Disappearance of all evidence of disease, confirmed by PET scan.

Time frame: From date of first dose to study completion (up to approximately 78 months)

Population: All treated participants

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
ASCT-failedComplete Remission Rate3.4 Percent of participants
ASCT-ineligibleComplete Remission Rate0 Percent of participants
Secondary

Duration of Complete Remission

The duration of Complete Remission is defined as the time from first documentation of Complete Response (CR) (which is the date of first negative FDG-PET scan or the date of first documentation of no disease involvement in the bone marrow \[if required\], whichever occurs later) to the date of initial objectively documented progression as determined using the 2007 IWG criteria, based on Independent Radiology Review Committee (IRRC) assessment, or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first. CR= Disappearance of all evidence of disease, confirmed by PET scan.

Time frame: From time of first documentation of CR to the date of initial documented disease progression or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first (up approximately 14 months)

Population: All participants with CR

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
ASCT-failedDuration of Complete RemissionNA Months
Secondary

Duration of Partial Remission

Duration of Partial Remission is defined as the time from first documentation of Partial Response (PR) to the date of initial objectively documented progression as determined using the 2007 IWG criteria, based on Independent Radiology Review Committee (IRRC) assessment, or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first. PR= Regression of measurable disease and no emergence of new sites.

Time frame: From date of first documentation of PR to date of disease progression or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first (up to approximately 12 months)

Population: All participants with PR

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
ASCT-failedDuration of Partial Remission6.64 Months
ASCT-ineligibleDuration of Partial Remission8.34 Months
Secondary

Duration of Response (DOR)

DOR is defined as the time from first response (Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR)) to the date of initial objectively documented progression as determined using the 2007 revised IWG Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma, based on Independent Radiology Review Committee (IRRC) assessment, or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first. CR= Disappearance of all evidence of disease, confirmed by PET scan; PR= Regression of measurable disease and no emergence of new sites.

Time frame: From date of first response to the date of documented disease progression or death, whichever occurs first (up to approximately 18 months)

Population: All participants with CR or PR

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
ASCT-failedDuration of Response (DOR)11.43 Months
ASCT-ineligibleDuration of Response (DOR)8.34 Months
Secondary

Objective Response Rate (ORR) Per Investigator Assessment

ORR is defined as the percentage of participants with a Best Overall Response (BOR) of Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR), according to investigator assessment. CR= Disappearance of all evidence of disease, confirmed by PET scan; PR= Regression of measurable disease and no emergence of new sites.

Time frame: From first dose until date of documented disease progression or subsequent therapy, whichever occurs first (up to approximately 30 months)

Population: All treated participants

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
ASCT-failedObjective Response Rate (ORR) Per Investigator Assessment19.5 Percent of participants
ASCT-ineligibleObjective Response Rate (ORR) Per Investigator Assessment2.9 Percent of participants
Secondary

Partial Remission Rate

Partial Remission rate is defined as the percentage of participants with a Best Overall Response (BOR) of Partial Response (PR) according to the 2007 revised IWG Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma, based on Independent Radiology Review Committee (IRRC) assessment. PR= Regression of measurable disease and no emergence of new sites.

Time frame: From date of first dose to study completion (up to approximately 78 months)

Population: All treated participants

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
ASCT-failedPartial Remission Rate6.9 Percent of participants
ASCT-ineligiblePartial Remission Rate2.9 Percent of participants
Secondary

Progression Free Survival

Progression Free Survival (PFS) is defined as the time from first dosing date to the date of the first documented progression, as determined by an Independent Radiology Review Committee (IRRC) according to the 2007 revised IWG Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma, or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.

Time frame: From date of first dose to date of documented disease progression or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first (up to approximately 2 months)

Population: All treated participants

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
ASCT-failedProgression Free Survival1.87 Months
ASCT-ineligibleProgression Free Survival1.41 Months

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 28, 2026