A Randomized, Double-blind, Parallel-controlled Phase I Study to Compare the Pharmacokinetic Characteristics, Safety, Tolerability, and Immunogenicity of HLX15-SC With DARZALEX FASPRO® in Combination With Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone (Rd) in Transplant-ineligible Patients With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma
The purpose of this study is to compare the pharmacokinetic (PK) similarity, safety, tolerability, immunogenicity, and efficacy of HLX15-SC versus US-DARZALEX FASPRO® following single and multiple subcutaneous (SC) injections in newly diagnosed MM patients ineligible for transplant. Participants who meet all inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria will receive either the HLX15-SC-Rd regimen or the D-Rd regimen for 4 cycles (one cycle = 4 weeks). After 4 cycles of treatment, based on clinical benefit and participant preference, participants may continue to receive the locally marketed daratumumab subcutaneous formulation (Dara-SC) in combination with Rd according to clinical practice, up to 32 weeks or until loss of clinical benefit, death, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of informed consent, or any other protocol-specified reason, whichever occurs first. After 32 weeks of dosing, participants will continue to receive appropriate standard of care according to local guidelines (including marketed Dara-SC).
• Age ≥ 18 years at the time of signing the informed consent form (ICF).
• Body mass index (BMI): 18.5 kg/m2 ≤ BMI \< 28 kg/m2.
• Subjects must participate voluntarily, understand the study, and sign the ICF.
• Patients must have a documented diagnosis of multiple myeloma (MM) according to the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) criteria, with measurable lesion .
• Serum albumin ≥ 35 g/L.
• Newly diagnosed, untreated, and considered ineligible for high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) by the investigator.
• The patient's ECOG performance status must be 0 or 1 .
• Patient must have clinical laboratory values meeting the following criteria during the screening period:
∙ Hemoglobin ≥ 7.5 g/dL (≥ 5 mmol/L; red blood cell \[RBC\] transfusion or use of recombinant human erythropoietin at least 1 week prior to randomization is allowed).
‣ Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.0 × 109/L (use of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor \[G-CSF\] is allowed).
‣ Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN).
‣ Without the following evidence of impaired liver function, including mild impairment (total bilirubin ≤ ULN and AST \> ULN or ULN \< total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN), moderate impairment (1.5 x ULN \< total bilirubin ≤ 3 x ULN), and severe impairment (total bilirubin \> 3 x ULN).
‣ Measured creatinine clearance ≥ 40 mL/min .
‣ Corrected serum calcium \< 14 mg/dL (\< 3.5 mmol/L); or free ionized calcium \< 6.5 mg/dL (\< 1.6 mmol/L) .
‣ Platelet count ≥ 70 × 109/L for patients with plasma cells \< 50% of bone marrow nucleated cells; platelet count \> 50 × 109/L for all other patients (transfusion within 3 days prior to randomization to achieve the minimum platelet count is not permitted).
• Contraceptive criteria: Contraceptive use by men or women should be consistent with local regulations regarding the methods of contraception for those participating in clinical studies.
∙ Female patients: a female patient is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant or breastfeeding, and at least one of the following conditions applies:
∙ Not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) or WOCBP: must commit to either abstain continuously from heterosexual sexual intercourse or to use 2 methods of reliable birth control simultaneously from signed ICF to at least 140 days following the last dose of study products. This includes one highly effective contraceptive method with a failure rate of \< 1% per year (tubal ligation, intrauterine device, hormonal \[birth control pills, injections, hormonal patches, vaginal rings or implants\] or partner's vasectomy) and one additional effective contraceptive method (male latex or synthetic condom, diaphragm, or cervical cap). Reliable contraception is indicated even where there has been a history of infertility, unless due to hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy.
∙ The subjects also need to agree not to donate or cryopreservation eggs (ova, oocytes) from signed ICF to at least 140 days following the last dose of study products.
‣ Male patients: male patients are eligible to participate if they agree to the following during the intervention period and for at least 140 days following the last dose of study products:
• Be abstinent from heterosexual intercourse as their preferred and usual lifestyle (abstinent on a long-term and persistent basis) and agree to remain abstinent.
• or Agree to use a male condom and female partner to use an additional highly effective contraceptive method with a failure rate of \<1% per year as when having sexual intercourse with a woman of childbearing potential who is not currently pregnant.
• Agree not to donate or cryopreservation sperm.
⁃ A WOCBP must have a negative serum pregnancy test at screening within 72 h prior to randomization. The investigator is responsible for review of medical history, menstrual history, and recent sexual activity to decrease the risk for inclusion of a woman with an early undetected pregnancy