NYMC623: A Comprehensive Risk-adapted Chemommunotherapy Protocol of Emerging Immunotherapies for Relapsed/Refractory Alk+ Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ACCELERATE)
Children, adolescents, and young adults (CAYA) with relapsed/refractory (R/R) high-risk ALK+ Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL) have a low incidence of overall survival. This clinical trial will investigate if a new FDA approved medication called Nivolumab (NIVO) (which is a checkpoint blockade immunotherapy) combined with chemotherapy based on the patients risk status to get the patient into the best response possible. Then patients will receive lower doses of chemoimmunotherapy and allogeneic stem cell transplantation (stem cells from another person). The investigators this this new treatment will improve survival rates in this high-risk population of patients.
• Patients must weigh ≥10 kilograms at the time of study enrollment.
• Patients with relapsed or refractory histologically or cytologically proven ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma meeting Low or High Risk Criteria:
⁃ Low Risk Cohort (LR cohort):
• Any patient with FIRST RELAPSE \> ONE YEAR from initial diagnosis of de novo ALK+ ALCL,
• Common histology,
• CD3 negative, AND
• No prior exposure to vinblastine (VBL).
⁃ High-Risk Cohort (HR cohort):
• Any patient with RELAPSED OR PROGRESSIVE DISEASE less than ONE YEAR from initial diagnosis of de novo ALK+ ALCL,
• Small cell/histiocytic histology,
• CD3 positive (homogeneous staining of CD3 positive T-cells)
• Patients must have adequate organ function.
• Patients must have performance status 60 or above.