A Phase I/II, Open-label, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Preliminary Efficacy of EMB-07 (a Bispecific Antibody Targeting CD3 and Receptor-tyrosine-kinase-like Orphan Receptor 1 [ROR1]) Combination Therapy in Patients With Aggressive B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
This is an open-label, multicenter, Phase I/II study designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic characteristics, and preliminary efficacy of EMB-07 combination therapy in adult patients with aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL). The study consists two phases: Phase I of dose escalation and Phase II of dose expansion. Approximately 115 patients will be enrolled in this study (i.e., 5 cohorts of approximately 23 patients per cohort). Multiple EMB-07-based combination regimens will be evaluated in patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) aggressive B-NHL (Cohort A) and patients with newly diagnosed aggressive B-NHL (Cohort B).
• Ability to understand and voluntarily sign the Informed Consent Form (ICF);
• Patients aged ≥18 years;
• Life expectancy \> 12 weeks;
• ECOG performance status score: ≤1 point during the dose escalation phase, ≤2 points during the dose expansion phase.
• Cohort A: Pathologically confirmed aggressive R/R B-NHL, including DLBCL, not otherwise specified (NOS), or DLBCL transformed from indolent lymphoma (e.g., follicular lymphoma) (t-DLBCL), or other aggressive B-NHL judged to potentially benefit from study treatment by the investigator and sponsor (e.g., high-grade B-cell lymphoma \[HGBL\], Richter transformation, other large B-cell lymphoma subtypes).
⁃ Cohort B: Newly diagnosed, treatment-naïve DLBCL NOS confirmed by pathology, or t-DLBCL not previously treated with adequate (at least 2 cycles) R-CHOP therapy (excluding Richter transformation or HGBL with BCL2/MYC±BCL6 rearrangements). Patients with newly diagnosed DLBCL NOS should have an International Prognostic Index (IPI) score ≥2 and Ann Arbor stage ≥2. The sponsor will reserve the right to limit the number of t-DLBCL patients enrolled in the study. Other aggressive B-NHLs patients who may benefit from the study treatment can be enrolled after careful risk/benefit assessment by the sponsor and investigator.