Pidilizumab (CT-011)

Diseases for which it is used

• Aggressive Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

DLBCL, post-transplant

Pidilizumab (CT-011)

Regimen

Phase II

Treatment is to begin within 30 to 90 days after autologous stem-cell transplant for chemoresponsive disease.

• Pidilizumab (CT-011) 1.5 mg/kg IV once

Supportive medications:

• Acetaminophen (Tylenol) or Ibuprofen prior to Pidilizumab (CT-011)
• Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) or Promethazine (Phenergan) prior to Pidilizumab (CT-011)

42-day cycle x 3 cycles

• Follicular lymphoma

Preliminary data

1. Armand P, Nagler A, Weller EA, Devine SM, Avigan DE, Chen YB, Kaminski MS, Kent Holland H, Winter JN, Mason JR, Fay JW, Rizzieri DA, Hosing CM, Ball ED, Uberti JP, Lazarus HM, Mapara MY, Gregory SA, Timmerman JM, Andorsky D, Or R, Waller EK, Rotem-Yehudar R, Gordon LI. Disabling Immune Tolerance by Programmed Death-1 Blockade With Pidilizumab After Autologous Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Results of an International Phase II Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2013 Oct 14. [Epub ahead of print] link to original article contains verified protocol PubMed
2. Westin JR, Chu F, Zhang M, Fayad LE, Kwak LW, Fowler N, Romaguera J, Hagemeister F, Fanale M, Samaniego F, Feng L, Baladandayuthapani V, Wang Z, Ma W, Gao Y, Wallace M, Vence LM, Radvanyi L, Muzzafar T, Rotem-Yehudar R, Davis RE, Neelapu SS. Safety and activity of PD1 blockade by pidilizumab in combination with rituximab in patients with relapsed follicular lymphoma: a single group, open-label, phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2014 Jan;15(1):69-77. link to original article Epub 2013 Dec 11. PubMed