B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL)BIO-FIL_MABNCT07767799
Biological Analysis of MABs in NHL in a Translational Prospective Observational Study Within Italian Clinical Practice
An observational study of B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL), run by Fondazione Italiana Linfomi - ETS at 20 sites in Italy.
Trial summary
This a prospective, multicenter, observational pharmacological translational study designed to investigate the biological and imaging correlates of treatment with novel monoclonal antibodies (NMABs) in patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), enrolled in the observationa FIL_MAB study. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL)
- What is being tested?
- WP1 - Task 1 - Liquid analyses, WP1 - Task 2 - Immunological analyses and WP1 - Task 3 - Tumor tissue analyses
- How many people
- 1,000 participants
- Where
- 20 sitesItaly
- Study dates
- Oct 2026to Oct 2041
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: Being an observational translational study primarily aimed at descriptive and exploratory analyses, no formal statistical hypothesis testing is planned for BIO-FIL_MAB. The sample size is therefore determined based on feasibility and the expected availability of patients participating in the parent FIL-MAB clinical cohort. Overall, it is anticipated that at least 1000 patients will be enrolled and followed, providing a robust population for integrated biology, immunology, and imaging analyses alongside clinical outcomes.
Who may be able to join
- Adults (≥18 years old) are diagnosed with B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma;
- Patients enrolled in the FIL_MAB trial (provided by Informed Consent Form (ICF) signature) who are scheduled to receive treatment with novel monoclonal antibodies (NMABs), either as monotherapy or in combination with other therapies;
- Written informed consent to participate in this study.
Who cannot join
- Patients not enrolled in the FIL_MAB study.
- Evidence of other clinically significant uncontrolled condition(s) including, but not limited to:
- Uncontrolled and/or active systemic infection (viral, bacterial or fungal), including active ongoing infection from SARSCoV-2;
- Chronic or acute hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV) requiring treatment. Note: subjects with serologic evidence of prior vaccination to HBV (i.e., HBsAg negative, HBsAb positive and HBcAb negative) or positive HBcAb from previous infection or intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) may participate; inactive carriers (HBsAg positive with undetectable HBV- DNA) are eligible. Patients with presence of HCV antibody are eligible only if PCR negative for HCV-RNA;
- HIV seropositivity;
- Refusal or inability to provide informed consent.
- Refusal or inability to provide biological specimens.
Trial locations and contacts
20 sites in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
20 sites in 1 country
Italy20 sites
SCDU Ematologia -AOU SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo di Alessandria
Alessandria, 15121
Marco Ladetto, Prof., marco.ladetto@uniupo.it
Divisione di Oncologia e dei Tumori immuno-correlati - IRCCS Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano
Aviano, 33081
Michele Spina, MD, mspina@cro.it
U.O.C Ematologia - IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II - Bari
Bari, 70124
Giacomo Loseto, MD, g.loseto@oncologico.bari.it
SC Ematologia - Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII - Bergamo
Bergamo, 24127
Giuseppe Gritti, MD, g.gritti@asst-pg23.it
Istituto di Ematologia "Seragnoli" - Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi
Bologna, 40138
Beatrice Casadei, MD, beatrice.casadei10@unibo.it
Ematologia - ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia
Brescia, 25123
Alessandra Tucci, MD, alessandra.tucci@asst-spedalicivili.it
Ematologia - Fondazione del Piemonte per l'Oncologia - IRCCS
Candiolo, Torino, 10060
Francesca Bonello, MD, francesca.bonello@ircc.it
Oncoematologia IOV - Ospedale di Castelfranco Veneto
Castelfranco Veneto, Treviso, 31033
Mariella Lo Schirico, MD, mariella.loschirico@iov.veneto.it
S.C. Ematologia - A.O. S. Croce e Carle
Cuneo, 12100
Claudia Castellino, MD, castellino.c@ospedale.cuneo.it
Unità funzionale di Ematologia -Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi
Florence, 50141
Luca Nassi, MD, nassil@aou-careggi.toscana.it
Ematologia - Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano
Milan, 20133
Paolo Corradini, Prof., paolo.corradini@unimi.it
SC Ematologia - ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda
Milan, 20162
Vittorio Ruggero Zilioli, MD, vittorioruggero.zilioli@ospedaleniguarda.it
SCDU Ematologia - AOU Maggiore della Carità di Novara
Novara, 28100
Gianluca Gaidano, Prof., gianluca.gaidano@med.uniupo.it
UOC Ematologia Dipartimento Oncologico Ematologico - P.O. Spirito Santo di Pescara - ASL Pescara
Pescara, 65124
Elsa Pennese, MD, elsa.pennese@asl.pe.it
Ematologia - Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova - IRCCS -Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale
Reggio Emilia, 42123
Angela Ferrari, MD, ferrari.angela@ausl.re.it
Dipartimento di Medicina Traslazionale e di Precisione - Istituto Ematologia - Policlinico Umberto I - Università "La Sapienza" - Roma
Roma, 00161
Alice Di Rocco, Prof., dirocco@bce.uniroma1.it
Ematologia Universitaria - A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
Torino, 10126
Simone Ferrero, Prof., simone.ferrero@unito.it
S.C. Ematologia - A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
Torino, 10126
Mattia Novo, MD, mnovo@cittadellasalute.to.it
U.O. Ematologia - AOU Integrata di Verona
Verona, 37134
Ematologia - Ospedale S. Bortolo - ULSS 8 Berica
Vicenza, 36100
Maria Chiara Tisi, MD, mariachiara.tisi@aulss8.veneto.it
About this study
Official title: Multilayer Biological Analysis of Novel Monoclonal Antibodies (MABs) in B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL): A Translational and Prospective Observational Study Within Italian Clinical Practice (BIO-FIL_MAB Trial)
This a prospective, multicenter, observational pharmacological translational study designed to investigate the biological and imaging correlates of treatment with novel monoclonal antibodies (NMABs) in patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), enrolled in the observationa FIL_MAB study. Patients enrolled in BIO FIL-MAB are concurrently participating in the FIL-MAB clinical cohort, ensuring that all clinical data-including treatment details, outcomes, and safety-are captured within the main observational study.
Patients will undergo systematic collection of biological specimens including tumor tissue, peripheral blood integrated with advanced imaging data. Biological analyses will encompass molecular, cellular, and immunological assessments, while imaging evaluations will include standardized functional and metabolic imaging techniques. All biological and imaging assessments will be performed as routine clinical visits, without requiring modifications to treatment or additional procedures beyond standard-of-care.
Read the detailed description
This a prospective, multicenter, observational pharmacological translational study designed to investigate the biological and imaging correlates of treatment with novel monoclonal antibodies (NMABs) in patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), enrolled in the observational FIL_MAB study.
All clinical observations, including baseline characteristics, treatment exposure, and follow-up, are collected through the FIL-MAB study database, with a minimum follow-up of 60 months (5 years) from enrollment and correlated with biological findings for translational analysis performed in BIO-FIL_MAB study.
The BIO-FIL_MAB study will employ a structured schedule of biological and imaging assessments to monitor treatment outcomes and gather translational data. The timeline will be aligned with routine clinical practice:
- Prior to NMAB Treatment
- During NMAB Therapy (3 months after start of therapy, 9 months after start of therapy, progression/relapse).
This structured schedule ensures a comprehensive evaluation of both clinical and biological treatment effects, aligning with the study's translational objectives.
As an observational translational study primarily intended for descriptive and exploratory analyses, no formal statistical hypothesis testing is planned.
Therefore, the sample size has been determined based on feasibility considerations and the expected availability of patients participating in the parent FIL-MAB clinical cohort, thereby ensuring a robust population for integrated biological, immunological, and imaging analyses in association with clinical outcomes.
Overall, it is anticipated that at least 1000 patients will be consecutively enrolled and followed longitudinally in BIO-FIL_MAB study.
- Conditions
- B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL)
- Being tested
- WP1 - Task 1 - Liquid analyses, WP1 - Task 2 - Immunological analyses, WP1 - Task 3 - Tumor tissue analyses, WP1 - Task 4 - Imaging analyses, WP1 - Task 5 - Microbiome and metabolomics analyses
- Keywords
- NHL, NMAB, translational, biological, samples, observational, Liquid analyses, Immunological analyses, Tumor tissue analyses
- Medical subject headings
- Lymphoma, B-Cell
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
WP1 - Task 1 - Liquid analysesOther
Objectives
- To investigate the value of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)/ Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) status as prognostic biomarker for B-NHL patients treated with commercial bi-specifics antibodies (bsAbs).
- To evaluate the potential role of clonal hematopoiesis (CH) in terms of therapy-related toxicities and treatment response.
- To evaluate the potential prognostic role of germline single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) involved in drug metabolic pathways and cell-to-cell interactions.
WP1 - Task 2 - Immunological analysesOther
Objectives
- evaluate association between levels and subtypes of T cell in PB before and after bsAbs with COs.
- Analyze expression of PD1, CD25, 41BB/CD137, CTLA4, CD28, and other T cell co-stimulatory molecules, and correlate with COs.
- Evaluate expansion of NK cells along with their markers of activation, exhaustion, maturation, chemotaxis.
- evaluate association between T cell exhaustion with treatment failure.
- evaluate association between T cell exhaustion with previous lines of treatment or other clinical factors such as relapsed time.
- evaluate association between T cell clusters with the development of cytopenia during treatment.
- investigate whether immunosenescence (composition and activation status of PBMCs) and inflammaging (soluble mediators) can predict response and clinical outcomes in elderly patients (≧70) undergoing treatment with bsAbs.
- Immunological characterization of T cell subset by bulk RNAseq before and after bsAbs with COs.
WP1 - Task 3 - Tumor tissue analysesOther
Objectives
- Association between specific mutational (Whole Genome Sequencing, WGS) and transcriptomic (Whole Transcriptome Sequencing, WTS) patterns with disease response to bsAbs therapy.
- To investigate TP53 mutation and del17p as predictive factor of response to bsAbs.
- Identifying specific relapse patterns, with the hypothesis that alterations in tumor genes facilitating immune evasion are enriched in clones emerging at relapse (i.e., secondary resistance).
- To characterize intratumoral immune effector cell distribution and to assess T-cell functional fitness and exhaustion states within tumor-draining lymph nodes using Digital Spatial Profiling (DSP).
- To investigate the association between bsAbs surface target antigens (e.g. CD20) expression level and response to bsAbs.
WP1 - Task 4 - Imaging analysesOther
Objectives
- explore how tumor metabolic activity signature predict prognosis and treatment response during bsAbs-approved treatments.
- explore how tumor heterogeneity activity predicts prognosis and treatment response during bsAbs -approved treatments.
- explore how PET findings are integrated with other biomarkers, we refine predictions of prognosis and treatment efficacy during bsAbs-approved treatments.
- explore novel prognostic markers of progression in CT scans and PET scans.
- apply advanced artificial intelligence methods (radiomics and deep learning) for automated extraction of complex imaging features from PET/CT scans, aiming to enhance prediction of prognosis and treatment response in patients undergoing bsAbs-approved treatments.
- develop and validate AI-driven multimodal integration frameworks that combine imaging data with clinical and molecular biomarkers, refining risk stratification and enabling early detection of progression under bsAbs therapy.
WP1 - Task 5 - Microbiome and metabolomics analysesOther
Objectives
- To describe plasma and tissue microbiome composition and metabolomics during bsAbs -approved treatments.
- To investigate whether microbiome/metabolomics predicts outcomes during bsAbs -approved treatments.
- To investigate whether microbiome/metabolomics predicts treatment toxicity during bsAbs -approved treatments.
WP2 - Task 1 - Liquid analysesOther
Objectives
- To identify and validate biological and molecular biomarkers (i.e. ctDNA/MRD) that predict patient outcomes in patients treated with novel immunoconjugate therapies.
- To evaluate the potential role of clonal hematopoiesis (CH) in terms of therapy-related toxicities and treatment response.
- To evaluate the potential prognostic role of germline single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) involved in drug metabolic pathways and cell-to-cell interactions.
WP2 - Task 2 -Immunological analysesOther
Objectives
- evaluate the association between levels and subtypes of T cells in PB before and after ADCs with COs.
- Analyze the expression of PD1, CD25, 41BB/CD137, CTLA4, CD28, and other T cell co-stimulatory molecules, and correlate them with COs.
- Evaluate the expansion of NK cells along with their markers of activation, exhaustion, maturation, chemotaxis.
- evaluate the association between T cell exhaustion with treatment failure.
- evaluate the association between T cell exhaustion with previous lines of treatment or other clinical factors such as relapsed time.
- evaluate the association between T cell clusters with the development of cytopenia during treatment.
- investigate whether immunosenescence and inflammaging can predict response and clinical outcomes in elderly patients (≧ 70) undergoing treatment with ADCs.
- Immunological characterization of T cell subset by bulk RNAseq before and after ADCs with clinical outcomes.
WP2 - Task 3 - Tumor tissue analysesOther
Objectives
- characterize intratumoral immune effector cell distribution and assess T-cell functional fitness and exhaustion states within tumor-draining lymphnodes using DSP.
- investigate correlation between ADCs surface target antigens expression level and response to ADCs treatment
- investigate MYC translocation alone or in association with BCL2 and or BCL6 translocation or other MYC chromosomal aberrations as predictive factors of response to ADCs assessed by FISH on diagnostic biopsy and last biopsy preADCs treatment.
- investigate TP53 mutation and del17p as predictive factor of response to ADCs.
- investigate mutations and CNVs as predictive factors of response to ADCs treatment.
- investigate ADCs target antigens RNA expression level and correlation with response to ADCs treatment.
- characterize transcriptomic and sRNA landscapes to identify gene expression signatures and microRNA profiles associated with response to ADCs treatment.
WP2 - Task 4 - Imaging analysesOther
Objectives
- explore how tumor metabolic activity signature predict prognosis and treatment response during ADCs-approved treatments.
- explore how tumor heterogeneity activity predicts prognosis and treatment response during ADCs-approved treatments.
- explore how PET findings are integrated with other biomarkers, we refine predictions of prognosis and treatment efficacy during ADCs-approved treatments.
- explore novel prognostic markers of progression in CT scans and PET scans.
- apply advanced artificial intelligence methods (radiomics and deep learning) for automated extraction of complex imaging features from PET/CT scans, aiming to enhance prediction of prognosis and treatment response in patients undergoing ADCs-approved treatments.
- develop and validate AI-driven multimodal integration frameworks that combine imaging data (PET/CT) with clinical and molecular biomarkers, refining risk stratification and enabling early detection of progression under ADCs therapy.
WP2 - Task 5 - Microbiome and metabolomics analysesOther
Objectives
- To describe plasma and tissue microbiome and metabolomics composition during ADCs-treatments.
- To investigate whether microbiome/metabolomics predicts outcomes during ADCs-approved treatments.
- To investigate whether microbiome/metabolomics predicts treatment toxicity during ADCs-approved treatments.
WP3 - Task 1 - Liquid analysesOther
Objectives
- To identify and validate biological and molecular biomarkers (i.e. ctDNA/MRD) that predict patient outcomes in patients treated with novel naked antibodies.
- To evaluate the potential role of clonal hematopoiesis (CH) in terms of therapy-related toxicities and treatment response.
- To evaluate the potential prognostic role of germline single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) involved in drug metabolic pathways and cell-to-cell interactions.
WP3 - Task 2 - Immunological analysesOther
Objective
- Evaluate the expansion of immunological cells along with their markers of activation, exhaustion, maturation, and chemotaxis.
WP3 - Task 3 - Tumor tissue analysesOther
Objectives
- To investigate the correlation between naked antibodies surface target antigens (e.g. CD19) expression level and response to naked antibodies.
- To investigate MYC translocation alone or in association with BCL2 and or BCL6 translocation, or other MYC chromosomal aberrations as predictive factors of response to naked antibodies (assessed by FISH on diagnostic biopsy and last biopsy pre- naked antibodies).
- To investigate TP53 mutation and del17p as predictive factor of response to naked antibodies.
- To investigate mutations and copy number variations (CNVs) (either studied by targeted sequencing or by WES) as predictive factors of response to treatment.
WP3 - Task 4 - Imaging analysesOther
Objectives
- explore how tumor metabolic activity signature predict prognosis and treatment response during naked Abs-approved treatments.
- explore how tumor heterogeneity activity predicts prognosis and treatment response during naked Abs-approved treatments.
- explore how PET findings are integrated with other biomarkers, we refine predictions of prognosis and treatment efficacy during naked Abs-approved treatments.
- explore novel prognostic markers of PD in CT and PET scans.
- apply advanced artificial intelligence methods (radiomics and deep learning) for automated extraction of complex imaging features from PET/CT, aiming to enhance prediction of prognosis and treatment response in patients undergoing naked Abs-approved treatments.
- develop and validate AI-driven multimodal integration frameworks that combine imaging data with clinical and molecular biomarkers, refining risk stratification and enabling early detection of progression under naked Abs therapy.
WP3 - Task 5 - Microbiome and metabolomics analysesOther
Objectives
- To describe plasma and tissue microbiome and metabolomics composition during naked antibodies -approved treatments.
- To investigate whether microbiome/metabolomics predicts outcomes during naked antibodies -approved treatments.
- To investigate whether microbiome/metabolomics predicts treatment toxicity during naked antibodies -approved treatment.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| T-cell engager antibodies - Work package 1 (WP 1) | WP1 includes all the FIL-MAB-approved cohorts related to novel T-cell engager therapies (e.g. bi-specifics and others). Receives: Other: WP1 - Task 1 - Liquid analyses; Other: WP1 - Task 2 - Immunological analyses; Other: WP1 - Task 3 - Tumor tissue analyses; Other: WP1 - Task 4 - Imaging analyses; Other: WP1 - Task 5 - Microbiome and metabolomics analyses | |
| Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) | WP2 includes all the FIL-MAB-approved cohorts related to novel immunoconjugate therapies (e.g. Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs)). Receives: Other: WP2 - Task 1 - Liquid analyses; Other: WP2 - Task 2 -Immunological analyses; Other: WP2 - Task 3 - Tumor tissue analyses; Other: WP2 - Task 4 - Imaging analyses; Other: WP2 - Task 5 - Microbiome and metabolomics analyses | |
| Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) | WP3 includes all the FIL-MAB-approved cohorts related to novel naked antibodies- based therapies. Receives: Other: WP3 - Task 1 - Liquid analyses; Other: WP3 - Task 2 - Immunological analyses; Other: WP3 - Task 3 - Tumor tissue analyses; Other: WP3 - Task 4 - Imaging analyses; Other: WP3 - Task 5 - Microbiome and metabolomics analyses |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) -Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Association between MRD status and Progression Free Survival (PFS).
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) -Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Association between MRD status and Overall Survival (OS).
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) -Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Association between between MRD status and clinical response.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) -Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Comparison between MRD negativity rates obtained by different BsAbs time to obtain MRD negativity by different BsAbs.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) -Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Correlation between baseline ctDNA levels and outcome (response, PFS, OS).
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) -Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Association between MRD status and other clinical and biological prognostic markers (e.g. mutational patterns, T-cell phenotypes).
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) -Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Association between baseline ctDNA and MRD with imaging biomarkers (Total Metabolic Tumor Value (TMTV), Maximum Tumor Dissemination (Dmax), Standardized Uptake Value maximum (SUVmax), Artificial Intelligence (AI) features etc).
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) -Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Association of CH with PFS, OS and therapy-related toxicities.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) -Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Association of SNPs with PFS, OS and therapy-related toxicities.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) - Task 2 -Immunological analyses
- Quantification of CD4+ and CD8+T lymphocyte clusters and soluble mediators of inflammagin, at baseline, month +3 (M3) and End Of Treatment (EOT), and correlation with clinical outcome (PFS, OS).
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) - Task 2 -Immunological analyses
- Measuring NK cells count at baseline and M3 and correlation with outcome.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) - Task 2 -Immunological analyses
- Association between CD4+ Treg, CD4+, and CD8+ T lymphocyte counts at M3 and Complete Metabolic Response (CMR)/MRD-.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) - Task 2 -Immunological analyses
- Association between CD4+ Treg, CD4+, and CD8+ T Lymphocyte counts at M3 and 2-Y PFS.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) - Task 2 -Immunological analyses
- Expression of co-stimulatory molecules such as PD1, CD25, 41BB/CD137, CTLA4, and CD28 on T cells at M3 and their correlation with achieving a CMR.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) - Task 2 -Immunological analyses
- Correlation between T cell exhaustion and treatment failure.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) - Task 2 -Immunological analyses
- Correlation of T lymphocyte clusters and soluble mediators of inflammaging with safety (e.g. Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS), Immune Effector Cell-Associated Neurotoxicity Syndrome (ICANS), infections).
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) - Task 3 - Tumor tissue analyses
- Correlation of specific mutational profiles with Overall Response Rate (ORR) rates, 2-Y PFS and 2-Y OS.
- Correlation of specific transcriptomic signatures with ORR rates, 2-Y PFS and 2-Y OS.
- Correlation of intra-tumoral T-cell populations and non-T-cell populations with ORR rates, 2-Y PFS and 2-Y OS.
- Identifying specific relapse patterns, with the hypothesis that alterations in tumor genes facilitating immune evasion are enriched in clones emerging at relapse (i.e., secondary resistance).
- Correlation between target antigen surface level (i.e. CD20) with ORR rates, 2-Y PFS and 2-Y OS.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Association between MRD status and PFS.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Association between MRD status and OS.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Association between MRD status and clinical response.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Comparison between MRD negativity rates obtained by different BsAbs time to obtain MRD negativity by different BsAbs.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Correlation between baseline ctDNA levels and outcome (response, PFS, OS).
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Association between MRD status and other clinical and biological prognostic markers (e.g. mutational patterns, T-cell phenotypes).
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Association between baseline ctDNA and MRD with imaging biomarkers (TMTV, Dmax, SUVmax, AI features etc).
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Association of CH with PFS, OS and therapy-related toxicities.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Association of SNPs with PFS, OS and therapy-related toxicities.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 2 - Immunological analyses
- Quantification of CD4+ and CD8+T lymphocyte clusters and soluble mediators of inflammagin, at baseline, month +3 (M3) and EOT, and correlation with clinical outcome (PFS, OS).
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 2 - Immunological analyses
- Measuring NK cells count at baseline and M3 and correlation with outcome.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 2 - Immunological analyses
- Association between CD4+ Treg, CD4+, and CD8+ T lymphocyte counts at M3 and CMR/MRD-.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 2 - Immunological analyses
- Association between CD4+ Treg, CD4+, and CD8+ T Lymphocyte counts at M3 and 2-Y PFS.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 2 - Immunological analyses
- Expression of co-stimulatory molecules such as PD1, CD25, 41BB/CD137, CTLA4, and CD28 on T cells at M3 and their correlation with achieving a CMR.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 2 - Immunological analyses
- Correlation between T cell exhaustion and treatment failure.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 2 - Immunological analyses
- Correlation of T lymphocyte clusters and soluble mediators of inflammaging with safety (e.g. infections).
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 3 - Tumor tissue analyses
- Association between target antigen surface level and CRR with ADCs treatment, assessed in immunohistochemistry (IHC) on diagnosis or last relapse biopsy before ADCs treatment.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 3 - Tumor tissue analyses
- Association between target antigen surface level and OS, PFS and ORR with ADCs treatment, assessed in immunohistochemistry (IHC) on diagnosis or last relapse biopsy before ADCs treatment and correlation with biological and imaging predictors. Correlation of CH with PFS, OS and therapy-related toxicities and correlation of SNPs with PFS, OS and therapy-related toxicities.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Association between MRD status and PFS.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Association between MRD status and OS.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Association between MRD status and clinical response.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Comparison between MRD negativity rates obtained by different naked antibodies time to obtain MRD negativity by different naked antibodies.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Correlation between baseline ctDNA levels and outcome (response, PFS, OS).
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Association between MRD status and other clinical and biological prognostic markers (e.g. mutational patterns, T-cell phenotypes).
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Association between baseline ctDNA and MRD with imaging biomarkers (TMTV, Dmax, SUVmax, AI features etc).
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Association of CH with PFS, OS and therapy-related toxicities.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
- Association of SNPs with PFS, OS and therapy-related toxicities.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 3 - Tumor tissue analyses
- Association between target antigen surface level and CRR with naked antibodies-based treatment, assessed in immunohistochemistry (IHC) on diagnosis or last relapse biopsy before naked antibodies-based therapies.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 3 - Tumor tissue analyses
- Association between target antigen surface level and OS, PFS and ORR with naked antibodies based-treatment, assessed in immunohistochemistry (IHC) on diagnosis or last relapse biopsy before naked antibodies based-treatment and correlation with biological and imaging predictors. Correlation of CH with PFS, OS and therapy-related toxicities and correlation of SNPs with PFS, OS and therapy-related toxicities.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
All Work packages
- Prognostic quantitative PET indices: Metabolic Tumor Volume (MTV), Total Glycolytic Volumes (TLG), SUVmax and SUVpeak, other index of tumor dissemination (maximum distance between the lesion, product of distance and MTV, etc.…) and radiomics index.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
All Work packages
- Association between plasma and lymph nodes microbiome and outcomes (ORR, Complete Response Rate (CRR), PFS, OS) in NMAB-approved treatments.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
All Work packages
- Evaluation of correlations between immune cell subsets (T-cell subsets, NK cells), immunological clusters, soluble mediators, and clinical efficacy.
Measured: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted17 Aug 2026
- Study startOct 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completionOct 2041 (estimated)
- Study completionOct 2041 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL)Studies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 1,000 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Fondazione Italiana Linfomi - ETS
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Riccardo Moia, MD, Study chair, Divisione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Traslazionale Università del Piemonte Orientale, AOU Maggiore della Carità, Novara (Italy)Simone Ferrero, Prof., Study chair, Ematologia Universitaria, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino (Italy)Rita Tavarozzi, MD, Study chair, SCDU Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera SS Antonio e Biagio e C. Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07767799
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- BIO-FIL_MAB
- Acronym
- BIO-FIL_MAB
- Status last verified
- Oct 2026
- First submitted
- 5 Aug 2026
- Last updated
- 27 Oct 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: Qualified researchers may contact the FIL board at segreteriadirezione@filinf.it to share invidual-level patients' clinical data analysed for this manuscript (for the avoidance of doubt, no identifiable data, such as name, address, hospital name, date of birth, or any other identifying data, will be shared and should not be requested).
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 27 Oct 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Multilayer Biological Analysis of Novel Monoclonal Antibodies (MABs) in B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL): A Translational and Prospective Observational Study Within Italian Clinical Practice (BIO-FIL_MAB Trial)
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07767799
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- BIO-FIL_MAB / BIO-FIL_MAB
- Conditions
- B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL)
- Keywords
- NHL, NMAB, translational, biological, samples, observational, Liquid analyses, Immunological analyses
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrolment
- 1,000 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Fondazione Italiana Linfomi - ETSUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Oct 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- Oct 2041 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Oct 2041 (estimated)
- First posted
- 17 Aug 2026 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This a prospective, multicenter, observational pharmacological translational study designed to investigate the biological and imaging correlates of treatment with novel monoclonal antibodies (NMABs) in patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), enrolled in the observationa FIL_MAB study. Patients enrolled in BIO FIL-MAB are concurrently participating in the FIL-MAB clinical cohort, ensuring that all clinical data-including treatment details, outcomes, and safety-are captured within the main observational study.
Patients will undergo systematic collection of biological specimens including tumor tissue, peripheral blood integrated with advanced imaging data. Biological analyses will encompass molecular, cellular, and immunological assessments, while imaging evaluations will include standardized functional and metabolic imaging techniques. All biological and imaging assessments will be performed as routine clinical visits, without requiring modifications to treatment or additional procedures beyond standard-of-care.
Detailed description
This a prospective, multicenter, observational pharmacological translational study designed to investigate the biological and imaging correlates of treatment with novel monoclonal antibodies (NMABs) in patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), enrolled in the observational FIL_MAB study.
All clinical observations, including baseline characteristics, treatment exposure, and follow-up, are collected through the FIL-MAB study database, with a minimum follow-up of 60 months (5 years) from enrollment and correlated with biological findings for translational analysis performed in BIO-FIL_MAB study.
The BIO-FIL_MAB study will employ a structured schedule of biological and imaging assessments to monitor treatment outcomes and gather translational data. The timeline will be aligned with routine clinical practice:
- Prior to NMAB Treatment
- During NMAB Therapy (3 months after start of therapy, 9 months after start of therapy, progression/relapse).
This structured schedule ensures a comprehensive evaluation of both clinical and biological treatment effects, aligning with the study's translational objectives.
As an observational translational study primarily intended for descriptive and exploratory analyses, no formal statistical hypothesis testing is planned.
Therefore, the sample size has been determined based on feasibility considerations and the expected availability of patients participating in the parent FIL-MAB clinical cohort, thereby ensuring a robust population for integrated biological, immunological, and imaging analyses in association with clinical outcomes.
Overall, it is anticipated that at least 1000 patients will be consecutively enrolled and followed longitudinally in BIO-FIL_MAB study.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Number of arms
- 3
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| T-cell engager antibodies - Work package 1 (WP 1) | – | Other: WP1 - Task 1 - Liquid analyses, Other: WP1 - Task 2 - Immunological analyses, Other: WP1 - Task 3 - Tumor tissue analyses, Other: WP1 - Task 4 - Imaging analyses, Other: WP1 - Task 5 - Microbiome and metabolomics analysesWP1 includes all the FIL-MAB-approved cohorts related to novel T-cell engager therapies (e.g. bi-specifics and others). |
| Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) | – | Other: WP2 - Task 1 - Liquid analyses, Other: WP2 - Task 2 -Immunological analyses, Other: WP2 - Task 3 - Tumor tissue analyses, Other: WP2 - Task 4 - Imaging analyses, Other: WP2 - Task 5 - Microbiome and metabolomics analysesWP2 includes all the FIL-MAB-approved cohorts related to novel immunoconjugate therapies (e.g. Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs)). |
| Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) | – | Other: WP3 - Task 1 - Liquid analyses, Other: WP3 - Task 2 - Immunological analyses, Other: WP3 - Task 3 - Tumor tissue analyses, Other: WP3 - Task 4 - Imaging analyses, Other: WP3 - Task 5 - Microbiome and metabolomics analysesWP3 includes all the FIL-MAB-approved cohorts related to novel naked antibodies- based therapies. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Being an observational translational study primarily aimed at descriptive and exploratory analyses, no formal statistical hypothesis testing is planned for BIO-FIL_MAB. The sample size is therefore determined based on feasibility and the expected availability of patients participating in the parent FIL-MAB clinical cohort. Overall, it is anticipated that at least 1000 patients will be enrolled and followed, providing a robust population for integrated biology, immunology, and imaging analyses alongside clinical outcomes.
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Adults (≥18 years old) are diagnosed with B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma;
- Patients enrolled in the FIL_MAB trial (provided by Informed Consent Form (ICF) signature) who are scheduled to receive treatment with novel monoclonal antibodies (NMABs), either as monotherapy or in combination with other therapies;
- Written informed consent to participate in this study.
Key exclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Patients not enrolled in the FIL_MAB study.
- Evidence of other clinically significant uncontrolled condition(s) including, but not limited to:
- Refusal or inability to provide informed consent.
- Refusal or inability to provide biological specimens.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| WP1 - Task 1 - Liquid analysesObjectives 1. To investigate the value of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)/ Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) status as prognostic biomarker for B-NHL patients treated with commercial bi-specifics antibodies (bsAbs). 2. To evaluate the potential role of clonal hematopoiesis (CH) in terms of therapy-related toxicities and treatment response. 3. To evaluate the potential prognostic role of germline single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) involved in drug metabolic pathways and cell-to-cell interactions. | Other | T-cell engager antibodies - Work package 1 (WP 1) |
| WP1 - Task 2 - Immunological analysesObjectives 1. evaluate association between levels and subtypes of T cell in PB before and after bsAbs with COs. 2. Analyze expression of PD1, CD25, 41BB/CD137, CTLA4, CD28, and other T cell co-stimulatory molecules, and correlate with COs. 3. Evaluate expansion of NK cells along with their markers of activation, exhaustion, maturation, chemotaxis. 4. evaluate association between T cell exhaustion with treatment failure. 5. evaluate association between T cell exhaustion with previous lines of treatment or other clinical factors such as relapsed time. 6. evaluate association between T cell clusters with the development of cytopenia during treatment. 7. investigate whether immunosenescence (composition and activation status of PBMCs) and inflammaging (soluble mediators) can predict response and clinical outcomes in elderly patients (≧70) undergoing treatment with bsAbs. 8. Immunological characterization of T cell subset by bulk RNAseq before and after bsAbs with COs. | Other | T-cell engager antibodies - Work package 1 (WP 1) |
| WP1 - Task 3 - Tumor tissue analysesObjectives 1. Association between specific mutational (Whole Genome Sequencing, WGS) and transcriptomic (Whole Transcriptome Sequencing, WTS) patterns with disease response to bsAbs therapy. 2. To investigate TP53 mutation and del17p as predictive factor of response to bsAbs. 3. Identifying specific relapse patterns, with the hypothesis that alterations in tumor genes facilitating immune evasion are enriched in clones emerging at relapse (i.e., secondary resistance). 4. To characterize intratumoral immune effector cell distribution and to assess T-cell functional fitness and exhaustion states within tumor-draining lymph nodes using Digital Spatial Profiling (DSP). 5. To investigate the association between bsAbs surface target antigens (e.g. CD20) expression level and response to bsAbs. | Other | T-cell engager antibodies - Work package 1 (WP 1) |
| WP1 - Task 4 - Imaging analysesObjectives 1. explore how tumor metabolic activity signature predict prognosis and treatment response during bsAbs-approved treatments. 2. explore how tumor heterogeneity activity predicts prognosis and treatment response during bsAbs -approved treatments. 3. explore how PET findings are integrated with other biomarkers, we refine predictions of prognosis and treatment efficacy during bsAbs-approved treatments. 4. explore novel prognostic markers of progression in CT scans and PET scans. 5. apply advanced artificial intelligence methods (radiomics and deep learning) for automated extraction of complex imaging features from PET/CT scans, aiming to enhance prediction of prognosis and treatment response in patients undergoing bsAbs-approved treatments. 6. develop and validate AI-driven multimodal integration frameworks that combine imaging data with clinical and molecular biomarkers, refining risk stratification and enabling early detection of progression under bsAbs therapy. | Other | T-cell engager antibodies - Work package 1 (WP 1) |
| WP1 - Task 5 - Microbiome and metabolomics analysesObjectives 1. To describe plasma and tissue microbiome composition and metabolomics during bsAbs -approved treatments. 2. To investigate whether microbiome/metabolomics predicts outcomes during bsAbs -approved treatments. 3. To investigate whether microbiome/metabolomics predicts treatment toxicity during bsAbs -approved treatments. | Other | T-cell engager antibodies - Work package 1 (WP 1) |
| WP2 - Task 1 - Liquid analysesObjectives 1. To identify and validate biological and molecular biomarkers (i.e. ctDNA/MRD) that predict patient outcomes in patients treated with novel immunoconjugate therapies. 2. To evaluate the potential role of clonal hematopoiesis (CH) in terms of therapy-related toxicities and treatment response. 3. To evaluate the potential prognostic role of germline single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) involved in drug metabolic pathways and cell-to-cell interactions. | Other | Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) |
| WP2 - Task 2 -Immunological analysesObjectives 1. evaluate the association between levels and subtypes of T cells in PB before and after ADCs with COs. 2. Analyze the expression of PD1, CD25, 41BB/CD137, CTLA4, CD28, and other T cell co-stimulatory molecules, and correlate them with COs. 3. Evaluate the expansion of NK cells along with their markers of activation, exhaustion, maturation, chemotaxis. 4. evaluate the association between T cell exhaustion with treatment failure. 5. evaluate the association between T cell exhaustion with previous lines of treatment or other clinical factors such as relapsed time. 6. evaluate the association between T cell clusters with the development of cytopenia during treatment. 7. investigate whether immunosenescence and inflammaging can predict response and clinical outcomes in elderly patients (≧ 70) undergoing treatment with ADCs. 8. Immunological characterization of T cell subset by bulk RNAseq before and after ADCs with clinical outcomes. | Other | Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) |
| WP2 - Task 3 - Tumor tissue analysesObjectives 1. characterize intratumoral immune effector cell distribution and assess T-cell functional fitness and exhaustion states within tumor-draining lymphnodes using DSP. 2. investigate correlation between ADCs surface target antigens expression level and response to ADCs treatment 3. investigate MYC translocation alone or in association with BCL2 and or BCL6 translocation or other MYC chromosomal aberrations as predictive factors of response to ADCs assessed by FISH on diagnostic biopsy and last biopsy preADCs treatment. 4. investigate TP53 mutation and del17p as predictive factor of response to ADCs. 5. investigate mutations and CNVs as predictive factors of response to ADCs treatment. 6. investigate ADCs target antigens RNA expression level and correlation with response to ADCs treatment. 7. characterize transcriptomic and sRNA landscapes to identify gene expression signatures and microRNA profiles associated with response to ADCs treatment. | Other | Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) |
| WP2 - Task 4 - Imaging analysesObjectives 1. explore how tumor metabolic activity signature predict prognosis and treatment response during ADCs-approved treatments. 2. explore how tumor heterogeneity activity predicts prognosis and treatment response during ADCs-approved treatments. 3. explore how PET findings are integrated with other biomarkers, we refine predictions of prognosis and treatment efficacy during ADCs-approved treatments. 4. explore novel prognostic markers of progression in CT scans and PET scans. 5. apply advanced artificial intelligence methods (radiomics and deep learning) for automated extraction of complex imaging features from PET/CT scans, aiming to enhance prediction of prognosis and treatment response in patients undergoing ADCs-approved treatments. 6. develop and validate AI-driven multimodal integration frameworks that combine imaging data (PET/CT) with clinical and molecular biomarkers, refining risk stratification and enabling early detection of progression under ADCs therapy. | Other | Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) |
| WP2 - Task 5 - Microbiome and metabolomics analysesObjectives 1. To describe plasma and tissue microbiome and metabolomics composition during ADCs-treatments. 2. To investigate whether microbiome/metabolomics predicts outcomes during ADCs-approved treatments. 3. To investigate whether microbiome/metabolomics predicts treatment toxicity during ADCs-approved treatments. | Other | Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) |
| WP3 - Task 1 - Liquid analysesObjectives 1. To identify and validate biological and molecular biomarkers (i.e. ctDNA/MRD) that predict patient outcomes in patients treated with novel naked antibodies. 2. To evaluate the potential role of clonal hematopoiesis (CH) in terms of therapy-related toxicities and treatment response. 3. To evaluate the potential prognostic role of germline single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) involved in drug metabolic pathways and cell-to-cell interactions. | Other | Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) |
| WP3 - Task 2 - Immunological analysesObjective 1) Evaluate the expansion of immunological cells along with their markers of activation, exhaustion, maturation, and chemotaxis. | Other | Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) |
| WP3 - Task 3 - Tumor tissue analysesObjectives 1. To investigate the correlation between naked antibodies surface target antigens (e.g. CD19) expression level and response to naked antibodies. 2. To investigate MYC translocation alone or in association with BCL2 and or BCL6 translocation, or other MYC chromosomal aberrations as predictive factors of response to naked antibodies (assessed by FISH on diagnostic biopsy and last biopsy pre- naked antibodies). 3. To investigate TP53 mutation and del17p as predictive factor of response to naked antibodies. 4. To investigate mutations and copy number variations (CNVs) (either studied by targeted sequencing or by WES) as predictive factors of response to treatment. | Other | Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) |
| WP3 - Task 4 - Imaging analysesObjectives 1. explore how tumor metabolic activity signature predict prognosis and treatment response during naked Abs-approved treatments. 2. explore how tumor heterogeneity activity predicts prognosis and treatment response during naked Abs-approved treatments. 3. explore how PET findings are integrated with other biomarkers, we refine predictions of prognosis and treatment efficacy during naked Abs-approved treatments. 4. explore novel prognostic markers of PD in CT and PET scans. 5. apply advanced artificial intelligence methods (radiomics and deep learning) for automated extraction of complex imaging features from PET/CT, aiming to enhance prediction of prognosis and treatment response in patients undergoing naked Abs-approved treatments. 6. develop and validate AI-driven multimodal integration frameworks that combine imaging data with clinical and molecular biomarkers, refining risk stratification and enabling early detection of progression under naked Abs therapy. | Other | Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) |
| WP3 - Task 5 - Microbiome and metabolomics analysesObjectives 1. To describe plasma and tissue microbiome and metabolomics composition during naked antibodies -approved treatments. 2. To investigate whether microbiome/metabolomics predicts outcomes during naked antibodies -approved treatments. 3. To investigate whether microbiome/metabolomics predicts treatment toxicity during naked antibodies -approved treatment. | Other | Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) |
Primary outcome
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) -Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
1) Association between MRD status and Progression Free Survival (PFS).
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) -Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
2) Association between MRD status and Overall Survival (OS).
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) -Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
3) Association between between MRD status and clinical response.
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) -Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
4) Comparison between MRD negativity rates obtained by different BsAbs time to obtain MRD negativity by different BsAbs.
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) -Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
5) Correlation between baseline ctDNA levels and outcome (response, PFS, OS).
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) -Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
6) Association between MRD status and other clinical and biological prognostic markers (e.g. mutational patterns, T-cell phenotypes).
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) -Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
7) Association between baseline ctDNA and MRD with imaging biomarkers (Total Metabolic Tumor Value (TMTV), Maximum Tumor Dissemination (Dmax), Standardized Uptake Value maximum (SUVmax), Artificial Intelligence (AI) features etc).
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) -Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
8) Association of CH with PFS, OS and therapy-related toxicities.
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) -Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
9) Association of SNPs with PFS, OS and therapy-related toxicities.
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) - Task 2 -Immunological analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
1) Quantification of CD4+ and CD8+T lymphocyte clusters and soluble mediators of inflammagin, at baseline, month +3 (M3) and End Of Treatment (EOT), and correlation with clinical outcome (PFS, OS).
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) - Task 2 -Immunological analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
2) Measuring NK cells count at baseline and M3 and correlation with outcome.
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) - Task 2 -Immunological analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
3) Association between CD4+ Treg, CD4+, and CD8+ T lymphocyte counts at M3 and Complete Metabolic Response (CMR)/MRD-.
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) - Task 2 -Immunological analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
4) Association between CD4+ Treg, CD4+, and CD8+ T Lymphocyte counts at M3 and 2-Y PFS.
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) - Task 2 -Immunological analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
5) Expression of co-stimulatory molecules such as PD1, CD25, 41BB/CD137, CTLA4, and CD28 on T cells at M3 and their correlation with achieving a CMR.
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) - Task 2 -Immunological analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
6) Correlation between T cell exhaustion and treatment failure.
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) - Task 2 -Immunological analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
7) Correlation of T lymphocyte clusters and soluble mediators of inflammaging with safety (e.g. Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS), Immune Effector Cell-Associated Neurotoxicity Syndrome (ICANS), infections).
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) - Task 3 - Tumor tissue analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
1. Correlation of specific mutational profiles with Overall Response Rate (ORR) rates, 2-Y PFS and 2-Y OS. 2. Correlation of specific transcriptomic signatures with ORR rates, 2-Y PFS and 2-Y OS. 3. Correlation of intra-tumoral T-cell populations and non-T-cell populations with ORR rates, 2-Y PFS and 2-Y OS. 4. Identifying specific relapse patterns, with the hypothesis that alterations in tumor genes facilitating immune evasion are enriched in clones emerging at relapse (i.e., secondary resistance). 5. Correlation between target antigen surface level (i.e. CD20) with ORR rates, 2-Y PFS and 2-Y OS.
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
1) Association between MRD status and PFS.
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
2) Association between MRD status and OS.
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
3) Association between MRD status and clinical response.
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
4) Comparison between MRD negativity rates obtained by different BsAbs time to obtain MRD negativity by different BsAbs.
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
5) Correlation between baseline ctDNA levels and outcome (response, PFS, OS).
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
6) Association between MRD status and other clinical and biological prognostic markers (e.g. mutational patterns, T-cell phenotypes).
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
7) Association between baseline ctDNA and MRD with imaging biomarkers (TMTV, Dmax, SUVmax, AI features etc).
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
8) Association of CH with PFS, OS and therapy-related toxicities.
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
9) Association of SNPs with PFS, OS and therapy-related toxicities.
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 2 - Immunological analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
1) Quantification of CD4+ and CD8+T lymphocyte clusters and soluble mediators of inflammagin, at baseline, month +3 (M3) and EOT, and correlation with clinical outcome (PFS, OS).
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 2 - Immunological analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
2) Measuring NK cells count at baseline and M3 and correlation with outcome.
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 2 - Immunological analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
3) Association between CD4+ Treg, CD4+, and CD8+ T lymphocyte counts at M3 and CMR/MRD-.
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 2 - Immunological analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
4) Association between CD4+ Treg, CD4+, and CD8+ T Lymphocyte counts at M3 and 2-Y PFS.
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 2 - Immunological analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
5) Expression of co-stimulatory molecules such as PD1, CD25, 41BB/CD137, CTLA4, and CD28 on T cells at M3 and their correlation with achieving a CMR.
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 2 - Immunological analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
6) Correlation between T cell exhaustion and treatment failure.
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 2 - Immunological analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
7) Correlation of T lymphocyte clusters and soluble mediators of inflammaging with safety (e.g. infections).
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 3 - Tumor tissue analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
1) Association between target antigen surface level and CRR with ADCs treatment, assessed in immunohistochemistry (IHC) on diagnosis or last relapse biopsy before ADCs treatment.
Immunoconjugates antibodies - Work package 2 (WP2) Task 3 - Tumor tissue analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
2) Association between target antigen surface level and OS, PFS and ORR with ADCs treatment, assessed in immunohistochemistry (IHC) on diagnosis or last relapse biopsy before ADCs treatment and correlation with biological and imaging predictors. Correlation of CH with PFS, OS and therapy-related toxicities and correlation of SNPs with PFS, OS and therapy-related toxicities.
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
1) Association between MRD status and PFS.
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
2) Association between MRD status and OS.
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
3) Association between MRD status and clinical response.
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
4) Comparison between MRD negativity rates obtained by different naked antibodies time to obtain MRD negativity by different naked antibodies.
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
5) Correlation between baseline ctDNA levels and outcome (response, PFS, OS).
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
6) Association between MRD status and other clinical and biological prognostic markers (e.g. mutational patterns, T-cell phenotypes).
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
7) Association between baseline ctDNA and MRD with imaging biomarkers (TMTV, Dmax, SUVmax, AI features etc).
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
8) Association of CH with PFS, OS and therapy-related toxicities.
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 1 - Liquid analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
9) Association of SNPs with PFS, OS and therapy-related toxicities.
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 3 - Tumor tissue analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
1) Association between target antigen surface level and CRR with naked antibodies-based treatment, assessed in immunohistochemistry (IHC) on diagnosis or last relapse biopsy before naked antibodies-based therapies.
Naked antibodies - Work package 3 (WP3) Task 3 - Tumor tissue analyses
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
2) Association between target antigen surface level and OS, PFS and ORR with naked antibodies based-treatment, assessed in immunohistochemistry (IHC) on diagnosis or last relapse biopsy before naked antibodies based-treatment and correlation with biological and imaging predictors. Correlation of CH with PFS, OS and therapy-related toxicities and correlation of SNPs with PFS, OS and therapy-related toxicities.
All Work packages
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
1) Prognostic quantitative PET indices: Metabolic Tumor Volume (MTV), Total Glycolytic Volumes (TLG), SUVmax and SUVpeak, other index of tumor dissemination (maximum distance between the lesion, product of distance and MTV, etc.…) and radiomics index.
All Work packages
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
2) Association between plasma and lymph nodes microbiome and outcomes (ORR, Complete Response Rate (CRR), PFS, OS) in NMAB-approved treatments.
All Work packages
Time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)
3) Evaluation of correlations between immune cell subsets (T-cell subsets, NK cells), immunological clusters, soluble mediators, and clinical efficacy.
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 27 Oct 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. Qualified researchers may contact the FIL board at segreteriadirezione@filinf.it to share invidual-level patients' clinical data analysed for this manuscript (for the avoidance of doubt, no identifiable data, such as name, address, hospital name, date of birth, or any other identifying data, will be shared and should not be requested).
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Riccardo Moia, MD study chair
Divisione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Traslazionale Università del Piemonte Orientale, AOU Maggiore della Carità, Novara (Italy)
Simone Ferrero, Prof. study chair
Ematologia Universitaria, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino (Italy)
Rita Tavarozzi, MD study chair
SCDU Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera SS Antonio e Biagio e C. Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
20 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL), run by Fondazione Italiana Linfomi - ETS at 20 sites in Italy.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 27 Oct 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 20 sites in Italy. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Uffici Studi FIL (+390131033169, startup@filinf.it), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
T-cell engager antibodies - Work package (WP 1) -Task 1 - Liquid analyses (time frame: from enrollment start to final analyses (15 years)). The study lists 49 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 27 Oct 2026.