Phase II Open Label Trial to Determine Safety & Efficacy of Tisagenlecleucel in Pediatric Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients (BIANCA)

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histologically confirmed pediatric mature B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-cell NHL) including the following subtypes; Burkitt lymphoma (BL), diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL), gray zone lymphoma (GZL), and follicular lymphoma (FL) Note: Patients with bone marrow involvement of >25% lymphoma cells by bone marrow biopsy/aspirate evaluation, will be excluded. Patients with B-cell NHL associated with Nijmegen breakage syndrome will be allowed.
• Patients <18 years of age and weighing at least 6 kg at the time of screening
• Patients who have relapsed after one or more prior therapies (can include allogeneic and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant) or are primary refractory (have not achieved a CR or PR after the first line of therapy)
• Measurable disease by radiological criteria in all patients at the time of screening.
• Karnofsky (age ≥16 years) or Lansky (age <16 years) performance status ≥60.
• Adequate bone marrow reserve without transfusions (transfusion >2 weeks prior to laboratory assessment is allowed) defined as:
  1. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >1000/mm3
  2. Absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) >300/mm3
  3. absolute number of CD3+ T cells >150/mm3
  4. Platelets ≥50000//mm3
  5. Hemoglobin ≥8.0 g/dl
• Adequate organ function defined as:
  1. a serum creatinine (sCR) based on gender/age as follows: Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL) Age Male Female 1 to <2 years 0.6 0.6 2 to <6 years 0.8 0.8 6 to <10 years 1.0 1.0 10 to <13 years 1.2 1.2 13 to <16 years 1.5 1.4 ≥16 years 1.7 1.4
  2. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) for age
  3. Total bilirubin <2 mg/dL (for Gilbert's Syndrome patients total bilirubin <4 mg/dL)
  4. Adequate pulmonary function
• i. Oxygen saturation of >91% on room air ii. No or mild dyspnea (≤Grade 1)
• Must have a leukapheresis material of non-mobilized cells accepted for manufacturing.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior gene therapy or engineered T cell therapy.
• Prior treatment with any anti-CD19 therapy.
• Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) <3 months prior to screening and ≤4 months prior to infusion.
• Presence of grade 2 to 4 acute or extensive chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in patients who received prior allogeneic HSCT.
• Prior diagnosis of malignancy other than study indication, and not disease free for 5 years.
• Active, uncontrolled infection despite treatment at screening.
• Presence of active or prior hepatitis B or C as indicated by serology.
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive test.
• Active neurological autoimmune or inflammatory disorders not related to B cell NHL (eg: Guillain-Barre syndrome, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
• Active central nervous system (CNS) involvement by malignancy.
• Patients with B-cell NHL in the context of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) associated lymphomas.

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.