Vaccine Responses in Patients With B Cell Malignancies

Background:

People with B cell malignancies (blood cancers) often cannot mount a full immune response to infections or certain vaccines. Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors (BTKis), which are used to treat blood cancers, may also negatively affect a person s response to certain vaccines. Researchers want to learn more about vaccine responses in people with certain types of blood cancers. The findings may help develop better vaccine strategies for people with these cancers.

Objective:

To learn how well vaccines work in people who have certain types of blood cancers.

Eligibility:

Adults aged 18 years or older who have chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia, or certain non-Hodgkin lymphomas.

Design:

Participants will get one or more vaccines for illnesses, such as vaccines for hepatitis B, shingles, pneumonia, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). They may get more than 1 type of vaccine during the study. Not all participants will get all vaccines. Some vaccines require 2 doses.

Participants will give a blood sample before they get each vaccine. About 4 weeks after they finish each vaccine series, they will give another blood sample. Some vaccines require a second dose 3-6 weeks later. For vaccines that require a second dose, participants may also have study procedures at that visit. Participants may have 2 to 3 study visits per vaccine series.

Participants may receive a booster dose for some vaccines. The booster dose is optional. For this study, a booster means repeating the full vaccine series. Participants who receive a booster may have additional blood samples to measure their vaccine response.

Participants will have pregnancy tests, if needed.

Participants with CLL who receive BTKis may be assigned to either continue treatment or pause treatment around the time of vaccination.

Participants may give follow-up blood samples once a year for up to 5 years after each vaccine series. These blood samples are optional.

Participation will last for up to 5 years after each vaccine series is received.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

Study Description:

This study aims to determine vaccine titers in B-cell malignancies; specifically, in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL), or other non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) [follicular lymphoma (FL), mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), marginal zone lymphomas (MZLs) and indolent NHL not otherwise specified (NOS)], or in Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia (WM).

Note: Since CLL and SLL are considered the same disease, CLL/SLL will be referred to as CLL hereafter, unless otherwise specified.

Objectives:

Primary Objective:

Determine vaccine titers following vaccination in patients with B-cell malignancies who are either receiving targeted therapies or not receiving active treatment

Endpoints:

The primary efficacy endpoint will be the serologic titer against each administered vaccine following completion of the vaccine series in each study arm

Secondary Endpoints: N/A

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

350

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

    • Maryland
      • Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
        • Recruiting
        • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
        • Contact:
          • For more information at the NIH Clinical Center contact Office of Patient Recruitment (OPR)
          • Phone Number: TTY dial 711 800-411-1222
          • Email: ccopr@nih.gov

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

  • INCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Diagnosis of CLL, FL, MCL, MZL, NHL NOS or WM
  • Must fulfil one of the following criteria to be enrolled in one study arm per vaccine received:

    1. Patients with CLL AND one of the following:

      i. Arm 1: Must be treatment naive (no prior cancer directed therapy)

      ii. Arm 2: Patients that have received prior cancer directed therapy and are currently not receiving active treatment

      iii. Arm 3: Must be receiving treatment with a BTKi. This arm is not available to patients receiving the HEPLISAV-B vaccine

      iv. Arm 4: Must be receiving treatment with a BTKi for >= 6 months prior to vaccination and be willing to hold their treatment for up to 7 weeks around the time of each vaccination. This arm is not available to patients who have had a prior episode of disease flare during periods of drug hold, or for patients with CLL that is actively progressing.

      v. Arm 5: Must be receiving treatment with a BCL-2 inhibitor

      Or

    2. Patients with FL, MCL, MZL, NHL NOS or WM AND one of the following:

      i. Arm 1: Must currently not be receiving active treatment (treatment na(SqrRoot) ve or previously treated)

      ii. Arm 2: Must be receiving treatment with targeted therapies (e.g. BTKi, BCL-2 inhibitors, PI3K inhibitors, immunomodulatory agents, proteasome inhibitors)

  • If prior exposure to Hepatitis-B vaccination, must have documentation of negative serologic response
  • Age >= 18 years
  • Able to comprehend the investigational nature of the protocol and provide informed consent

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

  1. Female patients who are currently pregnant
  2. History of severe allergic reaction to vaccines
  3. Concomitant inherited immunodeficiency
  4. Any life-threatening illness, medical condition, or organ system dysfunction that, in the investigator s opinion, could compromise the subject s safety or put the study outcomes at undue risk.
  5. Receive cytotoxic chemotherapy within 2 weeks prior to vaccination
  6. Receive intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) within 2 months prior to vaccination
  7. Receive anti-CD20 and/or anti-CD19 monoclonal antibody therapy within 6 months prior to vaccination
  8. Receive cellular therapy (e.g. CAR-T cells) within 12 months prior to vaccination
  9. History of allogeneic stem cell transplantation

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Basic Science
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Treatment with BCL-2 Inhibitor
Participants may receive one or more of the following vaccine types: Shingrix, Heplisav -B, PREVNAR 13, PNEUMOVAX 23, PREVNAR 20, AREXVY, ABRYSVO, and receive assessment of serologic and cellular response following completion of each vaccine series.
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPSV23)
Recombinant, adjuvanted Hepatitis (HepB-CpG)
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13)
Recombinant, adjuvanted Zoster Vaccine (RZV)
Pneumococcal 20-Valent Conjugate Vaccine (PCV20)
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine
Experimental: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Not Receiving Active Treatment
Participants may receive one or more of the following vaccine types: Shingrix, Heplisav -B, PREVNAR 13, PNEUMOVAX 23, AREXVY, ABRYSVO and receive assessment of serologic and cellular response following completion of each vaccine series.
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPSV23)
Recombinant, adjuvanted Hepatitis (HepB-CpG)
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13)
Recombinant, adjuvanted Zoster Vaccine (RZV)
Pneumococcal 20-Valent Conjugate Vaccine (PCV20)
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine
Experimental: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Treatment Break for BTKi
Participants may receive one or more of the following vaccine types: Shingrix, Heplisav -B, PREVNAR 13, PNEUMOVAX 23, PREVNAR 20, AREXVY, ABRYSVO and receive assessment of serologic and cellular response following completion of each vaccine series.
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPSV23)
Recombinant, adjuvanted Hepatitis (HepB-CpG)
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13)
Recombinant, adjuvanted Zoster Vaccine (RZV)
Pneumococcal 20-Valent Conjugate Vaccine (PCV20)
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine
Experimental: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Treatment Naive
Participants may receive one or more of the following vaccine types: Shingrix, Heplisav -B, PREVNAR 13, PNEUMOVAX 23, PREVNAR 20, AREXVY, ABRYSVO and receive assessment of serologic and cellular response following completion of each vaccine series.
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPSV23)
Recombinant, adjuvanted Hepatitis (HepB-CpG)
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13)
Recombinant, adjuvanted Zoster Vaccine (RZV)
Pneumococcal 20-Valent Conjugate Vaccine (PCV20)
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine
Experimental: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Treatment with BTKi
Participants may receive one or more of the following vaccine types: Shingrix, PREVNAR 13, PNEUMOVAX 23, PREVNAR 20, AREXVY, ABRYSVO and receive assessment of serologic and cellular response following completion of each vaccine series.
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPSV23)
Recombinant, adjuvanted Hepatitis (HepB-CpG)
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13)
Pneumococcal 20-Valent Conjugate Vaccine (PCV20)
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine
Experimental: Other Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia - Not receiving active treatment
Participants may receive one or more of the following vaccine types: Shingrix, Heplisav -B, PREVNAR 13, PNEUMOVAX 23, PREVNAR 20, AREXVY, ABRYSVO and receive assessment of serologic and cellular response following completion of each vaccine series.
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPSV23)
Recombinant, adjuvanted Hepatitis (HepB-CpG)
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13)
Recombinant, adjuvanted Zoster Vaccine (RZV)
Pneumococcal 20-Valent Conjugate Vaccine (PCV20)
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine
Experimental: Other Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia - Treatment with Targeted Therapies
Participants may receive one or more of the following vaccine types: Shingrix, Heplisav -B, PREVNAR 13, PNEUMOVAX 23, PREVNAR 20, AREXVY, ABRYSVO, and receive assessment of serologic and cellular response following completion of each vaccine series.
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPSV23)
Recombinant, adjuvanted Hepatitis (HepB-CpG)
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13)
Recombinant, adjuvanted Zoster Vaccine (RZV)
Pneumococcal 20-Valent Conjugate Vaccine (PCV20)
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Serologic response against each administered vaccine following completion of the vaccine series in each study arm
Time Frame: 4 weeks after completing vaccine series
vaccine titer
4 weeks after completing vaccine series

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Adrian U Wiestner, M.D., National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 14, 2022

Primary Completion (Estimated)

November 15, 2036

Study Completion (Estimated)

November 15, 2036

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 24, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 25, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

December 28, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 4, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 1, 2026

Last Verified

July 31, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

IPD Plan Description

The team will decide in the future.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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