Efficacy and Safety of Tisagenlecleucel in Adult Patients With Refractory or Relapsed Follicular Lymphoma
ELARA
A Phase II, Single Arm, Multicenter Open Label Trial to Determine the Efficacy and Safety of Tisagenlecleucel (CTL019) in Adult Patients With Refractory or Relapsed Follicular Lymphoma
3 other identifiers
interventional
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11 countries
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Brief Summary
This is a multi-center, phase II study to determine the efficacy and safety of tisagenlecleucel in adult patients with relapsed or refractory FL.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for phase_2
Started Nov 2018
Longer than P75 for phase_2
27 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 24, 2018
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
June 26, 2018
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
November 12, 2018
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
November 24, 2020
CompletedResults Posted
Study results publicly available
July 22, 2022
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
May 28, 2025
CompletedJuly 9, 2026
July 1, 2026
2 years
May 24, 2018
June 24, 2022
July 7, 2026
Conditions
Keywords
Study Arms (1)
CTL019
EXPERIMENTALAll patients who received tisagenlecleucel infusion.
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Refractory or relapsed Follicular Lymphoma (Grade 1, 2, 3A)
- Radiographically measurable disease at screening
You may not qualify if:
- Evidence of histologic transformation
- Follicular Lymphoma Grade 3B
- Prior anti-CD19 therapy
- Prior gene therapy
- Prior adoptive T cell therapy
- Prior allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant
- Active CNS involvement by malignancy
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (30)
City of Hope National Medical Center
Duarte, California, 91010 3000, United States
UCSF Medical Center
San Francisco, California, 94143, United States
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States
Uni of Chi Medi Ctr Hema and Onco
Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
Univ of Kansas Hosp and Med Ctr
Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States
Michigan Med University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109 5271, United States
Oregon Health Sciences University
Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States
University of Pennsylvania Clinical
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
Novartis Investigative Site
Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050, Australia
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Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
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Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
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Linz, 4020, Austria
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Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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Paris, 75475, France
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Pierre-Bénite, 69495, France
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Munich, Bavaria, 81377, Germany
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Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, 50937, Germany
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Ulm, 89081, Germany
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Bologna, BO, 40138, Italy
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Milan, MI, 20132, Italy
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Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8648, Japan
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Sendai, Miyagi, 9808574, Japan
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Fukuoka, 8128582, Japan
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Amsterdam, North Holland, 1081 HV, Netherlands
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Oslo, Norway, 0310, Norway
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Madrid, 28041, Spain
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Seville, 41013, Spain
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Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TH, United Kingdom
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London, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom
Related Publications (3)
Dreyling M, Fowler NH, Dickinson M, Martinez-Lopez J, Kolstad A, Butler J, Ghosh M, Popplewell L, Chavez JC, Bachy E, Kato K, Harigae H, Kersten MJ, Andreadis C, Riedell PA, Ho PJ, Perez-Simon JA, Chen AI, Nastoupil LJ, von Tresckow B, Maria Ferreri AJ, Teshima T, Patten PEM, McGuirk JP, Petzer AL, Offner F, Viardot A, Zinzani PL, Malladi R, Paule I, Zia A, Awasthi R, Han X, Germano D, O'Donovan D, Ramos R, Maier HJ, Masood A, Thieblemont C, Schuster SJ. Durable response after tisagenlecleucel in adults with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma: ELARA trial update. Blood. 2024 Apr 25;143(17):1713-1725. doi: 10.1182/blood.2023021567.
PMID: 38194692DERIVEDSalles G, Schuster SJ, Dreyling M, Fischer L, Kuruvilla J, Patten PEM, von Tresckow B, Smith SM, Jimenez-Ubieto A, Davis KL, Anjos C, Chu J, Zhang J, Lobetti Bodoni C, Thieblemont C, Fowler NH, Dickinson M, Martinez-Lopez J, Wang Y, Link BK. Efficacy comparison of tisagenlecleucel vs usual care in patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma. Blood Adv. 2022 Nov 22;6(22):5835-5843. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022008150.
PMID: 35973192DERIVEDFowler NH, Dickinson M, Dreyling M, Martinez-Lopez J, Kolstad A, Butler J, Ghosh M, Popplewell L, Chavez JC, Bachy E, Kato K, Harigae H, Kersten MJ, Andreadis C, Riedell PA, Ho PJ, Perez-Simon JA, Chen AI, Nastoupil LJ, von Tresckow B, Ferreri AJM, Teshima T, Patten PEM, McGuirk JP, Petzer AL, Offner F, Viardot A, Zinzani PL, Malladi R, Zia A, Awasthi R, Masood A, Anak O, Schuster SJ, Thieblemont C. Tisagenlecleucel in adult relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma: the phase 2 ELARA trial. Nat Med. 2022 Feb;28(2):325-332. doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01622-0. Epub 2021 Dec 17.
PMID: 34921238DERIVED
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MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 2
- Allocation
- NA
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 24, 2018
First Posted
June 26, 2018
Study Start
November 12, 2018
Primary Completion
November 24, 2020
Study Completion
May 28, 2025
Last Updated
July 9, 2026
Results First Posted
July 22, 2022
Record last verified: 2026-07
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
Novartis is committed to sharing with qualified external researchers, access to patient-level data and supporting clinical documents from eligible studies. These requests are reviewed and approved by an independent expert panel on the basis of scientific merit. All data provided is anonymized to respect the privacy of patients who have participated in the trial in line with applicable laws and regulations. This trial data is currently available according to the process described on www.clinicalstudydatarequest.com.