Phase 3 study for people with Lymphoma

Recruiting Phase 3

Sources: ClinicalTrials.gov Checked: 11 October 2026 Not medical advice

This trial at a glance

Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 3
Sponsor Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Registry number NCT06717347
Started 27 January 2025 Today 16 October 2026 Estimated completion 2 July 2029

Where this trial is running

Trial sites and the status recorded for each
SiteCityState or countryStatus at this site
Townsville University Hospital ( Site 3006) Townsville QLD Recruiting
Royal Adelaide Hospital ( Site 3001) Adelaide SA Recruiting
Grampians Health ( Site 3003) Ballarat VIC Recruiting
Northern Hospital ( Site 3002) Melbourne VIC Recruiting
Royal Perth Hospital-Haematology ( Site 3004) Perth WA Recruiting

voxsanity.com.au · trial sites from public registries · registry record synced 11 October 2026 · not medical advice

Who can join

Age 18 Years and over
Sex Anyone, regardless of sex
Healthy volunteers Not accepted
Enrolment target 1046

The official eligibility criteria

Registry text, reproduced exactly. These are the words the trial's sponsor published on ClinicalTrials.gov. They have not been edited, shortened or rewritten, and they are written for researchers rather than for patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

* Has histologically confirmed diagnosis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), by prior biopsy, based on local testing according to the WHO classification of neoplasms of the hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues

* Has positron emission tomography (PET) positive disease at screening, defined as 4 to 5 on the Lugano 5-point scale

* Has received no prior treatment for their DLBCL

* Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 2 assessed within 7 days before randomization

* Has an ejection fraction ≥45% as determined by either echocardiogram (ECHO) or multigated acquisition (MUGA)

* Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected participants must have well controlled HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART)

* Who are hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive are eligible if they have received hepatitis B virus (HBV) antiviral therapy and have undetectable HBV viral load prior to randomization

* Participants with history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable at screening

Exclusion Criteria:

* Has a history of transformation of indolent disease to DLBCL

* Has received a diagnosis of primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL) or Grey zone lymphoma

* Has Ann Arbor Stage I DLBCL

* Has clinically significant (i.e., active) cardiovascular disease: cerebral vascular accident/stroke (\<6 months prior to enrollment), myocardial infarction (\<6 months prior to enrollment), unstable angina, congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association Classification Class ≥II), or serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication

* Has clinically significant pericardial or pleural effusion

* Has ongoing Grade \>1 peripheral neuropathy

* Has a demyelinating form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

* HIV-infected participants with a history of Kaposi's sarcoma and/or Multicentric Castleman's Disease

* Has ongoing corticosteroid therapy

* Has received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention. Administration of killed vaccines is allowed

* Known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 2 years

* Known active central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma

* Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years

* Has active infection requiring systemic therapy

* Has concurrent active HBV (defined as HBsAg positive and detectable HBV DNA) and HCV (defined as anti-HCV antibody positive and detectable HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA)) infection

* Has history of allogeneic tissue/solid organ transplant

Dates on the record

Started 27 January 2025
Estimated completion 2 July 2029
Registry last updated 25 September 2026
Checked by Voxsanity 11 October 2026

Results, publications and the official record

Sources and dates

  • ClinicalTrials.gov – the record this page reformats
  • ClinicalTrials.gov processing date: 25 September 2026.
  • This page last checked by Voxsanity: 11 October 2026.

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