A Study of Tazemetostat With Rituximab and Abbreviated Bendamustine in the Frontline Treatment of High Tumor Burden Follicular Lymphoma
Active, not recruiting · Phase 1, Phase 2 · NCT05551936
Conditions: Follicular Lymphoma
At a glance
- Research payments reported, 2025
- $2.3M
- U.S. investigators named
- 4
- Sites paid
- 6
- Planned or actual enrollment
- 42
About the trial
- Sponsor
- Vaishalee Kenkre (with Epizyme, Inc., University of Wisconsin, Madison)
- Tested
- Bendamustine (drug), Rituximab (drug), Tazemetostat (drug)
- Dates
- Started 2023-01-26; completion 2027-05
- Results posted
- Not yet
This study is planned as a single arm clinical trial of tazemetostat in combination with bendamustine and rituximab with both a phase I and phase II component. All patients will receive tazemetostat twice daily on days 1-28 in combination with bendamustine 90 mg/m2 IV on days 1 and 2 and rituximab 375 mg/m2 IV on day 1 of a 28-day cycle for up to three cycles. Following this, patients will receive tazemetostat twice daily on days 1-28 and rituximab 375 mg/m2 IV on day 1 of a 28-day cycle for up to three cycles.
From ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-02-17. Full record, eligibility and contacts (opens in a new tab)
Industry funding
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc reported $2.3M in research payments for this study in 2025 (16 payments).
Products named: Tazverik
Research payments usually go to hospitals, universities and research sites to run a study, not to the investigators personally. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.
U.S. investigators named on this study
- Reem Karmali, MD Hematology & Oncology · Chicago, IL
- Andrew M. Evens, DO, MS Hematology · Boston, MA
- Narendranath Epperla, MD Hematology · Columbus, OH
- Vaishalee P. Kenkre, M.D. Hematology & Oncology · Madison, WI
Clinicians the company named as principal investigators in its Open Payments reports.
Sites paid to run it
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital $685,575
- University of Wisconsin $682,304
- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey $457,050
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center $270,075
- Ohio State University State Health System, OH $124,650
- Hoosier Cancer Research Network $56,313
Sources: CMS Open Payments research payments (program year 2025) and ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine.