Rituximab and CVP Plus Interferon for Follicular Non Hodgkins Lymphoma (NHL) (LNH-Pro-05)

March 31, 2016 updated by: Fundación Leucemia y Linfoma, Spain

Association of Rituximab to Immunochemotherapy With CVP + Interferon in Newly Diagnosed Follicular Lymphoma Patients With Intermediate-high FLIPI Score. Phase II Study.

Rituximab plus CVP and Interferon chemoimmunotherapy for newly diagnosed Follicular Lymphoma with FLIPI index >2

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

This study is a multicentric trial evaluating the efficacy of the CVP chemotherapy + Interferon (IFN) + Rituximab induction regimen in patients aged 18 to 75 years with newly diagnosed follicular NHL.

Follicular non Hodgkin's lymphoma's (FL), as defined by the REAL Classification, are usually characterized by a slowly progressive clinical course, a transient control by standard chemotherapeutic regimen and a pattern of repeated relapses until ultimately progressive and fatal disease.

Most standard first line treatment for advanced FL consists of alkylating-based (CVP) or anthracycline containing regimens, in association with immunomodulating agents such as interferon alpha or the unconjugated chimeric anti-CD20 antibody (rituximab) to target the CD20 antigen highly expressed on follicular lymphoma cells. This strategies have significantly increased the survival of the patients, but relapses still occur. Thus, the treatment of the patients with FL, requires improvements.

IFN alpha has antiproliferative and immunomodulatory properties. Moreover, it has been described a synergistic effect when IFN is given with chemotherapy. This association has significantly improved progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Our prior results with 12 weeks of IFN plus CVP as induction treatment, significantly increased PFS when compared with CVP alone (60% median PFS vs. 24%, p: 0.0004).

We also performed a prospective study to analyze the correlation between the duration of remission and MRD in patients who were treated with CVP+IFN . Ninety four percent of patients had a molecular marker (60% bcl-2 translocation and 34% IgH rearrangement). Molecular response, defined as achieving a negative molecular MRD, was achieved in 76% of patients and it was associated with clinical remission. There was also a significant correlation between the duration of remission and a sustained indetectable MRD Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody (Rituximab) mediates complement dependent cytotoxicity (CDC), antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) and apoptosis. Rituximab has also shown to sensitize drug-resistant lymphoma cell lines to killing by cytotoxic drugs.

There are some "in vitro" studies that have tested the effect of Rituximab and IFN combination. It's been described that when IFN is given with Rituximab, it favours the expression of CD20 and therefore increases its cytotoxic effect - . Preliminary phase II studies show an increase in response rate with duration of response going up to 12 months. Moreover, there are two clinical studies that have tested the efficacy and tolerability of Rituximab added to IFN-alpha vi- ix. The Nordic Lymphoma Group showed a significant increase in ORR (up to 94%) by adding 5 weeks of IFN to re-treatment with 4 doses of Rituximab in patients who had achieved only a minimal or partial remission. Most of these patients, maintained their responses for more than 24 months. With a similar trial design, Sacchi et al. showed an ORR of 74% (33% of CR) and a median duration of response of 19 months. The combination was safe and most grade 3-4 adverse events (15%) were hematologic toxicity (leuko-neutropenia and thrombocytopenia).

Thus, we hypothesize that the combination of rituximab, with our standard induction regimen using IFN plus CVP might lead to synergistic / additive induction of apoptosis through different pathways in poor prognostic patients with FL, improving our previous results. We also hypothesize that this combination will be able to achieve higher molecular remissions, determined by real-time PCR of Bcl-2 translocation.

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

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50

Phase

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  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • Spain
      • Madrid, Spain, 28006
        • Hospital Universitario de la Princesa

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 75 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age 18 years-75 years
  • Pathologically confirmed low grade, Follicular B cell lymphoma (WHO Classification Follicular grades 1 and 2) , Marginal zone lymphoma or Lymphocytic lymphoma (excluding CLL and MCL)
  • FLIPI score ≥ 2
  • Chemotherapy-naïve patients. Previous radiation therapy is allowed, but should have been limited.
  • Adequate hepatic (bilirubin or ALT/AST < 2,5 times UNL) and renal function, except for those directly disease-related
  • Performance status grade 0 to 3
  • Frozen biopsy material obtained at relapse or disease progression should be available for central pathology review and molecular biology studies
  • Patient information and written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Previous evolutive malignancy within 5 years of study entry
  • Prior chemotherapy treatment
  • Clinically significant cardiac disease, as defined by history of symptomatic ventricular arrhythmias, congestive heart failure or myocardial infarction within 12 months of study entry
  • Known positivity for HIV, VHB or VHC
  • Pregnant or lactating women. Women of childbearing potential, and all men, unwilling to take appropriate contraceptive measures during and for at least 12 months after cessation of therapy
  • Any uncontrolled serious non malignant condition or infection which would likely compromise the study objectives
  • Non controlled thyroid disfunction
  • Severe Autoimmune disease
  • Patients with history of severe neuropsychiatric disease

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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EXPERIMENTAL: R+CVP+IFN
8 cycles of Rituximab plus CVP chemotherapy (Bagley's et al) associated with Interferon for 12 weeks
Biological: R+CVP+IFN
Immunochemotherapy
Other Names:
  • Mabthera -Rituximab (375 mg/sm, D1)/cycle
  • Cyclophosphamide (400 mg/sm, D 1-5)/cycle
  • Prednisone (100 mg/sm,D 1-5)/cycle
  • Vincristine (1.4 mg/sm, max 2 mg, D 1)/cycle
  • Interferon -IFN (3 MU/sm x 3 times/week, x 12 weeks)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Progression-free survival (PFS) with the CVP + IFNalfa + Rituximab treatment
Time Frame: August 2012
August 2012

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Overall response (ORR) and complete response (CR) rates. Overall Survival MRD by RT-PCR assay Toxicity
Time Frame: August 2012
August 2012

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Fundación Leucemia y Linfoma, Spain

Collaborators

Collaborators

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Roche Pharma AG

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Reyes Arranz-Saez, MD, Fundación Leucemia y Linfoma, Spain

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

Study Start

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February 1, 2006

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

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March 1, 2016

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

Study Completion

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March 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

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February 10, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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February 11, 2009

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

First Posted

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February 12, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

Last Update Posted

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April 4, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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March 31, 2016

Last Verified

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March 1, 2016

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Other Study ID Numbers

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  • LNH-Pro-05
  • EudraCT Number:2005-004761-42

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