Rituximab and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma

June 14, 2023 updated by: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

Phase II Study of Rituximab Given in Conjunction With Standard Chemotherapy in Primary Central Nervous System (CNS) Lymphoma

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as rituximab, can block cancer growth in different ways. Some find cancer cells and kill them or carry cancer-killing substances to them. Others interfere with the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as methotrexate, leucovorin, vincristine, procarbazine, dexamethasone, and cytarabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving rituximab together with combination chemotherapy may kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving rituximab together with combination chemotherapy works in treating patients with primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the complete response rate.

Secondary

  • Determine the progression-free survival of these patients.
  • Determine the proportion of progression-free and overall survival in these patients.
  • Determine rituximab cerebrospinal fluid pharmacokinetics (only in patients requiring intrathecal chemotherapy).

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive rituximab IV 3 times weekly in weeks 1-4; high-dose methotrexate IV over 2 hours in weeks 1, 3, 5, and 9; oral or IV leucovorin calcium every 6 hours for 12 doses beginning 24 hours after the start of methotrexate in weeks 1, 3, 5, and 9; vincristine IV in weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9; oral procarbazine hydrochloride daily on days 1-7 in weeks 1, 5, and 9; oral dexamethasone daily in weeks 1-6; and cytarabine IV over 2 hours twice weekly in weeks 11 and 14.

Patients with positive cerebrospinal fluid also receive methotrexate intrathecally and oral leucovorin calcium every 12 hours for 8 doses beginning 24 hours after the start of methotrexate in weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for 5 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 43 patients will be accrued for this study.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

26

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

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

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • Stanford, California, United States, 94305-5824
        • Stanford Cancer Center
    • Florida
      • Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32610-0232
        • University of Florida Shands Cancer Center
      • Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32224
        • Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville
    • Illinois
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612-3785
        • John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
      • Hinsdale, Illinois, United States, 60521
        • Hinsdale Hematology Oncology Associates
    • Iowa
      • Ames, Iowa, United States, 50010
        • McFarland Clinic, PC
      • Sioux City, Iowa, United States, 51101
        • Siouxland Hematology-Oncology Associates, LLP
      • Sioux City, Iowa, United States, 51104
        • St. Luke's Regional Medical Center
      • Sioux City, Iowa, United States, 51104
        • Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City
    • Kansas
      • Anthony, Kansas, United States, 67003
        • Hospital District Sixth of Harper County
      • Chanute, Kansas, United States, 66720
        • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Chanute
      • Dodge City, Kansas, United States, 67801
        • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Dodge City
      • El Dorado, Kansas, United States, 67042
        • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - El Dorado
      • Fort Scott, Kansas, United States, 66701
        • Cancer Center of Kansas - Fort Scott
      • Independence, Kansas, United States, 67301
        • Cancer Center of Kansas-Independence
      • Kingman, Kansas, United States, 67068
        • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Kingman
      • Lawrence, Kansas, United States, 66044
        • Lawrence Memorial Hospital
      • Liberal, Kansas, United States, 67901
        • Southwest Medical Center
      • Newton, Kansas, United States, 67114
        • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Newton
      • Parsons, Kansas, United States, 67357
        • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Parsons
      • Pratt, Kansas, United States, 67124
        • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Pratt
      • Salina, Kansas, United States, 67042
        • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Salina
      • Wellington, Kansas, United States, 67152
        • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Wellington
      • Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67214
        • Wesley Medical Center
      • Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67208
        • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Medical Arts Tower
      • Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67214
        • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Wichita
      • Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67214
        • CCOP - Wichita
      • Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67214
        • Via Christi Cancer Center at Via Christi Regional Medical Center
      • Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67208
        • Associates in Womens Health, PA - North Review
      • Winfield, Kansas, United States, 67156
        • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Winfield
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231-2410
        • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
    • Michigan
      • Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, 49007
        • Bronson Methodist Hospital
      • Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, 49001
        • Borgess Medical Center
      • Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, 49007-3731
        • West Michigan Cancer Center
    • Minnesota
      • Burnsville, Minnesota, United States, 55337
        • Fairview Ridges Hospital
      • Coon Rapids, Minnesota, United States, 55433
        • Mercy and Unity Cancer Center at Mercy Hospital
      • Edina, Minnesota, United States, 55435
        • Fairview Southdale Hospital
      • Fridley, Minnesota, United States, 55432
        • Mercy and Unity Cancer Center at Unity Hospital
      • Hutchinson, Minnesota, United States, 55350
        • Hutchinson Area Health Care
      • Maplewood, Minnesota, United States, 55109
        • Minnesota Oncology Hematology, PA - Maplewood
      • Maplewood, Minnesota, United States, 55109
        • HealthEast Cancer Care at St. John's Hospital
      • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55407
        • Virginia Piper Cancer Institute at Abbott - Northwestern Hospital
      • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55415
        • Hennepin County Medical Center - Minneapolis
      • Robbinsdale, Minnesota, United States, 55422-2900
        • Hubert H. Humphrey Cancer Center at North Memorial Outpatient Center
      • Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
        • Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
      • Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, United States, 55416
        • CCOP - Metro-Minnesota
      • Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, United States, 55416
        • Park Nicollet Cancer Center
      • Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, 55102
        • United Hospital
      • Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, 55101
        • Regions Hospital Cancer Care Center
      • Shakopee, Minnesota, United States, 55379
        • St. Francis Cancer Center at St. Francis Medical Center
      • Waconia, Minnesota, United States, 55387
        • Ridgeview Medical Center
      • Woodbury, Minnesota, United States, 55125
        • Minnesota Oncology Hematology, PA - Woodbury
    • Ohio
      • Akron, Ohio, United States, 44309-2090
        • Summa Center for Cancer Care at Akron City Hospital
      • Barberton, Ohio, United States, 44203
        • Barberton Citizens Hospital
      • Canton, Ohio, United States, 44710-1799
        • Aultman Cancer Center at Aultman Hospital
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44109
        • MetroHealth Cancer Care Center at MetroHealth Medical Center
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States, 18105
        • Morgan Cancer Center at Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest
      • Danville, Pennsylvania, United States, 17822-0001
        • Geisinger Cancer Institute at Geisinger Health
      • Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States, 18201
        • Geisinger Hazleton Cancer Center
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19111-2497
        • Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia
      • State College, Pennsylvania, United States, 16801
        • Geisinger Medical Group - Scenery Park
      • Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States, 18711
        • Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Cancer Center at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
    • South Dakota
      • Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, 57105
        • Medical X-Ray Center, PC
      • Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, 57117-5039
        • Sanford Cancer Center at Sanford USD Medical Center
    • Tennessee
      • Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232-6838
        • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
    • West Virginia
      • Charleston, West Virginia, United States, 25304
        • West Virginia University Health Sciences Center - Charleston
    • Wisconsin
      • La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States, 54601
        • Gundersen Lutheran Center for Cancer and Blood
      • Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792-6164
        • University of Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center

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:

  • Histologically confirmed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma by brain biopsy

  • Patients with inconclusive biopsy or patients who are not candidates for biopsy must have typical CT scan or MRI of the brain AND meet ≥ 1 of the following criteria:

    • Positive cerebrospinal fluid cytology for lymphoma OR a monoclonal lymphoid population as defined by cell surface markers or immunoglobulin gene rearrangement studies
    • Biopsy-proven involvement of the vitreous or uvea if cells are apparent in the posterior chamber or vitreous by ophthalmological examination

  • Bideminsionally measurable disease, defined as contrast-enhancing tumor ≥ 1 cm by pretreatment MRI/CT scan

    • Meningeal or vitreous involvement constitutes evaluable but not measurable disease
    • If an excisional, rather than a needle biopsy was done, measurable disease must be present on a postoperative scan (not a PET-CT scan)
  • ECOG performance status 0-3
  • Absolute granulocyte count ≥ 1,500/mm³
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³
  • Bilirubin ≤ upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • SGOT ≤ 2.0 times ULN
  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception

Exclusion criteria:

  • Pregnant or nursing
  • HIV-1 positivity
  • Other malignancy within the past 5 years except basal cell skin cancer or any carcinoma in situ
  • Pre-existing immunodeficiency
  • Hepatitis B surface antigen positivity
  • Systemic lymphoma (as determined by pre-registration CT scans and physical examination)
  • Prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy for primary central nervous system lymphoma
  • Prior organ or bone marrow 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: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Rituximab + standard chemotherapy
Rituximab + high dose methotrexate, leucovorin, vincristine, procarbazine, dexamethasone, and cytarabine. Patients with meningeal involvement will receive additional methotrexate and leucovorin.
Biological: Rituximab
Rituximab is administered intravenously. The initial rate is 50 mg/hr for the first hour. If no toxicity is seen, the rate may be escalated gradually in 50 mg/hour increments at 30-minute intervals to a maximum of 300 mg/hr. If the first dose is well tolerated, the initial rate for subsequent dose is 100 mg/hr, increased gradually in 100 mg/hr increments at 30-minute intervals, not to exceed 400 mg/hr.
Other Names:
  • Rituxan
Drug: Cytarabine
3 g/m2/day in 500 cc D5W IV over 2 hrs. x 2 doses 24hrs. apart, Weeks 11, 14
Other Names:
  • Ara-C
  • Arabinosylcytosine
  • Cytosar-U
Drug: Dexamethasone
16mg (week 1) PO daily Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Taper by 4 mg/wk, weeks 2, 3, by 2 mg/wk week 4, 5, 6
Other Names:
  • Decadron
  • Hexadrol
  • Dexasone
  • Maxidex
  • Diodex
  • dexamethasone sodium phosphate
  • dexamethasone acetate
Drug: Leucovorin
25 mg PO/IV every 6 hrs. x 12 doses, Weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 For patients with meningeal involvement additionally 10 mg PO every 12 hrs. x 8 doses, Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Other Names:
  • leucovorin calcium
Drug: Methotrexate

3.5 g/m2In 500 cc D5W + 25 mEq NaHCO3 IV over 2 hours, Weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9

For patients with meningeal involvement additionally:

12 mg Intrathecally, in preservative-free sterile .9NS Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 Via Ommaya or lumbar puncture

Other Names:
  • MTX
  • Amethopterin
  • Rheumatrex
  • Trexall
  • Otrexup
  • Rasuvo
  • Methotrexate Sodium
Drug: Procarbazine
100 mg/m2 PO daily x 7 days Weeks 1, 5, 9
Other Names:
  • Matulane
  • Procarbazine hydrochloride
Drug: Vincristine
1.4 mg/m2 IV push, Weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 2m2 (2.8 mg) dose cap
Other Names:
  • VCR
  • Oncovin
  • Vincasar
  • LCR
  • Vincristine Sulfate

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Complete Response Rate - Locally Reviewed
Time Frame: For the primary endpoint, complete response will be based on disease status at three weeks post the end of therapy (week 17).

Assessed by the ECOG-ACRIN data manager based upon local review of images and data sent by the local sites.

Treatment response was determined by calculating the sum of the maximal cross section in 2 separate axes using enhancing lesion(s) on CT or MRI imaging. The same imaging modality was to be used throughout assessment. Complete response was defined as the disappearance of all contrast enhancing tumor size on CT or MRI, patient was off all glucocorticoids, and resolution of all meningeal and vitreous involvement if present. Response must have lasted at least 4 weeks.
For the primary endpoint, complete response will be based on disease status at three weeks post the end of therapy (week 17).

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Lode J. Swinnen, MD, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
  • Study Chair: Deborah T. Blumenthal, MD, University of Utah

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 23, 2007

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 7, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 7, 2006

First Posted (Estimated)

June 8, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 3, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 14, 2023

Last Verified

June 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CDR0000475776
  • ECOG-E1F05 (Other Identifier: ECOG-ACRIN)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

Individual participant data may be made available upon request as per the ECOG-ACRIN Data Sharing Policy.

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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