Intergroup Trial for Children or Adolescents With Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma: DA-EPOCH-Rituximab Evaluation

Intergroup Trial for Children or Adolescents With B-Cell NHL or B-AL: Evaluation of Rituximab Efficacy and Safety in High Risk Patients - Phase II Trial of DA-EPOCH-Rituximab in PMLBL

Phase II trial to determine the efficacy of Dose Adjusted-EPOCH-Rituximab regimen in children and adolescent with primary mediastinal large B cell lymphoma in terms of event free survival.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

47

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

      • Leuven, Belgium, 3000
        • University Hospitals Leuven
      • Monrovia, Canada
        • Children Oncology Group Operations centres
      • Villejuif, France, 94805
        • Gustave Roussy
      • Budapest, Hungary, 1094
        • 2nd Dept. of Pediatrics Semmelweis Univ.
      • Padova, Italy, 35128
        • Associazione Italiana di Ematologia ed Oncologia Pediatrica
      • Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1105 AZ
        • Emma Children's Hospital
      • Wroclaw, Poland
        • Rectorat of Medical University
      • Valencia, Spain, 46010
        • Sociedad Española de Hematología y Oncología Pediátricas
      • Birmingham, United Kingdom
        • University of Birmingham

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

6 months to 17 years (CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Histologically proven Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma (PMLBL).
  • PMLBL without central nervous system (CNS) involvement.
  • 6 months to less than 18 years of age at the time of consent.
  • Males and females of reproductive potential must agree to use an effective contraceptive method during the treatment, and after the end of treatment: during twelve months for women, taking into account the characteristics of rituximab
  • Complete initial work-up within 8 days prior to treatment that allows definite staging.
  • Able to comply with scheduled follow-up and with management of toxicity.
  • Signed informed consent from patients and/or their parents or legal guardians

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Follicular lymphoma, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) and nodular marginal zone
  • PMLBL patients with CNS involvement
  • Patients with congenital immunodeficiency, chromosomal breakage syndrome, prior organ transplantation, previous malignancy of any type, or known positive HIV serology.
  • Evidence of pregnancy or lactation period.
  • There will be no exclusion criteria based on organ function.
  • Past or current anti-cancer treatment except corticosteroids during less than one week.
  • Tumor cell negative for CD20
  • Prior exposure to rituximab.
  • Severe active viral infection, especially hepatitis B.
  • Hepatitis B carrier status history of hepatitis B virus (HBV) or positive serology.
  • Participation in another investigational drug clinical trial.
  • Patients who, for any reason, are not able to comply with the national legislation.

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: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: DA-EPOCH-R
6 courses of Dose Adjusted-EPOCH-Rituximab
6 courses of Dose Adjusted-EPOCH-Rituximab Rituximab 375 mg/m² i.v.: one injection at each of the 6 courses of EPOCH.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Event free survival
Time Frame: 36 months
Minimum time to death from any cause, presence of viable cells in residue after 6th DA-EPOCH course, relapse, progressive disease, or second malignancy measured from registration.
36 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Survival
Time Frame: 5 years
Overall survival
5 years
Acute toxicity
Time Frame: 6 months
Acute toxicity during treatment according to NCI-CTC V4
6 months
Long term toxicity
Time Frame: 5 years
Long term toxicity, especially immune reconstitution, cardiac toxicity
5 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Catherine PATTE, MD, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
  • Study Chair: Thomas GROSS, MD, Children's Oncology Group, USA

Publications and helpful links

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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)

April 1, 2012

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

April 1, 2017

Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)

December 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 19, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 24, 2012

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

January 25, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

March 18, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 17, 2021

Last Verified

March 1, 2021

More Information

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