Brentuximab Vedotin and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With CD30-Positive Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma

A Phase 2 Study of Brentuximab Vedotin Plus Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Etoposide, and Prednisone (CHEP-BV) Followed by BV Consolidation in Patients With CD30-Positive Peripheral T-Cell Lymphomas

This phase II trial studies the side effects and how well brentuximab vedotin and combination chemotherapy work in treating patients with CD30-positive peripheral T-cell lymphoma. Brentuximab vedotin is a monoclonal antibody, brentuximab, linked to a toxic agent called vedotin. Brentuximab attaches to CD30 positive cancer cells in a targeted way and delivers vedotin to kill them. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, etoposide, and prednisone work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving brentuximab vedotin and combination chemotherapy may work better in treating patients with CD30-positive peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, ALK-Positive; Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma; Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma; Hepatosplenic T-Cell Lymphoma; Mature T-Cell and NK-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma; Enteropathy-Associated T-Cell Lymphoma; Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma, Not Otherwise Specified; Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, ALK-Negative; Ann Arbor Stage II Noncutaneous Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma; Ann Arbor Stage III Noncutaneous Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma; Ann Arbor Stage IV Noncutaneous Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Drug: Etoposide; Drug: Cyclophosphamide; Drug: Prednisone; Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride; Drug: Brentuximab Vedotin; Drug: Etoposide Phosphate; Drug: Doxorubicin

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Assess the safety and tolerability of cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin hydrochloride (doxorubicin), etoposide phosphate (etoposide), prednisone, and brentuximab vedotin (CHEP-BV), as induction therapy in patients with CD30-positive peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL). (Safety lead-in) II. Assess the anti-lymphoma activity of CHEP-BV as induction treatment in patients with CD30-positive PTCL. (Phase 2)

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Describe outcomes of CD30-positive PTCL patients who go on to receive BV consolidation therapy post CHEP-BV induction with/without autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation/radiation.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. Explore the rate of minimal residual disease (MRD) negativity (as assessed by next-generation sequencing) and MRD kinetics after CHEP-BV and BV consolidation therapy in CD30-positive PTCL.

II. Explore the possible association between outcome after study treatment and CD30 expression, gene expression profiles (GEP), and genetic mutations as measured in PTCL tumor samples.

OUTLINE:

INDUCTION: Patients receive cyclophosphamide intravenously (IV) and doxorubicin IV on day 1, etoposide IV on days 1-3, and prednisone orally (PO) on days 1-5. Patients also receive brentuximab vedotin IV over approximately 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 6 cycles (or for up to 5 cycles for patients who received 1 cycle of cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone [CHOP]-like or brentuximab vedotin, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone [CHP-BV] therapy prior to induction, per investigator's discretion) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

CONSOLIDATION: Between 30-60 days post-consolidative autologous stem cell therapy, post-consolidative radiation therapy, or after completing induction cycle 6 (cycle 5 for patients who qualify for receiving 5 cycles of CHEP-BV instead of 6), patients with objective response (complete response or partial response) receive brentuximab vedotin IV over approximately 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 10 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days, 6 months, and 12 months.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 48
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • British Columbia
    • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V5Z 4E6
      • BCCA-Vancouver Cancer Centre
• United States
  • California
    • Duarte, California, United States, 91010
      • City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • New Jersey
    • Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, 07601
      • Hackensack University Medical Center
  • Ohio
    • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
      • Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Texas
    • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
      • M D Anderson Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 14 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Documented informed consent of participant and/or legally authorized representative

• Agreement to allow the use of archival tissue from diagnostic tumor biopsies will be retrieved and submitted post-enrollment

  • If unavailable, exceptions may be granted with study principal investigator (PI) approval.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) status =< 2

• Histologically confirmed mature peripheral T-cell or natural killer (NK)-cell lymphoma per World Health Organization (WHO) classification, including:

  • Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) with international protein index (IPI) of 2 or higher (must have bulky [defined as mass >= 10 cm] stage II, or stage III-IV disease)

  • ALK-negative ALCL

    • NOTE: Per amendment dated 05-10-19, ALCL will no longer be eligible except for Canada.
  • PTCL-not otherwise specified (NOS)
  • Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL)
  • Adult T-cell lymphoma/leukemia (ATLL)
  • Enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma (EATL)
  • Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma
• CD30-positivity (e.g. at least 1%) by immunohistochemistry confirmed by hematopathology review at the participating institution
• Measurable disease of at least 1.5 cm on computed tomography (CT) or positron emission tomography (PET)-CT scan

• Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1,000/mm^3

  • Exception: unless documented bone marrow involvement by lymphoma

• Platelets >= 50,000/mm^3

  • Exception: unless documented bone marrow involvement by lymphoma
• Total serum bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) OR if hepatic involvement by lymphoma: =< 3 x ULN for Gilbert's disease or documented hepatic involvement by lymphoma
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) =< 2 x ULN OR if hepatic involvement by lymphoma: AST =< 5 x ULN
• Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =< 2 x ULN OR if hepatic involvement by lymphoma: ALT =< 5 x ULN
• Creatinine clearance of >= 60 mL/min per the Cockcroft-Gault formula
• Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) >= 45%
• Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP): negative urine or serum pregnancy test; if the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required
• Agreement by WOCBP and males of childbearing potential to use an effective method of birth control or abstain from heterosexual activity for the course of the study through at least 6 months after the last dose of protocol therapy; childbearing potential defined as not being surgically sterilized (men and women) or have not been free from menses for > 1 year (women only)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior treatment of PTCL with systemic anti-lymphoma therapies, investigational agents, radiation

  • Exception: May have received 1 cycle of CHOP-like therapy (e.g. CHOP, CHOEP, EPOCH) or 1 cycle of CHP-BV; these participants must initiate day 1 cycle 1 of study therapy (CHEP-BV) no less than 19 days from prior CHOP-like or CHP-BV therapy; Patients who received 1 cycle of CHOP-like or 1 cycle of CHP-BV therapy prior to initiating induction with CHEP-BV are allowed to receive only 5 cycles of CHEP-BV instead of 6 cycles, per investigator's discretion

• History of another primary invasive cancer, hematologic malignancy, or myelodysplastic syndrome that has not been in remission for at least 3 years.

  • Exceptions: Non-melanoma skin cancer and in situ cervical cancer
• Symptomatic cardiac disease (including symptomatic ventricular dysfunction, symptomatic coronary artery disease, and symptomatic arrhythmias), cerebrovascular event/stroke or myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
• Central nervous system involvement by lymphoma, including leptomeningeal involvement
• History of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)
• Active >= grade 3 viral, bacterial, or fungal infection within 2 weeks prior to day 1 of protocol therapy
• Any known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, hepatitis B surface antigen-positive status, or known or suspected active hepatitis C infection
• Baseline peripheral neuropathy >= grade 2 or patients with the demyelinating form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome
• Known severe hypersensitivity to any study related agent excipient(s)
• Females only: pregnant or breastfeeding
• Any other condition that would, in the investigator's judgement, contraindicate the patient's participation in the clinical study
• Prospective participants who, in the opinion of the investigator, may not be able to comply with all study procedures (including compliance issues related to feasibility/logistics)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: Treatment (CHEP-BV); INDUCTION: Patients receive cyclophosphamide IV and doxorubicin IV on day 1, etoposide IV on days 1-3, and prednisone PO on days 1-5. Patients also receive brentuximab vedotin IV over approximately 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 6 cycles (or for up to 5 cycles for patients who received 1 cycle of CHOP-like or CHP-BV therapy prior to induction, per investigator's discretion) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. CONSOLIDATION: Between 30-60 days post-consolidative autologous stem cell therapy, post-consolidative radiation therapy, or after completing induction cycle 6 (cycle 5 for patients who qualify for receiving 5 cycles of CHEP-BV instead of 6), patients with objective response (complete response or partial response) receive brentuximab vedotin IV over approximately 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 10 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Correlative studies; Drug: Etoposide; Given IV; Other Names: Demethyl Epipodophyllotoxin Ethylidine Glucoside; EPEG; Lastet; Toposar; Vepesid; VP 16; VP 16-213; VP-16; VP-16-213; VP16; Drug: Cyclophosphamide; Given IV; Other Names: Cytoxan; CTX; (-)-Cyclophosphamide; 2H-1,3,2-Oxazaphosphorine, 2-[bis(2-chloroethyl)amino]tetrahydro-, 2-oxide, monohydrate; Carloxan; Ciclofosfamida; Ciclofosfamide; Cicloxal; Clafen; Claphene; CP monohydrate; CYCLO-cell; Cycloblastin; Cycloblastine; Cyclophospham; Cyclophosphamid monohydrate; Cyclophosphamide Monohydrate; Cyclophosphamidum; Cyclophosphan; Cyclophosphane; Cyclophosphanum; Cyclostin; Cyclostine; Cytophosphan; Cytophosphane; Fosfaseron; Genoxal; Genuxal; Ledoxina; Mitoxan; Neosar; Revimmune; Syklofosfamid; WR- 138719; Drug: Prednisone; Given PO; Other Names: Deltasone; Orasone; .delta.1-Cortisone; 1, 2-Dehydrocortisone; Adasone; Cortancyl; Dacortin; DeCortin; Decortisyl; Decorton; Delta 1-Cortisone; Delta-Dome; Deltacortene; Deltacortisone; Deltadehydrocortisone; Deltison; Deltra; Econosone; Lisacort; Meprosona-F; Metacortandracin; Meticorten; Ofisolona; Panafcort; Panasol-S; Paracort; Perrigo Prednisone; PRED; Predicor; Predicorten; Prednicen-M; Prednicort; Prednidib; Prednilonga; Predniment; Prednisone Intensol; Prednisonum; Prednitone; Promifen; Rayos; Servisone; SK-Prednisone; Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride; Given IV; Other Names: Adriamycin; 5,12-Naphthacenedione, 10-[(3-amino-2,3,6-trideoxy-alpha-L-lyxo-hexopyranosyl)oxy]-7,8, 9,10-tetrahydro-6,8,11-trihydroxy-8-(hydroxyacetyl)-1-methoxy-, hydrochloride, (8S-cis)- (9CI); ADM; Adriacin; Adriamycin Hydrochloride; Adriamycin PFS; Adriamycin RDF; ADRIAMYCIN, HYDROCHLORIDE; Adriamycine; Adriblastina; Adriblastine; Adrimedac; Chloridrato de Doxorrubicina; DOX; DOXO-CELL; Doxolem; Doxorubicin HCl; Doxorubicin.HCl; Doxorubin; Farmiblastina; FI 106; FI-106; hydroxydaunorubicin; Rubex; Drug: Brentuximab Vedotin; Given IV; Other Names: Adcetris; SGN-35; cAC10-vcMMAE; ADC SGN-35; Anti-CD30 Antibody-Drug Conjugate SGN-35; Anti-CD30 Monoclonal Antibody-MMAE SGN-35; Anti-CD30 Monoclonal Antibody-Monomethylauristatin E SGN-35; Drug: Etoposide Phosphate; Given IV; Other Names: Etopophos; Drug: Doxorubicin; Given IV; Other Names: Adriablastin; Hydroxydaunomycin; Hydroxyl Daunorubicin; Hydroxyldaunorubicin

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Complete Response (CR) Rate After Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Etoposide, Prednisone, and Brentuximab Vedotin (CHEP-BV) Induction Therapy	CR rate was estimated by the proportion of evaluable patients achieving CR after CHEP-BV induction therapy, along with the 95% exact binomial confidence interval.	Up to the end of the CHEP-BV treatment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall Survival at 1 Year	Overall survival (OS) was measured from enrollment to death from any cause. OS was estimated using the product-limit method of Kaplan and Meier along with the Greenwood estimator of standard error.	The time from enrollment to death from any cause assessed up to 1 year.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: City of Hope Medical Center
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Alex F Herrera, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Herrera AF, Zain J, Savage KJ, Feldman T, Brammer JE, Chen L, Puverel S, Popplewell L, Budde LE, Mei M, Hosing C, Nair R, Leslie L, Daniels S, Peters L, Forman S, Rosen S, Kwak L, Iyer SP. Brentuximab vedotin plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, etoposide, and prednisone followed by brentuximab vedotin consolidation in CD30-positive peripheral T-cell lymphomas: a multicentre, single-arm, phase 2 study. Lancet Haematol. 2024 Sep;11(9):e671-e681. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(24)00171-6. Epub 2024 Jul 24.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 25, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 16, 2021
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 7, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 10, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 10, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): April 13, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): November 14, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 10, 2025
• Last Verified: November 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Lymphadenopathy; Neoplasms; Immune System Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Hematologic Diseases; Lymphatic Diseases; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Immunoproliferative Disorders; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin; Lymphoma; Leukemia, Lymphoid; Leukemia; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma; Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases; Lymphoma, T-Cell; Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic; Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma; Immunoblastic Lymphadenopathy; Enteropathy-Associated T-Cell Lymphoma; Peptides; Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins; Oligopeptides; Proteins; Organic Chemicals; Hydrocarbons; Hydrocarbons, Cyclic; Carbohydrates; Podophyllotoxin; Tetrahydronaphthalenes; Naphthalenes; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; Hydrocarbons, Aromatic; Polycyclic Compounds; Glucosides; Glycosides; Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Antibodies; Immunoglobulins; Immunoproteins; Blood Proteins; Serum Globulins; Globulins; Pregnadienes; Pregnanes; Steroids; Fused-Ring Compounds; Phosphoramide Mustards; Nitrogen Mustard Compounds; Mustard Compounds; Hydrocarbons, Halogenated; Phosphoramides; Organophosphorus Compounds; Pregnadienediols; Anthracyclines; Naphthacenes; Aminoglycosides; Daunorubicin; Brentuximab Vedotin; Prednisone; Cyclophosphamide; Etoposide; Doxorubicin; deltacortene; prednylidene; etoposide phosphate
• Other Study ID Numbers: 17058 (Other Identifier: City of Hope Medical Center); P30CA033572 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract); NCI-2017-00573 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program))

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No