Radiation Therapy Alone for the Treatment of Stage 1 and 2 Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (MALT) Lymphoma

February 25, 2022 updated by: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Radiation Therapy Alone for Stage 1 and 2 MALT (Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue) Lymphoma

This trial studies the side effects of radiation therapy used alone, and if it can achieve a high cure rate in the treatment of patients with MALT lymphoma. Radiation therapy uses high energy sources to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. This treatment may improve the patient's lymphoma.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To determine the efficacy and toxicity of radiation therapy alone in treating stage 1 and 2 MALT lymphoma for newly diagnosed patients and for the patients who failed other treatment modalities.

OUTLINE:

Patients undergo radiation therapy once daily (QD) 5 times weekly over 3.5-5 weeks.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 6-8 weeks, and then every 3-4 months for year 1, every 4-6 months for year 2, every 6 months for years 3 and 4, and once yearly thereafter.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

75

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
    • Texas
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
        • M D Anderson 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

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with newly diagnosed stage 1 and 2 MALT lymphoma are eligible for this study
  • Patients with Helicobacter (H.) pylori positive gastric MALT lymphoma are recommended to have treatments with antibiotics prior to enrollment to this protocol
  • Patients who failed other treatment modalities (e.g. chemotherapy, antibiotics therapy etc) are also eligible as far as they never had stage 3 or 4 disease during the course of the disease or disease progression to the opposite side of the diaphragm (as the time course of the response to antibiotic therapy can be very variable among patients, sometimes requiring more than one year for complete response, failure to antibiotic therapy can be very variable among patients, sometimes requiring more than one year for complete response, failure to antibiotic treatment will be defined as no response or progression of the disease documented by endoscopy and biopsy)
  • Patients who have had stage 4 diseases due to bilateral parotid gland or ocular/ocular adnexal involvement or due to multiple sites within Waldeyer's ring will still be eligible

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who had previous radiation dose to the site of the current primary disease which would lead to violation of known radiation tolerance limit of that particular site if treated again
  • Patients with MALT lymphoma of the skin whose lesions are separated by more than 5 cm will be ineligible
  • Previous or concurrent malignancy in any form would not be an exclusion criterion. However, patients who receive chemotherapy for concurrent malignancy will be excluded from statistical analysis
  • Low blood cell counts would not be exclusion criteria as far as the patient is willing to accept supportive measures such as transfusions, filgrastim and epoetin

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: Treatment (radiation therapy)
Patients undergo radiation therapy QD 5 times weekly over 3.5-5 weeks.
Other: Radiation Therapy
Undergo radiation therapy
Other Names:
  • Cancer Radiotherapy
  • Irradiate
  • Irradiated
  • Irradiation
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Therapy, NOS
  • Radiotherapeutics
  • Radiotherapy
  • RT
  • Therapy, Radiation

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Relapse-free Survival (RFS)
Time Frame: Through study completion, up to 10 years
RFS was defined as the time in months from the date of study entry until the last follow-up or death, with all deaths censored. Kaplan-Meier curves were estimated for the survival distributions.
Through study completion, up to 10 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Median Progression Free Survival (PFS)
Time Frame: 17.5 years
PFS is defined as the time from randomization to progression or death. Kaplan-Meier curves were estimated for the survival distributions.
17.5 years
Progression Free Survival (PFS) at 10 Years
Time Frame: Through study completion, up to 10 years
PFS events is the time in months and defined as any lymphoma relapse ( lymphoma that comes back after successful treatment and a period of remission) or death from any cause. Kaplan-Meier curves were estimated for the survival distributions.
Through study completion, up to 10 years
10 Year Overall Survival (OS)
Time Frame: Through study completion, up to 10 years
Overall Survival is the time in months from start of study treatment to date of death due to any cause. Overall survival rates are estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method.
Through study completion, up to 10 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Helpful Links

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)

June 7, 2000

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 15, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

March 15, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 6, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 8, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

July 9, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 2, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 25, 2022

Last Verified

February 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • ID99-384 (Other Identifier: M D Anderson Cancer Center)
  • NCI-2020-02549 (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

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