R-CDOP Combined With Intrathecal Methotrexate for DLBCL Patients With High-risk of CNS Relapse

A Phase II Study of R-CDOP Combined With Intrathecal Methotrexate for Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma Patients With High-risk of Central Nervous System Relapse

This is a double-center, single-arm, phase 2 study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of R-CDOP regimen combined with intrathecal methotrexate in chemo-naive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients with high-risk of CNS relapse.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: R-CDOP+intrathecal MTX

Detailed Description

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma is the most common subtype of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, accounting for 31% of all non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. At present, the standard treatment is R-CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone) Regimen. In DLBCL, central nervous system recurrence is rare, but once it occurs, it is often fatal. The prognosis of patients with central recurrence of DLBCL is very poor, and the median survival time is only 3.5-7 months.The CNS relapse rate of the R-CHOP regimen combined with MTX (methotrexate) intrathecal in high CNS-IPI DLBCL patients is approximately 12%.

This study was a phase II, prospective, single arm，double-center study, which requires a total of 83 DLBCL patients with high-risk of CNS relapse.

Patients will receive a total of 6-8 cycles of R-CDOP regimen, repeated every 3 weeks. Intrathecal MTX will be administered after the 1st-5th cycle of chemotherapy. All the patients will receive a mid-treatment PET scan after 4 cycles of chemotherapy. Patient achieves CR (complete response) after 4 cycles will continue to receive another 2 cycles of treatment. For those who achieve PR, another 4 cycles of chemotherapy will given.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 83
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: dongmei ji, doctor; Phone Number: 13564183928; Email: jidongmei2000@126.com
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Junning Cao, doctor; Email: cao_junning@126.com

Study Locations

• China
  • Shanghai Municipality
    • Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China, 021
      • Recruiting
      • Dongmei Ji
      • Contact: dongmei ji; Phone Number: 13564183928; Email: jidongmei2000@126.com
      • Principal Investigator: Junning Cao
      • Contact: dongmei ji, doctor
      • Principal Investigator: Dongmei Ji
  • Xinjiang
    • Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China
      • Not yet recruiting
      • Cancer Hospital affilicaited to Xinjiang Medical University
      • Contact: Shujuan Wen, Doctor
      • Principal Investigator: Shujuan Wen, doctor

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age range from 18 to 75 years;
2. ECOG performance status: 0-2;

3. Histopathologically confirmed untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (cell origin can be distinguished according to Hans algorithm) , And fulfilled the following criteria for high-risk CNS recurrence:

   1. CNS-IPI 4-6;
   2. The lymphoma involved testis, breast (excluding unilateral breast and less than 5 cm mass), adrenal gland, kidney, paranasal sinus, paravertebral, and bone marrow and other sites;
   3. PCLBCL-leg;
4. Subjects have at least one measurable lesion: the long axis of the lymph node shall be>1.5 cm, the long axis of the extranodal lesions shall be>1.0 cm;
5. Bone marrow hematopoiesis was essentially normal: WBC≥3.5 ×10^9/L, ANC≥1.5×10^9/L, PLT≥80×10^9/L, Hb≥90 g/L. Abnormal peripheral blood indices, as a result of lymphoma invading the bone marrow or spleen, permitted enrollment at the discretion of the investigator;
6. Liver function: total bilirubin, ALT, AST < 1.5×UNL (upper limit of normal);
7. Renal function: Cr < 1.5×UNL and creatinine clearance≥30 ml/min;
8. Echocardiography or nuclide cardiac function testing with LVEF≥50%;
9. Patients in the reproductive period agreed to appropriate contraception. Women in the reproductive period had a negative serum pregnancy test within 2 weeks before enrollment;
10. Consent to provide pathological tissue specimens (wax blocks within half a year or 20 slides for paraffin tissue sections);
11. Life expectancy≥3 months;
12. Signed informed consent;

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with a known history of severe allergy to humanized or murine mAbs, or any contraindication to R-CDOP, intrathecal MTX;
2. Patients with evidence of CNS involvement (baseline cerebrospinal fluid, imaging, symptoms);
3. Special types of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients who are not suitable for induction therapy with R-CDOP, such as PMBCL, double-hit large B-cell lymphoma, etc;
4. Clinically significant cardiac conditions, including severe cardiac insufficiency: New York Heart Association (NYHA) cardiac insufficiency class IV, unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to screening, congestive heart failure, and Q-Tc interval greater than 500 ms;
5. Those who had a second degree or greater operation within three weeks before treatment;

6. Diagnosed with a malignancy other than lymphoma or under treatment, with the following exceptions:

   1. Had received treatment with curative intent and had not developed malignancy with known active disease ≥ 5 years prior to enrollment;
   2. Basal cell carcinoma of the skin (other than melanoma) that has been adequately treated with no evidence of disease;
   3. Carcinoma in situ of the cervix that has been adequately treated with no evidence of disease;
7. Had significant coagulation abnormalities;
8. Any previous antilymphoma therapy other than short-term corticosteroids (up to 10 days);
9. Those with severe active infection;
10. Other serious, uncontrolled concomitant conditions that may affect protocol adherence or interfere with interpretation of results include uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, or pulmonary disease (interstitial pneumonia, obstructive pulmonary disease, and a history of symptomatic bronchospasm), hypertension, and others;
11. HBV (HBsAg positive and HBV-DNA ≥ 104 IU / ml), HCV (HCV antibody positive and HCV-RNA measurable); And subjects with other acquired, congenital immunodeficiency diseases, including but not limited to those with HIV infection;
12. Pregnant or lactating women;

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: R-CDOP+intrathecal MTX; R-CDOP+intrathecal MTX： Rituximab 375 mg / m^2，D1; Cyclophosphamide 750 mg / m^2，D2; Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Liposome Injection 35mg / m^2，D2; Vincristine 1.4mg/m^2 (dose capped at 2 mg)，D2; Prednisone 50 mg， bid D2-6; Cycle1-5：Intrathecal MTX 12 mg + DXM 5 mg after chemotherapy （PK patients will be given 24h after chemotherapy）

Drug: R-CDOP+intrathecal MTX; R-CDOP+intrathecal MTX： Rituximab 375 mg / m^2，D1; Cyclophosphamide 750 mg / m^2，D2; Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Liposome Injection 35mg / m^2，D2; Vincristine 1.4mg/m^2 (dose capped at 2 mg)，D2; Prednisone 50 mg， bid D2-6; Cycle1-5：Intrathecal MTX 12 mg + DXM 5 mg after chemotherapy （PK patients will be given 24 h after chemotherapy）; Other Names: Pegylated liposome doxorubicin（PLD）

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
2-year central nervous system relapse rate	The proportion of patients with central nervous system recurrence within two years from enrollment accounted for all patients treated with drugs.	up to 6 years after the start of the study
Concentration of doxorubicin in cerebrospinal fluid after using doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome injection	CSF doxorubicin concentrations 24 hours after the first 5 courses of lipso-doxorubicin infusion will be tested. Peak concentration of doxorubicin in CSF will be recorded, and the area under the curve will be calculated.	up to 4 years after the start of the study

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Objective response rate (ORR)	Objective response rate measured as number of complete and partial response divided by the number of patients included.	2 years after enrollment of final patient
2-year progression-free survival (PFS) rate	Number of non-progression cases/all enrolled cases at 2 years	2 years after enrollment of final patient
2-year event-free survival (EFS) rate	Number of non-event cases/all enrolled cases at 2 years	2 years after enrollment of final patient
Overall Survival (OS)	Time from the date of enrollment to data of death from any cause, or date of lost follow-up, whichever comes first, and otherwise censored at time last known alive.	2 years after enrollment of final patient
Adverse events	Hematologic and non hematologic adverse event (CTCAE 4.03）	Since the signing of informed consent forms to 30 days after the last cycle
Cmax（maximum concentration）	The peak concentration of the drug	Time from zero to Tmax
Tmax（maximum time）	The peak time of the drug	Time from zero to Cmax
T1/2（drug half time）	The time it takes for blood concentration levels to drop by half	The time it takes for blood concentration levels to drop by half
AUC（0-∞）（area under the curve）	area under the concentration-time curve	Time from zero to ∞
AUC （0-t）（area under the curve from time zero to the last observation time	area under the concentration-time curve from time zero to the time of last area area under the concentration-time curve from time zero to the last observation time	Time from zero to the last observation time

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Fudan University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Dongmei Ji, doctor, Fudan University; Principal Investigator: Junning Cao, Doctor, Fudan University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 26, 2022
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 30, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 30, 2028

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 20, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 16, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): February 25, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 2, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 28, 2026
• Last Verified: March 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Methotrexate; Progression Free Survival; Objective Response Rate; Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Liposome Injection; Chemo-naive Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma; Central Nervous System Relapsed; R-CDOP; 2-year CNS relapse rate
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms; Immune System Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Lymphatic Diseases; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Immunoproliferative Disorders; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin; Lymphoma, B-Cell; Lymphoma; Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases; Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Enzyme Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents; Topoisomerase II Inhibitors; Topoisomerase Inhibitors; Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; Doxorubicin
• Other Study ID Numbers: CSPC-DMS-LM-K001

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

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