A Phase III Randomized Trial of Low-Dose Versus Standard-Dose mBACOD Chemotherapy With rGM-CSF for Treatment of AIDS-Associated Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

HIV Infections Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Phase III Randomized Trial of Low-Dose Versus Standard-Dose mBACOD Chemotherapy With rGM-CSF for Treatment of AIDS-Associated Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00000658
• Other study ID #: ACTG 142
• Secondary ID: 11117
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Est. completion date: February 1996

Study information

• Verified date: October 2021
• Source: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To determine the impact of dose intensity on tumor response and survival in patients with HIV-associated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL).

HIV-infected patients are at increased risk for developing intermediate and high-grade NHL. While combination chemotherapy for aggressive B-cell NHL in the absence of immunodeficiency is highly effective, the outcome of therapy for patients with AIDS-associated NHL has been disappointing. Treatment is frequently complicated by the occurrence of multiple opportunistic infections, as well as the presence of poor bone marrow reserve, making the administration of standard doses of chemotherapy difficult. A recent study was completed using a low-dose modification of the standard mBACOD (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, bleomycin, dexamethasone, methotrexate ) treatment. A 46 percent response rate was observed in patients treated with this combination of chemotherapeutic agents, with a number of durable remissions and reduced toxicity when compared to previous experience with more standard treatments. A subsequent study showed similar effectiveness using a lower dose of methotrexate administered on day 15. It is hoped that the use of sargramostim (granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor; GM-CSF) will improve bone marrow function and allow for administration of a higher dose of chemotherapy.

Description:

HIV-infected patients are at increased risk for developing intermediate and high-grade NHL. While combination chemotherapy for aggressive B-cell NHL in the absence of immunodeficiency is highly effective, the outcome of therapy for patients with AIDS-associated NHL has been disappointing. Treatment is frequently complicated by the occurrence of multiple opportunistic infections, as well as the presence of poor bone marrow reserve, making the administration of standard doses of chemotherapy difficult. A recent study was completed using a low-dose modification of the standard mBACOD (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, bleomycin, dexamethasone, methotrexate ) treatment. A 46 percent response rate was observed in patients treated with this combination of chemotherapeutic agents, with a number of durable remissions and reduced toxicity when compared to previous experience with more standard treatments. A subsequent study showed similar effectiveness using a lower dose of methotrexate administered on day 15. It is hoped that the use of sargramostim (granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor; GM-CSF) will improve bone marrow function and allow for administration of a higher dose of chemotherapy.

Patients are randomized to one of two treatment groups. Patients are stratified for (1) presence or absence of a prior AIDS diagnosis, (2) Karnofsky performance status of 70 or greater and lower than 70. Treatment includes prophylaxis for meningeal lymphoma and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Patients on low-dose mBACOD who experience neutropenia may be given rGM-CSF until the absolute neutrophil count improves. AZT may be initiated at the completion of chemotherapy for all patients in complete remission at that time.

PER AMENDMENT 5/30/95: This trial was closed to accrual on 11/7/94 on the recommendation of the Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB), because the non-significant difference in survival between the 2 treatment groups was not expected to change with further enrollment.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 250
• Est. completion date: February 1996
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 12 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Concurrent Medication:

Required:

• PCP prophylaxis with Bactrim, aerosolized pentamidine, or dapsone.

Allowed:

ddI, except when patient is also taking allopurinol.

Patients must have the following:

• Diagnosis of HIV seropositivity and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

• Ability to give informed consent and willingness to comply with all procedures and visit schedule.

• If between ages of 12 and 18 must receive care under direct supervision of a pediatric oncologist, and have consent of parent, guardian, or person with power of attorney.

• Participation in clinical trials of other antiretroviral agents is at the discretion of the investigator and individual patient.

Exclusion Criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with the following conditions or symptoms are excluded:

• Active opportunistic infection, excluding Mycobacterium avium complex, requiring antibiotic therapy.

• Another prior or current malignancy, excepting curatively treated cervical or basal cell carcinoma.

• Kaposi's sarcoma if rapidly progressive, with visceral involvement, or causing peripheral edema.

• Primary central nervous system lymphoma.

Concurrent Medication:

Excluded:

• Zidovudine (AZT) or any antiretroviral agent unless allowed by investigator. ddI is allowed except when also taking allopurinol.

Systemic myelosuppressive drugs, including trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (T/S), pyrimethamine/sulfa, or ganciclovir.

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Patients with the following are excluded:

• Active opportunistic infection, excluding Mycobacterium avium complex, requiring antibiotic therapy.

• Another prior or current malignancy, excepting curatively treated cervical or basal cell carcinoma.

• Kaposi's sarcoma if rapidly progressive, with visceral involvement, or causing peripheral edema.

• Primary central nervous system lymphoma.

Prior Medication:

Excluded:

• Immunomodulating agents within 2 weeks of study entry.

Prior Treatment:

Excluded:

• Chemotherapy.

Radiation therapy as outlined in protocol.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• HIV Infections
• Lymphoma
• Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin

Intervention

Drug:
• Bleomycin sulfate

• Vincristine sulfate

• Doxorubicin hydrochloride

• Cyclophosphamide

• Allopurinol

• Methotrexate

• Cytarabine

• Leucovorin calcium

• Sargramostim

• Dexamethasone

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Colorado Hospital CRS	Aurora	Colorado
United States	Johns Hopkins Adult AIDS CRS	Baltimore	Maryland
United States	Beth Israel Deaconess - East Campus A0102 CRS	Boston	Massachusetts
United States	Beth Israel Deaconess Med. Ctr., ACTG CRS	Boston	Massachusetts
United States	Bmc Actg Crs	Boston	Massachusetts
United States	SUNY - Buffalo, Erie County Medical Ctr.	Buffalo	New York
United States	Unc Aids Crs	Chapel Hill	North Carolina
United States	Northwestern University CRS	Chicago	Illinois
United States	Rush Univ. Med. Ctr. ACTG CRS	Chicago	Illinois
United States	Case CRS	Cleveland	Ohio
United States	The Ohio State Univ. AIDS CRS	Columbus	Ohio
United States	Indiana Univ. School of Medicine, Infectious Disease Research Clinic	Indianapolis	Indiana
United States	UCLA CARE Center CRS	Los Angeles	California
United States	USC CRS	Los Angeles	California
United States	Beth Israel Med. Ctr. (Mt. Sinai)	New York	New York
United States	Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr.	New York	New York
United States	NY Univ. HIV/AIDS CRS	New York	New York
United States	Hosp. of the Univ. of Pennsylvania CRS	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania
United States	Pitt CRS	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania
United States	Univ. of Rochester ACTG CRS	Rochester	New York
United States	Washington U CRS	Saint Louis	Missouri
United States	Ucsf Aids Crs	San Francisco	California

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)	Schering-Plough

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (3)

Kaplan L, et al. Randomized trial of standard dose mBACOD with GM-CSF vs reduced dose mBACOD for systemic HIV-associated lymphoma: ACTG 142. Proc Annu Meet Am Assoc Cancer Res. 1995;14:A818

Kaplan LD, Straus DJ, Testa MA, Von Roenn J, Dezube BJ, Cooley TP, Herndier B, Northfelt DW, Huang J, Tulpule A, Levine AM. Low-dose compared with standard-dose m-BACOD chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases AIDS Clinical Trials Group. N Engl J Med. 1997 Jun 5;336(23):1641-8. — View Citation

Straus DJ, Huang J, Testa MA, Levine AM, Kaplan LD. Prognostic factors in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus-associated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: analysis of AIDS Clinical Trials Group protocol 142--low-dose versus standard-dose m-BACOD plus granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. J Clin Oncol. 1998 Nov;16(11):3601-6. — View Citation