Therapy of Non-Hodgkin-Lymphoma by Combination of Lenalidomide + Rituximab, Dexa, High-dose ARA-C and CisP

Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) Clinical Trial

— R²-DHAP  

Official title:

Open-label, Multicenter Phase I/II Study: Salvage Therapy of Progressive and Relapsed Aggressive Non-Hodgkin-Lymphoma by Combination of Lenalidomide (Revlimid®) With Rituximab, Dexamethason, High-dose ARA-C and Cisplatinum (R²-DHAP)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02983097
• Other study ID #: DSHNHL 2008 R6
• Secondary ID: 2009-010824-25
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• First received: November 14, 2013
• Last updated: January 17, 2018
• Start date: November 2010
• Est. completion date: April 28, 2015

Study information

• Verified date: December 2016
• Source: Gesellschaft fur Medizinische Innovation – Hamatologie und Onkologie mbH
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this study is to evaluate efficacy and safety of the combination of lenalidomide, an immunomodulatory drug (IMiD) with a standard immunochemotherapy treatment, called R-DHAP. R-DHAP consists of a monoclonal antibody called Rituximab and chemotherapy consisting of Dexamethasone, high dose Cytarabine, often called Ara-C, and platinum based chemotherapy, either cisplatinum, or, if treatment with cisplatinum is contraindicated, carboplatinum.

Description:

This is a phase 1/2 study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of lenalidomide added to a standard chemotherapy regime of R-DHAP (Rituximab, Dexamethasone, high-dose Cytarabine, Cis/Carboplatinum) in the treatment of relapsed or refractory high-grade B-cell non-hodgkin-lymphoma (NHL).

The study hypothesis is that the combination of lenalidomide with standard immunochemotherapy will lead to an overall response rate of at least 60%. In this study, 3 rounds of immunochemotherapy in combination with lenalidomide will be administered. After the first or second round of therapy, peripheral hematopoetic stem cells will be harvested. Consolidation treatment with autologous or allogenic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation is recommended in all patients suitable, but is not part of the study.

In phase 1, up to six cohorts of at least 6 patients each will be treated with the study therapy, with lenalidomide in increasing dosages, to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD).

In phase 2, 50 patients will be treated with the MTD. Efficacy and safety will be evaluated.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 34
• Est. completion date: April 28, 2015
• Est. primary completion date: January 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Age: 18-70

Risk groups: All risk groups

histology: diagnosis or a recurrent or primary progressive aggressive b-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma, in particular

• follicular lymphoma grade III

• diffuse large b-cell lymphoma

• burkitt lymphoma

• mantle cell lymphoma, blastoid variant

• aggressive marginal zone lymphoma

Performance status: ECOG 0-2

Criteria for women of childbearing potential:

Women of childbearing potential have to:

• understand the teratogenic risk associated with the study therapy, especially lenalidomide

• understand the need of reliable, uninterrupted birth control from 4 weeks prior to the start of the study drug, during the duration of the study treatment, and 4 weeks after completion of study treatment, and be able to reliably use birth control, except if the patient commits to absolute sexual abstinence, confirmed on a monthly basis

The following are effective methods of contraception:

• implant

• levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (IUS)

• medroxyprogesterone acetate depot

• tubal sterilisation

• sexual intercourse with a vasectomised male partner only, vasectomy must be confirmed by two negative semen analyses

• ovulation-inhibitory progesterone-only pills If not established on effective contraception, the female subject must be referred to an appropriately trained health care professional for contraceptive advice in order that contraception can be initiated.

• Understand that even if she has amenorrhea, she must follow all the advice on effective contraception

• Understand the potential consequences of pregnancy and the need to rapidly consult if there is a risk of pregnancy.

• Agree to have a medically supervised pregnancy test with a minimum sensitivity of 25 mIU/ml on the day of the study visit or in the 3 days prior to the study visit once the subject has been on effective contraception for at least 4 weeks. This requirement also applies to women of childbearing potential who practice complete and continued abstinence. The test should ensure the subject is not pregnant when she starts treatment.

• Agree to have a medically supervised pregnancy test every 4 weeks including 4 weeks after the end of study treatment, except in the case of confirmed tubal sterilization. These pregnancy tests should be performed on the day of the study visit or in the 3 days prior to the study visit. This requirement also applies to women of childbearing potential who practice complete and continued abstinence.

Male patients have to:

• Agree to use condoms throughout study drug therapy, during any dose interruption and for one week after cessation of study therapy if their partner is of childbearing potential and has no contraception.

• Agree not to donate semen during study drug therapy and for one week after end of study drug therapy.

All patients have to:

• Agree to abstain from donating blood while taking study drug therapy and for one week following discontinuation of study drug therapy.

• Agree not to share study medication with another person and to return all unused study drug to the investigator

Patients must be able to take low molecular weight heparin as prophylactic anticoagulation

Written informed consent is necessary

Exclusion Criteria:

• pregnant or lactating females

• already initiated salvage lymphoma therapy (except prephase as specified in this study)

• serious accompanying disorder or impaired organ function causing significant clinical problems and reduced lyfe expectancy, in particular: heart: angina pectoris CCS>2 cardiac failure NYHA>2 and/or EF<45% lungs: FeV1<60%, diffusion capacity <50% of the reference values kidneys: creatinine>2 times the upper reference limit liver: bilirubin >2 times the upper reference limit

• platelets <80000/mm³, leukocytes <2500/³

• CNS involvement of lymphoma

• known hypersensitivity to the medications to be used

• known HIV-positivity

• suspicion that patient compliance will be poor, especially that rules for effective contraception will not be followed

• simultaneous participation in other treatment studies

• non-conformity to eligibility criteria

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Aggression
• Aggressive Marginal Zone Lymphoma (MZL)
• Burkitt Lymphoma
• Burkitt Lymphoma (BL)
• Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (DLBCL)
• Follicular Lymphoma Grade III (FL III°)
• Lymphoma
• Lymphoma, B-Cell
• Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone
• Lymphoma, Follicular
• Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse
• Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell
• Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
• Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL), Blastoid Variant

Intervention

Drug:
• Rituximab
Rituximab 375 mg/m²
• Cisplatin
Cisplatinum 100 mg / m²
• Carboplatin
Carboplatinum AUC5
• Dexamethasone
Dexamethasone 40 mg
• Cytarabine
Cytarabine 2000 mg/m², administered twice
• Lenalidomide
5-20 mg administered either d1-d7, or d-6-d7
• PegFilgrastim
PegFilgrastim 6 mg

Procedure:
• peripheral stem cell collection
collection of peripheral stem cells for autologous stem cell transplantation

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Diakonie Krankenhaus Bremen	Bremen
Germany	Klinikum Chemnitz	Chemnitz
Germany	Universitätsklinikum Essen	Essen
Germany	Klinikum Frankfurt/Oder	Frankfurt/Oder
Germany	Universitätsklinikum Göttingen	Göttingen
Germany	Asklepios Klinik Altona	Hamburg
Germany	Asklepios Klinik St. Georg	Hamburg
Germany	Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg	Heidelberg
Germany	Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes	Homburg
Germany	Westpfalz Klinikum	Kaiserslautern
Germany	Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe	Karlsruhe
Germany	LMU Klinikum München-Großhadern	München

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Gesellschaft fur Medizinische Innovation – Hamatologie und Onkologie mbH	Amgen, Celgene

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Overall Response Rate (ORR)	The percentage of patients which showed either a partial remission (PR), a complete remission with remaining uncertainty (CRu) or a complete remission (CR) after study treatment.	78 - 85 days + 2 years Follow Up
Primary	Maximum tolerated dose (MTD)	The maximum dose of lenalidomide tolerated with acceptable toxicity during phase 1 of this study. The MTD established in phase 1 of this study will be administered to 50 patients in phase 2 of this study.	78 - 85 days
Secondary	Rate of complete remission	laboratory, BM biopsy, imaging	78 - 85 days + 2 years Follow Up
Secondary	Rate of primary progression	The rate of patients which show progressive disease (PD) during or directly after study therapy	78 - 85 days + 2 years Follow Up
Secondary	Rate of treatment related deaths	check survival	78 - 85 days + 2 years Follow Up
Secondary	Relapse Rate	laboratory, BM biopsy, imaging	78 - 85 days + 2 years Follow Up
Secondary	Overall Survival	check survival	78 - 85 days + 2 years Follow Up
Secondary	Progression free survival	laboratory, BM biopsy, imaging	78 - 85 days + 2 years Follow Up
Secondary	tumour control	laboratory, BM biopsy	78 - 85 days + 2 years Follow Up
Secondary	feasibility of stem cell mobilization	The collection of peripheral stem cells is needed to be able to offer the patient high dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation after the study treatment has ended.; Stem cell collection of <2.0 *10e6 CD34+cells/kg will be considered insufficient.	78 - 85 days + 2 years Follow Up
Secondary	incidence of non-hematological toxicities > grade 2 CTC		78 - 85 days + 2 years Follow Up
Secondary	incidence and duration of neutropenia and thrombopenia grade 4	laboratory WBC < 1.0 /nl or Plt < 25 /nl	78 - 85 days + 2 years Follow Up

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