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Filter by:This is a clinical study on the efficacy and safety of low-dose CD20 monoclonal antibody injection in preemptive treatment of EBV positive lymphoproliferative diseases after allo-HSCT in patients with EBV-HLH and CAEBV
This is an open label, risk-stratified, sequential treatment, phase 2 study of newly diagnosed post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders with positive CD20 and CD30 expression. It includes an induction phase with rituximab and brentuximab vedotin (RBv), followed by a treatment phase with RBv or RBv in combination with bendamustine (RBvB) based on response to induction. The primary end point is treatment efficacy measured as the overall response rate (ORR) and progression free survival (PFS).
Patients with post transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) that have been treated with at least one type of chemotherapy, but whose lymphoma is not responding or coming back after the previous treatment will be asked to participate in this study. This clinical trial uses a drug called Obinutuzumab. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Obinutuzumab for sale in the United States for certain diseases. Obinutuzumab is still being studied in clinical trials to learn more about what its side effects are and whether or not it is effective in the disease or condition being studied. Obinutuzumab is considered an investigational drug in this study Obinutuzumab (GA101) is an antibody directed against cluster of differentiation antigen 20 (CD20). Antibodies are protein that are part of the immune system that can target cancer cells. Obinutuzumab sticks to a target called CD20. CD20 is an important molecule on some cancer cells (including non-Hodgkin lymphoma) and some normal cells of the immune system. This study is being done to test if the study drug has an effect on post transplant lymphoproliferative disorder and to see how lymphoma will respond to the study drug.
Adequate control of immunosuppression is critical in preventing graft failure after solid organ transplantation (SOT) and in avoiding life-threatening viral and malignant complications. Prolonging patient and graft survival and delaying re-transplantation as children reach adulthood is critical to optimal use of a scarce resource. This requires tailoring post-transplant management to the unique needs of the child. Immunosuppression management is challenging in infants, children and youth. The interval from birth to young adulthood sees profound changes in physiological processes, body size and immune maturation; infancy and adolescence are the periods of most rapid and dramatic change. Three pivotal factors affect immunosuppression control in the child: 1) age-dependent variation in drug metabolism; 2) developmental changes in immune function with increased childhood susceptibility to infections, including those caused by viruses; and 3) behavioural changes in adolescence and young adulthood linked with poor treatment adherence. This project will identify the most important factors influencing immunosuppression control across the pediatric age range, from infancy to young adulthood, including age-related changes in drug metabolism, immune function, and susceptibility to viral infections, as well as health care system factors affecting treatment adherence. This is the first comprehensive, multi-organ transplant study to identify age-related biologic and health care systems determinants of variability in immunosuppression control in children and youth. Results will inform personalized age-appropriate strategies to improve immunosuppression control and reduce the unacceptably high graft failure and viral complication rates in this vulnerable population. The POSITIVE Study brings together researchers across Canada and is one of 6 projects and 3 cores that constitute the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) funded interdisciplinary research program called the Canadian National Transplant Research Program (CNTRP). The CNTRP is a national program designed to increase organ and tissue donation in Canada and enhance the survival and quality of life of Canadians who receive transplants. As a national program, CNTRP provides robust power for pediatric studies that would not otherwise be possible. While primarily focused on issues unique to a pediatric and young adult population, this study will interact closely with all other CNTRP projects. These reciprocal interactions will accelerate new discovery that can be cross-applied in different populations outside of pre-specified age groups. Interactions will ensure rapid knowledge transfer, uptake and dissemination into practice. This is the largest national cohort study of pediatric transplant patients to date in Canada, and it will create a longitudinal dataset with clinical and biological specimens linkable to transplant registries and provincial administrative datasets.
This phase-II trial will investigate the efficacy, safety and the tolerability of a sequential therapy consisting of 4 courses of single agent rituximab followed by 4 courses of R-CHOP chemotherapy in patients with CD20+ posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD). However, responders to rituximab achieving a CR after the first 4 applications of rituximab will go on with rituximab monotherapy and will not receive chemotherapy.