lenalidomide (revlimid®, cc-5013) in subjects with relapsed or refractory indolent non-hodgkin's lymphoma

Conditions: Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma

Summary: subjects who qualify will receive lenalidomide daily on days 1-21 of every 28-day cycle. treatment will continue for up to 52 weeks or until disease progression; subjects who achieve a complete response (cr) will receive an additional 2 cycles of treatment prior to discontinuation. subjects will be followed for progression free survival following discontinuation from the treatment phase


Eligibility criteria:
inclusion criteria: 1. understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent form. 2. age greater than or equal to 18 years at the time of signing the informed consent form 3. able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements 4. biopsy-proven non-hodgkin's lymphoma 5. indolent lymphoma the following histologies are acceptable: a. follicular center lymphoma, grades 1, 2; b. extranodal marginal zone b-cell lymphoma of mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (malt) type, c. nodal marginal zone b-cell lymphoma d. splenic marginal zone b-cell lymphoma, e. small lymphocytic lymphoma (sll), f. lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma 6. relapsed or refractory to previous therapy for lymphoma. participants must have received at least one prior treatment regimen such as radiation, immunotherapy, chemotherapy, or radioimmunotherapy, and be ineligible or unwilling to undergo an autologous stem cell transplant. there is no limit on the number of prior therapies 7. participants must have measurable disease on cross sectional imaging that is at least 2 cm in the longest diameter 8. eastern cooperative oncology group (ecog) performance status score of 0, 1 or 2. 9. women of childbearing potential (wcbp) must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 7 days of starting study drug. in addition, sexually active wcbp must agree to use adequate contraceptive methods (oral, injectable, or implantable hormonal contraceptive; tubal ligation; intra-uterine device; barrier contraceptive with spermicide; or vasectomized partner) while on study drug. exclusion criteria: 1. any of the following laboratory abnormalities 1. absolute neutrophil count (anc) \<1,500 cells/mm\^3 (1.5 x 10\^9/l) 2. platelet count \<100,000/mm\^3 (100 x 10\^9/l) 3. serum creatinine \>2.5 mg/dl (221 mmol/l) 4. serum serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (sgot)/aspartate aminotransferase (ast) or serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (sgpt)/alanine aminotransferase (alt) \>5.0 x upper limit of normal (uln) 5. serum total bilirubin \>2.0 mg/dl (34 mmol/l) 2. any condition, including the presence of laboratory abnormalities, which places the participant at unacceptable risk if he/she were to participate in the study or confounds the ability to interpret data from the study. 3. all participants with central nervous system (cns) disease with the exception of those subjects whose cns disease has been treated with chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery and remains asymptomatic, with no active cns disease, as shown by lumbar puncture, computerized tomography (ct) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (mri), for at least 6 months. 4. prior history of malignancies other than non-hodgkin's lymphoma (except for basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix or breast) unless the participant has been free of the disease for \> or equal to 1 year. 5. any serious medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illness that would prevent the participant from signing the informed consent form. 6. known positive for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv). 7. pregnant or lactating females. 8. prior \> or equal to grade 3 allergic reaction/hypersensitivity to thalidomide. 9. prior \> or equal to grade 3 rash or any desquamating (blistering) rash while taking thalidomide. 10. prior use of lenalidomide. 11. use of any standard or experimental anti-cancer drug therapy within 28 days of day 1 of study drug therapy. 12. known active hepatitis c.

Keywords: nhl cc5013 non-hodgkins lymphoma revlimid cc-5013 celgene