Lenalidomide Maintenance Post-debulking in Advanced CTCL

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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RATIONALE: Observation is watching a patient's condition but not giving treatment unless symptoms appear or change. Lenalidomide may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking blood flow to the cancer. It is not yet known whether observation or lenalidomide is more effective in treating patients who are in complete or partial response after receiving previous gemcitabine hydrochloride or doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma or mycosis fungoides/Sézary syndrome. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying observation to see how well it works compared with lenalidomide in treating patients who are in complete or partial response after receiving previous gemcitabine hydrochloride or doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome for stage IIB, stage III, or stage IV cutaneous T-cell lymphoma or stage IIB, stage III, or stage IV mycosis fungoides/Sézary syndrome.

Detailed Description
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OBJECTIVES: To determine if observation versus lenalidomide maintenance therapy after debulking with gemcitabine hydrochloride or pegylated liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride with or without radiotherapy prolongs progression-free survival of patients with advanced stage IIIB or IV T-cell cutaneous lymphoma or mycosis fungoides/Sézary syndrome not previously treated with other intravenous chemotherapy. OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to institution, response to debulking treatment (complete response vs partial response), and disease (mycosis fungoides [MF] vs erythrodermic MF/Sézary syndrome). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms. Arm I: Beginning 4-6 weeks after completion of prior debulking therapy, patients undergo observation for 560 days. Arm II: Beginning 4-6 weeks after completion of prior debulking therapy, patients receive oral lenalidomide once a day on days 1-21. Treatment repeats every 28 days for 20 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed at 4 weeks and then every 12 weeks thereafter.

Official Title
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A Phase III Study of Lenalidomide Maintenance After Debulking Therapy in Patients With Advanced Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma

Conditions
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Lymphoma

Intervention / Treatment
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* Drug: lenalidomide


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Diagnoses of advanced T-cell cutaneous lymphoma or mycosis fungoides/Sézary syndrome Stage IIB-IV disease Achieved complete or partial response after undergoing prior debulking therapy with 1 of the following recommended* regimens with or without radiotherapy**: Gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15 of a 28-day course at a dose of 1,000 to 1,200 mg/m² for a total of four courses Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride IV over 1 hour on days 1 and 15 of a 28-day course at a dose of 20 mg/m² for a total of four courses NOTE: *These recommended regimens can be altered according to local institutional policies. In case of drug intolerance, the study regimen can be switched from one regimen to the other. NOTE: **Local low-dose/energy-ionizing radiation therapy allowed as part of the debulking process to treat lesions that do not respond after 3 courses of debulking chemotherapy. Sézary cell burden must be decreased by at least 50% after debulking in patients with Sézary syndrome Disease not appropriate for skin-directed therapy per local institution standards No disease progression between registration and randomization No CNS involvement PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: WHO performance status 0-2 Life expectancy > 12 months Hemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 x 10^9/L Platelet count ≥ 60 x 10^9/L Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (UNL) Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 3 times UNL ALT/AST ≤ 3 times UNL Electrolytes (including sodium, potassium, and chloride) normal Creatinine normal Creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min Uric acid and calcium normal Free T4 and TSH ≤ 1.5 times ULN Patients with a buffer range from the normal values of +/- 10% for hematology and biochemistry are acceptable Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception 4 weeks prior to, during, and for 4 weeks after completion of study therapy Males must agree not to donate semen during and for 1 week after completion of study therapy Patients with high risk for or history of a thromboembolic event must agree to receive prophylactic anticoagulation therapy (e.g., vitamin K) to keep INR in the range of 2-3 No New York Heart Association class III-IV disease No blood donating during and for 1 week after completion of study therapy No uncontrolled infectious disease, autoimmune disease, or immunodeficiency No second malignancies within the past 3 years except surgically cured carcinoma in situ of the cervix, in situ breast cancer, incidental finding of stage T1a or T1b prostate cancer, and basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin No psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule No Lapp lactase deficiency or history of glucose-galactose malabsorption PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: See Disease Characteristics No other prior intravenous chemotherapy for this cancer For purposes of this protocol, the definition of intravenous chemotherapy also includes denileukin diftitox, antibodies, or antibody conjugates No prior splenectomy or splenic irradiation No concurrent topical corticosteroids Concurrent systemic corticosteroids allowed for treatment of tumor flare reactions No radiation or drug-based therapy (including steroids) between registration and randomization No other concurrent drugs (including steroids) during the debulking regimen Low-dose steroids as premedication allowed at the investigator's discretion No other concurrent anticancer treatments

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 120 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: lenalidomide<br> | Drug: lenalidomide<br>* The starting dose of lenalidomide is 25 mg orally once daily on days 1-21 of repeated 28-day cycles. Dosing is continued or modified based upon clinical and laboratory findings (dose reductions: 20 mg, 15 mg, 10 mg and 5 mg)<br>|
| No Intervention: Observation<br> | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Progression-free survival |  |  | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Overall survival |  |  | 
| Progression-free survival as assessed by hematogenous disease criteria |  |  | 
| Acute and late toxicity |  |  | 
| Conversion rate |  |  | 
| Rate of occurrence of second cancers at any site |  |  | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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stage III mycosis fungoides/Sezary syndrome, stage IV mycosis fungoides/Sezary syndrome, stage II mycosis fungoides/Sezary syndrome, stage II cutaneous T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, stage III cutaneous T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, stage IV cutaneous T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma