Clinical trial NCT01235793: The Addition of Temozolomide to Conditioning for Autologous Transplantation in Relapsed & Refractory CNS Lymphoma
Official title: A Phase 2a Study of the Addition of Temozolomide to a Standard Conditioning Regimen for Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Relapsed and Refractory Central Nervous System (CNS) Lymphoma
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: TERMINATED
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: B-Cell Lymphoma Originating in the CNS
Keywords: Relapsed
Refractory
Primary Central Nervous System B-cell Lymphoma
Autologous Stem Cell Transplant
Temozolomide
B-Cell Lymphoma
RBEAM
Conditioning Regimen
Lead sponsor: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2010-11-08
Enrollment: 11
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 75
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The primary purpose of the study will be testing the dosing of temozolomide to find the target dose that a person can tolerate. The other part of the study will be determining how helpful it can be to CNS lymphoma patients by adding temozolomide to the "conditioning regimen" prior to stem cell transplantation.

This research study is designed to test the investigational use of temozolomide as part of a conditioning regimen prior to stem cell transplantation. This drug has not yet been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be used in the setting of stem cell transplantation in lymphomas of the brain (central nervous system or CNS) but it has been studied and used before in transplantation with reasonable results.

Detailed description: Currently there is no standard of care for relapsed or refractory primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma. After high-dose methotrexate or radiation therapy, the best approach to relapsed disease is undefined. Common practice is the regimen RBEAM as a conditioning regimen in this patient population prior to transplantation. The RBEAM regimen includes R (rituximab), B (BCNU), E (etoposide), A (Ara-C (cytarabine)) and M (melphalan). In addition, dexamethasone is included in the regimen although not noted in the RBEAM mnemonic. However, the melphalan used in this combination is not thought to have much CNS penetration. Therefore, temozolomide, an alkylating agent known to penetrate the CNS and approved by the FDA for brain tumors will be used and evaluated in this study instead of melphalan.

The aim of this study is to determine an effective and safe dose of temozolomide orally administered to patients with relapsed primary CNS lymphoma over the 5 days preceding autologous stem-cell transplantation. The hope is that the conditioning regimen DRBEAT \[D (dexamethasone) (R (rituximab), B (BCNU), E (etoposide), A (Ara-C (cytarabine)) and T (temozolomide)\] will significantly improve the survival of patients with relapsed CNS lymphoma.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients ≥ 18 years of age and ≤ 75 years of age
2. Patients must have Central Nervous System (CNS) involvement with a mature B-cell non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, (WHO criteria)
3. Patients must meet one of the below criteria:

   * Patients who have achieved a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) after initial therapy for Central Nervous System (CNS) B-cell lymphoma, OR
   * Patients with relapsed or progressed disease following therapy for CNS B-cell lymphoma who has achieved a subsequent CR or PR following salvage chemotherapy, OR
   * Patients who are initially refractory to therapy for CNS B-cell lymphoma but who have achieved a CR or PR following a salvage chemotherapy regimen, OR
   * Patients who have developed CNS relapse from systemic B-cell Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and have evidence of chemotherapy sensitive lymphoma.
4. Patients fit for autologous stem cell transplantation
5. Patients able to understand and willing to sign a written informed consent document

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients whose life expectancy is severely limited by diseases other than malignancy
2. Karnofsky Performance Score \<60
3. Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding
4. Patients who are HIV seropositive
5. Patients who have an uncontrolled infection (presumed or documented) with progression after appropriate therapy for greater than one month
6. Patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease, uncontrolled congestive heart failure. Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction is not required to be measured, however if it is measured, patient is excluded if ejection fraction is \<30%
7. Patients requiring supplementary continuous oxygen. DLCO is not required to be measured, however if it is measured, patient is excluded if DLCO \<35%.
8. Patients with clinical or laboratory evidence of liver disease will be evaluated for the cause of liver disease, its clinical severity in terms of liver function and histology, and for the degree of portal hypertension. Patients with any of the following liver function abnormalities will be excluded

   1. Fulminant liver failure
   2. Cirrhosis with evidence of portal hypertension or bridging fibrosis
   3. Alcoholic hepatitis
   4. Esophageal varices
   5. A history of bleeding esophageal varices
   6. Hepatic encephalopathy
   7. Uncorrectable hepatic synthetic dysfunction evidenced by prolongation of the prothrombin time
   8. Ascites related to portal hypertension
   9. Chronic viral hepatitis with total serum bilirubin \>3 mg/dL
   10. Symptomatic biliary disease
9. Patients with non-B-cell lymphomas or brain tumors that are not lymphomas are Excluded from the study. Non-B-cell lymphomas include: any T-cell lymphoma, natural killer (NK)-cell lymphomas, and Hodgkin lymphomas
10. Patients for whom an insufficient number of stem cells (\<2 X 106/kg) have been collected

Primary outcomes:
measure: One-year Progression-free Survival and Overall Survival
timeFrame: (1) One Year (2) Until date of death from any cause, assessed up to 2 years
measure: Safest Dose of Temozolomide for the DRBEAT Regimen
timeFrame: One Year
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Los Angeles
country: United States
facility: Cedars Sinai Medical Center
state: California
Study officials:
affiliation: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
name: Michael Lill, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
name: Yuliya Linhares, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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