Conditions: Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 49
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The standard treatment for PTCL is CHOP (cyclophosphamide (C), adriamycin (H), vincristine (O), and prednisone (P)) chemotherapy. This study is attempting to determine whether adding other treatments to CHOP therapy will improve the chance of the disease going into remission or staying in remission. Because other drugs for T-cell lymphoma have not yet been given with CHOP, this study is looking at combining CHOP with ONTAK. ONTAK has been FDA approved for treatment of Cutaneous T cell Lymphoma and works by specifically binding to a protein on the surface of the tumor cells and killing the cell without causing damage to other types of cells in the body. Studies have shown that ONTAK has helped patients with PTCL who have failed chemotherapy.

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Interventions: intervention 1: Ontak intervention 2: CHOP (cyclophosphamide (C), adriamycin (H), vincristine (O), and prednisone (P)) chemotherapy
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: ONTAK ( denileukin diftitox) is given at 18 mcg/kg/d (Days 1,2) plus CHOP therapy (Day 3) q 21 days x 6 cycles (cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m²IV, doxorubicin 50 mg/m²IV day, vincristine 1.4 mg/m²IV day, and prednisone 100 mg q day PO days #3-7) plus, G-CSF support beginning on Day 4 to prevent neutropenia intervention 2: ONTAK ( denileukin diftitox) is given at 18 mcg/kg/d (Days 1,2) plus CHOP therapy (Day 3) q 21 days x 6 cycles (cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m²IV, doxorubicin 50 mg/m²IV day, vincristine 1.4 mg/m²IV day, and prednisone 100 mg q day PO days #3-7) plus, G-CSF support beginning on Day 4 to prevent neutropenia

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