Alternate Title
Basic Trial Information
Objectives
Entry Criteria
Expected Enrollment
Outcomes
Outline
Trial Contact Information
Registry Information

Alternate Title

Yttrium Y 90 Ibritumomab Tiuxetan and Rituximab in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Basic Trial Information

Phase Type Status Age Sponsor Protocol IDs Phase II Treatment Active 18 and over Other BIDMC-2003P-000182 NCT00073957

Objectives

1. Determine the best overall response in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma treated with yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan and rituximab.
2. Determine the event-free survival of patients treated with this regimen.
3. Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.

Entry Criteria

Disease Characteristics:

• Histologically confirmed diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, including any of the following:
  • B-cell diffuse large cell variant
  • Immunoblastic
  • Mediastinal (thymic) large cell
  • T-cell/histiocyte-rich
  • Anaplastic large B-cell
  • Intravascular large B-cell
  • Lymphomatoid granulomatosis



• Relapsed or refractory disease after at least 1 prior chemotherapy regimen and requires further treatment
  • Relapsed disease, defined as the following:
    • Appearance of any new lesion OR increase of at least 50% in the size of a previously involved site
    • 50% increase in greatest diameter of any previously identified node greater than 1 cm in the short axis OR in the sum of the perpendicular diameter (SPD) of more than 1 node
  • Progressive disease, defined as the following:
    • 50% increase from nadir in the SPD of any previously identified abnormal node
    • Appearance of any new lesion during or at the end of therapy



• CD20-positive disease by immunohistochemistry



• Bidimensionally measurable disease
  • At least 1 lesion at least 2.0 cm by CT scan



• Less than 25% bone marrow involvement by lymphoma



• No transformed lymphoma from indolent to aggressive



• No HIV- or AIDS-related lymphoma



• No hypocellular bone marrow



• No marked reduction in bone marrow precursors of 1 or more cell lines (e.g., granulocytic, megakaryocytic, or erythroid)



• No CNS lymphoma



• Ineligible for myeloablative therapy OR refused transplantation



• Ineligible for any other open yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan investigational protocols

Prior/Concurrent Therapy:

Biologic therapy

• See Disease Characteristics
• No prior autologous bone marrow transplantation
• No prior peripheral blood stem cell rescue
• No prior failed stem cell collection
• Prior rituximab within the past 90 days allowed provided patient has fludeoxyglucose-avid disease that is also indium In 111 ibritumomab tiuxetan-avid disease in at least 1 lesion
• More than 2 weeks since prior filgrastim (G-CSF) or sargramostim (GM-CSF)

Chemotherapy

• See Disease Characteristics

Endocrine therapy

• Not specified

Radiotherapy

• No prior radioimmunotherapy
• No prior external beam radiotherapy (involved field or regional) to more than 25% of active bone marrow

Surgery

• More than 4 weeks since prior major surgery (except diagnostic surgery)

Other

• Recovered from all prior therapy
• More than 4 weeks since prior therapy for lymphoma
• More than 8 weeks since prior phase II investigational drugs
• No other concurrent antineoplastic therapy

Patient Characteristics:

Age

• 18 and over

Performance status

• WHO 0-2

Life expectancy

• At least 3 months

Hematopoietic

• Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm³
• Lymphocyte count no greater than 5,000/mm³ (for patients with small lymphocytic lymphoma)
• Platelet count at least 100,000/mm³

Hepatic

• Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL

Renal

• Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL

Other

• Not pregnant or nursing
• Negative pregnancy test
• Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 1 year after study participation
• No concurrent serious nonmalignant disease or infection that would preclude study participation
• No human antimurine antibody reactivity

Expected Enrollment

A total of 40 patients will be accrued for this study within 2 years.

Outcomes

Response rate (complete response, unconfirmed complete response, and partial response) at 12 weeks
Event-free survival
Overall survival

Outline

This is an open-label, multicenter study.

• Radioimmunotherapy: Patients receive indium In 111 ibritumomab tiuxetan IV over 10 minutes on day 1 (for imaging only); yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan IV over 10 minutes on day 8; and rituximab IV over 3-4 hours on days 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, and 36.



• CNS prophylaxis: Patients receive CNS prophylaxis comprising intrathecal (IT) methotrexate or IT cytarabine on days 15, 22, 29, and 36 OR IT cytarabine (liposomal) on days 15 and 29.



• Maintenance rituximab: Patients are assessed for response at week 14. Beginning at month 6, patients with stable or responding disease receive maintenance therapy comprising rituximab IV over 3-4 hours once weekly for 4 weeks. Maintenance therapy repeats every 6 months for 2 years (total of 4 courses) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 2 years.

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Robin Joyce, MD, Protocol chair		Ph: 617-667-9920 Email: rjoyce@bidmc.harvard.edu

U.S.A.
Massachusetts
	Boston
	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
		Clinical Trials Office - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Ph:  617-667-9925
New Hampshire
	Lebanon
	Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
		Clinical Trials Office - Norris Cotton Cancer Center	Ph:  603-650-7609
			Email: cancerhelp@dartmouth.edu
Vermont
	Burlington
	Fletcher Allen Health Care - Medical Center Campus
		Clinical Trials Office - Fletcher Allen Heakth Care	Ph:  802-656-8990

Registry Information
Official Title		Zevalin And Rituxan For The Treatment Of Relapsed Or Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Trial Start Date		2003-12-02
Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov		NCT00073957
Date Submitted to PDQ		2003-10-17
Information Last Verified		2007-11-06

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