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Ro Plus CHOEP as First Line Treatment Before HSCT in Young Patients With Nodal Peripheral T-cell Lymphomas

Romidepsin in Combination With CHOEP as First Line Treatment Before Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Young Patients With Nodal Peripheral T-cell Lymphomas: a Phase I-II Study

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 1Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02223208
Acronym
FIL_PTCL13
Enrollment
89
Registered
2014-08-22
Start date
2014-09-01
Completion date
2026-03-25
Last updated
2026-08-19

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

ALK- Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL), Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma (AITL), Nodal Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma of T Follicular Helper Cell Origin, Peripheral T-cell Lymphomas (PTCL), PTCL-NOS

Keywords

PTCL, PTCL-NOS, AITL, ALCL

Brief summary

This is a multicenter study that includes two phases: 1. A phase I study to define the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of Romidepsin in addition to CHOEP-21 and to test the safety and feasibility of CHOEP-21 in combination with dose escalation of Romidepsin (8, 10, 12, 14 mg). The dose level defined as MTD of Romidepsin will be used for the subsequent phase II study. 2. A phase II study to evaluate the efficacy (response rate, progression free survival and overall survival) and safety of Ro-CHOEP-21 incorporated into a treatment strategy including SCT.

Detailed description

PHASE I A1) Induction phase Ro-CHOEP-21 x 3 cycles * Romidepsin (dose escalation) starting dose: 12mg/ms iv day +1 and +8. Dose modification according to toxicity (14mg/ms day +1 and +8; 10mg/ms day +1 and +8; 8mg/ms day +1 and +8); * CHOEP-21 (Doxorubicin 50 mg/ms iv day +1; Vincristin 1.4 mg/ms (maximum 2.0 mg total dose) iv day+1; Cyclophosphamide 750 mg/ms iv day +1; Etoposide 100mg/ms iv from day +1 to +3; Prednisone100 mg orally from days +1 to +5). According to the response achieved after the first 3 Ro-CHOEP-21 cycles: * PR or CR: Ro-CHOEP-21 for 3 additional cycles followed by phase A2 * SD or PD: Treatment failures, proceed to salvage according to each institutional policy. A2) Stem cell mobilization and transplantation phase Response evaluation and one DHAP course followed by peripheral stem cell harvesting. According to response achieved after 6 Ro-CHOEP-21 cycles: CR: BEAM or FEAM or CEAM followed by auto-SCT PR * Allogeneic SCT with HLA-identical (A, B, C, DR, DQ loci) or one antigen mismatched (class I) sibling donors. Donor selection is based on molecular high-resolution typing (4 digits) of the HLA gene loci class I (HLA-A, B, and C) and class II (DRB1, DQB1). In case, no class I and class II completely identical urelated donor (10 out of 10 gene loci) can be identified, the degree of histocompatibility between patient and donor must fulfill with the minimal degree of matching established by the Italian Bone Marrow Donor Registry: HLA-A and HLA-B antigen histocompatibility and HLA-DRB1 allelic histocompatibility. * when a suitable donor is not available: BEAM or FEAM or CEAM followed by Auto-SCT. * Haploidentical transplantation is allowed in selected cases \< PR: Treatment failures, proceed to salvage according to each institutional policy. PHASE II A1) Induction phase Ro-CHOEP-21 x 3 cycles * Romidepsin dose according to phase I iv day +1 and +8 * Doxorubicin 50 mg/ms iv day +1, * Vincristin 1.4 mg/ms (maximum 2.0 mg total dose) iv day+1, * Cyclophosphamide 750 mg/ms iv day +1, * Etoposide 100mg/ms iv from day +1 to +3 * Prednisone100 mg orally from days +1 to +5 According to the response achieved after the first 3 Ro-CHOEP-21 cycles: * PR or CR: Ro-CHOEP-21 for 3 additional cycles followed by phase A2 * SD or PD: Treatment failures, proceed to salvage according to each institutional policy. A2) Stem cell mobilization and transplantation phase Response evaluation and one DHAP course followed by peripheral stem cell harvesting. According to response achieved after 6 Ro-CHOEP-21 cycles: CR: BEAM or FEAM or CEAM followed by auto-SCT PR * Allogeneic SCT with HLA-identical (A, B, C, DR, DQ loci) or one antigen mismatched (class I) sibling donors. Donor selection is based on molecular high-resolution typing (4 digits) of the HLA gene loci class I (HLA-A, B, and C) and class II (DRB1, DQB1). In case, no class I and class II completely identical urelated donor (10 out of 10 gene loci) can be identified, the degree of histocompatibility between patient and donor must fulfill with the minimal degree of matching established by the Italian Bone Marrow Donor Registry: HLA-A and HLA-B antigen histocompatibility and HLA-DRB1 allelic histocompatibility. * when a suitable donor is not available: BEAM or FEAM or CEAM followed by Auto-SCT. * Haploidentical transplantation is allowed in selected cases \< PR: Treatment failures, proceed to salvage according to each institutional policy.

Interventions

DRUGRo-CHOEP-21 (PHASE I)

Romidepsin (dose escalation) Starting dose: 12mg/ms iv day +1 and +8 Dose modification according to toxicity: * 14mg/ms day +1 and +8 * 10mg/ms day +1 and +8 * 8mg/ms day +1 and +8 CHOEP-21 * Doxorubicin 50 mg/ms iv day +1 or +2, * Vincristin 1.4 mg/ms (maximum 2.0 mg total dose) iv day+1 or +2 * Cyclophosphamide 750 mg/ms iv day +1 or +2 * Etoposide 100mg/ms iv from day +1 to +3 or from day +2 to +4 * Prednisone100 mg orally from days +1 to +5 or from days +2 to +6 PR or CR:Ro-CHOEP-21 for 3 additional cycles followed by stem cell mobilization and transplantation phase (CR --\> AUTO-SCT, PR --\> ALLO-SCT)

DRUGRo-CHOEP-21 (PHASE II)

Ro-CHOEP-21 x 3 cycles * Romidepsin dose according to phase I iv day +1 and +8 * Doxorubicin 50 mg/ms iv day +1 or +2, * Vincristin 1.4 mg/ms (maximum 2.0 mg total dose) iv day+1 or +2, * Cyclophosphamide 750 mg/ms iv day +1 or +2 * Etoposide 100mg/ms iv from day +1 to +3 or from day +2 to +4 * Prednisone100 mg orally from days +1 to +5 or from days +2 to +6 PR or CR: Ro-CHOEP-21 for 3 additional cycles followed by stem cell mobilization and transplantation phase (CR --\> AUTO-SCT, PR --\> ALLO-SCT)

Sponsors

Fondazione Italiana Linfomi - ETS
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Age ≥18 e ≤ 65 years 2. Peripheral T-cell lymphomas at diagnosis including: PTCL-NOS, AITL including other nodal TFH, ALK-ALCL 3. Stage II-IV 4. Written informed consent 5. No prior treatment for lymphoma 6. No Central Nervous System (CNS) disease (meningeal and/or brain involvement by lymphoma) 7. HIV negativity 8. Absence of active hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection 9. HBV negativity or patients with HBcAb +, HBsAg -, HBs Ab+/- with HBV-DNA negativity (in these patients Lamivudine prophylaxis is mandatory) 10. Levels of serum bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase and transaminases \< 2 the upper normal limit, if not disease related 11. No psychiatric illness that precludes understanding concepts of the trial or signing informed consent 12. Ejection fraction \> 50% and myocardial stroke in the last year nor QT prolongation (QTc interval \< 480 msec using the Fridericia formula) 13. Clearance of creatinine \> 60 ml/min if not disease related 14. Spirometry Diffusion Capacity (DLCO) \> 50% 15. Absence of active, uncontrolled infection 16. For males and females of child-bearing potential, agreement upon the use of effective contraceptive methods prior to study entry, for the duration of study participation and in the following 90 days after discontinuation of study treatment 17. Availability of histological material for central review and pathobiological studies.

Exclusion criteria

1. Age \<18 e \> 65 years 2. Hystology other than: PTCL-NOS, AITL, ALK-ALCL 3. Stage I 4. Prior treatment for lymphoma 5. Positive serologic markers for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 6. Active hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection 7. Active hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection 8. Levels of serum bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase and transaminases \> 2 the upper normal limit, if not disease related 9. Ejection fraction \< 50% and no myocardial stroke in the last year or QT prolongation (QTc interval \> 480 msec using the Fridericia formula) 10. Clearance of creatinine \< 60 ml/min if not disease related 11. Spirometry Diffusion Capacity (DLCO) \< 50% 12. Pregnancy or lactation 13. Patient not agreeing to take adequate contraceptive measures during the study 14. Psychiatric disease that precludes understanding concepts of the trial or signing informed consent 15. Any active, uncontrolled infection 16. Prior history of malignancies other than PTCLs in the last five years (except for basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix or breast).

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) of Ro-CHOEP-21 (Phase I endpoint)3 monthsIncidence of dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) of Ro-CHOEP-21, considering as maximum dose the one causing induction of any grade ≥ 3 non hematologic toxicity or a delay \>15 days of planned cycle date observed during the first two cycles according to the definitions of NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 4.0 (2009)
Progression Free Survival (PFS) of Ro-CHOEP-21 (Phase II endpoint)18 monthsPFS on intention to treatment (ITT) evaluated at 18 months. PFS will be defined as the time between the date of enrolment and the date of disease progression, relapse or death from any cause.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Proportion of patients reaching SCT (Phase I endpoint)6 monthsProportion of patients reaching SCT
ORR = Overall response rate (Phase I endpoint)6 monthsOverall response rate (ORR, defined according to the Cheson 2007 response criteria) of the combination of Ro-CHOEP-21.
Overall Response Rate (ORR) and Complete Response (CR)(Phase II endpoint)6 monthsORR and CR (defined according to the Cheson 2007 response criteria), after induction treatment and after SCT.
Event free survival (EFS) (Phase II endpoint)18 monthsEvent free survival (EFS) defined as the time between the date of enrollment and the date of discontinuation of treatment for any reason
Overall survival (OS) (Phase II endpoint)24 monthsOverall survival (OS) defined as the time between the date of enrolment and the date of death from any cause in the ITT population enrolled in the study
Progression Free Survival (PFS) and Overall Survival (OS) (Phase II endpoint)3 monthsPFS and OS in patients not responding to the first 3 courses of Ro-CHOEP-21
Toxicities (Phase II endpoint)18 monthsEvaluation during the interim analyses of any grade III or higher toxicities, recorded and classified according to the definitions of NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 4.0 (2009)
Higher toxicities (Phase II endpoint)18 monthsEvaluation during all the pretransplant phase of any grade III or higher toxicities, recorded and classified according to the definitions of NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 4.0 (2009)
Treatment-related mortality (TRM) (Phase II Endpoint)24 monthsTreatment-related mortality defined as any death that was not attributable to the lymphoma.
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) (Phase II endpoint)24 monthsIncidence of acute and chronic GVHD in allografted patients

Countries

Italy

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORPaolo Corradini, Prof

Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Aug 20, 2026