A Phase II Study of CHOEP Induction Followed by Gemcitabine/Busulfan/Melphalan Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Patients With Newly Diagnosed T-Cell Lymphoma
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Status
- Terminated
- Sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Enrollment
- 5
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- 24-month Progression-Free Survival Rate
Overview
Brief Summary
The current standard of care for the frontline treatment of peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCL) is induction chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). However, many patients are unable to get to ASCT or relapse after ASCT, with a poor prognosis. Recently, a novel ASCT conditioning regimen of gemcitabine, busulfan and melphalan (Gem/Bu/Mel) has been reported to lead to favorable outcomes in this disease. We therefore designed a frontline regimen of CHOEP induction followed by Gem/Bu/Mel ASCT, and report the results of a phase 2 study of this regimen in patients with PTCL.
Detailed Description
Objectives:
Primary
- To estimate the proportion of patients alive and progression-free at 24 months after beginning induction therapy
Secondary
- To estimate the response rate (complete remission (CR) and partial remission (PR)) after CHOEP x 6 and after Gem/Bu/Mel ASCT
- To estimate overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), cumulative incidence of relapse (CIR), and non-relapse mortality (NRM)
- To estimate the toxicity (grade 3 and above)
- To estimate the rate of successful stem cell mobilization after CHOEP in responding patients
- To estimate the proportion of patients who can successfully complete the entire treatment regimen
- To estimate the time to engraftment of neutrophil and platelet engraftment after ASCT
- To determine whether tumor DNA can be detected in peripheral blood of patients before therapy
- To evaluate the changes and prognostic relevance in detectable tumor DNA in peripheral blood after induction chemotherapy (CHOEP) and after Gem/Bu/Mel ASCT
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Diagnosis of T-Cell lymphoma with mandatory pathologic review at Brigham and Women's Hospital or Massachusetts General Hospital
- •Measurable disease
- •Candidate for Autologous Stem Cell Transplant
Exclusion Criteria
- •Prior anti-lymphoma chemotherapy (except steroids/radiotherapy for urgent palliation, one prior cycle of CHOP or up to 2 prior cycles of CHOEP)
- •Pregnant or breastfeeding
- •Alk-positive ACL
- •Significant neuropathy precluding vincristine administration
- •Known hypersensitivity to any of the agents used in the treatment
- •Uncontrolled intercurrent illness
- •Receiving other investigational agents
- •History of a different malignancy except if disease free for at least 5 years or have cervical cancer in situ or basal cell/squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
- •HIV positive on anti-retroviral therapy
Arms & Interventions
CHOEP + High Dose Therapy + Auto SCT
Patients received 6 cycles of induction chemotherapy: Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Etoposide and Prednisone (CHOEP) (5 if previously received 1 cycle of CHOP). CHOP was given at standard doses, with a dose of etoposide of 100 mg/m2 intravenously (IV) or 200 mg/m2 orally added on days 1-3 of each cycle. Patients who did not achieve a partial (PR) or complete (CR) remission at restaging after either 3 or 6 cycles were taken off study. Responders after 6 cycles had stem cell (SC) mobilization using filgrastim and plerixafor (if necessary) within 4 weeks of the end of induction. SC mobilization, harvesting, and reinfusion were performed per standard institutional protocol. A minimum collection of 2x106 CD34+ cells/kg was required to proceed to autologous stem cell transplant. Conditioning was comprised of gemcitabine 2700 mg/m2 on days -8 and -3, IV busulfan 105 mg/m2 days -8 to -5, and melphalan 60 mg/m2 given daily on days -3 and -2 (per MD Andersen protocol).
Intervention: Cyclophosphamide (Drug)
CHOEP + High Dose Therapy + Auto SCT
Patients received 6 cycles of induction chemotherapy: Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Etoposide and Prednisone (CHOEP) (5 if previously received 1 cycle of CHOP). CHOP was given at standard doses, with a dose of etoposide of 100 mg/m2 intravenously (IV) or 200 mg/m2 orally added on days 1-3 of each cycle. Patients who did not achieve a partial (PR) or complete (CR) remission at restaging after either 3 or 6 cycles were taken off study. Responders after 6 cycles had stem cell (SC) mobilization using filgrastim and plerixafor (if necessary) within 4 weeks of the end of induction. SC mobilization, harvesting, and reinfusion were performed per standard institutional protocol. A minimum collection of 2x106 CD34+ cells/kg was required to proceed to autologous stem cell transplant. Conditioning was comprised of gemcitabine 2700 mg/m2 on days -8 and -3, IV busulfan 105 mg/m2 days -8 to -5, and melphalan 60 mg/m2 given daily on days -3 and -2 (per MD Andersen protocol).
Intervention: Doxorubicin (Drug)
CHOEP + High Dose Therapy + Auto SCT
Patients received 6 cycles of induction chemotherapy: Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Etoposide and Prednisone (CHOEP) (5 if previously received 1 cycle of CHOP). CHOP was given at standard doses, with a dose of etoposide of 100 mg/m2 intravenously (IV) or 200 mg/m2 orally added on days 1-3 of each cycle. Patients who did not achieve a partial (PR) or complete (CR) remission at restaging after either 3 or 6 cycles were taken off study. Responders after 6 cycles had stem cell (SC) mobilization using filgrastim and plerixafor (if necessary) within 4 weeks of the end of induction. SC mobilization, harvesting, and reinfusion were performed per standard institutional protocol. A minimum collection of 2x106 CD34+ cells/kg was required to proceed to autologous stem cell transplant. Conditioning was comprised of gemcitabine 2700 mg/m2 on days -8 and -3, IV busulfan 105 mg/m2 days -8 to -5, and melphalan 60 mg/m2 given daily on days -3 and -2 (per MD Andersen protocol).
Intervention: Vincristine (Drug)
CHOEP + High Dose Therapy + Auto SCT
Patients received 6 cycles of induction chemotherapy: Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Etoposide and Prednisone (CHOEP) (5 if previously received 1 cycle of CHOP). CHOP was given at standard doses, with a dose of etoposide of 100 mg/m2 intravenously (IV) or 200 mg/m2 orally added on days 1-3 of each cycle. Patients who did not achieve a partial (PR) or complete (CR) remission at restaging after either 3 or 6 cycles were taken off study. Responders after 6 cycles had stem cell (SC) mobilization using filgrastim and plerixafor (if necessary) within 4 weeks of the end of induction. SC mobilization, harvesting, and reinfusion were performed per standard institutional protocol. A minimum collection of 2x106 CD34+ cells/kg was required to proceed to autologous stem cell transplant. Conditioning was comprised of gemcitabine 2700 mg/m2 on days -8 and -3, IV busulfan 105 mg/m2 days -8 to -5, and melphalan 60 mg/m2 given daily on days -3 and -2 (per MD Andersen protocol).
Intervention: Etoposide (Drug)
CHOEP + High Dose Therapy + Auto SCT
Patients received 6 cycles of induction chemotherapy: Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Etoposide and Prednisone (CHOEP) (5 if previously received 1 cycle of CHOP). CHOP was given at standard doses, with a dose of etoposide of 100 mg/m2 intravenously (IV) or 200 mg/m2 orally added on days 1-3 of each cycle. Patients who did not achieve a partial (PR) or complete (CR) remission at restaging after either 3 or 6 cycles were taken off study. Responders after 6 cycles had stem cell (SC) mobilization using filgrastim and plerixafor (if necessary) within 4 weeks of the end of induction. SC mobilization, harvesting, and reinfusion were performed per standard institutional protocol. A minimum collection of 2x106 CD34+ cells/kg was required to proceed to autologous stem cell transplant. Conditioning was comprised of gemcitabine 2700 mg/m2 on days -8 and -3, IV busulfan 105 mg/m2 days -8 to -5, and melphalan 60 mg/m2 given daily on days -3 and -2 (per MD Andersen protocol).
Intervention: Prednisone (Drug)
CHOEP + High Dose Therapy + Auto SCT
Patients received 6 cycles of induction chemotherapy: Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Etoposide and Prednisone (CHOEP) (5 if previously received 1 cycle of CHOP). CHOP was given at standard doses, with a dose of etoposide of 100 mg/m2 intravenously (IV) or 200 mg/m2 orally added on days 1-3 of each cycle. Patients who did not achieve a partial (PR) or complete (CR) remission at restaging after either 3 or 6 cycles were taken off study. Responders after 6 cycles had stem cell (SC) mobilization using filgrastim and plerixafor (if necessary) within 4 weeks of the end of induction. SC mobilization, harvesting, and reinfusion were performed per standard institutional protocol. A minimum collection of 2x106 CD34+ cells/kg was required to proceed to autologous stem cell transplant. Conditioning was comprised of gemcitabine 2700 mg/m2 on days -8 and -3, IV busulfan 105 mg/m2 days -8 to -5, and melphalan 60 mg/m2 given daily on days -3 and -2 (per MD Andersen protocol).
Intervention: Filgrastim (Drug)
CHOEP + High Dose Therapy + Auto SCT
Patients received 6 cycles of induction chemotherapy: Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Etoposide and Prednisone (CHOEP) (5 if previously received 1 cycle of CHOP). CHOP was given at standard doses, with a dose of etoposide of 100 mg/m2 intravenously (IV) or 200 mg/m2 orally added on days 1-3 of each cycle. Patients who did not achieve a partial (PR) or complete (CR) remission at restaging after either 3 or 6 cycles were taken off study. Responders after 6 cycles had stem cell (SC) mobilization using filgrastim and plerixafor (if necessary) within 4 weeks of the end of induction. SC mobilization, harvesting, and reinfusion were performed per standard institutional protocol. A minimum collection of 2x106 CD34+ cells/kg was required to proceed to autologous stem cell transplant. Conditioning was comprised of gemcitabine 2700 mg/m2 on days -8 and -3, IV busulfan 105 mg/m2 days -8 to -5, and melphalan 60 mg/m2 given daily on days -3 and -2 (per MD Andersen protocol).
Intervention: Plerixafor (Drug)
CHOEP + High Dose Therapy + Auto SCT
Patients received 6 cycles of induction chemotherapy: Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Etoposide and Prednisone (CHOEP) (5 if previously received 1 cycle of CHOP). CHOP was given at standard doses, with a dose of etoposide of 100 mg/m2 intravenously (IV) or 200 mg/m2 orally added on days 1-3 of each cycle. Patients who did not achieve a partial (PR) or complete (CR) remission at restaging after either 3 or 6 cycles were taken off study. Responders after 6 cycles had stem cell (SC) mobilization using filgrastim and plerixafor (if necessary) within 4 weeks of the end of induction. SC mobilization, harvesting, and reinfusion were performed per standard institutional protocol. A minimum collection of 2x106 CD34+ cells/kg was required to proceed to autologous stem cell transplant. Conditioning was comprised of gemcitabine 2700 mg/m2 on days -8 and -3, IV busulfan 105 mg/m2 days -8 to -5, and melphalan 60 mg/m2 given daily on days -3 and -2 (per MD Andersen protocol).
Intervention: Stem Cell Collection (Procedure)
CHOEP + High Dose Therapy + Auto SCT
Patients received 6 cycles of induction chemotherapy: Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Etoposide and Prednisone (CHOEP) (5 if previously received 1 cycle of CHOP). CHOP was given at standard doses, with a dose of etoposide of 100 mg/m2 intravenously (IV) or 200 mg/m2 orally added on days 1-3 of each cycle. Patients who did not achieve a partial (PR) or complete (CR) remission at restaging after either 3 or 6 cycles were taken off study. Responders after 6 cycles had stem cell (SC) mobilization using filgrastim and plerixafor (if necessary) within 4 weeks of the end of induction. SC mobilization, harvesting, and reinfusion were performed per standard institutional protocol. A minimum collection of 2x106 CD34+ cells/kg was required to proceed to autologous stem cell transplant. Conditioning was comprised of gemcitabine 2700 mg/m2 on days -8 and -3, IV busulfan 105 mg/m2 days -8 to -5, and melphalan 60 mg/m2 given daily on days -3 and -2 (per MD Andersen protocol).
Intervention: Palifermin (Drug)
CHOEP + High Dose Therapy + Auto SCT
Patients received 6 cycles of induction chemotherapy: Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Etoposide and Prednisone (CHOEP) (5 if previously received 1 cycle of CHOP). CHOP was given at standard doses, with a dose of etoposide of 100 mg/m2 intravenously (IV) or 200 mg/m2 orally added on days 1-3 of each cycle. Patients who did not achieve a partial (PR) or complete (CR) remission at restaging after either 3 or 6 cycles were taken off study. Responders after 6 cycles had stem cell (SC) mobilization using filgrastim and plerixafor (if necessary) within 4 weeks of the end of induction. SC mobilization, harvesting, and reinfusion were performed per standard institutional protocol. A minimum collection of 2x106 CD34+ cells/kg was required to proceed to autologous stem cell transplant. Conditioning was comprised of gemcitabine 2700 mg/m2 on days -8 and -3, IV busulfan 105 mg/m2 days -8 to -5, and melphalan 60 mg/m2 given daily on days -3 and -2 (per MD Andersen protocol).
Intervention: Gemcitabine (Drug)
CHOEP + High Dose Therapy + Auto SCT
Patients received 6 cycles of induction chemotherapy: Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Etoposide and Prednisone (CHOEP) (5 if previously received 1 cycle of CHOP). CHOP was given at standard doses, with a dose of etoposide of 100 mg/m2 intravenously (IV) or 200 mg/m2 orally added on days 1-3 of each cycle. Patients who did not achieve a partial (PR) or complete (CR) remission at restaging after either 3 or 6 cycles were taken off study. Responders after 6 cycles had stem cell (SC) mobilization using filgrastim and plerixafor (if necessary) within 4 weeks of the end of induction. SC mobilization, harvesting, and reinfusion were performed per standard institutional protocol. A minimum collection of 2x106 CD34+ cells/kg was required to proceed to autologous stem cell transplant. Conditioning was comprised of gemcitabine 2700 mg/m2 on days -8 and -3, IV busulfan 105 mg/m2 days -8 to -5, and melphalan 60 mg/m2 given daily on days -3 and -2 (per MD Andersen protocol).
Intervention: Busulfan (Drug)
CHOEP + High Dose Therapy + Auto SCT
Patients received 6 cycles of induction chemotherapy: Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Etoposide and Prednisone (CHOEP) (5 if previously received 1 cycle of CHOP). CHOP was given at standard doses, with a dose of etoposide of 100 mg/m2 intravenously (IV) or 200 mg/m2 orally added on days 1-3 of each cycle. Patients who did not achieve a partial (PR) or complete (CR) remission at restaging after either 3 or 6 cycles were taken off study. Responders after 6 cycles had stem cell (SC) mobilization using filgrastim and plerixafor (if necessary) within 4 weeks of the end of induction. SC mobilization, harvesting, and reinfusion were performed per standard institutional protocol. A minimum collection of 2x106 CD34+ cells/kg was required to proceed to autologous stem cell transplant. Conditioning was comprised of gemcitabine 2700 mg/m2 on days -8 and -3, IV busulfan 105 mg/m2 days -8 to -5, and melphalan 60 mg/m2 given daily on days -3 and -2 (per MD Andersen protocol).
Intervention: Melphalan (Drug)
CHOEP + High Dose Therapy + Auto SCT
Patients received 6 cycles of induction chemotherapy: Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Etoposide and Prednisone (CHOEP) (5 if previously received 1 cycle of CHOP). CHOP was given at standard doses, with a dose of etoposide of 100 mg/m2 intravenously (IV) or 200 mg/m2 orally added on days 1-3 of each cycle. Patients who did not achieve a partial (PR) or complete (CR) remission at restaging after either 3 or 6 cycles were taken off study. Responders after 6 cycles had stem cell (SC) mobilization using filgrastim and plerixafor (if necessary) within 4 weeks of the end of induction. SC mobilization, harvesting, and reinfusion were performed per standard institutional protocol. A minimum collection of 2x106 CD34+ cells/kg was required to proceed to autologous stem cell transplant. Conditioning was comprised of gemcitabine 2700 mg/m2 on days -8 and -3, IV busulfan 105 mg/m2 days -8 to -5, and melphalan 60 mg/m2 given daily on days -3 and -2 (per MD Andersen protocol).
Intervention: Stem Cell Transplant (Procedure)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
24-month Progression-Free Survival Rate
Time Frame: Disease was re-staged at cycles 3 and 6 during induction, at day 100 post-ASCT, and in long-term follow-up at months 12, 18, 24 and 36. All patients were evaluable up to month 24.
24-month progression-free survival rate is defined as the proportion of patients remaining alive and progression-free at 24 months from start of induction therapy. Disease progression was assessed using a combination of CT scans and PET scans. Progression was categorized according to standard lymphoma response criteria, specifically the Revised Response Criteria (Cheson 2007).
Secondary Outcomes
- Induction Response(Disease was re-staged at cycles 3 and 6 during induction. Median duration of induction therapy in this study cohort was 6 cycles/18 weeks (range 2-6 cycles).)
Investigators
Philippe Armand, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute