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Ketogenic Diet Adjunctive to HD-MTX Chemotherapy for Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma

Phase 1
Conditions
Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
Registration Number
NCT02983942
Lead Sponsor
Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Brief Summary

Ketogenic diet has shown auxiliary effect on treatment of malignant tumors require high glucose consumption. This study is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ketogenic diet adjunctive to high dose methotrexate(HD-MTX) chemotherapy for primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL).

Detailed Description

In a pilot study of primary central nervous system(CNS) lymphoma patients, ketogenic diet was given in adjunction with standard HD-MTX chemotherapy as interventional group; standard HD-MTX is given with routine diet as control group. The primary endpoint is the safety of ketogenic diet in PCNSL patients receiving chemotherapy, secondary endpoints include rate of complete remission, remission time, rate of tumor relapse and overall survival.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Age 18-70
  2. Histopathologically confirmed PCNSL
  3. No systemic involvement
  4. Ability and willingness to sign informed consent
  5. Normal liver and kidney function
  6. Karnofsky Performance Score of 60 or more
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Any systemic involvement of the tumor
  2. Systemic illness or medical condition may pose additional risk, including cardiac, metabolic or endocrine disorders; incompensated renal or liver disfunction; history of renal calculi, hyperuricemia, hyper calcemia, mitochondrial disease, known disorder of fatty acid metabolism, porphyria, carnitine deficiency and pancreatitis
  3. Uncontrolled hyperlipidemia or hyperglycemia
  4. Human immunodeficiency virus positive, or hepatitis C positive
  5. Pregnancy of breastfeeding
  6. Inability or unwillingness to give written informed consent.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of participants with treatment related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v4.0Two years

The number and incidence (%) of treatment related adverse events among participants

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The chemosensitivity of tumorTwo years

The rate of complete remission after treatment assessed according to serial contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Long term effect of chemotherapyTwo years

The average time from complete remission of tumor to relapse

overall survivalThree years

Participants will be followed until reported death to calculate overall survival

Quality of lifeTwo years

Short Form 36 Questionnaire will be used to assess patients' quality of life

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Beijing Tiantan Hospital

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Beijing, Beijing, China

Beijing Tiantan Hospital
🇨🇳Beijing, Beijing, China
Song Lin, M.D.
Contact
861067096509
linsong2005@126.com
Chun Zeng, M.D.
Contact
861067096509
zengchun79@aliyun.com

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