Rituxan/BEAM vs Bexxar/BEAM in Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (BMTCTN0401)

Phase 3

Completed

Conditions: Lymphoma, B-Cell
Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Immunoblastic
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin

Interventions: Drug: Autologous transplantation using rituxan/BEAM
Drug: Autologous transplantation using Bexxar/BEAM

Registration Number: NCT00329030

Lead Sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Brief Summary: This study is designed as a Phase III, multicenter trial, comparing progression-free survival (PFS) after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation using a standard Rituxan plus BEAM transplant regimen versus a regimen adding Bexxar to BEAM.

Detailed Description: BACKGROUND:

Bexxar (Tositumomab and Iodine I 131 Tositumomab) is a radioimmunoconjugate with demonstrated anti-lymphoma effects. This drug is indicated for the treatment of patients with CD20 positive, relapsed or refractory, low grade, follicular, or transformed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, including patients with Rituximab-refractory non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Bexxar has been used in several Phase I and II transplant trials either alone or in combination with high-dose chemotherapy for the treatment of relapsed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The Phase I and II trials combining Bexxar with BEAM and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation demonstrated promising early results with 80% event-free survival in relapsed chemosensitive diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients. The administration of Rituxan to the mobilization and conditioning regimen is now the standard of care at most transplant centers. Therefore, the primary endpoint of this study will be to compare progression-free survival after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for chemotherapy-sensitive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma using Rituxan/BEAM versus Bexxar/BEAM for pre-transplant conditioning.

DESIGN NARRATIVE:

All patients will receive induction or salvage chemotherapy as indicated by their clinical circumstance to achieve at least a partial response (as defined in the protocol). There must be 20% or less bone marrow involvement after their most recent salvage therapy.

Mobilization therapy may be employed per institutional guidelines, but all patients must receive one dose of rituxan (375 mg/m\^2) at least within 4 weeks of actual stem cell apheresis. Patients must have an adequate autograft (target of at least 2.0 X 10\^6 CD34+ cells/kg; minimum of more than 1.5 X 106 CD34+ cells/kg) to be eligible for the protocol. Eligible patients will be randomized to receive either: 1) Rituxan plus BEAM, with Rituxan 375 mg/m\^2 IV Days -19 and -12, Carmustine (BCNU) 300 mg/m\^2 Day -6, Etoposide 100 mg/m\^2 Days -5 to -2, Cytarabine 100 mg/m\^2 Days -5 to -2, and Melphalan 140 mg/m\^2 Day -1 followed by ASCT; or, 2) Bexxar/BEAM with the dosimetric dose of 5 mCi Bexxar on Day -19 and the therapeutic dose calculated to administer 75 cGy total body dose (TBD) on Day -12. Patients will then receive BCNU 300 mg/m\^2 Day -6, Etoposide 100 mg/m\^2 Days -5 to -2, Cytarabine 100 mg/m\^2 Days -5 to -2, and Melphalan 140 mg/m\^2 Day -1 followed by ASCT.

Patients will be followed for 2 years post-transplant. Survival data, hematopoiesis data, incidence of infection, mucositis assessment data, immune reconstitution data, and toxicity data will be recorded and reported periodically to the BMT CTN Data Coordinating Center (DCC).

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: COMPLETED

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 224

Inclusion Criteria

Diagnosis of persistent or recurrent REAL classification diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, composite lymphoma with more than 50% diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, mediastinal B-cell lymphoma
Demonstration of CD20+ on at least one histologic specimen
18-80 years old at time of first registration
Three or fewer prior regimens of chemotherapy over the entire course of their disease treatment (including one induction chemotherapy and no more than 2 salvage chemotherapies); monoclonal antibody therapy and involved field radiation therapy will not be counted as prior therapies
Disease status of primary induction failure, first relapse, or second complete remission; all patients must have chemosensitive disease as demonstrated by response to induction or salvage chemotherapy with at least a partial response (as defined in the protocol)
No more than a 20% bone marrow involvement
Patients with adequate organ function as measured by:
Cardiac: American Heart Association Class I: Patients with cardiac disease but without resulting limitation of physical activity; ordinary physical activity does not cause undue fatigue, palpitation, dyspnea, or anginal pain; additionally, patients greater than 60 years of age must have a left ventricular ejection fraction at rest of at least 40% demonstrated by Multi-Gated Acquisition Scan (MUGA)
Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 2.0 mg/dL (except for isolated hyperbilirubinemia attributed to Gilbert syndrome) and alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate transaminase (AST) less than 3x the upper limit of normal
Renal: Creatinine less than 2.0 mg/dL or creatinine clearance (calculated creatinine clearance is permitted) more than 40 mL/min; no hydronephrosis on CT scan prior to mobilization
Pulmonary: Carbon Monoxide Diffusing Capacity (DLCO), Volume forcibly exhaled in one second (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC) at least 45% of predicted (corrected for hemoglobin)
Autologous graft with a minimum of at least 1.5 X 10^6 CD34+ cells/kg (target greater than 2.0 X 10^6 CD34+ cells/kg. Peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) are preferred; however, if PBSC mobilization fails, cells can be obtained by institutional practices (in cases where bone marrow will be used for transplantation, the required CD34+ dose does not apply and institutional practice for total nucleated cell dose should be used).
Initiate conditioning therapy within 3 months of mobilization
Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

Karnofsky performance score less than 70%
Transformed follicular lymphoma
Uncontrolled bacterial, viral, or fungal infection (currently taking medication and with progression or no clinical improvement)
Prior malignancies except resected basal cell carcinoma or treated cervical carcinoma in situ; cancer treated with curative intent less than 5 years previously will not be allowed unless approved by the Medical Monitor or Protocol Chair; cancer treated with curative intent less than 5 years previously will be allowed
Pregnant (positive β-HCG) or breastfeeding; this patient population is excluded due to the lack of data on the use of Bexxar in patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding
Seropositivity for HIV; this patient population is excluded due to the lack of data on the use of Bexxar in HIV positive patients and because the treatment regimens are too immunosuppressive for this patient population
Fertile men or women unwilling to use contraceptive techniques from the time of initiation of mobilization until six-months post-transplant
Prior autologous or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)
Patients with evidence of myelodysplastic syndrome/acute myeloid leukemia (MDS/AML) or abnormal cytogenetic analysis indicative of MDS on the pre-transplant bone marrow examination
Patients with a prior severe reaction to Rituxan or Filgrastim (G-CSF). Patients with severe reactions to G-CSF that receive pre-medication for control of the reaction are not excluded from study.
Patients who have received prior radioimmunotherapy
Patients with known hypersensitivity to murine proteins

Study & Design

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Rituxan/BEAM	Autologous transplantation using rituxan/BEAM	Autologous transplantation using rituxan/BEAM
Bexxar/BEAM	Autologous transplantation using Bexxar/BEAM	Autologous transplantation using Bexxar/BEAM

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Progression-free Survival (PFS)	1 and 2 years	Patients are considered a failure for this endpoint if they die, relapse/progress, or receive anti-lymphoma therapy, other than post-transplant consolidative localized radiation (maximum 3 sites) to sites of prior bulk disease pre-transplant (\> 3cm). The time to this event is the time from randomization until death, relapse/progression, receipt of anti-lymphoma therapy, or last follow up, whichever comes first.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Overall Survival	1 and 2 years	The event is death from any cause. The time to this event is the time from randomization to death or last follow-up. Surviving patients are censored at the time of last observation
Complete Response (CR) and Partial Response (PR) Proportion	Day 100 and 2 years
Incidence of Relapse/Progression	1 and 2 years	The time to this event is measured from randomization. Deaths without relapse/progression are considered as a competing risk. Surviving patients with no history of relapse/progression are censored at time of last follow-up.
Incidence of Infection	1 year
Treatment-related Mortality (TRM)	1 and 2 years	TRM is defined as death occurring in a patient from causes other than relapse or progression
Platelet Recovery to 20,000 Cells/μL	100 and 180 days
Hematologic Function	100 days, 1 year	Hematologic function will be defined as ANC \> 1,500 neutrophils/μL, hemoglobin \> 10 g/dL without transfusion support, and platelet count \> 100,000/μL without transfusion support.
Mucositis Severity	Day 21	Mucositis severity will be scored per the modified Oral Mucositis Assessment Scale (OMAS) scoring system on a scale of 0 - 4, where 0 equals normal mucosa and 4 equals severe mucosa.
Immune Reconstitution of Quantitative Immunoglobulins	1 year	Tests to be performed on peripheral blood for quantitative immunoglobulins include IgM, IgG and IgA.
Neutrophil Recovery	Day 28 and Day 60	Time to neutrophil recovery will be the first of two consecutive days of \> 500 neutrophils/μL following the expected nadir.
Immune Reconstitution	1 year	Tests to be performed on peripheral blood include CD2, CD3, CD4, CD8, CD19, CD3+/CD25+, CD45 RA/RO, CD56+/CD3-.

Trial Locations

Locations (36): University of Maryland Medical Systems/Greenbaum Cancer Center
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Loyola University Medical Center
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Maywood, Illinois, United States
Washington University/Barnes Jewish Hospital
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Weill Cornell Medical College, The New York Presbyterian Hospital
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New York, New York, United States
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Medical University of South Carolina
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Charleston, South Carolina, United States
University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
University of Michigan Medical Center
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
University of Rochester Medical Center
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Rochester, New York, United States
Tufts-New England Medical Center
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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Seattle, Washington, United States
Yale University School of Medicine
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
St. Lukes Mountain States Tumor Institute
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Boise, Idaho, United States
Johns Hopkins/SKCCC
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Hackensack University Medical Center
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Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
University of North Carolina Hospital at Chapel Hill
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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New York, New York, United States
Baylor University Medical Center
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Dallas, Texas, United States
Virginia Commonwealth University/MCV Hospital
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Richmond, Virginia, United States
Emory University
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
University of Florida College of Medicine (Shands)
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Gainesville, Florida, United States
Cancer Centers of the Carolinas
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Greenville, South Carolina, United States
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
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Tampa, Florida, United States
University of Nebraska
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Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Columbia River Oncology Program
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Portland, Oregon, United States
Duke University Medical Center
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Durham, North Carolina, United States
Providence Portland Medical Center
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Portland, Oregon, United States
University of Utah Medical School, BMT
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Texas Transplant Institute
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San Antonio, Texas, United States
Intermountain BMT Program
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Medical College of Wisconsin
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
University of Miami
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Miami, Florida, United States
University of Minnesota
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States