Phase II Trial of Combined Modality Treatment in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma

Summary

Aim of the study is to establish in a prospective, randomized clinical trial the activity of primary chemotherapy containing high dose-methotrexate, alone or combined with high dose cytarabine, in patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma

Timeline

Start

2003-07

Primary completion

2007-09

Completion

2007-12

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper complete remission rate of 18% (95% CI 6-30) and 46% (31-61), respectively, (p=0.006). PMID 19767089 ↗

Publications

• Ferreri AJ, Reni M, Foppoli M, Martelli M, Pangalis GA, Frezzato M, Cabras MG, Fabbri A, Corazzelli G, Ilariucci F, Rossi G, Soffietti R, Stelitano C, Vallisa D, Zaja F, Zoppegno L, Aondio GM, Avvisati G, Balzarotti M, Brandes AA, Fajardo J, Gomez H, Guarini A, Pinotti G, Rigacci L, Uhlmann C, Picozzi P, Vezzulli P, Ponzoni M, Zucca E, Caligaris-Cappio F, Cavalli F; International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group (IELSG). High-dose cytarabine plus high-dose methotrexate versus high-dose methotrexate alone in patients with primary CNS lymphoma: a randomised phase 2 trial. Lancet. 2009 Oct 31;374(9700):1512-20. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61416-1. Epub 2009 Sep 18.

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