Temsirolimus in Recurrent Primary Central Nervous System (CNS) Lymphoma

Summary

This is an open-label trial investigating the efficacy of temsirolimus in recurrent or refractory primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) after initial chemotherapy with a high-dose methotrexate containing regimen. 37 patients are planned to be treated with weekly infusions of 25mg Temsirolimus (first 3 patients) or 75mg Temsirolimus (all other patients) up to a maximum of 12 months. The trial is designed in two stages, if less than one of the first 12 patients responds to treatment, the trial is stopped. In addition to efficacy, safety and penetration of temsirolimus into the cerebrospinal fluid will be investigated.

Timeline

Start

2009-07

Primary completion

2013-12

Completion

2014-06

Publications

• Background Kuhn JG, Chang SM, Wen PY, Cloughesy TF, Greenberg H, Schiff D, Conrad C, Fink KL, Robins HI, Mehta M, DeAngelis L, Raizer J, Hess K, Lamborn KR, Dancey J, Prados MD; North American Brain Tumor Consortium and the National Cancer Institute. Pharmacokinetic and tumor distribution characteristics of temsirolimus in patients with recurrent malignant glioma. Clin Cancer Res. 2007 Dec 15;13(24):7401-6. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-07-0781.
• Background Smith SM, Pro B, Cisneros A, Smith S, Stiff P, Lester E, Modi S, Dancey JE, Vokes EE, van Besien E. Activity of single agent temsirolimus (CCI-779) in non-mantle cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes. J Clin Oncol 2008:26 (May 20 suppl; abstr 8514).
• Background Hess G, Herbrecht R, Romaguera J, Verhoef G, Crump M, Gisselbrecht C, Laurell A, Offner F, Strahs A, Berkenblit A, Hanushevsky O, Clancy J, Hewes B, Moore L, Coiffier B. Phase III study to evaluate temsirolimus compared with investigator's choice therapy for the treatment of relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Aug 10;27(23):3822-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.7977. Epub 2009 Jul 6.
• Background Ansell SM, Inwards DJ, Rowland KM Jr, Flynn PJ, Morton RF, Moore DF Jr, Kaufmann SH, Ghobrial I, Kurtin PJ, Maurer M, Allmer C, Witzig TE. Low-dose, single-agent temsirolimus for relapsed mantle cell lymphoma: a phase 2 trial in the North Central Cancer Treatment Group. Cancer. 2008 Aug 1;113(3):508-14. doi: 10.1002/cncr.23580.
• Background Witzig TE, Geyer SM, Ghobrial I, Inwards DJ, Fonseca R, Kurtin P, Ansell SM, Luyun R, Flynn PJ, Morton RF, Dakhil SR, Gross H, Kaufmann SH. Phase II trial of single-agent temsirolimus (CCI-779) for relapsed mantle cell lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Aug 10;23(23):5347-56. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.13.466. Epub 2005 Jun 27.
• Background Costa LJ. Aspects of mTOR biology and the use of mTOR inhibitors in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Cancer Treat Rev. 2007 Feb;33(1):78-84. doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2006.10.004. Epub 2006 Dec 11.
• Korfel A, Schlegel U, Herrlinger U, Dreyling M, Schmidt C, von Baumgarten L, Pezzutto A, Grobosch T, Kebir S, Thiel E, Martus P, Kiewe P. Phase II Trial of Temsirolimus for Relapsed/Refractory Primary CNS Lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2016 May 20;34(15):1757-63. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.64.9897. Epub 2016 Mar 14.

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