Dose Dense Chemotherapy and Rituximab for Young High Risk Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Patients (CRY-04)

Summary

The purpose is to test whether dose densified chemoimmunotherapy followed by central nervous system (CNS) prophylaxis for young high risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients is feasible and could improve time to treatment failure and reduce the risk of CNS relapses. Six courses of rituximab-cyclophosphamide-doxorubicin-etoposide-vincristine-prednison (R-CHOEP) given in two weeks intervals with the support of G-CSF is followed by one course of high dose methotrexate (HD-MTX) and high dose cytarabine (HD-Ara-C). The results will be compared to a historical Nordic study.

Timeline

Start

2004-11

Primary completion

2013-12

Completion

2014-05

Publications

• Autio M, Leivonen SK, Bruck O, Mustjoki S, Meszaros Jorgensen J, Karjalainen-Lindsberg ML, Beiske K, Holte H, Pellinen T, Leppa S. Immune cell constitution in the tumor microenvironment predicts the outcome in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Haematologica. 2021 Mar 1;106(3):718-729. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2019.243626.
• Taskinen M, Louhimo R, Koivula S, Chen P, Rantanen V, Holte H, Delabie J, Karjalainen-Lindsberg ML, Bjorkholm M, Fluge O, Pedersen LM, Fjorden K, Jerkeman M, Eriksson M, Hautaniemi S, Leppa S. Deregulation of COMMD1 is associated with poor prognosis in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. PLoS One. 2014 Mar 13;9(3):e91031. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091031. eCollection 2014.
• Holte H, Leppa S, Bjorkholm M, Fluge O, Jyrkkio S, Delabie J, Sundstrom C, Karjalainen-Lindsberg ML, Erlanson M, Kolstad A, Fossa A, Ostenstad B, Lofvenberg E, Nordstrom M, Janes R, Pedersen LM, Anderson H, Jerkeman M, Eriksson M. Dose-densified chemoimmunotherapy followed by systemic central nervous system prophylaxis for younger high-risk diffuse large B-cell/follicular grade 3 lymphoma patients: results of a phase II Nordic Lymphoma Group study. Ann Oncol. 2013 May;24(5):1385-92. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mds621. Epub 2012 Dec 17.
• Riihijarvi S, Nurmi H, Holte H, Bjorkholm M, Fluge O, Pedersen LM, Rydstrom K, Jerkeman M, Eriksson M, Leppa S. High serum vascular endothelial growth factor level is an adverse prognostic factor for high-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients treated with dose-dense chemoimmunotherapy. Eur J Haematol. 2012 Nov;89(5):395-402. doi: 10.1111/ejh.12005. Epub 2012 Sep 14.

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