High-dose Chemotherapy and ASCT or Consolidating Conventional Chemotherapy in Primary CNS Lymphoma

Summary

In the presently planned multicentre Phase III trial the two therapies will be compared: Patients will be randomized after intensified induction treatment with 4 cycles rituximab, methotrexate, cytarabine and thiotepa (MATRix) between first-line high-dose chemotherapy against conventional consolidating therapy with 2 cycles of conventional chemotherapy with R-DeVIC (rituximab, dexamethasone, etoposide, ifosfamide, carboplatin).

Timeline

Start

2014-07

Primary completion

2017-11

Completion

2019-12

Publications

• Results Illerhaus G, Marks R, Ihorst G, Guttenberger R, Ostertag C, Derigs G, Frickhofen N, Feuerhake F, Volk B, Finke J. High-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem-cell transplantation and hyperfractionated radiotherapy as first-line treatment of primary CNS lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Aug 20;24(24):3865-70. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2006.06.2117. Epub 2006 Jul 24.
• Results Illerhaus G, Muller F, Feuerhake F, Schafer AO, Ostertag C, Finke J. High-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem-cell transplantation without consolidating radiotherapy as first-line treatment for primary lymphoma of the central nervous system. Haematologica. 2008 Jan;93(1):147-8. doi: 10.3324/haematol.11771.
• Results Kasenda B, Schorb E, Fritsch K, Finke J, Illerhaus G. Prognosis after high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem-cell transplantation as first-line treatment in primary CNS lymphoma--a long-term follow-up study. Ann Oncol. 2012 Oct;23(10):2670-2675. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mds059. Epub 2012 Apr 3.
• Results Soussain C, Hoang-Xuan K, Taillandier L, Fourme E, Choquet S, Witz F, Casasnovas O, Dupriez B, Souleau B, Taksin AL, Gisselbrecht C, Jaccard A, Omuro A, Sanson M, Janvier M, Kolb B, Zini JM, Leblond V; Societe Francaise de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse-Therapie Cellulaire. Intensive chemotherapy followed by hematopoietic stem-cell rescue for refractory and recurrent primary CNS and intraocular lymphoma: Societe Francaise de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse-Therapie Cellulaire. J Clin Oncol. 2008 May 20;26(15):2512-8. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2007.13.5533. Epub 2008 Apr 14.
• Results Motomura K, Natsume A, Fujii M, Ito M, Momota H, Wakabayashi T. Long-term survival in patients with newly diagnosed primary central nervous system lymphoma treated with dexamethasone, etoposide, ifosfamide and carboplatin chemotherapy and whole-brain radiation therapy. Leuk Lymphoma. 2011 Nov;52(11):2069-75. doi: 10.3109/10428194.2011.596967. Epub 2011 Jul 12.
• Schorb E, Finke J, Ferreri AJ, Ihorst G, Mikesch K, Kasenda B, Fritsch K, Fricker H, Burger E, Grishina O, Valk E, Zucca E, Illerhaus G. High-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant compared with conventional chemotherapy for consolidation in newly diagnosed primary CNS lymphoma--a randomized phase III trial (MATRix). BMC Cancer. 2016 Apr 21;16:282. doi: 10.1186/s12885-016-2311-4.

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