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TerminatedNCT01321008Updated Feb 5, 2015Results posted

Stage I/II Nasal NK Cell Lymphoma

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of Radiation and Cyclophosphamide in Lymphoma, sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-02-05.

Sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
Slow Accrual
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if radiation therapy and chemotherapy can help control stage 1 and/or 2 NK cell lymphoma. The safety of radiation and chemotherapy will also be studied.

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The Study Treatments:

Radiation therapy is designed to kill cancer cells or to stop cancer cells from growing.

CHOP chemotherapy is made up of the drugs cyclophosphamide, hydroxydaunorubicin (doxorubicin), oncovin (vincristine), and prednisone. It is designed to help control the tumor locally as well as the tumor cells that might have escaped and moved through the body.

Radiation Therapy:

You will receive radiation therapy 5 days a week for 28 to 30 treatments. You will receive a separate consent form that will describe this procedure and its risks in more detail.

Study Visits During Radiation Therapy:

Every week for 6 weeks during radiation therapy:

  • You will be asked how you are feeling and about any side effects you may be having.
  • Your performance status will be recorded.
  • You will have a physical exam.

Chemotherapy Administration:

The amount of time after you finish radiation therapy before you can begin receiving chemotherapy will depend on your recovery time and any side effects you may have. This should be about 3-4 weeks.

On Day 1 you will receive cyclophosphamide by vein over 1 hour, doxorubicin by vein over 15 minutes, and vincristine by vein over 15 minutes. You will take prednisone by mouth on Days 1-5 of each cycle. Each cycle will be 21-days long (or longer if it takes longer for your blood counts to recover). You will receive up to 4 cycles of chemotherapy.

Study Visits During Chemotherapy:

Before Day 1 of Cycle 1:

  • You will have a CT scan of head, neck, chest, abdomen and pelvis.
  • You will have an Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the head and neck.
  • You will be asked about any drugs you may be taking and symptoms you may be having.
  • Your performance status will be recorded.
  • You will have a physical exam, including measurement of your height and weight.
  • You will have an echocardiogram (ECHO) and MUltiple Gated Acquisition scan (MUGA) scan.
  • You will have an x-ray of the chest.
  • You will have an Electrocardiography (ECG).
  • Blood (about 2 teaspoons) will be drawn for routine tests.
  • If you are able to become pregnant, you will have a blood (about 2 teaspoons) pregnancy test.

On Day 15 of Cycle 1:

  • You will be asked about any drugs you may be taking and symptoms you may be having.
  • Your performance status will be recorded.
  • Blood (about 2 teaspoons) will be drawn for routine tests.

On Day 1 of Cycles 2-4:

  • You will be asked about any drugs you may be taking and symptoms you may be having.
  • Your performance status will be recorded.
  • You will have an ECG.
  • Blood (about 2 teaspoons) will be drawn for routine tests.

On Day 15 of Cycles 2-4:

-Blood (about 2 teaspoons) will be drawn for routine tests.

Length of Study:

You may receive radiation and up to 4 cycles of CHOP. You will no longer be able to receive CHOP if the disease gets worse or intolerable side effects occur.

Your participation on the study will be over after the end-of-study and follow-up visits.

Follow-Up and End-of-Study Visits:

If you leave the study early:

  • You will have a computed tomography (CT) scan of head, neck, chest, abdomen and pelvis.
  • You will have an MRI scan of the head and neck.
  • You will have a positron emission tomography (PET)/CT scan.
  • Any skin lesions that you may have that are related to the tumor will be measured and photographed.
  • You will be asked about any drugs you may be taking and symptoms you may be having.
  • Your performance status will be recorded.
  • You will have a physical exam.
  • Blood (about 2 teaspoons) will be drawn for routine tests.

Routine Follow-up:

  • You will also have routine follow-up visits every 3 months for the 1st year, every 4 month during the 2nd year, and every 6 months during the 3rd-5th years. After that, you will have follow up visits 1 time every year. At these visits, the following tests and procedures will be recorded:
  • You will have a CT scan of head, neck, chest, abdomen and pelvis.
  • You will have an MRI scan of the head and neck.
  • You will have a PET/CT scan.
  • You will be asked about any symptoms you may be having.
  • Blood (about 2 teaspoons) will be drawn for routine tests.

Up to 40 patients will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at University of Texas (UT) MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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Conditions studied

  • Lymphoma

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Keywords

  • NK cell lymphoma-nasal type
  • Stage I/II
  • Radiation therapy
  • XRT
  • chemotherapy
  • CHOP
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Cytoxan
  • Neosar
  • Adriamycin
  • Doxorubicin
  • Rubex
  • Vincristine
  • Oncovin
  • Prednisone
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In context

Lymphoma

5,578 studies on the registry are indexed under Lymphoma; 825 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 1 is below the median of 40 across 4,509 interventional studies indexed under Lymphoma.

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Lead sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is the lead sponsor of 2,999 studies on the registry; 581 are open to participants now.

Of its 599 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 402 (67%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Patients with newly diagnosed stage I and II nasal Natural Killer (NK) cell lymphoma.
  2. Adequate blood cell counts (i.e. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)> 1000) at baseline, or willingness to accept supportive measures such as transfusions, filgrastim, and Epoetin. Epoetin will not be administered concurrently with radiation.
  3. Patients must have adequate liver function as indicated by: *Bilirubin \</= 1.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN), * Alanine transaminase (ALT) \</= 2 times the (ULN) or aspartate transaminase (AST) ≤ 2 times the ULN, *These values must be obtained within two weeks before protocol entry.
  4. Patients are required to have adequate renal function as indicated by a serum creatinine \</= 2.5 mg/dL.This value must be obtained within two weeks before protocol entry.
  5. Left ventricular ejection fraction must be evaluated by nuclear medicine scan or echocardiography and measure >/= 50%.
  6. Male patients must agree to use a barrier method of contraception or agree to abstain from heterosexual activity for the duration of the study.
  7. Female patients must be willing to use two adequate barrier methods of contraception to prevent pregnancy or agree to abstain from heterosexual activity throughout the study or be post menopausal (free from menses > two years or surgically sterilized).
  8. Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test (BhCG) within 2 weeks of protocol entry.
  9. Patients must have the ability to give informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients with active Hepatitis B and/or Hepatitis C infection.
  2. Patients with active infections requiring specific anti-infective therapy are not eligible until all signs of infections are resolved.
  3. Patients known to be HIV positive.
  4. Patients with pre-existing cardiovascular disease requiring ongoing treatment. This includes: a) Congestive heart failure class III/IV (CHF) per new york heart association (NYHA) criteria. b) Cardiomyopathy, c) Uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia, d) Unstable angina pectoris, e) Recent Myocardial infarction (MI) (within 6 months).
  5. Patients with prior exposure to anthracyclines:
  6. Patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding.
  7. Patients with psychiatric illness and/or social situations that would limit compliance with the study medication and requirements.
  8. Prior radiation to the site of current primary disease, if re-treatment would lead to violation of known radiation dose tolerance limits for that site.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
1 participant (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Radiation + Chemotherapy

    Radiation therapy total dose of 50.4 to 54 Gy over 28 to 30 treatments; CHOP Chemotherapy of Cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m2 intravenous piggyback (IVPB), Doxorubicin 50 mg/m2 IVPB, Vincristine 1.4 mg/m2 (max dose 2 mg) IVPB on Day 1, and Oral Prednisone 100 mg daily days 1-5 for four 21-day cycles.

    Radiation: Radiation · Drug: Cyclophosphamide · Drug: Doxorubicin · Drug: Vincristine · Drug: Prednisone

Interventions

  • RadiationRadiation

    50.4 to 54 Gy delivered 5 days a week for 28 to 30 treatments.

    Also known as: XRT, Radiation therapy

  • DrugCyclophosphamide

    750 mg/m2 by vein over 1 hour on Day 1 of a 21 day cycle.

    Also known as: Cytoxan, Neosar

  • DrugDoxorubicin

    50 mg/m2 by vein over 15 minutes on Day 1 of a 21 day cycle.

    Also known as: Adriamycin, Rubex

  • DrugVincristine

    1.4 mg/m2 (max dose 2 mg) by vein over 15 minutes on Day 1 of a 21 day cycle.

    Also known as: Oncovin

  • DrugPrednisone

    100 mg by mouth daily on Days 1-5 of a 21 day cycle.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Progression-free Survival (PFS)

    Progression-free survival (PFS) defined as time from treatment initiation day to first documented progressive disease or death due to disease. Reviewed with each 21-day treatment cycle, followed every 3-4 months for first 2 years, annually thereafter.

    Time frame: Day 1 to disease progression or death (up to 5+ years)

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Results

Posted Jun 23, 2014
Limitations and caveats
Early termination with too small number of subjects to perform analysis.

Participant flow

Recruitment Period: May 20, 2011 to May 8, 2013. All recruitment done at the University of Texas (UT) MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneRadiation + Chemotherapy
Started1
Completed0
Not completed1
Withdrew: Early study termination1

Outcome measures

PrimaryProgression-free Survival (PFS)

Progression-free survival (PFS) defined as time from treatment initiation day to first documented progressive disease or death due to disease. Reviewed with each 21-day treatment cycle, followed every 3-4 months for first 2 years, annually thereafter.

Time frame:
Day 1 to disease progression or death (up to 5+ years)

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

Adverse events

Collected over Adverse Event (AE) monitoring during study participation from baseline to completion of 4 cycles, each 21 days. Serious AEs monitored until resolved or clearly determined to be due to stable or chronic condition or intercurrent illness(es).. Non-serious events are listed at a 5% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Radiation + Chemotherapy—0/1 (0%)1/1 (100%)
Most frequent other events
Most frequent other events
EventRadiation + Chemotherapy
Erythema MultiformeSkin and subcutaneous tissue disorders1/1
Sinus DisorderInfections and infestations1/1
FatigueGeneral disorders1/1
Respiratory, Thoracic and Mediastinal DisordersRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders1/1

Baseline characteristics

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)Radiation + Chemotherapy
<=18 years0
Between 18 and 65 years1
>=65 years0
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Radiation + Chemotherapy
Female0
Male1
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)Radiation + Chemotherapy
United States1
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Study locations

1 site
  • UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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References and documents

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 5, 2015, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01321008
Lead sponsor
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 23, 2011
Start date
May 2011
Primary completion
May 2013
Completion
May 2013
Results posted
Jun 23, 2014
Last update
Feb 5, 2015

Study contacts

Bouthaina Dabaja, MD
principal investigator · UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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