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Efficacy of Lenalidomide in Combination With Subcutaneous Rituximab + miniCHOP in DLBCL Patients of 80 y/o or+

A Phase 3 interventional study of Lenalidomide and Rituximab in Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma, sponsored by The Lymphoma Academic Research Organisation. Completed at 97 sites in 2 countries. Open to participants aged 80 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-04-13.

Sponsored by The Lymphoma Academic Research Organisation · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
250
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
80 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of R2-miniCHOP (Sub-cutaneous Rituximab-miniCHOP + lenalidomide) and R-miniCHOP (Sub-cutaneous Rituximab-miniCHOP) in patients aged 80 years old or more with not previously treated cluster of differentiation antigen 20 positive (CD20+) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma as measured by the overall survival (OS).The SENIOR trial will evaluate the tolerance and efficacy of the combination of the R2-miniCHOP regimen and compare this experimental arm to the standard R-miniCHOP regimen.The statistical plan is based on the hypothesis of an increase by 15% of the 2y-OS in favor of the experimental arm, as compared to the reference arm (R-miniCHOP).

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The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of R2-miniCHOP (Sub-cutaneous Rituximab-miniCHOP + lenalidomide) and R-miniCHOP (Sub-cutaneous Rituximab-miniCHOP) in patients aged 80 years old or more with not previously treated cluster of differentiation antigen 20 positive (CD20+) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma as measured by the overall survival (OS).

Primary endpoint of the study is to compare the efficacy of R2-miniCHOP (Sub-cutaneous Rituximab-miniCHOP + lenalidomide) and R-miniCHOP ((Sub-cutaneous Rituximab-miniCHOP) in patients of 80 years old or more with not previously treated CD20+ diffuse large B-cell lymphoma as measured by the overall survival (OS).

Secondary endpoints are:

  • To evaluate the efficacy and the safety of R2-miniCHOP as measured by the PFS (Progression Free Survival), EFS (Event Free Survival), the DoR (duration of response), the DFS (disease free survival), response rate at the end of the treatment, the additional toxicities
  • To evaluate the simplified scale prognostic impact (IADL, MNA, G8, CIRS-G)
  • To assess the quality of life before and after treatment This study is a multicentric, phase III, open-label, randomized (1:1) trial evaluating the efficacy of R2-miniCHOP in patients aged of 80 years or more with non-previously treated CD20+ diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (age-adjusted IPI= 0 to 3), Ann Arbor stage II to IV with a performance status ECOG from 0 to 2.

This study includes a run in phase to assess feasibility, safety and tolerance of subcutaneous rituximab injections and oral lenalidomide (10 mg D1-D14) in combination with dose-reduced intensity CHOP regimen.

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Conditions studied

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In context

Lymphoma

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Lead sponsor

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Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Patient with histologically proven CD20+ diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) (WHO classification 2008) including all clinical subtypes (primary mediastinal, intravascular, etc...), with all age-adjusted International Prognostic Index (aaIPI).

May also be included: De Novo transformed DLBCL from low grade lymphoma (Follicular, other...) and DLBCL associated with some small cell Infiltration in bone marrow or lymph node; or CD20+ B-cell lymphoma, with intermediate features between DLBCL and Burkitt or with intermediate features between DLBCL and classical Hodgkin lymphoma; or CD20+ Follicular lymphoma grade 3B (according to WHO classification); or CD20+ Aggressive B-cell lymphoma unclassifiable.

  • With a Cluster of Differentiation antigen 10 (CD10) immunostaining performed by the participating center pathologist
  • Aged ≥ 80 years old
  • Ann Arbor stage II, III or IV
  • Patient previously untreated for DLBCL Lymphoma
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 2
  • With a minimum life expectancy of 3 months
  • Negative HIV, HBV and HCV serologies test within 4 weeks before inclusion (except after hepatitis B vaccination or for patients who are HBs Ag negative, anti-HBs positive and/or anti-HBc positive but viral DNA negative)
  • Patient able to give his consent and having signed a written Informed consent
  • Patient affiliated to social security system, if applicable
  • Male patients must practice complete abstinence or agree to use a condom during sexual contact with a pregnant female or a female of childbearing potential while participating in the study, during dose interruptions, and for 3 months following study drug discontinuation, even if they have undergone a successful vasectomy.
  • All patients must agree to fulfill the global Lenalidomide Pregnancy Prevention Risk Management Plan as applicable according to the randomization arm (randomization arm)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Any other histological type of lymphoma, Burkitt included
  • Any history of treated or non-treated small-B cell lymphoma
  • Central nervous system or meningeal involvement by lymphoma
  • Contra-indication to any drug contained in the chemotherapy regimens ; for anthracycline use, ejection fraction should be > 50%
  • Any serious active disease (according to the investigator's decision)
  • History of deep venous thrombosis or arterial thromboembolism events within the past 12 months before inclusion
  • Poor renal function (creatinine clearance \< 40 ml/min, according to Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula)
  • Poor hepatic function (total bilirubin level >30mmol/l, transaminases >2.5 maximum normal level) unless these abnormalities are related to the lymphoma
  • Poor bone marrow reserve as defined by neutrophils \<1.5 G/l or platelets \<100 G/l, unless related to bone marrow infiltration
  • Any history of cancer during the last 5 years with the exception of non-melanoma skin tumors or stage 0 (in situ) cervical carcinoma Patients previously diagnosed with prostate cancer are eligible if (1) their disease was T1-T2a, N0, M0, with a Gleason score ≤7, and a prostate specific antigen (PSA) ≤10 ng/mL prior to initial therapy, (2) they had definitive curative therapy (i.e., prostatectomy or radiotherapy) 2 years before Day 1 of Cycle 1, and (3) at a minimum 2 years following therapy they had no clinical evidence of prostate cancer, and their PSA was undetectable if they underwent prostatectomy or \<1 ng/mL if they did not undergo prostatectomy
  • Treatment with any investigational drug within 30 days before planned first cycle of chemotherapy and during the study
  • Prior treatment with anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody or alemtuzumab within 3 months prior to start of therapy
  • Prior use of lenalidomide
  • Prior ≥ Grade 3 allergic reaction/hypersensitivity to thalidomide
  • Prior ≥ Grade 3 rash or any desquamating (blistering) rash while taking thalidomide
  • Subjects with ≥ Grade 2 neuropathy
  • Adult patient under tutelage
  • Female of childbearing potential are excluded. (Note: Females are defined as not of childbearing potential if there is documentation of "natural menopause for at least 24 consecutive months, a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy")
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
250 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    R-miniCHOP

    All patients will be treated with R-miniCHOP at a three-weeks interval for 6 cycles CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE IV: 400 mg/m² Day 1 (D1) DOXORUBICINE IV : 25 mg/m² D1 VINCRISTINE IV : 1 mg Total Dose (TD) D1 PREDNISONE PO : 40 mg/m² D1 to D5 RITUXIMAB SC\* : 1400 mg TD D1 \*The first cycle of rituximab is delivered by IV at the dose of 375 mg/m2

    Drug: Rituximab

  • Experimental
    R2-miniCHOP

    All patients will be treated with R2-miniCHOP at a three-weeks interval for 6 cycles CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE IV: 400 mg/m² D1 - DOXORUBICINE IV : 25 mg/m² D1 - VINCRISTINE IV : 1 mg TD D1 - PREDNISONE PO : 40 mg/m² D1 to D5 - RITUXIMAB SC\* : 1400 mg TD D1 LENALIDOMIDE PO\*\* :10 mg TD D1 to D14 \*The first cycle of rituximab is delivered by IV at the dose of 375 mg/m2

    Drug: Lenalidomide · Drug: Rituximab

Interventions

  • DrugLenalidomide

    Also known as: Revlimid

  • DrugRituximab

    Also known as: Mabthera

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The overall survival (OS)

    OS will be measured from the date of randomization to the date of death from any cause. Alive patients will be censored at their last contact.

    Time frame: OS rates at 2 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Progression-Free Survival (PFS)

    PFS is defined as the time from randomization into the study to the first observation of documented disease progression/relapse or death due to any cause. If a subject has not progressed or died, PFS will be censored at the time of last visit with adequate assessment.

    Time frame: PFS rates at 2 years

  2. Event-Free Survival (EFS)

    EFS will be measured from the date of randomization to the date of first documented disease progression/relapse (Cheson 1999), initiation of new anti-lymphoma therapy or death from any cause. Patients without documented event at the time of analysis will be censored at their visit with adequate assessment.

    Time frame: EFS rates at 2 years

  3. Duration of Response (DoR)

    DoR will be measured from the time of attainment of Complete Response/unconfirmed Complete Response (CR/CRu) or Partial Response (PR) to the date of first documented disease progression/relapse or death from any cause. Patients alive and free of progression will be censored at their last visit with adequate assessment.

    Time frame: DoR rates at 2 years

  4. Disease-Free Survival (DFS)

    DFS will be measured from the date of attainment of a complete or unconfirmed complete response (at the end of treatment or at permanent treatment discontinuation evaluation) to the date of first observation of documented disease progression or death due to any cause. Complete Response/unconfirmed Complete Response (CR/CRu) patients who have not progressed or died will be censored at the time of last visit with adequate assessment.

    Time frame: DFS rates at 2 years

  5. OS according to GCB/non-GCB phenotype

    OS will be described for the R2-miniCHOP group according to Hans algorithm (GCB/non-GCB phenotype).

    Time frame: OS according to GCB/non-GCB phenotype rates at 2 years

  6. Response Rate at the end of treatment

    Disease response evaluation at end of treatment (after 6 cycles) will be used to determine the Response Rate. Response will be assessed at end of treatment (after end of the 6th cycle of treatment or at permanent treatment discontinuation). Assessment of response will be based on the International Workshop to Standardize Response criteria for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) (Criteria for evaluation of response in NHL (Cheson, 1999)).

    Time frame: 22 weeks (28 days after the end of the 6, three-weeks interval, cycles of treatment) or within 28 days following permanent treatment discontinuation

  7. Simplified Geriatric Scales

    Four geriatric tools will be performed before any chemotherapy administration (Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), G8, and Cumulative Illness Rating Scale for Geriatrics (CIRS-G) scales). Each scale will be analyzed in order to have a picture of the population at baseline. Thereafter, the prognosis impact in OS and PFS of each scale will be evaluated using univariate (Kaplan Meier) and multivariate analyses (Cox model). Safety analyses will also be performed according to each scale in order to evaluate the toxicity predictive power of these scales.

    Time frame: At baseline

  8. Health related Quality of Life (HRQOL)

    HRQOL will be assessed by the Quality of Life Questionnaire-C30 and Elderly14 (QLQ-C30 and the QLQ-ELD14) at randomization and at end of treatment. The improvement or not of the QoL will therefore be assessed. The QLQ-ELD14 was developed to supplement the QLQ-C30 for measuring HRQoL in patients aged \>70 years in oncology studies.

    Time frame: At randomization and 22 weeks after Day 1 of Cycle 1 of R-miniCHOP or R2-miniCHOP (28 days after the end of the 6, three-weeks interval, cycles of treatment)

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Study locations

97 sites
  • ZNA Stuivenberg
    Antwerpen, Belgium
  • A. Z. Sint-Jan
    Bruges, 8000, Belgium
  • Hôpital Erasme
    Brussel, Belgium
  • Institut Jules Bordet
    Bruxelles, 1000, Belgium
  • Université Catholique de Louvain Saint Luc
    Bruxelles, 1200, Belgium
  • Grand Hôpital de Charleroi
    Charleroi, 6000, Belgium
  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
    Gent, Belgium
  • AZ Groeninge
    Kortrijk, 8500, Belgium
  • CHR Citadelle
    Liege, 4000, Belgium
  • CHU de Liège
    Liege, 4000, Belgium
  • Hôpital Sainte Elisabeth
    Namur, 5000, Belgium
  • Clinique Saint Pierre
    Ottignies, 1340, Belgium
  • CHR Peltzer La Tourelle
    Verviers, 4800, Belgium
  • CHRU Mont Godinne
    Yvoir, Belgium
  • CH d'Abbeville
    Abbeville, 80142, France
  • CH du Pays d'Aix
    Aix-en-Provence, 13606, France
  • CHU d'Amiens
    Amiens, 80054, France
  • CHU d'Angers
    Angers, 49000, France
  • CH Victor Dupouy
    Argenteuil, 95107, France
  • CH d'Arras
    Arras, 62022, France
  • CH d Avignon - Hopital Henri Duffaut
    Avignon, 84902, France
  • CH Côte Basque
    Bayonne, 64100, France
  • CHU Jean Minjoz
    Besancon, 25030, France
  • CH de Blois
    Blois, 41000, France
  • Institut Bergonié
    Bordeaux, 33076, France
  • Polyclinique Bordeaux Nord
    Bordeaux, 33300, France
  • CH de Boulogne-sur-Mer
    Boulogne-sur-mer, 62321, France
  • CH de Bourg en Bresse
    Bourg-en-bresse, 01000, France
  • CHU Morvan
    Brest, 29609, France
  • CH de Brive
    Brive, 19190, France
  • IHBN
    Caen, France
  • CH de Cannes
    Cannes, 06401, France
  • Clinique Du Parc
    Castelnau-le-lez, 34170, France
  • Médipôle de Savoie
    Challes-les-Eaux, 73191, France
  • CHU de Châlon sur Sâone
    Chalon-sur-Sâone, France
  • CH Métropole Savoie
    Chambery, 73011, France
  • Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Percy
    Clamart, 92141, France
  • CHU Estaing
    Clermont-Ferrand, 63000, France
  • Pôle Santé République
    Clermont-Ferrand, 63050, France
  • CH Sud Francilien de Corbeil
    Corbeil-Essonnes, 91108, France
  • APHP - Hopital Henri Mondor
    Creteil, 94010, France
  • CHU de Dijon - Hôpital le Bocage
    Dijon, 21034, France
  • CH de Dunkerque
    Dunkerque, 59385, France
  • CH Eure Seine
    Evreux, 27015, France
  • CHU de Grenoble
    Grenoble, 38000, France
  • Institut Daniel Hollard
    Grenoble, 38028, France
  • CH Départemental de Vendée
    La Roche sur Yon, France
  • Hôpital St Louis
    La Rochelle, 17019, France
  • CH de Versailles - Hopital André Mignot
    Le Chesnay, 78157, France
  • Hôpital Bicêtre
    Le Kremlin Bicetre, 94275, France
  • CH du Mans
    Le Mans, 72000, France
  • Clinique Victor Hugo
    Le Mans, 72000, France
  • CHRU Lille - Hôpital Claude Huriez
    Lille, 59037, France
  • Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul
    Lille, France
  • CHU de Limoges
    Limoges, 87042, France
  • Centre Léon Bérard
    Lyon, France
  • CH des Chanaux
    Macon, 71018, France
  • Institut Paoli Calmette
    Marseille, 13273, France
  • Hôpital de la conception
    Marseille, 13385, France
  • CH de Meaux
    Meaux, 77104, France
  • Centre Hospitalier Annecy Genevois
    Metz-Tessy, 74374, France
  • Hôpital de Mercy
    Metz, 57038, France
  • CHU de Montpellier
    Montpellier, France
  • CHU de Mulhouse
    Mulhouse, 68070, France
  • CHU de Nantes
    Nantes, 44093, France
  • Centre Antoine Lacassagne
    Nice, 06189, France
  • CHU de Nîmes
    Nimes, 30029, France
  • CHR de la Source
    Orleans, 45100, France
  • Hopital Saint Antoine
    Paris, 75012, France
  • APHP - Hôpital Saint Louis
    Paris, 75475, France
  • Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière
    Paris, 75651, France
  • APHP - Hôpital Necker
    Paris, 75743, France
  • Clinique Francheville
    Perigueux, 24004, France
  • CH Périgueux
    Perigueux, 24019, France
  • CH de Perpigan
    Perpignan, 66000, France
  • CHU du Haut Leveque
    Pessac, 33604, France
  • Chu Lyon Sud
    Pierre-Bénite, 69495, France
  • CHU de Poitiers
    Poitiers, 96021, France
  • CH René Dubos
    Pontoise, 95301, France
  • CH de Cornouaille
    Quimper, 29107, France
  • CHU Robert Debre
    Reims, 51092, France
  • CHU de Rennes
    Rennes, 35033, France
  • CH de Roubaix
    Roubaix, 59100, France
  • Centre Henri Becquerel
    Rouen, 76038, France
  • CHU de Saint Malo
    Saint Malo, 35400, France
  • Groupe Hospitalier Sud Réunion
    Saint Pierre, 97448, France
  • CH Saint Quentin
    Saint Quentin, 02321, France
  • CH de Saint Brieuc
    Saint-Brieuc, 22000, France
  • Centre René Huguenin - Institut Curie
    Saint-Cloud, 92210, France
  • Strasbourg Oncologie Libérale
    Strasbourg, 67000, France
  • CHU de Strasbourg
    Strasbourg, 67098, France
  • CHI Toulon La Seyne-sur-mer
    Toulon, 83056, France
  • CHU Purpan - Toulouse
    Toulouse, 31059, France
  • CHRU Bretonneau
    Tours, 37044, France
  • Hôpital de Valence
    Valence, 26953, France
  • CHU de Brabois
    Vandoeuvre les Nancy, 54511, France
  • CH de Bretagne Atlantique
    Vannes, 56017, France
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References and documents

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Updates

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02128061
Lead sponsor
The Lymphoma Academic Research Organisation
Collaborators
Centre Henri Becquerel
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 1, 2014
Start date
Aug 2014
Primary completion
Nov 5, 2018
Completion
Jan 2021
Last update
Apr 13, 2021

Study contacts

Fabrice Jardin, MD,Professor
principal investigator · The Lymphoma Study Association - LYSA

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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