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CompletedNCT03376958Updated Jul 25, 2019

Apatinib for Relapsed and Refractory Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma

A Phase 4 interventional study of Apatinib in Relapsed and Refractory and Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma, sponsored by Zhengzhou University. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 14 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-07-25.

Primary conditionLymphoma, Large B-Cell, DiffuseRegistry: RecurrenceReclassifiedWhy we changed it
Registry
Recurrence — the first condition term the registry derived for this study.
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Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse
Why
  1. Recurrence describes something many studies share rather than a condition a study is about.
  2. The study's listed conditions name Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse.
Confidence
High: the new condition is named in the study's own listed conditions. Of 351 hand-checked studies reclassified this way, 68% were exactly right and 84% in the right disease family; the registry's first term was right for 5% (measured 2026-10-21). How we classify →
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Sponsored by Zhengzhou University · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 9 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Jan 2017, registered Oct 2017).
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
32
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
14 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Apatinib for patients with Relapsed Refractory Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma.

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Patients with relapsed /refractory diffuse large B cell lymphoma usually have a bad prognosis. These patients cannot be treated successfully with the conventional chemotherapy of CHOP. Apatinib is a new type of oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor targeting VEGFR-2.The investigators have been proceeding this trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Apatinib in the patients with relapsed refractory diffuse large B cell lymphoma.

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Conditions studied

  • Relapsed and Refractory
  • Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma

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Keywords

  • R R DLBCL
  • ORR
  • PFS
  • OS
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In context

Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse Reclassified

1,868 studies on the registry are indexed under Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse; 355 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 32 is below the median of 45 across 1,497 interventional studies indexed under Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse.

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Lead sponsor

Zhengzhou University is the lead sponsor of 28 studies on the registry; 11 are open to participants now.

Compared within Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Recurrence. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
14 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Age range 14-70 years old; performance status 0-2.
  • Estimated survival time > 6 months.
  • Histological confirmed diffuse large B cell lymphoma.
  • Have taken chemotherapy regimen and failed.
  • None of chemotherapy : ≥ 90 g/dl, neutrophil ≥ 1.5×109/L, ≥ 100×109/L, and AST ≤ 2×, serum ≤ 1.5×ULN, serum creatine ≤ 1.5×upper limitation of normal (ULN), Serum Albumin ≥ 30g/L, serum plasminogen is normal.
  • At least one .
  • None of other serious diseases, cardiopulmonary function is normal.
  • Pregnancy test of women at reproductive age must be negative.
  • Patients could be followed up.
  • None of other relative treatments including the traditional Chinese medicine, immunotherapy, biotherapy except anti-bone therapy and other symptomatic treatments.
  • Volunteers who signed .

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Disagreement on blood sample collection.
  • Patients allergic of any of drug in this regimen or with metabolic disorder.
  • Pregnant or lactating women.
  • Serious medical illness likely to interfere with participation.
  • Serious infection.
  • Primitive or secondary tumors of central nervous system.
  • Chemotherapy or radiotherapy .
  • The evidence of .
  • History of peripheral nervous disorder or dysphrenia.
  • Patients participating in other clinical trials.
  • Patients taking other antitumor drugs.
  • Patients estimated to be unsuitable by investigator.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(12)

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ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Line of therapy

A line of therapy is one course of treatment, which may combine several drugs. First-line is the first course given; second-line follows when that stops working or is not tolerated.

“Two prior lines” means two courses that count separately under the study’s rules — not simply two drugs. Ask the study team if you are unsure how yours are counted.

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

Measurable disease

The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.

The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.

Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Brain metastases

Cancer deposits in the brain from a cancer that started elsewhere in the body (CNS metastases include the spinal cord).

Studies differ: some leave out any brain metastases, some accept ones treated and stable for some weeks. Check what this study allows.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
32 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Apatinib

    Apatinib 500mg once daily makes an initial dose and 28 days made one treatment cycle. All patients took the drug continuously until disease progression, intolerable toxicities, and patient-requested withdrawal. Appropriate supportive care were given.

    Drug: Apatinib

Interventions

  • Apatinib, a novel small molecule vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) tyrosine kinase inhibitor, have shown remarkable efficacy in many solid cancers. The result of our study presented that apatinib might have a rapid, safe and high efficacy on lymphoma patients.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Overall Response Rate

    The proportion of patients whose tumor volume has reduced to a predetermined value and can maintain the minimum time limit is the sum of complete and partial mitigation.

    Time frame: up to end of follow-up-phase

Secondary outcomes

  1. Progression-free Survival

    The time between the start of randomization and the progression of the tumor (any aspect) or (for any reason) death

    Time frame: up to end of follow-up-phase

  2. Overall Survival

    Time from randomization to death for any reason

    Time frame: up to the date of death or end of follow-up-phase

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Study locations

1 site
  • Oncology Department of The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
    Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China
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References and documents

Publications

  • Ma X, Li L, Zhang L, Fu X, Li X, Wang X, Wu J, Sun Z, Zhang X, Feng X, Chang Y, Zhou Z, Nan F, Zhang J, Li Z, Zhang M. Apatinib in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma: A Phase II, Open-Label, Single-Arm, Prospective Study. Drug Des Devel Ther. 2020 Jan 22;14:275-284. doi: 10.2147/DDDT.S227477. eCollection 2020. PubMed 32158186 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 25, 2019, 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
NCT03376958
Lead sponsor
Zhengzhou University
Responsible party
Mingzhi Zhang (the director of oncology department of the first affiliated hospital, Zhengzhou University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 19, 2017
Start date
Jan 1, 2017
Primary completion
Feb 1, 2019
Completion
Apr 30, 2019
Last update
Jul 25, 2019

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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