A Phase 2 interventional study of Lenalidomide and Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL), sponsored by Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-04.
Sponsored by Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences · Phase 2, Interventional, and Prevention
Background: The central nervous system (CNS) recurrence rate of patients with high-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is as high as 15% - 20%, and the prognosis is extremely poor once it occurs. Current intrathecal injection and high-dose methotrexate prophylaxis are ineffective and have significant toxicity. Lenalidomide, BTK inhibitors, and sidaribine all can penetrate the blood-brain barrier, and each has shown a signal of reducing the risk of CNS recurrence in previous studies, but there is still a lack of prospective concurrent comparative data.
Objective: To preliminarily evaluate the efficacy and safety of using these three oral drugs (lenalidomide, BTK inhibitors, and sidaribine) in combination with first-line immunotherapy chemotherapy for high-risk DLBCL patients to prevent CNS recurrence during the same period or after chemotherapy.
Method: This study is a phase II exploratory, open-label, non-randomized concurrent multi-cohort study, combined with historical external controls. A total of 87 patients with DLBCL diagnosed by histopathology and having at least one CNS high-risk factor (CNS-IPI ≥ 4 points, specific extranodal involvement (such as testis, breast, adrenal gland, kidney, uterus, bone marrow, bone), and extranodal invasion sites ≥ 2) are planned to be enrolled. Patients can choose to enter the lenalidomide group, BTK inhibitor group (ibrutinib, zanubrutinib, or obinutinib) or sidaribine group based on their disease characteristics and economic conditions, and the preventive treatment lasts for 1 year. The primary endpoint is the 2-year cumulative CNS recurrence rate (competitive risk model analysis), and the secondary endpoints include progression-free survival time, overall survival time, CNS disease-free survival time, and safety.
Significance: This study is the first to prospectively compare the CNS preventive value of these three drugs with different mechanisms in high-risk DLBCL patients, which is expected to provide key exploratory data for this field and lay the foundation for future confirmatory studies.
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Line of therapy
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Postmenopausal
Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).
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At least one of the following high-risk factors for CNS recurrence must be present: CNS-IPI score ≥ 4; or involving specific extranodal sites (such as testis, breast, adrenal gland, kidney, uterus, bone marrow, high-risk bones); or having ≥ 2 extranodal invasion sites.
Drug: Lenalidomide · Drug: Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor · Drug: Chidamide
The dosage of lenalidomide is 25mg each time, once daily, taken with food or on an empty stomach. It is administered continuously from day 1 to day 21, with each 28-day period as one cycle. For elderly patients (aged \> 75 years) or those with reduced renal function (creatinine clearance rate \< 60 ml/min), the starting dose is reduced to 15mg. During the lenalidomide treatment, aspirin 100mg once daily or low molecular weight heparin is used to prevent thrombosis. The preventive drugs can be initiated simultaneously with chemotherapy or started 4-6 weeks after the completion of chemotherapy for continuous prevention, which is determined by the investigator. After the chemotherapy, it enters the single-agent maintenance stage, with the total prevention medication duration of 1 year (counting from the first administration), or until disease progression, intolerable toxicity occurs, or informed consent is withdrawn.
The BTK inhibitor group includes drugs such as Zanubrutinib, Obinutinib, and Ibrutinib. Their specific usage is as follows: Zanubrutinib, 160mg each time, taken twice daily before or after meals; Ibrutinib, 560mg each time, once daily, taken before or after meals; Obinutinib, 150mg each time, once daily, taken before or after meals. Preventive drugs can be initiated simultaneously with chemotherapy or started 4-6 weeks after the completion of chemotherapy, depending on the decision of the researchers. After the completion of chemotherapy, it enters the single-agent maintenance stage. The total preventive medication duration is 1 year (counting from the first administration), or until disease progression, intolerable toxicity occurs, or informed consent is withdrawn.
Chidamide is administered at a dose of 20mg every 21 days. The medication is taken on days 1, 4, 8, and 11 of each cycle, 30 minutes after meals. The preventive medication can be initiated simultaneously with chemotherapy or started 4-6 weeks after the completion of chemotherapy, depending on the decision of the investigator. After the chemotherapy is completed, it enters the single-agent maintenance phase. The total preventive medication duration is 1 year (counting from the first administration), or until disease progression, intolerable toxicity occurs, or informed consent is withdrawn.
Two-year cumulative recurrence rate of CNS
The cumulative proportion of patients who experienced central nervous system recurrence within 2 years after starting the trial drug treatment.
Time frame: The cumulative proportion of patients who experienced central nervous system recurrence within 2 years after starting the trial drug treatment.
Progression-Free Survival (PFS)
From the time the experimental drug was administered until the date of the first recorded disease progression (in the central nervous system or systemically), recurrence, or death for any reason.
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment until 2 years
Overall survival (OS)
OS was defined as the time from cytarabine and thalidomide initiation to death or last follow-up.
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment until 1 years
FACT-G (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General)
Score of FACT-G (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General)
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment until 3 years
Correlation between circulating free DNA (cfDNA) and efficacy
Correlation between circulating free DNA (cfDNA) and efficacy
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment until 3 years
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Start is estimated for Nov 2026; primary completion for Oct 2028, 23 months later.
Of 210 non-industry phase 2 interventional studies under Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse, half reached primary completion within 57 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 40 and three quarters within 96. This study's planned 23 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 264 studies reached it within 52 months; a quarter within 35 and three quarters within 85.
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