Methotrexate-based Chemo-immunotherapy Followed by Maintenance Therapy for Patients > 65 Years With Central Nervous System (CNS)-Lymphoma

NCT00989352 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 56

Last updated 2009-10-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether combined chemotherapy \[rituximab plus high dosage methotrexate, lomustine, and procarbazine\] followed by maintenance therapy with procarbazine is effective in the treatment of cerebral Non Hodgkin lymphoma \[PCNSL\] in patients \> 65 years.

Conditions

  • Primary Non Hodgkin Lymphoma of the Central Nervous System

Interventions

DRUG

Methotrexate

3g/m² i.v. max. 9 times

DRUG

Lomustine

110 mg/m² p.o., max. 3 times

DRUG

Procarbazine

60 mg/m² p.o. for 10 days, max. 3 times 100 mg p.o. for 5 days, max. 6 times

DRUG

Rituximab

375 mg/m² i.v., max. 10 times

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universitätsklinikum Köln

    collaborator OTHER
  • Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich

    collaborator OTHER
  • University Hospital Heidelberg

    collaborator OTHER
  • University Hospital Ulm

    collaborator OTHER
  • University Hospital Freiburg

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gerald Illerhaus, PD Dr. · University Medical Center Freiburg, Dept. of Internal Medicine I - Hematology and Oncology

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-30
Primary Completion
2011-06-30
Completion
2011-09-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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