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LymphomaPhase 1/2NCT00048737

Safety and Efficacy of 90Y Zevalin in Nonmyeloablative Transplantation for Lymphoid Malignancies

A Phase 1/2 study testing Zevalin Radioimmunotherapy, Rituximab and Fludarabine in people with Lymphoma and Leukemia, run by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The goal of this clinical research study is to see if low intensity chemotherapy given together with the new drug 90Y Zevalin, followed by a transplant of blood or marrow stem cells from a donor can increase the length of remission in patients with leukemia and lymphoma. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 70 years
Conditions the study is for
Lymphoma, Leukemia
What is being tested?
Zevalin Radioimmunotherapy, Rituximab and Fludarabine
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
70 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Oct 2002to Dec 2011
Phase
Phase 1/2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 70 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients in relapse or considered at high risk for relapse or refractory CD-20-positive B-cell NHL or CLL. Patients considered for high risk of relapse are patients who do not achieve complete response (CR) with frontline chemotherapy, CLL is Richter's and CLL with high risk chromosomal abnormalities.
  • Measurable disease.
  • Age 18-70 years, expected survival >/= 3 months, performance status 0 to 2.
  • Availability of a matched related donor.
  • </+ 50% bone marrow involvement.
  • CLL with </+ 10,000 circulating lymphocytes.
  • Availability of a matched related or unrelated donor.

Who cannot join

  • Prior myeloablative therapies or radioimmunotherapy.
  • Prior external beam radiation therapy to >25% of active bone marrow.
  • Prior therapy with 90Y Zevalin or Campath.
  • CNS lymphoma, HIV, HTLV-1 positivity, some creatinine >1.6 mg/dl or serum bilirubin >1.5 mg/dl.
  • Pregnancy or lactation.
  • Symptomatic pulmonary or cardiac disease.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030

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About this study

The goal of this clinical research study is to see if low intensity chemotherapy given together with the new drug 90Y Zevalin, followed by a transplant of blood or marrow stem cells from a donor can increase the length of remission in patients with leukemia and lymphoma. The safety of this treatment will also be studied.

Read the detailed description

Rituxan is an antibody made from human and mouse protein. It reacts with a certain antigen on lymphoma cells and causes the body's immune system to destroy the lymphoma cells. 90Y Zevalin and 111In Zevalin are murine-based antibodies combined with a radioactive agent that can also destroy lymphoma cells. Unlike Rituxan, 90Y Zevalin cannot be traced by regular scanning and requires indium to determine its distribution through the body.

Before treatment starts, patients will have a physical exam, including blood tests and urine tests. Women who are able to have children must have a negative blood pregnancy test. Bone marrow samples will be taken. For bone marrow sampling, a large needle is placed in the hipbone after it has been numbed. The bone marrow is then withdrawn through the needle. Patients will have a chest x-ray, computed tomography (CT) scans, an EKG, and tests of lung function.

Blood tests, urine tests, bone marrow sampling, and x-rays will be done as needed to track the effects of the transplant. Patients will have transfusions of blood and platelets as needed. Blood tests will be done daily while patients are in the hospital.

Patients in this study will receive an unlabeled antibody form of Y2B8 called rituxan by vein followed by a dose of 111In Zevalin by vein. 111In Zevalin includes the radioactive agent indium, which shows up when patients have x-rays or scans. The scans can show where and how fast the drug travels in the body and how long the drug stays in the body. Doctors need to be able to see how much of the drug goes to the tumor and how much goes to normal organs to see if it is safe to give 90Y Zevalin on an outpatient basis. A scan will be taken 48 to 72 hours after 111In Zevalin is given.

If the radiation in the 111In Zevalin is not a threat to normal organs and bone marrow, patients may receive 90Y Zevalin. Seven days after the 111In Zevalin injection, patients will receive a second dose of rituxan followed by a dose of 90Y Zevalin.

Patients will also receive fludarabine and cyclophosphamide daily for 3 days. All of the chemotherapy drugs will be given through a catheter (plastic tube) that extends into the large chest vein. The catheter will be left in place throughout treatment. When chemotherapy is finished, blood stem cells from a donor will be given through the catheter. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF or GCSF), a hormone that helps the production of blood cells, will be injected under the skin once a day until the neutrophil counts recover in the blood. Patients will receive methotrexate for 3 days post transplant and tacrolimus for 6 months or more to prevent graft versus host disease.

All patients will have complete checkups, including blood and urine tests 2 or 3 times during the first 12 weeks of the study. Tumors will be measured by CT or MRI and gallium scans. Patients will be asked to fill out a survey about quality of life issues (maintaining normal routine, family life, social life, pain). It takes about half an hour to fill out the survey. A bone marrow sample may be taken. A test of heart function will be done. Checkups and tests will be done every 3 months for 1 year and then every 6 months for 4 more years.

Treatment will be given in the hospital at M. D. Anderson. Patients will need to stay in the hospital for about 3 to 4 weeks. Patients must stay in the Houston area for about 100 days after the transplant. After that, patients will need to return to Houston from time to time for blood tests, urine tests, and other exams.

This is an investigational study. 90Y-Zevalin is approved by the FDA for relapsed and refractory lymphoma. Its use in this trial, however, is investigational. About 70 patients will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at M. D. Anderson.

Conditions
Lymphoma, Leukemia
Being tested
Zevalin Radioimmunotherapy, Rituximab, Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide, Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation
Keywords
Leukemia, Lymphoma, Lymphoid Malignancy, Cyclophosphamide, Cytoxan, Neosar, Fludarabine, Fludarabine Phosphate, Fludara, Rituximab, Rituxan, Zevalin, Indium Zevalin, 90Y Zevalin, CD-20-positive, B-cell Lymphoma, CD-20-positive B-cell Lymphoma, NHL, CLL, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Medical subject headings
Lymphoma, Leukemia, Lymphoma, B-Cell, Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Zevalin RadioimmunotherapyDrug

    Also called 90Y Zevalin

    Escalating single dose of 90Y Zevalin 0.2-0.3-0.4 mCi/kg

  • RituximabDrug

    Also called Rituxan

    250 mg/m^2 on day 1 and day 8

  • FludarabineDrug

    Also called Fludarabine phosphate, Fludara

    30 mg/m^2/day for 3 days

  • CyclophosphamideDrug

    Also called Cytoxan, Neosar

    750 mg/m^2/day for 3 days, given on the same days as fludarabine, at 4-hour intervals

  • Allogeneic Stem Cell TransplantationProcedure or surgery

    Also called ASCT

    Allogeneic stem cell transplantation 2 days after chemotherapy

Study groups in NCT00048737
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
90Y Zevalin in ASCTExperimentalAllogeneic Stem Cell (AST) Transplantation with 90Y Zevalin/Cyclophosphamide/Fludarabine as a preparative regimen.
Receives: Drug: Zevalin Radioimmunotherapy; Drug: Rituximab; Drug: Fludarabine; Drug: Cyclophosphamide; Procedure: Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Number of Participants With Graft Failure

    Graft failure is defined as either lack of hematologic recovery or lack of or loss of detectable donor cells.

    Measured: 100 days

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted8 Nov 2002 (estimated)
  2. Study startOct 2002
  3. Primary completionDec 2011
  4. Study completionDec 2011

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1/2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
70 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00048737
Sponsor's protocol ID
ID01-233
Status last verified
Jun 2013
First submitted
6 Nov 2002
Last updated
13 Jun 2013
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Khouri IF, Saliba RM, Erwin WD, Samuels BI, Korbling M, Medeiros LJ, Valverde R, Alousi AM, Anderlini P, Bashir Q, Ciurea S, Gulbis AM, de Lima M, Hosing C, Kebriaei P, Popat UR, Fowler N, Neelapu SS, Samaniego F, Champlin RE, Macapinlac HA. Nonmyeloablative allogeneic transplantation with or without 90yttrium ibritumomab tiuxetan is potentially curative for relapsed follicular lymphoma: 12-year results. Blood. 2012 Jun 28;119(26):6373-8. doi: 10.1182/blood-2012-03-417808. Epub 2012 May 14.

    PubMed 22586182

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1/2 study testing Zevalin Radioimmunotherapy, Rituximab and Fludarabine in people with Lymphoma and Leukemia, run by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Jun 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this combined phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 13 Jun 2013). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Number of Participants With Graft Failure (time frame: 100 days). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00048737, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 13 Jun 2013.

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