Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With HIV-Related Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma

NCT ID: NCT00003261

Last Updated: 2013-09-20

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

14 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1997-05-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining radiation therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving methotrexate and zidovudine together with radiation therapy works in treating patients with HIV-related primary central nervous system lymphoma.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiation therapy in the treatment of HIV-related primary CNS lymphoma patients.
* Evaluate the toxicity and overall survival of these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients receive chemotherapy consisting of high-dose methotrexate IV administered on day 1 and high-dose zidovudine IV administered on days 1-3 every 2 weeks. Patients receive 3 courses of therapy. Following chemotherapy, patients receive radiation therapy to the lesion site daily.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year and then every 6 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: This study will accrue 14 patients.

Conditions

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Lymphoma

Keywords

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AIDS-related primary CNS lymphoma

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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methotrexate

Intervention Type DRUG

zidovudine

Intervention Type DRUG

neoadjuvant therapy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

radiation therapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically proven HIV-related non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the CNS
* No systemic lymphoma

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* 18 and over

Performance status:

* WHO 0-3

Life expectancy:

* Not specified

Hematopoietic:

* WBC at least 3000/mm\^3
* Platelet count at least 80,000/mm\^3

Hepatic:

* No serious impairment of liver function

Renal:

* No serious impairment of renal function
* Creatinine clearance at least 40 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

* No serious impairment of cardiac function

Neurologic:

* Neurological functional status 0-3

Other:

* No prior or active CNS-opportunistic infections
* No AIDS dementia complex
* No active systemic infections

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* No prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Centro di Riferimento Oncologico - Aviano

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Umberto Tirelli, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Centro di Riferimento Oncologico - Aviano

Locations

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Centro di Riferimento Oncologico - Aviano

Aviano, , Italy

Site Status

Countries

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Italy

Other Identifiers

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ITA-GICAT-POS1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EU-97018

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000066153

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id