Mode
Text Size
Log in / Sign up
Phase 2 N=348 Treatment

Dose-Adjusted EPOCH Chemotherapy and Rituximab (CD20+) in Previously Untreated Aggressive Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) · Primary Mediastinal Large B-cell Lymphoma · Burkitt Lymphoma · Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma · Gray Zone Lymphoma

Enrolled (actual)
348
Serious AEs
54.8%
Results posted
Jun 2025
Primary outcome: Primary: Overall Response (Complete Response + Partial Response) — 216; 94 Participants

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Interventions
Etoposide (Drug); Rituximab (Biological); Prednisone (Drug); Cyclophosphamide (Drug); Vincristine (Drug); Doxorubicin (Drug); MRI (Diagnostic_test); CT (Diagnostic_test); Biopsy (Procedure); PET scan (Diagnostic_test); Laparotomy (Procedure); Ondansetron (Other); Prochlorperazine (Other); Omeprazole (Other); Docusate Sodium + Sennosides (Other); Lactulose (Other)
Age
Pediatric, Adult, Older Adult · 12+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Primary completion
May 2024

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Overall Response (Complete Response + Partial Response)
216; 94
PRIMARY
Progression Free Survival (PFS)
73; 41
SECONDARY
Proportion of Participants With Serious and/or Non-serious Adverse Events Leading to Discontinuation of Therapy
0.03; 0.04

Summary

5-Drug Combination Chemotherapy with Hematologic Toxicity Attenuation. Etoposide phosphate, prednisone, vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), cyclophosphamide, and doxorubicin hydrochloride (hydroxydaunorubicin)(EPOCH): Etoposide, VP-16, NSC-141540; Prednisone, PRED, NSC-10023; Vincristine, VCR, NSC-67574; Cyclophosphamide, CTX, NSC-26271; Doxorubicin, DOX, NSC-123127; with Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor (Amgen), Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), NSC-614629.

Eligibility Criteria

  • INCLUSION CRITERIA:

Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in the following categories: mediastinal gray zone lymphoma and primary mediastinal B cell lymphoma.

Diagnosis confirmed by staff of the Hematopathology Section, Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute (NCI). Tissue blocks from patients treated in extramural sites must be forwarded to the NCI for analysis of B-cell leukemia/lymphoma 2 (bcl-2) by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and other markers within 1 month of study entry.

Patients greater than or equal to 12 years old.

Stage and Prognosis of Patients: Any stage for mediastinal gray zone lymphoma (MGZL) and primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBL).

No prior systemic chemotherapy. Patients may be entered if they have had prior limited-field radiotherapy, a short course of glucocorticoids and/or cyclophosphamide for an urgent problem at diagnosis (e.g. epidural cord compression, superior vena cava syndrome).

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) negative.

Not pregnant or nursing.

Adequate major organ function [in adults: serum creatinine less than or equal to 1.5 mg/dl or creatinine clearance greater than 60 ml/min; and in children serum creatinine (CR) less than or equal to age-adjusted normal (age 12 to 15 maximum serum creatinine 1.2 mg/dl and age greater than 15 maximum serum creatinine 1.5 mg/dl); bilirubin less than 1.5 mg/dl; absolute neutrophil count (ANC) greater than 1,000 and platelets greater than 100,000) unless impairment is due to organ involvement by lymphoma or immune-mediated mechanism caused by lymphoma.

No active symptomatic ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction or congestive heart failure within the past year. If multi-gated acquisition (MUGA) is obtained, the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) should exceed 40%.

No other serious concomitant medical illnesses or uncontrolled active infection that would jeopardize the patient's ability to receive the regimen with reasonable safety.

No history of unrelated (non-lymphomatous) neoplasms within past 5 years other than non-melanoma skin cancer or in-situ cancer.

Ability to give informed consent.

View full record on ClinicalTrials.gov →

Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00001337). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

Back to search