Phase II Study to Evaluate the Combination of Rituximab and DepoCyte® in the C5R Chemotherapy Protocol in Patients Between the Ages of 18 and 60 Years With Primary Cerebral Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Systemic Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma With Neuromeningeal Invasion at Diagnosis
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Lead
Lymphoma Study Association
Age
18–60
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Primary cerebral or oculocerebral NHL not previously treated with chemotherapy or radiotherapy and diffuse large B-cell lymphomas, with cerebral and / or neuromeningeal involvement at diagnosis.
Diagnosis proved by histological or cytological examination of cerebral specimens, CSF or vitreous humour.
Diffuse large cell CD20+ lymphoma.
Men or women between the ages of 18 and 60 years.
Presence of a measurable target to evaluate response.
Negative serological tests for HIV, hepatitis B (except in cases of vaccination), hepatitis C.
Life-expectancy ≥ 3 months
Patient having given written consent to participate in this study.
You may not be if
CD20- lymphoma.
History of indolent lymphoma, treated or untreated.
Contraindication for one of the products used in polychemotherapy.
Known hypersensitivity to mouse antibodies.
Absence of measurable target to evaluate response.
History of cancer in the 5 years prior to inclusion except for cutaneous basocellular carcinomas and non-invasive carcinomas of the neck of the uterus.
Cardiac contraindication to treatment with anthracyclines or to hyperhydration:
SEVERE DISTURBANCE OF HEART RHYTHM VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION BELOW 50% HISTORY OF RECENT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Previously known severe renal insufficiency and/or creatinaemia \>150 µM/L (apart from invasion of the kidneys by the lymphoma).
Total bilirubin \>30 µmol/L, ASAT, ALAT \>2.5 times the upper normal value (apart from invasion of the liver by the lymphoma).
Insufficient medullary reserve: PNL \< 1 G/L and platelets \<100 G/L (apart from invasion of the medulla by the lymphoma).
History of organ transplantation or other causes of severe immunosuppression.
Pregnant woman.
Patient incapable of keeping to regular monitoring.
Clareo Health | Phase II Study to Evaluate the Combination of Rituximab and DepoCyte® in the C5R Chemotherapy Protocol in Patients Between the Ages of 18 and 60 Years With Primary Cerebral Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Systemic Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma With Neuromeningeal Invasion at Diagnosis