Clinical trial · Interventional
Thalidomide Maintenance Treatment in DLBCL
A Multicentre, Randomized Phase III Study of Thalidomide Maintenance Treatment in Patients With Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma
NCT03016000CI-TRIAL-00028829unknownPhase 3ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This is a randomized, multi-center,phase III study to evaluate the ability of thalidomide maintenance therapy to prolong relapse-free survival in diffuse large B cell lymphoma(DLBCL).
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse | Lymphoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.85 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Observation | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Thalidomide | Drug | Thalidomide | ALIAS |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Thalidomide
- description
- Thalidomide 50mg daily by mouth( increase 50mg after 2 weeks if tolerated until 200mg/day) until disease progression or intolerance due to AEs.The dose could be reduced if the patient experienced grade 2 or higher AEs. Does reductions for AEs were recommended (200 mg daily to 100 mg daily, 100 mg daily to 50 mg daily).In patients intolerant of 50mg/day, thalidomide discontinuation was allowed.
- interventionNames
- Drug: Thalidomide
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Observation
- description
- Observation
- interventionNames
- Other: Observation
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Relapse-free survival
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 60 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * NCCN-IPI\>1, * Known IPI, cell of origin and DHL at time of diagnosis, * Negative pregnancy test, * Men must agree not to father a child during the therapy, * 6 to 8 cycles R-CHOP/like, total of 8 x Rituximab, * CR, CRu Exclusion Criteria: * Transformed lymphoma, * Secondary malignancy, * HIV positive, * Evidence of CNS involvement, * Cardiac dysfunction (systolic ejection fraction \<50%), * Creatinine \> 2.0 mg/dl
References
Publications (9)
- BACKGROUNDChaganti S, Illidge T, Barrington S, Mckay P, Linton K, Cwynarski K, McMillan A, Davies A, Stern S, Peggs K; British Committee for Standards in Haematology. Guidelines for the management of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Br J Haematol. 2016 Jul;174(1):43-56. doi: 10.1111/bjh.14136. Epub 2016 May 16. No abstract available. PMID 27196701
- BACKGROUNDMichallet AS, Lebras L, Coiffier B. Maintenance therapy in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Curr Opin Oncol. 2012 Sep;24(5):461-5. doi: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e3283562036. PMID 22759738
- BACKGROUNDAviles A, Cleto S, Huerta-Guzman J, Neri N. Interferon alfa 2b as maintenance therapy in poor risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in complete remission after intensive CHOP-BLEO regimens. Eur J Haematol. 2001 Feb;66(2):94-9. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2001.00272.x. PMID 11168516
- BACKGROUNDGisselbrecht C, Schmitz N, Mounier N, Singh Gill D, Linch DC, Trneny M, Bosly A, Milpied NJ, Radford J, Ketterer N, Shpilberg O, Duhrsen U, Hagberg H, Ma DD, Viardot A, Lowenthal R, Briere J, Salles G, Moskowitz CH, Glass B. Rituximab maintenance therapy after autologous stem-cell transplantation in patients with relapsed CD20(+) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: final analysis of the collaborative trial in relapsed aggressive lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Dec 20;30(36):4462-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2012.41.9416. Epub 2012 Oct 22. PMID 23091101
- BACKGROUNDCrump M, Leppa S, Fayad L, Lee JJ, Di Rocco A, Ogura M, Hagberg H, Schnell F, Rifkin R, Mackensen A, Offner F, Pinter-Brown L, Smith S, Tobinai K, Yeh SP, Hsi ED, Nguyen T, Shi P, Hahka-Kemppinen M, Thornton D, Lin B, Kahl B, Schmitz N, Savage KJ, Habermann T. Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase III Trial of Enzastaurin Versus Placebo in Patients Achieving Remission After First-Line Therapy for High-Risk Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2016 Jul 20;34(21):2484-92. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.65.7171. Epub 2016 May 23. PMID 27217449
- BACKGROUNDWitzens-Harig M, Benner A, McClanahan F, Klemmer J, Brandt J, Brants E, Rieger M, Meissner J, Hensel M, Neben K, Dreger P, Lengfelder E, Schmidt-Wolf I, Kramer A, Ho AD. Rituximab maintenance improves survival in male patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Results of the HD2002 prospective multicentre randomized phase III trial. Br J Haematol. 2015 Dec;171(5):710-9. doi: 10.1111/bjh.13652. Epub 2015 Oct 9.