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Study Title

N

Study Type

Sponsor

Status

Ref

High-dose MTX and deferred radiation therapy for PCNSL

 

II

NCI/NABTT

Closed, 1999

1

MTX and thio-TEPA for PCNSL

 

II

NCI/NABTT

Open, 2002

2

NOA-03 trial of high-dose MTX for PCNSL

 

II

NOA

Closed, 2000

3

First-line temozolomide therapy for PCNSL patients

 

II

none

Open, 2003

4

Primary CNS Lymphoma, initial chemotherapy, followed by radiotherapy,
a phase II study, 1991-1995

33

II

none

Closed, 1995

5,6

CLMIT-1: Salvage therapy with the new alkylating agent temozolomide in
immunocompetent patients with primary CNS lymphomas

24 of 38

II

 

Open, 2000

7

CLIMT-2: Primary chemotherapy with high-dose methotrexate, cytarabine, thiotepa,
and idarubicin (MATILde regimen) followed by response-modulated radiotherapy
for primary CNS lymphoma in immunocompetent patients

36 of 42

II

 

Open, 2000

8

IELSG #20 (or CLIMT-3) Randomized phase II trial on primary chemotherapy
with HD-MTX, alone or associated with high-dose cytarabine,
followed by response- and age-tailored radiotherapy for immunocompetent
patients with newly diagnosed primary CNS lymphoma

0 of 39 (x2)

R II

IELSG

Open, 2003

 

IELSG #21 (or CLIMT-4) Salvage therapy with idarubicin in immunocompetent
patients with relapsed or refractory primary CNS lymphomas

0 of 25

II

IELSG

Open, 2003

 

Combination Chemotherapy with Methotrexate, Cytoxan and Etoposide Phosphate
in Conjunction with Osmotic Blood Brain Barrier Disruption (BBBD)
in Patients with Brain Malignancies

82

II

 

Closed May, 2000

9,10,11,12

Protocol A: Combination Chemotherapy (Methotrexate, Procarbazine, and CCNU),
Intraventricular Cytarabine and Methotrexate, +/- Intra-Ocular Chemotherapy for Patients with
Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (PCNSL)

180

II

 

Open May, 2000

13

Protocol B: Combination Chemotherapy (Methotrexate, Cyclophosphamide, and
Etoposide Phosphate) Delivered in Conjunction with Osmotic Blood Brain Barrier Disruption (BBBD),
with Intraventricular Cytarabine +/- Intra-Ocular Chemotherapy, in Patients with
Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma

90

II

 

Open May, 2000

14

Phase II Study for Patients with Relapsed Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma

25

II

NIH/NINDS

Open April, 2003

15

90Y Ibritumomab Tiuxetan Radioimmunotherapy for Patients with Relapsed or
Recurrent Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma

TBD

I/II

NIH/NINDS

Under Development
(May, 2003)

16

MTX and thio-TEPA for PCNSL

23-39

II

NCI/NABTT

Open, 2002

17

Intravenous methotrexate and cranial irradiation in the treatment of PCNSL

46

II

TROG

Closed, 1997

18

A phase II study of Idarubicin based combined modality therapy in PCNSL

Target 53

II

TROG

Open, 2001

19

High-dose methotrexate for primary CNS lymphoma in the elderly

10

II

 

Closed

20

MTX and thio-TEPA for PCNSL

23-39

II

NCI/NABTT

Open, 2002

21

Combined Immunochemotherapy with Reduced dose RT for newly diagnosed PCNSL

15-30

II

MSKCC

Open, 2002

22

High dose MTX and AraC followed by myeloablative BEAM chemotherapy.

28

II

MSKCC

Closed, 2000

23

MTX, procarbazine and vincristine with or without WBRT

56

II

MSKCC

Closed, 1998

24

Multicenter trial of single-agent HD-MTX for primary central nervous system lymphoma (NOA-03)

37

II

 

Closed 5/2000

25

Multicenter BMPD study for primary CNS lymphoma

56

III

 

Closed 5/2000

*

HD-Chemotherapy with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and
response-adapted radiotherapy (OSHO-53)

13

II

 

Open, June 2003

26

HD-MTX followed by dose-escalated alkylating agents with autologous PBSCT and
hyperfractionated radiotherapy as
first-line treatment for primary CNS lymphoma

ca. 30

II

 

Open, June 2003

27,28

Combined systemic and intraventricular chemotherapy in primary CNS lymphoma

Ca. 60

II

 

Open, June 2003

29,30

Phase IV study on the role of whole brain irradiation in primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL)
with HD-MTX (G-PCNSL-SG1)

Ca. 200

IV

German
Cancer Society

Open, June 2003

31

High-Dose Methotrexate-Based Chemotherapy Followed by Consolidating Radiotherapy in Non-AIDS-Related Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: Phase II Trial 20962

 

II

 

 

32

Intensive methotrexate and cytarabine followed by high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem-cell rescue in patients with newly diagnosed primary CNS lymphoma: an intent-to-treat analysis.

 

 

 

 

33

Chemotherapy alone as initial treatment for primary CNS lymphoma in patients older than 60 years: a multicenter phase II study (26952)

 

II

European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Brain Tumor Group.

 

34

Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: Results of a Pilot and Phase II Study of Systemic and Intraventricular Chemotherapy With Deferred Radiotherapy.

 

 

 

 

35

 

 

 

 

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