R-CHOP Versus R-CDOP as First-line Treatment for Elderly Patients With Diffuse Large-B-cell Lymphoma
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse focused on measuring Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse, liposomal doxorubicin, doxorubicin, event-free survival
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pathologically confirmed diagnosis of CD20-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
- 60~80 years old
- Ann Arbor stage I~IV
- ECOG physical score of 0~2
- Have not received previous treatment to lymphoma, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or biotherapy
- Have at least one clinically measurable lesion: >= 2cm under physical examination, or >= 1.5cm under computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance (MR)
- Life expectancy of >= 3 months
- Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) and serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase and total bilirubin <= 2 × upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Glomerular filtration rate (MDRD method) >= 30ml/min
- No abnormalities in blood coagulative function
- Generally normal bone marrow function: while blood cell >= 3,000/μL, absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/μL, hemoglobin >= 100g/L, platelet >= 75,000/μL
- No evidence of active hepatitis B or C virus, or human immunodeficiency virus infection
- Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) >= 45% measured by two dimensional echocardiography or multi-gated acquisition (MUGA) scan
- Cardiac function of class I-II in New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with indolent lymphoma
- Positive results for in situ hybridization for Epstein-Barr virus encoded RNA (EBER)
- Serum Epstein-Barr virus DNA >= 1,000 copies/ml
- Double-hit lymphoma confirmed by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)
- Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma
- Involvement of central nervous system
- Bulky disease (>= 10cm)
- History of cardiac disease, including clinically significant ventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, conduction block, myocardial infarction within 1 year, congestive heart failure, symptomatic coronary heart disease which needs medication
- Known allergic reaction to any component of the agents used in the chemotherapeutic regimens that are used in the study
- Previous exposure to anthracycline drugs, rituximab, or chemotherapy for lymphoma
- History of malignant carcinoma within 5 years (except carcinoma in situ of the skin and uterine cervix, and prostatic carcinoma)
- Currently enrolled in other clinical studies
- Other conditions that the investigators consider as inappropriate for enrolling into this study
Sites / Locations
- Guangdong Provincial People's HospitalRecruiting
- Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical Unversity
- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer CenterRecruiting
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
- The Second Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University
- The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University
- Wujing Zongdui Hospital of Guangdong Province
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Experimental
R-CHOP
R-CDOP
This group received R-CHOP regimen as the first-line chemotherapy. Rituximab, 375mg/m2, iv, d0; Cyclophophamide, 750mg/m2, iv, d1; Doxorubicin, 50mg/m2, iv, d1; Vincristine, 2mg/m2 (max 2mg), iv, d1; Prednisone, 100mg, po, d1-5. Repeat every 21 days for 6-8 cycles or until the criteria of terminating treatment was met.
This group received R-CDOP regimen as the first-line chemotherapy. Rituximab, 375mg/m2, iv, d0; Cyclophophamide, 750mg/m2, iv, d1; Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin, 30mg/m2, iv, d1; Vincristine, 2mg/m2 (max 2mg), iv, d1; Prednisone, 100mg, po, d1-5. Repeat every 21 days for 6-8 cycles or until the criteria of terminating treatment was met.