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Whole-brain radiotherapy or autologous stem-cell transplantation as consolidation strategies after high-dose methotrexate-based chemoimmunotherapy in patients with primary CNS lymphoma: results of the second randomisation of the International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group-32 phase 2 trial. Lancet Haematol. 2017 Nov;4(11):e510-e523. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(17)30174-6. Epub 2017 Oct 17.'}, {'pmid': '27132696', 'type': 'DERIVED', 'citation': 'Ferreri AJ, Cwynarski K, Pulczynski E, Ponzoni M, Deckert M, Politi LS, Torri V, Fox CP, Rosee PL, Schorb E, Ambrosetti A, Roth A, Hemmaway C, Ferrari A, Linton KM, Ruda R, Binder M, Pukrop T, Balzarotti M, Fabbri A, Johnson P, Gorlov JS, Hess G, Panse J, Pisani F, Tucci A, Stilgenbauer S, Hertenstein B, Keller U, Krause SW, Levis A, Schmoll HJ, Cavalli F, Finke J, Reni M, Zucca E, Illerhaus G; International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group (IELSG). Chemoimmunotherapy with methotrexate, cytarabine, thiotepa, and rituximab (MATRix regimen) in patients with primary CNS lymphoma: results of the first randomisation of the International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group-32 (IELSG32) phase 2 trial. Lancet Haematol. 2016 May;3(5):e217-27. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(16)00036-3. Epub 2016 Apr 6.'}]}, 'descriptionModule': {'briefSummary': "This is a multicenter open label randomized phase II trial.\n\nEnrolled Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (PCNSL) patients will be stratified according to the IELSG score and randomized to receive one of the follows as primary chemotherapy:\n\n* Arm A: Methotrexate (MTX) + Cytarabine (Ara-C)\n* Arm B: MTX + Ara-C + rituximab\n* Arm C: MTX + Ara-C + rituximab + thiotepa.\n\nChemotherapy will be administered every three weeks. The maximum number of chemotherapy induction courses will be 4. Patients in Stable Disease (SD) or better after two courses will receive two more courses of the same primary chemotherapy regimen. Stem-cells harvest will be performed in the three arms after the second course. After 4 courses response assessment will be performed.\n\nPatients who will not achieve SD or better after the 4th course, as well as those who will experience Progressive Disease (PD) at any time and those who will not achieve a sufficient stem cell harvest, will receive Whole Brain Radiation Therapy (WBRT) 36-40 Gy +/- tumor bed boost of 9 Gy.\n\nPatients who will achieve SD or better after the 4th course will be stratified according to objective response to primary chemotherapy and to primary chemotherapy regimen and randomly allocated to receive as consolidation therapy one of the follows:\n\n* Arm D: WBRT 36 Gy +/- boost 9 Gy\n* Arm E: Carmustine (BCNU) + Thiotepa + Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant (APBSCT) Patients in Complete Response (CR) after WBRT or APBSCT will remain in follow-up. Patients who will not achieve a CR after WBRT will be managed according to physician's preferences. Patients who will not achieve a CR after APBSCT will be referred to WBRT."}, 'eligibilityModule': {'sex': 'ALL', 'stdAges': ['ADULT', 'OLDER_ADULT'], 'maximumAge': '65 Years', 'minimumAge': '18 Years', 'healthyVolunteers': False, 'eligibilityCriteria': "Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Histological or cytological assessed diagnosis of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.\n* Diagnostic sample obtained by stereotactic or surgical biopsy, Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) cytology examination or vitrectomy.\n* Disease exclusively localized into the central nervous system, CSF, cranial nerves or eyes.\n* At least one measurable lesion.\n* Previously untreated patients (previous or ongoing steroid therapy admitted).\n* Age 18-65 years (with ECOG Performance Status 0-3) or 66-70 (with ECOG Performance Status 0-2).\n* Adequate bone marrow, renal, cardiac, and hepatic function.\n* Sexually active patients of childbearing potential agreeing in implementing adequate contraceptive measures during study participation.\n* Absence of any familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule.\n* Patient-signed informed consent obtained before registration.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Patients with lymphomatous lesions outside the CNS.\n* Patients with a previous non-Hodgkin lymphoma at any time.\n* Previous or concurrent malignancies with the exception of surgically cured carcinoma in-situ of the cervix, carcinoma of the skin or other cancers without evidence of disease at least from 5 years.\n* HBsAg and HCV positivity.\n* HIV infection, previous organ transplantation or other clinically evident form of immunodeficiency.\n* Concurrent treatment with other experimental drugs.\n* Concurrent Pregnancy or lactation.\n* Patients not agreeing to take adequate contraceptive measures during the study.\n* Symptomatic coronary artery disease, cardiac arrhythmias uncontrolled with medication or myocardial infarction within the last 6 months (New York Heart Association Class III or IV heart disease)."}, 'identificationModule': {'nctId': 'NCT01011920', 'briefTitle': 'Trial for Patients With Newly Diagnosed Primary Central Nervous System (CNS) Lymphoma', 'organization': {'class': 'OTHER', 'fullName': 'International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group (IELSG)'}, 'officialTitle': 'Randomized Phase II Trial On Primary Chemotherapy With High-Dose Methotrexate And High-Dose Cytarabine With Or Without Thiotepa, And With Or Without Rituximab, Followed By Brain Irradiation Vs. High-Dose Chemotherapy Supported By Autologous Stem Cells Transplantation For Immunocompetent Patients With Newly Diagnosed Primary CNS Lymphoma', 'orgStudyIdInfo': {'id': 'IELSG32'}}, 'armsInterventionsModule': {'armGroups': [{'type': 'EXPERIMENTAL', 'label': 'MTX+ AraC', 'description': 'Arm A Methotrexate 3.5 g/m2 (0.5 g/m2 in 15 min. + 3 g/m2 in 3-hr infusion) d 1 Cytarabine 2 g/m2 1 hr infusion, twice a day (every 12 hs.) d 2 - 3', 'interventionNames': ['Drug: Methotrexate', 'Drug: Ara-C']}, {'type': 'EXPERIMENTAL', 'label': 'Ara-C +Rituximab', 'description': 'Arm B Rituximab 375 mg/m2 conventional infusion d -5 \\& 0 Methotrexate 3.5 g/m2 0.5 g/m2 in 15 min. + 3 g/m2 in 3-hr infusion d 1 Cytarabine 2 g/m2 1 hr infusion, twice a day (every 12 hs.) d 2 - 3', 'interventionNames': ['Drug: Ara-C', 'Drug: Rituximab']}, {'type': 'EXPERIMENTAL', 'label': 'Ara-C + rituximab+thiotepa', 'description': 'Arm C Rituximab 375 mg/m2 conventional infusion d -5 \\& 0 Methotrexate 3.5 g/m2 0.5 g/m2 in 15 min. + 3 g/m2 in 3-hr infusion d 1 Cytarabine 2 g/m2 1 hr infusion, twice a day (every 12 hs.) d 2 - 3 Thiotepa 30 mg/m2 30 min. Infusion d 4', 'interventionNames': ['Drug: Ara-C', 'Drug: Rituximab', 'Drug: Thiotepa']}, {'type': 'EXPERIMENTAL', 'label': 'WBRT 36 Gy +/- boost 9 Gy', 'description': 'ARM D: WBRT with 36 Gy in the case of CR to primary chemotherapy or the same WBRT dose followed by a tumor-bed boost of 9 Gy with 1-2 cm of margin surrounding enhanced residual lesion (total tumor-bed dose 45 Gy) in patients who achieved a PR or SD after primary chemotherapy. Photons of 4-10 Mev, 180 cGy per day, 5 weekly fractions.', 'interventionNames': ['Radiation: radiotherapy']}, {'type': 'EXPERIMENTAL', 'label': 'BCNU + Thiotepa + APBSCT', 'description': 'Arm E BCNU 400 mg/m2 in 500 ml saline sol 1-hr inf. day -6 Thiotepa 5 mg/kg in 250 ml saline sol 2-hr inf. every 12 hrs days -5 \\& -4 Reinfusion of PBSC ≥5 x 106 CD34+ cells/kg day 0', 'interventionNames': ['Drug: Thiotepa', 'Drug: BCNU', 'Other: APBSCT']}], 'interventions': [{'name': 'Methotrexate', 'type': 'DRUG', 'description': 'Methotrexate 3.5 g/m2 (0.5 g/m2 in 15 min. + 3 g/m2 in 3-hr infusion) on day 1, every 3 weeks for a maximum of 4 courses.', 'armGroupLabels': ['MTX+ AraC']}, {'name': 'Ara-C', 'type': 'DRUG', 'otherNames': ['Cytarabine'], 'description': 'Cytarabine 2 g/m2 (1 hr infusion, twice a day every 12 hours), on d 2 - 3 every 3 weeks for a maximum of 4 courses', 'armGroupLabels': ['Ara-C + rituximab+thiotepa', 'Ara-C +Rituximab', 'MTX+ AraC']}, {'name': 'Rituximab', 'type': 'DRUG', 'otherNames': ['MabThera'], 'description': 'Rituximab 375 mg/m2 conventional infusion on day - 5 \\& 0 every 3 weeks for a maximum of 4 cycles', 'armGroupLabels': ['Ara-C + rituximab+thiotepa', 'Ara-C +Rituximab']}, {'name': 'Thiotepa', 'type': 'DRUG', 'description': 'ARM C: Thiotepa 30 mg/m2 (30 min. 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Tumor-bed (boost or partial-brain RT) will be irradiated by 2 to 4 isocentric treatment fields based on tumor location, with all portals treated per each RT session.', 'armGroupLabels': ['WBRT 36 Gy +/- boost 9 Gy']}, {'name': 'BCNU', 'type': 'DRUG', 'otherNames': ['Carmustine'], 'description': 'BCNU 400 mg/m2 in 500 ml saline sol 1-hr inf. day -6', 'armGroupLabels': ['BCNU + Thiotepa + APBSCT']}, {'name': 'APBSCT', 'type': 'OTHER', 'description': 'Autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant (APBSCT)', 'armGroupLabels': ['BCNU + Thiotepa + APBSCT']}]}, 'contactsLocationsModule': {'locations': [{'city': 'Aachen', 'country': 'Germany', 'facility': 'University Hospital', 'geoPoint': {'lat': 50.77664, 'lon': 6.08342}}, {'city': 'Erlangen', 'country': 'Germany', 'facility': 'Universitätsklinikum Erlangen', 'geoPoint': {'lat': 49.59099, 'lon': 11.00783}}, {'city': 'Essen', 'country': 'Germany', 'facility': '"Klinik für Hämatologie Universitätsklinikum Essen"', 'geoPoint': {'lat': 51.45657, 'lon': 7.01228}}, {'city': 'Freiburg im Breisgau', 'country': 'Germany', 'facility': 'Uniklinik Freiburg', 'geoPoint': {'lat': 47.9959, 'lon': 7.85222}}, {'city': 'Hamburg', 'country': 'Germany', 'facility': 'Universitätskrankenhaus Hamburg-Eppendorf', 'geoPoint': {'lat': 53.55073, 'lon': 9.99302}}, {'city': 'Jena', 'country': 'Germany', 'facility': 'Friedrich Schiller Universitaet Jena', 'geoPoint': {'lat': 50.92878, 'lon': 11.5899}}, {'city': 'Mainz', 'country': 'Germany', 'facility': 'Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz', 'geoPoint': {'lat': 49.98185, 'lon': 8.28008}}, {'city': 'München', 'country': 'Germany', 'facility': 'Technische Universität in München', 'geoPoint': {'lat': 51.60698, 'lon': 13.31243}}, {'city': 'Ulm', 'country': 'Germany', 'facility': 'Universitätsklinikum Ulm', 'geoPoint': {'lat': 48.39841, 'lon': 9.99155}}, {'city': 'Alessandria', 'country': 'Italy', 'facility': 'A.O. 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