Clinical trials

This is an international, prospective, multicenter trial with the aim of characterizing circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) for early response assessment in PCNSL patients treated with standard of care (SOC) 1st line therapy with a curative intent (Figure 1). Secondary endpoints are to assess the clinical characteristics, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), neurological status, and outcome of newly diagnosed primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) patients in the Nordic countries. Patients eligible for a curative intent SOC 1st line therapy, such as MATRix + high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (HDCT/ASCT), are eligible for the trial. Diagnostic tumor tissue, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and plasma samples are collected for ctDNA and translational analyses with the aim describing new prognostic and predictive biomarkers. Treatment responses are assessed with the International PCNSL Collaborative Group (IPCG) response criteria, and diagnostic and response assessment magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images are centrally analyzed in order to describe new prognostic and predictive markers.

This is a phase III, randomized, open-label, multicenter trial, conducted in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Italy, Australia and New Zealand, in elderly patients with untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Elderly is defined as either ≥80 years of age, or ≥75 years and frail, according to a simplified Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment. Patients will be randomized 1:1 to either the standard treatment for this population, R-miniCHOP, or an experimental regimen, R-pola-miniCHP, where vincristine is substituted by an immunoconjugate, polatuzumab vedotin. The duration of the screening period is up to 4 weeks. The duration of active treatment is 18 weeks in both arms, and patients will be followed up to 36 months after end of treatment. Start of enrollment is planned in Q1 2020, and the last visit of the last patient included (end of trial) is estimated in Q1 2027.