Bexarotene and Interferon Alfa in Treating Patients With Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00030849 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : January 27, 2003
Last Update Posted : April 4, 2013
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Interferon alfa may interfere with the growth of cancer cells. Combining chemotherapy with interferon alfa may kill more cancer cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining bexarotene with interferon alfa in treating patients who have cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Lymphoma | Biological: recombinant interferon alfa Drug: bexarotene | Phase 2 |
OBJECTIVES:
- Determine the response rate and response duration in patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma when treated with bexarotene and, in the absence of a complete response, interferon alfa.
- Determine the safety and toxicity in patients treated with this regimen.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
Patients receive oral bexarotene once daily for 8 weeks.
Patients with a complete response (CR) after 8 weeks continue bexarotene alone for at least another 8 weeks in the absence of unacceptable toxicity.
Patients who progress or relapse during bexarotene therapy or who achieve less than a CR after 8 weeks begin receiving interferon alfa subcutaneously 3 times a week and oral bexarotene daily for at least another 8 weeks in the absence of continuing disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients are followed at 4 weeks.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 20-45 patients will be accrued for this study within 2 years.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase II Trial Of Oral Bexarotene (Targretin) Combined With Interferon Alfa-2b (Intron-A) For Patients With Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma |
Study Start Date : | October 2001 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | September 2004 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2009 |

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
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Histologically confirmed cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
- Stage IB, IIA, IIB, III, or IV
- Measurable or assessable disease
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age:
- 18 and over
Performance status:
- Karnofsky 60-100%
Life expectancy:
- Not specified
Hematopoietic:
- Hemoglobin at least 9 g/dL
- WBC at least 1,500/mm^3
- Platelet count at least 70,000/mm^3
Hepatic:
- Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL
- SGOT and SGPT no greater than 3 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 3 times ULN
- Fasting triglyceride normal (normalization with an antilipemic agent is allowed prior to study)
- No severe decompensated liver disease (e.g., cirrhosis, autoimmune hepatitis, or any other significant liver dysfunction)
Renal:
- Calcium no greater than 11.5 mg/dL
- Creatinine no greater than 2 times ULN
Cardiovascular:
- No myocardial infarction in the past 6 months
- No unstable angina
- No class III or IV congestive heart failure
- No ventricular tachyarrhythmias
Pulmonary:
- No pulmonary infiltrates or clinical pulmonary impairment
Other:
- HIV negative
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use 2 forms of effective contraception for 1 month before, during, and for 1 month after study therapy
- No known allergy or sensitivity to interferon alfa or bexarotene or other components of study drugs
- No uncontrolled thyroid disorder
- No other concurrent serious medical illness that would preclude study
- No infection
- No history of pancreatitis
- No history of neuropsychiatric disorders requiring hospitalization
- No history of autoimmune disease that would pose significant risk
- Must be willing and able to avoid prolonged exposure to the sun or ultraviolet light
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy:
- Not specified
Chemotherapy:
- No concurrent systemic anticancer chemotherapy
Endocrine therapy:
- No concurrent systemic corticosteroids
Radiotherapy:
- No concurrent localized radiotherapy to target lesions unless considered
- to have shown progressive disease
Surgery:
- Not specified
Other:
- At least 30 days since prior systemic doses of more than 15,000 IU per day of vitamin A or any other retinoid class drug
- At least 30 days since prior participation in any other investigational drug study
- No concurrent systemic anti-psoriatic drugs or therapies
- No concurrent systemic other anticancer drugs or therapies
- No concurrent gemfibrozil
- No other concurrent investigational medication

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00030849
United States, Florida | |
University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center | |
Miami, Florida, United States, 33136 | |
United States, New York | |
NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center | |
New York, New York, United States, 10016 | |
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | |
New York, New York, United States, 10021 | |
United States, Pennsylvania | |
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center | |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104-4283 | |
United States, Texas | |
University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center | |
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030-4009 |
Study Chair: | David J. Straus, MD | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00030849 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CDR0000069202 MSKCC-01128 NCI-G01-2049 |
First Posted: | January 27, 2003 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 4, 2013 |
Last Verified: | December 2009 |
stage I cutaneous T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma stage II cutaneous T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma stage III cutaneous T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma stage IV cutaneous T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma recurrent cutaneous T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma |
Lymphoma Lymphoma, T-Cell Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Lymphoproliferative Disorders Lymphatic Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders Immune System Diseases |
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Interferons Interferon-alpha Bexarotene Antineoplastic Agents Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs |