OPTIMAL>60 / DR. CHOP, Improvement of Therapy of Elderly Patients With CD20+ DLBCL Using Rituximab Optimized and Liposomal Vincristine (OPTIMAL>60)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01478542 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : November 23, 2011
Last Update Posted : November 19, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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CD20+ Aggressive B-Cell Lymphoma | Drug: Conventional Vincristine Drug: Liposomal Vincristine Drug: Ricover-scheme rituximab Drug: optimised rituximab-schedule | Phase 3 |
Primary objective of study:
"OPTIMAL>60 Less Favourable" Patients with less favourable prognosis: To test whether progression-free survival (PFS) can be improved by substituting conventional by liposomal vincristine; To test whether PFS can be improved by 12 optimised applications instead of 8 2-week applications of rituximab.
"OPTIMAL>60 Favourable": Patients with favourable prognosis: Comparison of neurotoxicity of conventional and liposomal vincristine; Determination of PFS for the treatment strategy of reducing treatment in patients with negative FDG-PET after 4 x R-CHOP/CHLIP-14 (PET-4) and comparison with the corresponding patient population in RICOVER-60.
Secondary objectives: "OPTIMAL>60 Favourable" and "OPTIMAL>60 Less Favourable":
Comparison of the prognostic value of a pre-treatment FDG-PET (PET-0) with conventional CT/MRT.
Prospective evaluation on the role of (metabolic) tumor volume to confirm or refuse the hypothesis that optimized rituximab should improve the outcome of patients with a high (metabolic) tumor volume more than that of patients with low MTV and to analyse the substitution of conventional vincristine by liposomal. • Estimation of the vincristine-related neurotoxicity ("OPTIMAL>60 Less Favourable only, since vincristine related neurotoxicity is primary objective of the study in favourable patients") and other toxicities (all patients).
Determination of the therapeutic efficacy of a vitamin D substitution.
Comparison of the FDG-PET-based individualised treatment strategy in OPTIMAL>60 with the fixed (pre-defined) treatment strategy in RICOVER>60.
Investigation of the prognostic value of different FDG-PET derived imaging biomarkers for lymphoma load (SUV, MTV, TLG).
Comparison of the vincristine related neurotoxicity before and after amendment 4.
Comparison of CNS events before and after amendment 4. Comparison of the Cheson, Lugano and RECIL response criteria. Prospective evaluation of the improvement of the prognostic value of ECOG performance status during prephase treatment.
Prospective evaluation of reference pathology biomarkes. Prospective evaluation of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), correlation and comparison with PET.
Prospective evaluation of the role of 2 additional cycles of CHOP/CHLIP-14 and involved node radiotherapy in PET-positive patients after 4xR-CHOP/CHLIP-14 in favourable patients.
Evaluation of the role of radiotherapy to PET-positive bulky disease patients after 6xR-CHOP/CHLIP-14 in less favourable patients.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 1152 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Factorial Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Improvement of Outcome and Reduction of Toxicity in Elderly Patients With CD20+ Aggressive B-Cell Lymphoma by an Optimised Schedule of the Monoclonal Antibody Rituximab, Substitution of Conventional by Liposomal Vincristine, and FDG-PET Based Reduction of Therapy in Combination With Vitamin D Substitution |
Study Start Date : | November 2011 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 2021 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | May 2024 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Favourable Prognosis F-A - Recruitment completed
Induction therapy with 4 cycles of R-CHOP-14 (Rituximab 375 mg/sqm, Cyclophosphamide 750 mg/sqm, Doxorubicin 50 mg/sqm, conventional Vincristine 1,4 mg/sqm [max. 2mg absolute], Predniso[lo]ne 100mg/d d1-5) and then definitive (post-induction) restaging with FDG-PET. If FDG-PET positive 2 additional cycles of R-CHOP-14 + 2xR plus additional involved-site radiotherapy, if FDG-PET negative only 4xR without radiotherapy.
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Drug: Conventional Vincristine |
Experimental: Favourable F-B - Arm Closed
Induction therapy with 4 cycles of R-CHLIP-14 (Rituximab 375 mg/sqm, Cyclophosphamide 750 mg/sqm, Doxorubicin 50 mg/sqm, liposomal Vincristine 1,4 mg/sqm (max. 2mg absolute), Predniso[lo]ne 100mg/d d1-5) and then definitive (post-induction) restaging with FDG-PET. If FDG-PET positive 2 additional cycles of R-CHLIP-14 + 2xR plus additional involved-site radiotherapy, if FDG-PET negative only 4xR without radiotherapy.
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Drug: Liposomal Vincristine |
Active Comparator: Less Favourable LF-A - Recruitment completed
Induction therapy with 6 cycles of R-CHOP-14 (Rituximab 375 mg/sqm, Cyclophosphamide 750 mg/sqm, Doxorubicin 50 mg/sqm, conventional Vincristine 1,4 mg/sqm [max. 2mg absolute], Predniso[lo]ne 100mg/d d1-5) and then definitive (post-induction) restaging with FDG-PET. If FDG-PET positive 2xR plus additional radiotherapy to the initial bulky region, if FDG-PET negative only 2xR without radiotherapy. After 3xR-CHOP-14 an interim restaging will be performed.
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Drug: Conventional Vincristine Drug: Ricover-scheme rituximab |
Experimental: Less Favourable LF-B - Recruitment completed
Induction therapy with 6 cycles of R-CHLIP-14 (Rituximab 375 mg/sqm, Cyclophosphamide 750 mg/sqm, Doxorubicin 50 mg/sqm, liposomal Vincristine 1,67 mg/sqm [uncapped], , Predniso[lo]ne 100mg/d d1-5) and then definitive (post-induction) restaging with FDG-PET. If FDG-PET positive 2xR plus additional radiotherapy to the initial bulky region, if FDG-PET negative only 2xR without radiotherapy. After 3xR-CHLIP-14 an interim restaging will be performed. Recruitment completed.
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Drug: Liposomal Vincristine Drug: Ricover-scheme rituximab |
Experimental: Less Favourable LF-C - Recruitment completed
Induction therapy with 6 cycles of CHOP-14 (Cyclophosphamide 750 mg/sqm, Doxorubicin 50 mg/sqm, conventional Vincristine 1,4 mg/sqm [max. 2mg absolute], Predniso[lo]ne 100mg/d d1-5) combined with an optimized Rituximab-schedule (375 mg/sqm, d-4, d-1, d1, d4, d14, d28, d42, d56, d91, d126, d175, d238) and then definitive (post-induction) restaging with FDG-PET. If FDG-PET positive additional radiotherapy to the initial bulky region, if FDG-PET negative omission of radiotherapy. After 3x CHOP-14 an interim restaging will be performed. Recruitment completed.
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Drug: Conventional Vincristine Drug: optimised rituximab-schedule |
Experimental: Less Favourable LF-D - Recruitment completed
Induction therapy with 6 cycles of CHLIP-14 (Cyclophosphamide 750 mg/sqm, Doxorubicin 50 mg/sqm, 1,67 mg/sqm [uncapped], , Predniso[lo]ne 100mg/d d1-5) combined with an optimised Rituximab-schedule (375 mg/sqm, d-4, d-1, d1, d4, d14, d28, d42, d56, d91, d126, d175, d238) and then definitive (post-induction) restaging with FDG-PET. If FDG-PET positive additional radiotherapy to the initial bulky region, if FDG-PET negative omission of radiotherapy. After 3x CHLIP-14 an interim restaging will be performed. Recruitment completed.
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Drug: Liposomal Vincristine Drug: optimised rituximab-schedule |
- Progression-free survival [ Time Frame: 9 years ]
"OPTIMAL>60 Less Favourable": To test the effects of substitution of conventional by liposomal vincristine and of a 2-week applications of 8x rituximab by an optimised application of 12 x rituximab stratified log rank tests will be performed for each question (stratified for IPI-factors). Proportional hazard models will be used to investigate treatment interaction and to obtain estimates for the single treatment effects (HR) adjusting for the IPI-factors.
"OPTIMAL>60 Favourable" Grade of neurotoxicity will be estimated and indicated with a 95% confidence interval (CI) separated to each type of vincristine. To investigate the 3-year PFS with 95% CI the Kaplan-Meier estimator will be used.
- for efficacy: CR-rate, PR-rate, rate of primary progressions, relapse rate, EFS and OS; rate and CTC grades of PNP. Prognostic value of the FDG-PET derived imaging biomarkers for lymphoma load: SUV, MTV, TLG. [ Time Frame: 9 years ]
Secondary endpoints: To analyze how (i. e. in which direction) and how often a pre-treatment FDG-PET-based assignment (PET-0) would have affected the assignment of a patient to a different stage, IPI risk group or treatment, respectively. The different FDG-PET derived imaging biomarkers for lymphoma load (SUV, MTV, TLG) will be analyzed for their relationship with CR-rate, PR-rate, rate of primary progressions, relapse rate, EFS, PFS and OS.
To compare the efficacy and side effects of the (post-induction therapy FDG-PET-based) individualised treatment strategy in OPTIMAL>60 with the fixed (pre-defined) treatment strategy in RICOVER-60.
Rates and grades of polyneuropathy will be determined according to CTC-v4.03. Comparison of the patients without vitamin-D-substitution with patients receiving a vitamin-D-substitution.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 61 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age: 61-80 years
- All risk groups (IPI 1-5)
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Diagnosis of aggressive CD20+ B-NHL, based on an excisional biopsy of a lymph node or on an appropriate sample of a lymph node or of an extranodal involvement. It will be possible to treat the following entities in this study as defined by the new WHO classification of 200870:
B-NHL:
- Foll. lymphoma grade IIIb
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DLBCL, not otherwise specified (NOS)
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common morphologic variants:
- centroblastic
- immunoblastic
- anaplastic
- rare morphologic variants
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DLBCL subtypes/entities:
- T-cell/histiocyte-rich large B-cell lymphoma
- primary cutaneous DLBCL, leg type
- EBV-pos. DLBCL of the elderly
- DLBCL associated with chronic inflammation
- primary mediastinal (thymic) LBCL
- intravascular large B-cell-lymphoma
- ALK-positive large B-cell-lymphoma
- plasmoblastic lymphoma
- primary effusion lymphoma
- transformed indolent lymphoma secondary or simultaneous high grade B-cell-lymphoma
- B-cell lymphoma, unclassifiable, with features intermediate between DLBCL and Burkitt lymphoma
- B-cell lymphoma, unclassifiable, with features intermediate between DLCBL and Hodgkin lymphoma
- Performance status ECOG 0 - 2 after prephase treatment. The performance status of each patient must be assessed before the initiation and after the end of prephase treatment which, as experience has shown, can result in a significant improvement of the patient's performance status. The pre-treatment performance status which can range from ECOG 0 to ECOG 4 must be documented in the Staging CRF (see ISF); the performance status after the prephase treatment must be documented in the respective Prephase Treatment CRF (PT form: see ISF). A definition of the performance status is provided in Appendix 28.10.
- Written informed consent of the patient
- Contract of participation signed by the study centre and sponsor
Exclusion Criteria:
- Already initiated lymphoma therapy (except for the prephase treatment)
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Serious accompanying disorder or impaired organ function (except when due to lymphoma involvement), in particular:
- heart: angina pectoris CCS >2, cardiac failure e.g. NYHA >2 and/or EF <50% or FS<25% in nuclear medicine examination/echocardiography
- lungs: if respiratory problems are suspected the patient is to be excluded if the resultant pulmonary function test shows FeV1<50% or a diffusion capacity <50% of the reference values
- kidneys: creatinine >2 times the upper reference limit
- liver: bilirubin >2 times the upper reference limit, aspartate transaminase (AST, SGOT) or alanine transaminase (ALT, SGPT) >3 x institutional upper reference limit
- uncontrollable diabetes mellitus (prephase treatment with predniso[lo]ne!)
- Platelets <75 000/mm3, leukocytes <2 500/mm3 (if not due to lymphoma)
- Known hypersensitivity to the medications to be used
- Known HIV-positivity
- Patients with severe impairment of immune defense
- Patients with constipation with imminent risk of ileus
- Chronic active hepatitis
- Poor patient compliance
- Simultaneous participation in other treatment studies or in another clinical trial within the last 6 months
- Prior chemo- or radiotherapy, long-term use of corticosteroids or anti-neoplastic drugs for previous disorder
- Other concomitant tumour disease and/or tumour disease in the past 5 years (except for localised skin tumors other than melanoma and carcinomas in situ of any other origin)
- CNS involvement of lymphoma (intracerebral, meningeal, intraspinal intradural) or primary CNS lymphoma
- Persistent neuropathy grade ≥2 (NCI CTC-AE v4.03) (unless due to lymphoma involvement)
- History of persistent active neurologic disorders grade >2 including demyelinating form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome, acquired demyelinating disorders, or other demyelinating condition
- Pregnancy or breast-feeding women
- Active serious infections not controlled by oral and/or intravenous antibiotics or anti-fungal medication
- Any medical condition which in the opinion of the investigator places the subject at an unacceptably high risk for toxicities.
- MALT lymphoma
- Non-conformity to eligibility criteria
- Persons not able to understand the impact, nature, risks and consequences of the trial (including language barrier)
- Persons not agreeing to the transmission of their pseudonymous data
- Persons depending on sponsor or investigator
- Persons from highly protected groups. Pts. with CNS lymphoma should not be included in this study.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01478542

Principal Investigator: | Gerhard Held, Professor | Saarland University, Saarland University Hospital |
Responsible Party: | Universität des Saarlandes |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01478542 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
DSHNHL 2009-1 |
First Posted: | November 23, 2011 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 19, 2021 |
Last Verified: | November 2021 |
DLBCL Liposomal Vincristine (Marqibo) Optimised Rituximab Toxicity Elderly Patients FDG-PET |
Bulky Disease Radiation age >60 years First line Therapy Vitamin D |
Lymphoma Lymphoma, B-Cell Aggression Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Lymphoproliferative Disorders Lymphatic Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders Immune System Diseases Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Behavioral Symptoms Rituximab |
Vincristine Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological Antineoplastic Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Antirheumatic Agents Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic Tubulin Modulators Antimitotic Agents Mitosis Modulators Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |