Safety and Efficacy of Intrathecal Rituximab in 16 Children of Stage Ⅲ、ⅣNon-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Objective: This study demonstrated that the efficacy and safety of intrathecal(IT) rituximab in the treatment of stage Ⅲ and Ⅳ non-Hodgkin lymphoma(NHL) in children.

Methods: We reported 16 children were histologically diagnosed as stage Ⅲ and Ⅳ NHL from September 2015 to December 2020 who received IT rituximab in Pediatric Oncology of Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital were restrospectively analyzed. The clinical manifestations, central nervous system involvement,treatment plan and prognosis of patients were analyzed....

ALL patients were pathologically positive for CD20 received the modified NHL-BFM 95, while IT rituximab was arranged the day before the chemotherapy, which was simultaneously used with the intravenous infusion of rituximab. The median time of doses received by each patient was 5 times, every three weeks, with the IT dose of 10 mg,15 mg, and 20 mg in increments.

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Key information

Conditions

Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Child, Only Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases Immune System Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders Lymphatic Diseases Lymphoma Lymphoproliferative Disorders Neoplasms Neoplasms by Histologic Type

Age range

1 day–14 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

About this study

Malignant lymphoma is one of the most common malignancies in children, with approximately 60 percent of cases being B-cell, non-hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) . NHL in children progresses rapidly, prone to bone marrow and central nervous system (CNS) involvement , CNS-infested NHL has a poor prognosis regardless of primary or secondary , high-intensity chemotherapy, intravenous rituximab (RTX), radiotherapy, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, HSCT) has limited efficacy in the treatment of these children because only a small percentage of drugs/antibodies can penetrate the blood-brain barrier . Only a limited number of intrathecal agents, primarily methotrexate, steroids, and cytarabine, have been identified that have demonstrated safety in the use of CNS-violated NHL but have not improved long-term survival in these children . Therefore, whether safe and effective intrathecal drugs can be found is the focus of the treatment and prevention of CNS-infused NHL.

Most B-cell NHL tumors express CD20 antigen in tumor tissues , RTX is a chimeric monoclonal antibody specific to B-cell CD20 antigen, and a large number of studies have confirmed that intravenous infusion of RTX has a good effect on adult and pediatric B-cell NHL . However, intravenous RTX concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid are low, ranging from 0.1 to 4.4 percent of the blood concentration, and repeated intravenous use does not increase its drug concentration in the cerebrospinal fluid . Recent small clinical studies have shown that intrathecal RTX injection is safe in adult lymphoma patients , but there are no domestic cases of intrathecal RTX use in childhood lymphoma. In this paper, 16 clinical cases of intrathecal RTX injection of stage III and IV. B-cell NHL were analyzed to explore the safety and efficacy of RTX intrathecal therapy.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Clinical diagnosis of B lymphocyte NHL
Age≤ 18 years old
Normal heart and kidney function

Exclusion criteria

Heart, liver and kidney diseases
Allergic to rituximab

Treatment and study plan

intrathecal rituximab

Other

All children were treated with a modified NHL-BFM95 regimen for children NHL with the addition of rituximab, both intravenous and intrathecal, and rituximab intrathecal infusion is scheduled to be used simultaneously with rituximab intravenous drip. rituximab intrathecal doses are 10 mg, 15 mg, and 20 mg in increments every 3 weeks. rituximab intrathecal injection does not use methotrexate or/and cytarabine intrathecaline chemotherapy.

Primary outcomes

3-year disease-free survival rate

Time frame: 36 months

DFS is the time from grouping to evidence of disease recurrence

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2015
Primary completion: 2020
Study completion: 2022
First posted: Jan 5, 2024
Registry last updated: Jan 5, 2024

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