LYMPHOMA :NON HODGKIN'S  LYMPHOMA

 

Regimen/Number

Of Patients

Drug Dose and Route

Leukopenia/

Neutropenia

Toxicity

Anemia

Toxicity

Other

Grade III-IV Toxicities

Emetogenic

Potential

Consequences of

Adverse Event(s)

Bexarotene

(Duvic M, et al.

J Clin Oncol .

2001;19:2456-71)

 

N= 56

 

Bexarotene 300 mg/m2/d Po daily

Leukopenia

Moderate 7.1%

Moderately

Severe 3.6%

Severe 2.6%

Moderately

Severe 1.8%

Moderately Severe = MS

Severe = S

Infection (S) 1.8%

Asthenia (MS) 1.8%

Headache (MS) 3.6%

Pain (MS) 3.6 %

Edema 5.4%

Diarrhea (MS) 1.8%

Hypothroidism 3.6%

Increased Cholesterol

(MS) 1.8%

Hyperlipidemia 33.9%

Exfoliation (S) 1.8%

Pruritis 14.2%

Rash (S) 3.6%

Skin Disorder 10.7%

Nausea―

level 1

Dose limiting toxicities

occurred in 66%

of patients (50% at

300 mg/m2/d

and 89% at

300 mg/m2/d)

Monitor for

hyperlipidemia

CHOP

(Bjorkholm M, et al.

Blood.

1999;94:599 a)

 

N= 104

Cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m2 IV day 1

Doxorubicin 50 mg/m2 IV day 1

Vincristine 1.4 mg/m2 IV day 1

(maximum 2 mg)

Prednisone 100 mg/d Po days 1-5

Repeat cycle every 21 days

Grade IV 91 %

(Note: combined

data w/ CNOP)

 

 

Day 1―

level 4

Hospitalization due to

neutropenic fever 47%

Delivered dose intensity

of doxorubicin 92% and

cyclophosphamide 94%

CHOP plus Rituximab

(Coiffier B, et al.

N Engl J Med .

2002;346:235-42)

 

N= 202

 

Rituximab 375 mg/m2 IV day 1

Cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m2 IV day 1

Doxorubicin 50 mg/m2 IV day 1

Vincristine 1.4 mg/m2  (maximum 2 mg) IV day 1

Prednisone 40 mg/m2/d Po days 1-5

Repeat cycle every 21 days

 

After cycle 1

Median ANC

Nadir 400/mm3

Grade III-IV 14%

Fever 2%

Infection 12%

Herpes Zoster 4%

Infusion-Related 9%

Mucositis 3%

Liver Toxicity 3%

Cardiac Toxicity 8%

Neurologic Toxicity 5%

Renal Toxicity 1%

Lung Toxicity 8%

Nausea/Vomiting 4%

Constipation 2%

Alopecia 39%

Other Toxicities 20%

Day 1―

level 4

deaths not attributed

to primary disease

37% required G-CSF

by cycle 4, 43% by

cycle 8

CNOP

(Paviovsky S, et al.

Ann Oncol.

1992;3:205-09)

 

N = 45

Cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m2 IV day 1

Mitoxantrone 10 mg/m2 IV day 1

Vincristine 1.4% mg/m2 IV day 1

Prednisone 50 mg/m2/d PO days 1-5

Repeat cycle every 21 days

Mean Nadir ANC

600/mm3

Mean Nadir WBC

× 109

(0.3 to 5.0)

 

 

 

Stomatitis 2%

Nausea/Vomiting 16%

Alopecia 24%

Cardiac 2%

Neurologic 7%

Diarrhea 2%

Cutaneous  2%

Day 1―

level 4

Infectious mortality 11%

Hospitalization for

neutropenic fever 48%


 

 

LYMPHOMA: NON-HODGKIN’S  (continued ) : Page 2

 

Regimen/Number

Of Patients

Drug Dose and Route

Leukopenia/

Neutropenia

Toxicity

Anemia

Toxicity

Other

Grade III-IV Toxicities

Emetogenic

Potential

Consequences of

Adverse Event(s)

CODOX-M-IVAC

CODOX-M

(Magrath I, et al.

J Clin Oncol.

1996;14:925-34)

 

N = 41

Cyclophosphamide 800 mg/m2 IV day 1,

then 200 mg/m2/d IV days 2-5

Vincristine 1.5 mg/m2 IV days 1, 8 in cycle 1

and on days 1, 8, and 15 on cycle 3

Doxorubicin 40 mg/m2 IV day 1

Cytarabine intrathecal 70 mg days 1, 3

Methotrexate 1200 mg/m2 IV over 1 hour,

followed by 240 mg/m2/hour for the next

hours starting on day 10

Calcium leucovorin 192 mg/m2 IV to start

hours after the completion of the

methotrexate infusion × 1 dose, then

mg/m2 IV every 6 hours until the

methrotrexate level is < 5×10-8 mol/L

GM-CSF 7.5 mcg/kg/d subcutaneously

day 13 onwards until ANC > 1000

Methotrexate 12 mg intrathecal (IT) day 15

 

Notes:

patients with CNS disease at presentation

received additional intrathecal therapy

during the first CODOX-M cycle with

IT cytarabine day 5 and IT MTX day 17.

Regimen consists of alternating cycles of

CODOX-M and IVAC for a total of 4 cycles

Neutropenia

Grade IV

97.6% cycles

(< 18 years)

Grade IV

97.8%

(≥ 18 years)

Leukopenia

Grade IV

97.6% cycles

(< 18 years)

Grade IV

95.6% cycles

(≥ 18 years)

 

Thrombocytopenia

(Grade III)

17.1% (< 18 years) and

9.3% (≥ 18 years)

Thrombocytopenia

(Grade IV)

53.7% (< 18 years) and

39.5% (≥ 18 years)

Stomatitis (Grade III)

26.8% (< 18 years) and

28.9% (≥ 18 years)

Stomatitis (Grade IV)

41.5% (< 18 years) and

20% (≥ 18 years)

Hepatotoxicity (Grade III)

24.4% (all ages)

Hepatotoxicity (Grade IV)

2.4% (all ages)

Day 1―

level 5

Days 2-5―

level 2

Day 8―

level 1

Day 10―

level 4

Infections documented

in 46.6% of cycles

Sepsis occurred in

22.1% of cycles overall

Average duration of

neutropenia was

days (range 0-22)

Systemic fungal

infections in

patients:

1 pulmonary

aspergillosis

1 Candida tropicalis

11 patients developed

a profound and painful

disabling neuropathy

(thought to be due

to the concomitant

administration of

growth factors and

vincristine)

  

 

LYMPHOMA: NON-HODGKIN’S  (continued ) : Page 3

 

Regimen/Number

Of Patients

Drug Dose and Route

Leukopenia/

Neutropenia

Toxicity

Anemia

Toxicity

Other

Grade III-IV Toxicities

Emetogenic

Potential

Consequences of

Adverse Event(s)

IVAC

(Magrath I, et al.

J Clin Oncol.

1996;14:925-34)

 

N = 41

Etoposide 60 mg/m2/d IV over 1 hour

days 1-5

Ifosfamide 1500 mg/m2/d IV over 1 hour

days 1-5

Mesna 360 mg/m2/d IV over 1 hour

(1 dose mixed with ifosfamide), followed by

mesna 360 mg/m2/d IV over 15 minutes

every 3 hours days 1-5

Cytarabine 2000 mg/m2/d IV over 3 hours every

12 hours on days 1, 2 (a total of 4 doses)

Methotrexate intrathecal 12 mg × 1 on day 5

GM-CSF 7.5 mcg/kg/d SQ day 7 onwards

 

Notes:

Regimen consists of alternating cycles of

CODOX-M and IVAC for a total of 4 cycles.

patients with CNS disease at presentation

receive additional IT therapy during the

1st cycle of IVAC as follows:

IT cytarabine on days 7 and 9.

Neutropenia

Grade IV 100%

(all ages)

Leukopenia

Grade IV 100%

(all ages)

 

Thrombocytopenia

(Grade III):

14.3% cycles

(< 18 years)

3.7% (≥ 18 years)

Thrombocytopenia

(Grade IV)

82.9% cycles

(< 18 years)

96.3% (≥ 18 years)

Hepatotoxicity (Grade III)

5.9% cycles (< 18 years)

Stomatitis (Grade III)

5.7% cycles (< 18 years)

3.4% cycles (≥ 18 years)

Stomatitis (Grade IV)

2.9% cycles (< 18 years)

 

 

Day 1-2―

level 5

Day 3-5―

level 4

Documented infections

in 54.5% of cycles

(all patients)

Average duration of

neutropenia 11 days

(range 5-33)

Denileukin diftitox

(Olsen E, et al.

J Clin Oncol.

2001;19:376-88)

 

N = 71

Denileukin diftitox 9 or 18 mcg/kg/d IV

days 1-5

Repeat cycle every 21 days

Premedicate with acetaminophen

and antihistamines

Premedication with corticosteroids

not permitted

9 mcg/kg    Leukopenia 6%    Neutropenia 3%

 

18 mcg/kg    Leukopenia 3%    Neutropenia 3%

 

Infection 33%-43%

Infusion-Repeat Events

Back pain 6%-11%

Chest pain/

Tightness 9%

Pruritis 6%

Hypotension 8%-11%

Vasodilation  3%

Dyspnea 6%-11%

Constitutional

Symptoms 37%-47%

Gastrointestinal 20%-36%

Vascular Leak

Syndrome 17%-25%

Thrombotic Events 3%-8%

Rash 19%-23%

Right Heart Failure 3%-6%

CNS 17%-25%

Days 1-5―

level 2

31% of patients

withdrew due

to toxicity

Vascular leak syndrome

is more pronounced in

patients with albumin

< 3 g/dl


 

 

LYMPHOMA: NON-HODGKIN’S  (continued ) : Page 4

 

Regimen/Number

Of Patients

Drug Dose and Route

Leukopenia/

Neutropenia

Toxicity

Anemia

Toxicity

Other

Grade III-IV Toxicities

Emetogenic

Potential

Consequences of

Adverse Event(s)

DHAP

(Valasquez WS, et al.

Blood.

1988;71:117-22)

 

Dexamethasone 40 mg/d PO or IV days 1-4

Cisplatin 100 mg/m2/d IV continuous

infusion day 1

Cytarabine 2000 mg/m2 IV every 12 hours

for 2 doses, day 2

Repeat cycle every 21 to 28 days

 

 

 

Neutropenia

Grade IV 53%

 

Neutropenic Infection 31%

Thrombocytopenia* 39%

Renal** 20%

Gastrointestinal 20%

Neurological†† 6%

Respiratory†† 6%

Tumor Lysis Syndrome†† 5%

 

*Grade IV toxicity

**SCr > double

baseline value

Severe

††Grade unknown

Day 1―

level 5

Day 2―

level 4

Infectious mortality 11%

Hospitalization for

neutropenic fever 48%

Mortality secondary

to tumor lysis

syndrome 3%

ESHAP

(Valasquez WS, et al.

J Clin Oncol.

1994;12:1169-76)

 

N = 122

Etoposide 40 mg/m2/d days 1-4

Methylprednisolone 250-500 mg/d IV

days 1-5

Cisplatin 25 mg/m2/d IV continuous infusion

days 1-4 (total 100 mg/m2)

Cytarabine 2000 mg/m2 IV day 5

Give immediately following completion

of etoposide and cisplatin

Repeat cycle every 21-28 days

 

 

Febrile Neutropenia 30%

Nausea/Vomiting

(Grade III) 6%

Renal (SCr > double

baseline) 22%

 

 

Days 1-4―

level 5

Day 5―

level 4

Infectious mortality 4%

Hospitalization (admitted

for antibiotics) 30%

Premanent renal

toxicity 4%

Etoposide

Carboplatin

Ifosfamide

(Moskowitz CH, et al.

J Clin Oncol.

1999;17:3776-85)

 

N = 163

Etoposide 100 mg/m2/d IV days 1-3

Carboplatin AUC of 5 (maximum dose 800

mg) IV day 2

Ifosfamide 5 g/m2 IV continuous infusion

over 24 hours day 2 (with 100% replace-

ment with mesna)

G-CSF 5 mcg/kg/d SQ days 5-12

Neutropenia

20.8%

Grade III-IV

26.5%

Thrombocytopenia 29.4%

Neurotoxicity

(not graded) 3%

Increased Alkaline

Phosphatase (2x) 11%

Increased Alanine

Transferase (2x) 9.8%

Day 1―

level 2

Day 2―

level 5

Day 3―

level 2

12.9% of Grade IV

neutropenia patients

hospitalized

 

 

LYMPHOMA: NON-HODGKIN’S  (continued ) : Page 5

 

Regimen/Number

Of Patients

Drug Dose and Route

Leukopenia/

Neutropenia

Toxicity

Anemia

Toxicity

Other

Grade III-IV Toxicities

Emetogenic

Potential

Consequences of

Adverse Event(s)

Fludarabine

Cyclophosphamide

(Flinn IW, et al. Blood.

2000;96:71-75)

 

N = 60

Fludarabine 20 mg/m2/d IV days 1-5

Cyclophosphamide 600 mg/m2/d IV day1

G-CSF 5 mcg/kg SQ starting day 8 continuing

10-14 days until ANC ≥ 10,000

Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole PO twice

daily every Mondey, Wednesday, Friday

Allopurinol 300 mg daily day 1-7

cycle 1 only

Repeat cycle every 28 days

Neutropenia

Grade III 20%

Grade IV 8%

Grade III-IV 7%

Thrombocytopenia

(Grade III) 1.6%

Pulmonary

(Grade III) 3.3%

Day 1―

level 3

Days 2-5―

level 1

Viral reactivation in

6.7% of patients

 

 

 

Fludarabine

Cyclophosphamide

(Hochster HS, et al.

J Clin Oncol.

2000;18:987-94)

 

N = 27

(16 in the recommended

dosing cohort)

Cyclophosphamide 1000 mg/m2 IV day 1

Fludarabine 20 mg/m2/d IV

over 30 minutes days 1-5

Repeat cycle every 28 days

 

Note: PCP and antiviral prophylaxis were

routinely administered.

Neutropenia

(all cycles)

Grade III 25%

of cycles

Grade IV 18%

of cycles

Neutropenia

(cycle 1, without

growth factor)

Grade III 26%

Grade IV 28%

 

Infectious toxicity 11%

Pulmonary toxicity 18%

 

Day 1―

level 4

Days 2-5―

level 1

Herpes Zoster radiculo-

pathy in 3 patients

Treatment discontinued

secondary to toxicity

in 6 patients:

prolonged cytopenias

pulmonary toxicities

Pneumocystis carinii

pneumonia in 1 patient

 

 

Fludarabine

Mitoxantrone

(Dimpoulos MA, et al.

Leuk Lymphoma.    2002;43:111-14)

 

N = 27

Fludarabine 25 mg/m2/d IV over 30 minutes

days 1-3

Mitoxantrone 10 mg/m2 IV day 1

Repeat cycle every 28 days

Neutropenia

Grade III 22%

Grade IV 18%

 

 

Neutropenic Fever 11%

Alopecia 11%