New drug aims to stop skin lymphoma from returning after transplant
NCT ID NCT07178457
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This phase 3 trial tests whether the drug brentuximab vedotin can prevent relapse in people with advanced cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) who have recently had a stem cell transplant. About 84 adults with CD30-positive CTCL will receive either the drug or a placebo every three weeks for up to 16 cycles. The goal is to see if early treatment improves progression-free survival compared to waiting until the cancer returns.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- brentuximab vedotin
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a way to keep advanced CTCL from coming back after a stem cell transplant, potentially extending remission.
- What could go wrong
- This is a phase 3 trial, but it is not yet recruiting. The drug may cause side effects, and it is unclear if it will improve survival compared to waiting until relapse.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 84 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Nov 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2032
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 70 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: To be eligible for study entry, patients must meet all of the following criteria: * Age ≥ 18 and ≤ 70 years * Histopathologically confirmed diagnosis of ISCL-EORTC stage IIB, III, IVA or IVB MF (mycosis fungoides) with ≥1% CD30 expression determined by immunohistochemistry * ECOG performance status 0-1 * Relapsed or refractory to at least one line of systemic treatment * Complete or partial response of the lymphoma at the time of study inclusion * Having received recent alloHSCT from a sibling, 10/10 or 9/10 phenoidentical, or haploidentical donor (60 to 90 days before inclusion) * Adequate liver function: * Total bilirubin ≤ 2 xULN, or Direct bilirubin ≤ 2xULN if total bilirubin is \>2xULN, or total bilirubin \>2 xULN if elevated total bilirubin is attributed to Gilbert's syndrome * Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 3 x ULN * Adequate hematological function: * Absolute neutrophil count of ≥ 1.0 G/L * Platelet count of ≥ 50 G/L * Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL * Adequate renal function: creatinine clearance calculated by Cockcroft \& Gault formula of ≥ 50 mL/min * Patient affiliated to life insurance * Written informed consent given by the patient Exclusion Criteria: Any of the following criteria requires the exclusion of the patient before randomization: * Second or higher allogeneic HSCT, * Other progressive neoplastic or psychotic disease, * Left ventricular ejection fraction \< 50%, carbone monoxide diffusion capacity \< 50% of the theoretical value, * History of BV-induced adverse event without resolution to current grade \<2. Previous treatment with brentuximab vedotin alone, in the absence of current ≥ grade 2 BV-induced side effect, is NOT an exclusion criterion. * History of disease refractoriness, progression or relapse during BV treatment. Previous treatment with BV alone, if the disease was treatment-sensitive (complete, partial response or stable disease), is NOT an exclusion criterion. * History of ≥ grade 4 adverse event induced by BV. Previous \<grade 4 adverse event induced by BV is not an exclusion criterion if the adverse event has regressed to grade\<2. * Contra-indication to BV including current \>grade 2 neutropenia or active infection, * Progressive disease or relapse at study inclusion compared to the screening visit status, * Refusal of highly effective birth control method for female participant of childbearing potential and male participant with a female partner of childbearing potential, * Pregnant and/or breastfeeding women, * Participation to another interventional clinical trial, * Adults subject to a legal protection measure (guardianship, curatorship and safeguard of justice), * Patients deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision
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