New combo therapy shows promise for Tough-to-Treat lymphoma

NCT ID NCT03113500

First seen Nov 15, 2025 · Last updated Jun 23, 2026 · Updated 33 times

Summary

This phase 2 trial tests a combination of the targeted drug brentuximab vedotin plus standard chemotherapy in 48 people with CD30-positive peripheral T-cell lymphoma, a rare and aggressive blood cancer. The treatment aims to kill cancer cells more effectively by delivering a toxic agent directly to them. Researchers are measuring how many patients achieve complete remission and how long they survive.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • BCCA-Vancouver Cancer Centre

    Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 4E6, Canada

  • City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Duarte, California, 91010, United States

  • Hackensack University Medical Center

    Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, United States

  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

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 (Adcetris) plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, etoposide, and prednisone

What this could lead to

If successful, this combination could become a standard first-line treatment for CD30-positive peripheral T-cell lymphoma, improving remission rates and survival.

What could go wrong

This is a small, single-center phase 2 study with only 48 participants. Results may not apply to all patients, and side effects from the chemotherapy and targeted drug can be serious.

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma ALK-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma anaplastic large cell lymphoma angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma mature T-cell and NK-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.