Targeted drug shows promise for rare blood cancer in completed trial
NCT ID NCT01909934
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This completed Phase 4 trial tested the drug brentuximab vedotin in 50 adults with relapsed or refractory systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma (sALCL), a rare blood cancer. Participants had already received at least one round of chemotherapy. The study measured how many patients had their tumors shrink or disappear. Results help understand the drug's effectiveness in this difficult-to-treat group.
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 (a targeted antibody-drug conjugate)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a treatment option for patients with relapsed or refractory systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma who have limited alternatives.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-arm, open-label study with only 50 participants, so results may not be generalizable. The drug may cause side effects, and not all patients may respond.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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50 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2014
- Finished
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Aug 2024
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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 years and older
- 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: * Male or female participants age 18 years or older, with relapsed or refractory sALCL who have previously received at least 1 multiagent chemotherapy * Bidimensional measurable disease * An Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 * Female participants who are postmenopausal for at least 1 year before the screening visit, surgically sterile, or agree to practice 2 effective methods of contraception, at the same time, from the time of signing the informed consent form through 30 days after the last dose of study drug, or agree to practice true abstinence * Male participants who agree to practice effective barrier contraception during the entire study treatment period through 6 months after the last dose of study drug or agree to practice true abstinence * Clinical laboratory values as specified in the study protocol Exclusion Criteria: * Previous treatment with brentuximab vedotin. * Previously received an allogeneic transplant. * Participants with current diagnosis of primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma \[ALCL\] (participants whose ALCL has transformed to sALCL are eligible). * Known cerebral/meningeal disease including signs or symptoms of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) * Female participants who are lactating and breastfeeding or pregnant * Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive * Known hepatitis B surface antigen-positive, or known or suspected active hepatitis C infection
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ankara University Medical Faculty
Ankara, 06340, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Birmingham, West Midlands, B9 5SS, United Kingdom
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Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Norte, E.P.E. - Hospital de Santa Maria
Lisbon, 1649-035, Portugal
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Centro Hospitalar do Porto, E.P.E. - Hospital de Santo Antonio
Porto, 4099-001, Portugal
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Centrum Onkologii-Instytut im. M. Sklodowskiej Curie
Warsaw, 02-781, Poland
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Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka
Rijeka, 51000, Croatia
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Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb
Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
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Clinical Hospital Dubrava
Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
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Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
Brussels, 1200, Belgium
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Debreceni Egyetem Klinikai Kozpont
Debrecen, 4032, Hungary
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Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine
Izmir, 35340, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Ege University Medical Faculty
Izmir, 35040, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Erciyes University Medical Faculty
Kayseri, 38039, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Fakultni nemocnice Brno
Brno, 625 00, Czechia
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Fakultni nemocnice Kralovske Vinohrady
Prague, 100 34, Czechia
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Fakultni nemocnice Olomouc
Olomouc, 779 00, Czechia
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Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla
Santander, Cantabria, 39008, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal
Madrid, 28034, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de Salamanca
Salamanca, 37007, Spain
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Hospital de Braga
Braga, 4710-243, Portugal
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ICO lHospitalet Hospital Duran i Reynals
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, 08907, Spain
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Instituto Portugues de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, EPE
Porto, 4200-072, Portugal
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Istanbul Bilim University Medical Fac.
Istanbul, 34200, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Malopolskie Centrum Medyczne s.c.
Krakow, 30-510, Poland
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Pamukkale Uni. Med. Fac.
Denizli, 20070, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Pecsi Tudomanyegyetem
Pécs, 7624, Hungary
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Policlinica de Diagnostic Rapid SA
Brasov, 500152, Romania
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Royal Cornwall Hospital
Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3LJ, United Kingdom
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SPZOZ MSW zWarminsko-MazurskimCen.Onko.wOlsztynie
Olsztyn, 10-228, Poland
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Semmelweis Egyetem
Budapest, 1083, Hungary
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Spitalul Clinic Colentina
Bucharest, 020125, Romania
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Spitalul Clinic Coltea
Bucharest, 030171, Romania
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Spitalul Clinic Judetean de Urgenta Targu Mures
Târgu Mureş, 540042, Romania
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The Christie
Manchester, Greater Manchester, M20 4BX, United Kingdom
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UZ Leuven
Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne
Gdansk, 80-952, Poland
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Vseobecna fakultni nemocnice v Praze
Prague, 128 08, Czechia
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ZNA Stuivenberg
Antwerp, 2060, Belgium
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