Old drug, new hope for rare skin cancer?
NCT ID NCT01556035
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested the drug lenalidomide (Revlimid) in 19 people with a rare type of skin lymphoma called leg-type large B-cell lymphoma that had come back or not responded to initial chemotherapy. Participants took lenalidomide pills daily for 21 days, then rested for 7 days, repeating this cycle for up to a year. The main goal was to see how many patients had their tumors shrink or disappear after 6 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- lenalidomide (Revlimid)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new treatment option for people with this rare skin lymphoma that has come back after initial therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 19 participants, so results may not apply broadly. Lenalidomide can cause side effects like low blood counts and fatigue.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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19 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Jul 2012
- Finished
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Aug 2015
- 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 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: * Biopsy-proven Primary cutaneous large B-cell lymphoma leg-type * Clinically measurable skin involvement (T1-T3) or skin and nodal (N1-N3) involvement measurable by PET-CT, corresponding to : Relapse after initial complete response (CR) after R-polychemotherapy Or Partial response or stable disease after R-polychemotherapy * Age \> 18 years * Life expectancy \> 3 months * WHO performance status 0-2 * Skin biopsy performed at the inclusion on a skin tumor : new tumor in case of relapsing PCLBCL-LT or initial skin tumor refractory to the previous treatment * Signed informed consent for clinical and biological analyses. The Lenalidomide Information Sheet will be given to each patient receiving lenalidomide study therapy. The patient must read this document prior to starting lenalidomide study treatment and each time they receive a new supply of study drug. * Social security cover * Conditions of global RPP have to be fulfilled by all the patients * The Lenalidomide Education and Counseling Guidance Document must be completed and signed by either a trained counselor or the Investigator at the participating clinical center prior to each dispensing of lenalidomide study treatment. A copy of this document must be maintained in the patient records. Exclusion Criteria: * Central nervous system involvement (cerebral CT scan is performed at the inclusion) * One or more of the biological abnormalities : Neutrophil count \< 1,500/mm3 ; Platelet count \< 60,000/mm3 ; Transaminases \> 5 x upper limit of normal ; Total bilirubin \> 2.0 mg/dl (34 µmol/L)/ conjugated bilirubin\>0.8 mg/dL, except of haemolytic anemia ; Creatinine clearance \< 50 mL /min ( measured or calculated according to the method of Cockcroft-Gault) * Pregnant or lactating females, potentially childbearing females defined by sexually mature female who: 1) has not undergone a hysterectomy (the surgical removal of the uterus) or bilateral oophorectomy (the surgical removal of both ovaries) or 2) has not been naturally postmenopausal (amenorrhea following cancer therapy does not rule out childbearing potential) for at least 24 consecutive months (i.e., has had menses at any time during the preceding 24 consecutive months. * Patients should not receive steroids continuously except for prednisone for tumoral flare treatment * Uncontrolled infectious and thromboembolic diseases * Subjects not willing to take deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis * Prior history of malignancies unless the subject has been free of the disease for ≥5 years. Exceptions include basal cell skin carcinoma, carcinoma in situ of the cervix or of the breast * Any serious medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illness that would prevent the subject from signing the informed consent form * Known seropositive for or active viral infection with HIV, Hepatitis B and C virus. * Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to ongoing or active infection requiring parenteral antibiotics, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus as defined by the investigator * Chronic symptomatic congestive heart failure (III or IV of the NYHA Classification for Heart Disease) * Unstable angina pectoris, angioplasty or myocardial infarctions within 6 months * Clinically significant cardiac arrhythmia that is symptomatic or requires treatment, or asymptomatic sustained ventricular tachycardia. * Prior ≥ Grade 3 allergic reaction/hypersensitivity or desquamative rash while taking thalidomide * Any standard or experimental anti-cancer drug therapy or radiation within 3 weeks of the initiation of study drug therapy. * Participation in another clinical trial
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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AP-HM Hôpital Nord
Marseille, 13915, France
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AP-HP Groupe hospitalier Bichat - Claude Bernard
Paris, 75877, France
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AP-HP Groupe hospitalier Cochin
Paris, 75679, France
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AP-HP Hôpital Ambroise Paré
Boulogne-Billancourt, 92104, France
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AP-HP Hôpital Avicenne
Bobigny, 93009, France
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AP-HP Hôpital Henri Mondor
Créteil, 94010, France
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AP-HP Hôpital Tenon
Paris, 75970, France
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AP-HP- Hôpital Saint Louis
Paris, 75475, France
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CHRU de Montpellier Hôpital Saint-Eloi
Montpellier, 34295, France
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CHU Amiens, Hôpital Sud
Amiens, 80054, France
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CHU Besançon, Hôpital Saint-Jacques
Besançon, 25030, France
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CHU Lyon Sud
Pierre-Bénite, 69450, France
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CHU de Bordeaux Hôpital du Haut Lévèque
Pessac, 33604, France
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CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Estaing
Clermont-Ferrand, 63003, France
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CHU de Dijon, Le Bocage
Dijon, 21079, France
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CHU de Grenoble
Grenoble, 38043, France
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CHU de Lille Hôpital Claude Huriez
Lille, 59037, France
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CHU de Nantes, Hôtel Dieu
Nantes, 44093, France
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CHU de Nice Groupe hospitalier l'Archet
Nice, 06202, France
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CHU de Reims, Hôpital Robert Debré
Reims, 51092, France
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CHU de Rouen, Hôpital Charles Nicolle
Rouen, 76031, France
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CHU de Toulouse Hôpital Larrey
Toulouse, 31059, France
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CHU de Tours- Hôpital Trousseau
Tours, 37044, France
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Centre Léon Bérard
Lyon, 69373, France