Promising cocktail targets brain cancer
NCT ID NCT07410520
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 trial is testing a combination of four drugs (PD-1 inhibitor, rituximab, methotrexate, and orelabrutinib) in 50 people with newly diagnosed or relapsed central nervous system lymphoma. The goal is to see if this mix can stop the cancer from growing for at least a year. Participants will receive the drugs intravenously and orally over several cycles, with maintenance therapy for up to two years.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- PD-1 inhibitor, rituximab, methotrexate, and orelabrutinib
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could offer a more effective first-line treatment for central nervous system lymphoma, potentially improving long-term survival and reducing relapse.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial (50 participants) with no comparison group, so results may not be definitive. The drug combination can cause serious side effects like infections or organ damage.
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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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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Feb 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
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 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: \[1\] Newly diagnosed PCNSL confirmed by histopathology, or independently relapsed SCNSL (diffuse large B-cell lymphoma), diagnosed according to the 2016 WHO diagnostic criteria. \[2\] Signed written informed consent, and ability to comply with protocol-specified visits and related procedures. \[3\] Cranial MRI (non-contrast + contrast) performed within 28 days prior to study enrollment must show at least one measurable lesion in two perpendicular dimensions (according to the 2014 Lugano criteria). \[4\] ECOG performance status of 0-4. \[5\] Adequate organ and bone marrow function, defined as follows: 1. Hematology: Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.0×10⁹/L, platelet count (PLT) ≥ 50×10⁹/L, hemoglobin (HGB) ≥ 8.0 g/dL; no administration of granulocyte growth factors, platelet transfusion, or red blood cell transfusion within 7 days prior to testing. 2. Liver function: Serum total bilirubin (TBIL) ≤ 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN); alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 × ULN. 3. Renal function: Serum creatinine (Cr) ≤ 1 × ULN or creatinine clearance (CCr) ≥ 90 mL/min. 4. Cardiac function: Cardiac function class below Grade III (NYHA criteria); echocardiography shows left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ 50%. 5. Coagulation: International normalized ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5 × ULN, activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤ ULN + 10 s, and prothrombin time (PT) ≤ ULN + 3 s. 6. Thyroid function: Baseline thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) level within normal range, or abnormal baseline TSH with normal T3/T4 and no associated symptoms. \[6\] Life expectancy \> 3 months. \[7\] Age ≥ 18 years. \[8\] Female subjects of childbearing potential or male subjects with female partners of childbearing potential must use effective contraception throughout the treatment period and for 90 days after the last dose. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Presence of disease involvement outside the central nervous system. 2. History of a second primary malignancy (except for adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, superficial bladder cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, intramucosal carcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract, or breast carcinoma that has been cured and has shown no recurrence within the past 5 years). 3. History of allergic disease, severe drug allergy, or known hypersensitivity to macromolecular protein preparations or any component of the PD-1 monoclonal antibody injection formulation. 4. Prior treatment with anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, or anti-CTLA-4 antibodies, or CAR-T cell therapy (or any other antibody targeting T-cell co-stimulation or checkpoint pathways). 5. Previous allogeneic organ transplantation or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. 6. Planned to receive other systemic anti-tumor therapies during the study period. 7. Use of anti-cancer vaccines or other immunostimulatory anti-tumor therapy within 3 months before the first dose. 8. Severe acute or chronic infection requiring systemic therapy. 9. Active, known, or suspected autoimmune disease (refer to Appendix 5), or history of such disease within the past 2 years (patients with vitiligo, psoriasis, alopecia, or Graves' disease not requiring systemic treatment in the past 2 years, hypothyroidism requiring only thyroid hormone replacement, or type 1 diabetes requiring only insulin replacement may be enrolled). 10. Use of immunosuppressive drugs within 4 weeks prior to the first study treatment, excluding intranasal, inhaled, or other local glucocorticoids or physiologic doses of systemic glucocorticoids (i.e., no more than 10 mg/day prednisone or equivalent). 11. Positive human immunodeficiency virus antibody (HIV-Ab), active hepatitis, or other uncontrolled infectious diseases. 12. Current or previous history of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis or idiopathic pneumonia. 13. Known active tuberculosis. 14. Previous history of grade ≥3 immune-related adverse events from prior immunotherapy. 15. History of definite neurological or psychiatric disorders. 16. Administration of any live vaccine against infectious diseases within 4 weeks before the first dose or planned use during the study period (e.g., influenza vaccine, chickenpox vaccine, etc.). 17. Clear history of alcohol or drug abuse. 18. Pregnancy or lactation. 19. Participation in other investigational drug studies with active treatment within 1 month before the first dose. 20. Any other condition that, in the investigator's judgment, may affect the evaluation of efficacy or safety in this study.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University
RECRUITINGNanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China
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