Early relapses in primary CNS lymphoma after response to polychemotherapy without intraventricular treatment: results of a phase II study

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Background A systemic and intraventricular polychemotherapy regimen (the Bonn protocol) without radiotherapy resulted in durable responses in 75% of patients Patients and methods From August 2003 to November 2005, 18 patients with PCNSL Results Study accrual was prematurely stopped in November 2005 due to a high rate of early relapses. Seventeen of 18 patients were assessable for response: nine (53%) achieved complete response (CR), two (12%) complete response/unconfirmed (CRu) and two (12%) partial response (PR); four (24%) showed progressive disease (PD). One treatment was stopped due to toxicity. Median follow-up was 23 months, median response duration was only 10 months in responding patients, and median time to treatment failure (TTF) was 8 months in the whole group. Median overall survival (OS) has not been reached. Systemic toxicity was mainly hematologic. Conclusions In PCNSL patients <60 years, polychemotherapy without intraventricular treatment results in a high response rate, but is associated with early relapses in the majority of cases. This is in contrast to the results achieved with the same protocol but with intraventricular treatment.

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