____________________________________________________________ MSK REGIMEN: Pre-RT chemotherapy: MTX 3.5 g/m2 infused over 2 hours Q other wk X 5. Intra-Ommaya MTX (12 mg) given weekly on alternate weeks after administration of systemic MTX. LEUCOVORIN rescue 24 hours after each dose of systemic (10 mg every 6 hours, for at least 12 doses) & intra-Ommaya (10 mg every 12 hours for eight doses) MTX. VINCRISTINE 1.4 mg/m2 (maximum dose, 2.8 mg) given concomitantly with each cycle of systemic MTX. PROCARBAZINE 100 mg/m2/d for 7 days was given with the first, third, and fifth cycle of MTX. Chemotherapy followed by 45 Gy of whole-brain RT. All patients with evidence of ocular lymphoma received 30 to 40 Gy of ocular RT. Three weeks after the completion of RT, patients received two courses of high-dose cytarabine; each course consisted of two doses of 3 g/m2 infused over 3 hours separated by 24 hours. REF:JCO 18, Issue 17 (September), 2000: 3144-3150: Objective response rate to the induction chemotherapy regimen was 90%; overall median survival is 60 months ____________________________________________________________ METHOTREXATE PRIOR TO XRT A brief course of IV methotrexate before cranial irradiation is associated with 2-year & median survival rates superior to those reported for XRT alone & similar to more intensive combined-modality regimens. Neurotoxicity remains an important competing risk for these patients. JCO 18: 519, 2000 METHOTREXATE 1 g/m2 IV during a 6-hour period on days 1 and 8. LEUCOVORIN 15 mg PO Q6hrs X 72 hours, start 24 hrs after the MTX infusion. RADIOTHERAPY start on day 15. A whole-brain dose of 45 Gy followed by a boost of 5.4 Gy. IT chemotherapy to be given only to patients whose cytologic CSF studies are positive. 60 mg of Ara-C given twice weekly for 3 weeks starting on day 1 or as soon as possible after diagnosis of CSF involvement. Weekly Ara-C continued for three doses after clearance of the CSF. ____________________________________________________________ CHOD/BVAM + XRT CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, DOXORUBICIN, VINCRISTINE, & DEXAMETHASONE (CHOD) X 1 cycle CARMUSTINE (BCNU), VINCRISTINE, ARA-C, & methotrexate (BVAM) X 2 cycles, followed by cranial XRT (45 Gy whole brain + a 10-Gy boost for single lesions). REF=Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 50(2):457,2001 N=31; median age = 59 years (21-70); 39% = poor performance status; 21 patients had no PCNSL at the end of treatment. The 5-year actuarial probability of survival = 31% (95% CI: 11%-57%); median survival = 38 months. Patients < 60 years had a survival significantly longer than those > or = 60 years (4-year survival: 58% (95% CI: 34-82%) vs. 29% (95% CI: 5-53%), respectively; p = 0.04). ____________________________________________________________ VINCRISTINE 1.4 mg/m2 day 1, MTX 3 g/m2 days 3 & 10, procarbazine 100 mg/m2 days 1-14 Q 4 weeks X 2 courses. Patients who achieved CR referred to XRT, Those with progressive disease were excluded from further study; All the remaining patients received a 3rd course of CHT followed by RT. REF=Oncology 2001;60(2):134-140 N=13; 12 responded to CHT (ORR = 92%, CR = 77%): 9 underwent consolidation RT, 3 did not. 2 patients experienced severe acute toxicity; lethal pulmonary thromboembolism & transient renal failure. 5 patients relapsed: 2 after CHT & 3 after RT. Relapse was local in all cases, with a case of concomitant hepatic involvement. In contrast to high-dose cytarabine-containing CHT, salvage therapy with temozolomide produced good results. 2 patients died of treatment-related neurotoxicity. 6 patients are alive with a median f/u of 17 months, & 2-year OS=61%. The median survival of the 9 patients who completed the planned treatment is 25+ months with 2-year OS=80%. ____________________________________________________________
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