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Maintenance Obinutuzumab in Treating Patients With Central Nervous System Lymphoma Who Have Achieved a Complete or Partial Response

  • PhasePhase 2
  • StatusRecruiting
  • Planned enrollment28 people
  • Recruiting US sites6
  • SponsorProvidence Health & Services
  • RegistryNCT06175000

Recruitment re-checked on ClinicalTrials.gov Oct 30, 2026. Public record; not medical advice.

Maintenance Obinutuzumab in Treating Patients With Central Nervous System Lymphoma Who Have Achieved a Complete or Partial Response: a one-minute explainerNCT061750001 min

Eligibility

Who can join

The film gives the main points. The full list below is copied from the registry; the study team makes the final decision.

  • Age18 Years to no maximum
  • SexAll
  • Healthy volunteersNo

You may be able to join if

  • CD20+ B-cell primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) confirmed at the time of diagnosis by histology, cytology, or immunocytochemistry from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); diagnosis must be documented by pathology report.
  • Must have undergone first-line treatment with a high-dose methotrexate-based chemotherapy regimen with or without brain radiotherapy; high-dose methotrexate is defined as >= 3 grams/m^2; methotrexate dose reduction for creatinine clearance < 100 ml/min is permitted
  • Must be within 75 days of completion of first-line treatment regimen at the time of randomization; must have achieved objective response (PR or CR/unconfirmed complete response [CRu]) to first-line treatment
  • Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) documenting objective response must be obtained within 30 days before randomization
  • If CSF was positive for lymphoma cells at diagnosis or during first-line treatment and/or a slit lamp examination was positive at diagnosis or during first-line treatment, then the CSF and vitreal studies must have been repeated and must have indicated CR; Note: CR requires complete disappearance of all enhancing abnormalities on gadolinium-enhanced MRI; if CSF was positive for lymphoma cells at diagnosis or during first-line treatment and/or slit lamp examination was positive at diagnosis or during first-line treatment, then the CSF and vitreal studies must have been repeated and must have indicated CR; for CRu, some patients will have a small but persistent enhancing abnormality on MRI related to biopsy or focal hemorrhage; it is often difficult to ascertain whether this represents a residual nidus of tumor or scar tissue; if the abnormality does not change or slowly involutes without therapy and corticosteroids, it is reasonable to categorize as a CRu; at the time CR/CRu is determined, the patient should not have used corticosteroids for at least two weeks
  • Karnofsky performance status (KPS) >= 60; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0, 1, or 2
  • Signed informed consent form (ICF)
  • Ability and willingness to comply with the requirements of the study protocol
  • Total bilirubin < 3 x the upper limit of normal (ULN), ≤ 7 days before date of randomization
  • Creatinine clearance > 30 mL/min (calculated according to institutional standards or using Cockcroft-Gault formula), ≤ 7 days before date of randomization
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 5 x ULN, ≤7 days before date of randomization
  • Platelet ≤ 75,000 cells/mm^3, ≤ 7 days before date of randomization
  • Hemoglobin > 9 g/dL, ≤ 7 days before date of randomization
  • Absolute neutrophil count > 1.5 x 10^3 cells/mm^3, ≤ 7 days before date of randomization
  • Surgically sterile or agree to use effective contraception using an adequate measure of contraception such as oral contraceptives, intrauterine device, or barrier method of contraception in conjunction with spermicidal jelly while receiving obinutuzumab and >= 18 months after the last dose of obinutuzumab for women, and 180 days after the last dose of obinutuzumab for men

You cannot join if

  • History of severe allergic or anaphylactic reactions to monoclonal antibody therapy
  • Clinical evidence of extra-central nervous system (CNS) (systemic) non-Hodgkin lymphoma
  • Known hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs
  • History of other malignancy that could affect compliance with the protocol or interpretation of results
  • Patients with a history of curatively treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or in situ carcinoma of the cervix are generally eligible; patients with a malignancy that has been treated, but not with curative intent, will also be excluded, unless the malignancy has been in remission without treatment for >= 2 years prior to randomization
  • Known active bacterial, viral, fungal, mycobacterial, or other infection (excluding fungal infections of nail beds) or any major episode of infection requiring treatment with IV antibiotics or hospitalization (related to the completion of the course of antibiotics) within 4 weeks prior to study randomization
  • Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to study randomization
  • Known infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
  • Positive hepatitis serologies:
  • Hepatitis B (HBV): patients with positive serology for hepatitis B defined as positivity for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc); patients who are positive for anti-HBc may be considered for inclusion in the study on a case-by-case basis if they are hepatitis B viral deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) negative and are willing to undergo ongoing HBV DNA testing by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR); patients with positive serology may be referred to a hepatologist or gastroenterologist for appropriate monitoring and management
  • Hepatitis C (HCV): patients with positive hepatitis C serology unless HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA) is confirmed negative and may be considered for inclusion in the study on a case-by-case basis
  • Women who are pregnant or lactating
  • Vaccination with a live vaccine a minimum of 4 weeks prior to study randomization

The treatment

How it is intended to work

This is how the treatment is meant to work. Whether it helps, and how safe it is, is what this trial is testing.

obinutuzumab. A glycoengineered, humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody with potential antineoplastic activity. Obinutuzumab, a third generation type II anti-CD20 antibody, selectivity binds to the extracellular domain of the human CD20 antigen on malignant human B cells. The Fc region carbohydrates of the antibody, enriched in bisected non-fucosylated glycosylation variants, contribute to its higher binding affinity for human FcgammaRIII receptors compared to non-glycoengineered antibodies, resulting in enhanced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) and caspase-independent apoptosis. In addition, modification of elbow hinge sequences within the antibody variable framework regions may account for the strong apoptosis-inducing activity of R7159 upon binding to CD20 on target cells. NCI Drug Dictionary

Treatments listed in the registry

  • Cognitive Assessment (Procedure): Ancillary studies to evaluate neurocognitive function at study entry and at 2 years after study entry.
  • Obinutuzumab (Biological): Given IV
  • Quality of Life Assessment (Other): Ancillary studies to evaluate quality of life at study entry and at 2 years after study entry.

The study

Treatment groups

Randomized · Parallel · masking: Single

Arm I (obinutuzumab (Experimental)

Patients receive obinutuzumab IV on days 1 and 2 for the first cycle, and on day 1 for the subsequent cycles, and on day 1 for the subsequent cycles. Cycles repeat every 60 days for 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Arm II (observation) (Active Comparator)

Patients undergo observation for a total of 2 years.

What it involves

Procedures

As the registry describes them. Requirements to join, such as a tissue sample, are in the eligibility list above even when on-study procedures are optional. Ask the study team which steps apply to you.

  • questionnaires: Part of the study plan

Goals

What the study measures

Main goals

  • Partial response (PR) or complete response (CR) duration (From the date of brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after completion of first-line treatment which confirms PR or CR, to disease progression or death, assessed up to 2 years)

Other goals

  • Overall survival (OS) after CR
  • Neurocognitive function - Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
  • Quality of life (QOL) - European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Brain Neoplasm 20-item
  • Progression free survival (PFS)
  • Overall survival
  • Neurocognitive function - Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised
  • Neurocognitive function - Grooved Pegboard Test
  • Neurocognitive function - Trail Making Test
  • Neurocognitive function - Brief Test of Attention
  • Quality of life (QOL) - European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30-item

Planned enrollment: 28 (estimated).

Where

Recruiting US sites

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
  • Providence Health & Services; Providence Neurological Specialties, Portland, Oregon
  • Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania
  • University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
  • University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
  • Ivy Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment; Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, Washington

Site status as of Oct 30, 2026. Check the live record before contacting a site.

Sources

Where this comes from

Registry record reviewed as fetched Oct 30, 2026, last updated by the sponsor Sep 22, 2026. Public record; not medical advice.

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