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Loncastuximab Tesirine and Rituximab after Stereotactic Radiosurgery for the Treatment of Primary and Secondary Central Nervous System Lymphomas

Trial Status: active

This phase I trial tests the safety, side effects and best dose of loncastuximab tesirine in combination with rituximab after stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in treating patients with primary and secondary central nervous system (CNS) lymphomas that have come back after a period of improvement (relapsed), that have not responded to previous treatment (refractory) or are not eligible for high-dose methotrexate (HDMTX)-based therapy. Loncastuximab tesirine is a monoclonal antibody called loncastuximab, linked to a chemotherapy drug, called tesirine. Loncastuximab is a form of targeted therapy because it attaches to specific molecules (receptors) on the surface of cancer cells, known as CD19 receptors, and delivers tesirine to kill them. Rituximab is a monoclonal antibody. It binds to a protein called CD20, which is found on B cells (a type of white blood cell) and some types of cancer cells. This may help the immune system kill cancer cells. Stereotactic radiosurgery is a type of external radiation therapy that uses special equipment to position a patient and precisely give a single large dose of radiation to a tumor. It is used to treat brain tumors and other brain disorders that cannot be treated by regular surgery. Giving loncastuximab tesirine in combination with rituximab after SRS may be safe and tolerable in treating patients relapsed or refractory primary and secondary CNS lymphomas or are ineligible for HDMTX-based therapy.