primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma
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Also known as B-cell diffuse large cell lymphoma of mediastinumB-cell diffuse large cell lymphoma of the mediastinumlarge cell lymphoma of the mediastinumMed-DLBCLmediastinal (thymic) large B-cell lymphomamediastinal B-cell diffuse large cell lymphomamediastinal diffuse large cell lymphoma with sclerosismediastinal diffuse large-cell lymphoma with sclerosismediastinal large B-cell lymphomaPMBLPMLCLprimary mediastinal (thymic) large B-cell lymphomaprimary mediastinal clear cell lymphoma of B-cell type
Summary
primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (MONDO:0020323) is a cancer and 102 clinical trials. Top therapeutic interventions include cyclophosphamide anhydrous, epcoritamab, and axicabtagene ciloleucel. A subtype of thymus lymphoma — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).
At a glance
- Classification: Cancer
- Prevalence: 1-9 / 100 000 (Europe) [Orphanet-validated]
- Clinical trials: 102
Clinical features
Epidemiology
Prevalence records
1 prevalence record(s), Orphanet:
| Type | Class | Value | Geography | Validation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Point prevalence | 1-9 / 100 000 | 5 | Europe | Validated |
Identifiers
Disease identifiers
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Canonical name | primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma |
| Mondo ID | MONDO:0020323 |
| Orphanet | 98838 |
| DOID | DOID:0080210 |
| ICD-10-CM | C85.2 |
| ICD-11 | 950282079 |
| NCIT | C9280 |
| SNOMED CT | 444910004 |
| UMLS | C1292754 |
| MedGen | 714984 |
| GARD | 0019589 |
| MedDRA | 10036710 |
| Is cancer (heuristic) | yes |
Also known as: B-cell diffuse large cell lymphoma of mediastinum · B-cell diffuse large cell lymphoma of the mediastinum · large cell lymphoma of the mediastinum · Med-DLBCL · mediastinal (thymic) large B-cell lymphoma · mediastinal B-cell diffuse large cell lymphoma · mediastinal diffuse large cell lymphoma with sclerosis · mediastinal diffuse large-cell lymphoma with sclerosis · mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma · PMBL · PMLCL · primary mediastinal (thymic) large B-cell lymphoma · primary mediastinal clear cell lymphoma of B-cell type · primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma
Data availability: 3 cell lines.
Disease family
Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by etiologic mechanism › cancer or benign tumor › neoplastic disease or syndrome › neoplasm › cancer › immune system cancer › thymus cancer › thymus lymphoma › primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma
Genetics & variants
GWAS landscape
No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.
Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers
No tiered GWAS variants or ClinVar records for this disease.
Genes & proteins
No associated-gene cohort resolved for this disease. Atlas builds the molecular and therapeutic sections — associated genes, protein families, druggability, pathways, interactions, and drug associations — by aggregating over a disease’s associated genes (resolved via GWAS / GenCC / ClinVar / CIViC), and none resolved here. This is expected for antibody-mediated, autoimmune, or otherwise non-gene-defined conditions; the curated evidence for this disease is its clinical features, GWAS susceptibility, and clinical trials (above).
Function
No pathway enrichment — requires an associated-gene cohort.
Therapeutics
No druggable-target or therapeutic data for this disease’s cohort.
Clinical trials & evidence
Clinical trials
Clinical trials: 102.
Phase distribution (across all retrieved trials)
| Phase | Trials |
|---|---|
| PHASE2 | 34 |
| PHASE1 | 26 |
| PHASE1/PHASE2 | 20 |
| Not specified | 19 |
| EARLY_PHASE1 | 2 |
| PHASE3 | 1 |
Top trials by phase / activity
| NCT | Phase | Status | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCT04759586 | PHASE3 | ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING | Nivolumab in Combination With Chemo-Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Primary Mediastinal B-Cell Lymphoma |
| NCT02628405 | PHASE1/PHASE2 | ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING | R-ICE and Lenalidomide in Treating Patients With First-Relapse/Primary Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma |
| NCT03038672 | PHASE2 | ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING | Nivolumab With or Without Varlilumab in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Aggressive B-cell Lymphomas |
| NCT03625037 | PHASE1/PHASE2 | ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING | First-in-Human (FIH) Trial in Patients With Relapsed, Progressive or Refractory B-Cell Lymphoma |
| NCT04186520 | PHASE1/PHASE2 | RECRUITING | CAR-20/19-T Cells in Patients With Relapsed Refractory B Cell Malignancies |
| NCT04257578 | PHASE1/PHASE2 | ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING | Acalabrutinib and Anti-CD19 CAR T-cell Therapy for the Treatment of B-cell Lymphoma |
| NCT04542824 | PHASE1/PHASE2 | ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING | Trial of the Safety and Efficacy of Epcoritamab in Japanese Subjects With Relapsed or Refractory (R/R) B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (R/R B-NHL) |
| NCT04745559 | PHASE2 | ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING | Optimizing Cellular and Humoral Immunity by Vaccinating With PCV13 Before and After CAR-T Therapy |
| NCT04836507 | PHASE1/PHASE2 | RECRUITING | Study of Efficacy and Safety of CRC01 in Adult Large B-cell Lymphoma Patients |
| NCT05025800 | PHASE1/PHASE2 | ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING | ALX148, Rituximab and Lenalidomide for the Treatment of Indolent and Aggressive B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma |
| NCT05202782 | PHASE2 | ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING | Zanubrutinib and CAR T-cell Therapy for the Treatment of Recurrent or Refractory Aggressive B-cell Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma or Transformed Indolent B-cell Lymphoma |
| NCT05326243 | PHASE1/PHASE2 | RECRUITING | Phase 1/2 Study of CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CD19 CAR-T; PL001) for Relapsed or Refractory B-cell Lymphoma |
| NCT05507541 | PHASE2 | ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING | TTI-622 in Combination With Pembrolizumab for the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma |
| NCT05633615 | PHASE2 | RECRUITING | Testing Drug Treatments After CAR T-cell Therapy in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma |
| NCT05672251 | PHASE2 | RECRUITING | Loncastuximab Tesirine and Mosunetuzumab for the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma |
| NCT05821088 | PHASE2 | RECRUITING | Tafasitamab and Lenalidomide Followed by Tafasitamab and ICE as Salvage Therapy for Transplant Eligible Patients With Relapsed/ Refractory Large B-Cell Lymphoma |
| NCT05934448 | PHASE2 | RECRUITING | Pembro Plus CAR T-cell Therapy in R/R in PMBCL |
| NCT06093841 | PHASE2 | ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING | Relmacabtagene Autoleucel As Second-Line Therapy in Adult Patients with Aggressive B-cell NHL |
| NCT06238648 | PHASE2 | RECRUITING | Epcoritamab Compared to Observation for Treating B-cell Lymphoma Patients Not in Complete Remission After CD19-directed CAR-T Therapy |
| NCT06271057 | PHASE2 | RECRUITING | Golcadomide Post-CAR T-cell in R/R Aggressive Large B-cell Lymphoma Patients With High Risk of Relapse |
| NCT06412068 | PHASE2 | NOT_YET_RECRUITING | A Prospective Study: Sintilimab and R-CHOP in PMBCL Treatment |
| NCT06486051 | PHASE2 | RECRUITING | A Study of WZTL-002 CAR T-cells for Adults With Relapsed Large B-cell Lymphoma |
| NCT06504394 | PHASE2 | ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING | A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Coformulated With Berahyaluronidase Alfa (MK-3475A) in Participants With Relapsed or Refractory Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma (rrcHL) or Relapsed or Refractory Primary Mediastinal Large B-cell Lymphoma (rrPMBCL)(MK-3475A-F65) |
| NCT06533579 | PHASE1/PHASE2 | RECRUITING | Gene Therapy for CD19-Positive Hematologic Malignancies (SENTRY-CD19) |
| NCT06536049 | PHASE1/PHASE2 | RECRUITING | Epcoritamab Plus Ibrutinib for the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Aggressive B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma |
| NCT06550141 | PHASE2 | RECRUITING | Emapalumab Prevention of CAR-T Cell Associated Toxicities |
| NCT06784726 | PHASE2 | RECRUITING | Odronextamab for Relapsed and Refractory Large B-cell Lymphomas Before CAR-T |
| NCT06834373 | PHASE2 | RECRUITING | Golcadomide and Rituximab as Bridging Therapy for Relapsed or Refractory Aggressive B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Before CAR T-cell Therapy |
| NCT06871007 | PHASE1/PHASE2 | ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION | Nivolumab and DA-EPOCH-R in Pediatric Primary Mediastinal (Thymic) Large B-cell Lymphoma |
| NCT07097363 | PHASE2 | RECRUITING | Epcoritamab With Dose Adjusted Etoposide, Cyclophosphamide, Vincristine, Doxorubicin, Prednisone and Rituximab (EPOCH-R) for the Treatment of Aggressive B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma |
| NCT07098364 | PHASE1/PHASE2 | RECRUITING | ST-067 in Combination With CD19-Directed CAR T-Cell Therapy (Liso-cel) in Relapsed/Refractory Large B-Cell Lymphoma |
| NCT07365306 | PHASE2 | RECRUITING | Epcoritamab, Rituximab, Gemcitabine and Oxaliplatin (R-GemOx) as Salvage Therapy Before Autologous Stem Cell Transplant for the Treatment of Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma |
| NCT07473167 | PHASE1/PHASE2 | RECRUITING | Study of Safety and Efficacy of TC011 in the Relapsed/Refractory Large B Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients |
| NCT00001337 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | Dose-Adjusted EPOCH Chemotherapy and Rituximab (CD20+) in Previously Untreated Aggressive Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma |
| NCT00532259 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | CT-011 MAb in DLBCL Patients Following ASCT |
| NCT01516567 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | Intergroup Trial for Children or Adolescents With Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma: DA-EPOCH-Rituximab Evaluation |
| NCT01897571 | PHASE1/PHASE2 | COMPLETED | Study of Tazemetostat as Single Agent in Solid Tumors or B-cell Lymphomas and in Combination With Prednisolone in DLBCL |
| NCT01965119 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | Pilot Study of Ruxolitinib in Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma and Primary Mediastinal Large B-cell Lymphoma |
| NCT02362035 | PHASE1/PHASE2 | COMPLETED | ACP-196 (Acalabrutinib) in Combination With Pembrolizumab, for Treatment of Hematologic Malignancies |
| NCT02423291 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | A Study of SGN-35 (Brentuximab Vedotin) of Patients With Relapsed or Refractory PMLBCL |
Drugs tested across these trials (top 30)
| Molecule | Max phase | Trials referencing |
|---|---|---|
| CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE ANHYDROUS | 4 | 19 |
| EPCORITAMAB | 4 | 8 |
| AXICABTAGENE CILOLEUCEL | 4 | 5 |
| PROCHLORPERAZINE | 4 | 3 |
| ACALABRUTINIB | 4 | 2 |
| ANAKINRA | 4 | 1 |
| BRENTUXIMAB VEDOTIN | 4 | 1 |
| COPANLISIB HYDROCHLORIDE | 4 | 1 |
| DOCUSATE | 4 | 1 |
| ETOPOSIDE PHOSPHATE | 4 | 1 |
| LACTULOSE | 4 | 1 |
| OMEPRAZOLE | 4 | 1 |
| PEGFILGRASTIM | 4 | 1 |
| TAZEMETOSTAT | 4 | 1 |
| CAMRELIZUMAB | 3 | 1 |
| PIDILIZUMAB | 2 | 1 |
| VARLILUMAB | 2 | 1 |
| CHEMBL4747506 | 0 | 2 |
| CHEMBL5187554 | 0 | 2 |
| CHEMBL5276925 | 0 | 2 |
| CHEMBL5398431 | 0 | 1 |
| CHEMBL4637163 | 0 | 1 |
| CHEMBL5220618 | 0 | 1 |