Peripheral T-cell lymphoma accounts for 12-15% of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in western countries, however, this number is up to 35% or more in some Asian countries, including China. According to the 2016 World Health Organization annual classification, there are 29 subtypes of peripheral T cell lymphoma, among which the most common types are peripheral T cell lymphoma non-specific type (PTCL-NOS), angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) and anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL). For r/r PTCL, the prognosis was poor with objective response rate range from 8-50% and median progression free survival（PFS）range from 3.2-5 months for chemotherapy. Thus, the treatment of this patient population remained clinically unmet need.~This clinical trial will be conducted under Simon's optimal two-stage design. The first stage needs 15 participants, if ≥5 participants acquire remission, the study will move on to the second stage and enroll another 36 patients to achieve a total number of 51 participants enrolled. Drop rate is assumed to be 10%, to insure 47 participants involving the efficacy evaluation statistically.~Participants will receive anti-PD-1 antibody plus HDAC inhibitor every three weeks for a cycle, until disease progression or severe/ intolerant toxicity, the maximum treatment period is 2 years.
This is a single-center, single-arm, phase 2 study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Anti-PD-1 antibody(Sintilimab) plus HDAC inhibitor(Chidamide) in patients with relapsed/refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma (r/r PTCL).