MCLPIIIPhase III, Multicentre, Randomised Study of Fludarabine/Cyclophosphamide Combination With or Without Rituximab in Patients With Untreated Mantle Cell Lymphoma
rituximab
+ Cyclophosphamide
+ Fludarabine
Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases+7
+ Immune System Diseases
+ Immunoproliferative Disorders
Treatment Study
Summary
Study start date: December 7, 2006
Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as fludarabine and cyclophosphamide, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Monoclonal antibodies, such as rituximab, can block cancer growth in different ways. Some block the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Others find cancer cells and help kill them or carry cancer-killing substances to them. It is not yet known whether giving combination chemotherapy together with rituximab is more effective than combination chemotherapy alone in treating mantle cell lymphoma. OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms. * Arm I: Patients receive fludarabine phosphate IV or orally once daily and oral cyclophosphamide once daily on days 1-3. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 8 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. * Arm II: Patients receive rituximab IV on day 1 and fludarabine phosphate IV or orally once daily and oral cyclophosphamide once daily on days 1-3. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 8 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo bone marrow and blood sample collection periodically for molecular studies. Samples are analyzed for morphology; sIgM, sIgD, CD19, CD20, CD5, CD10, CD23, bcl-1, bcl-6 via immunophenotyping and immunohistochemistry; and t(11,14) translocation via interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) mutational analysis. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years, every 6 months for 3 years, and then annually thereafter. This trial follows on from the Phase II randomised study of fludarabine/cyclophosphamide combination with or without Rituximab in patients with untreated mantle cell lymphoma. ISRCTN number: NCT00053092 Peer Reviewed and Funded or Endorsed by Cancer Research UK
Protocol
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.370 patients to be enrolled
Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.Treatment Study
Eligibility
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.Any sex
Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.From 18 to 120 Years
Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.Healthy volunteers not allowed
If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.Conditions
Pathology
Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Histologically confirmed mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), meeting the following criteria: * Diagnosis confirmed by examination of representative material (lymph nodes or bone marrow) together with a typical immunophenotype CD5+, CD23-, sIgM, cyclin D1 nuclear positivity is desirable but not essential * Central review of histology will be performed on diagnostic material * Molecular or cytogenetic confirmation of diagnosis is not required * Previously untreated disease at any stage requiring therapy in the opinion of the treating physician PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Life expectancy ≥ 3 months * Life expectancy not severely limited by other illness * Creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min * Not pregnant or nursing * Negative pregnancy test * Fertile patients must use effective contraception during study therapy * No known serological positivity for HBV, HCV, or HIV * No concurrent uncontrolled serious medical conditions * No severe impairment of renal or liver function (alkaline phosphatase, bilirubin or creatinine \> 2.5 times upper limit of normal) not related to lymphoma * No known hypersensitivity to murine proteins * No prior malignancy in the past 5 years, except for nonmelanoma skin tumor or curatively resected carcinoma in situ of the uterine cervix * No history of a psychological illness or condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may adversely affect compliance with study medication PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * No prior chemotherapy
Study Plan
Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.2 intervention groups are designated in this study
This study does not include a placebo group
Treatment Groups
Group I
ExperimentalGroup II
Active ComparatorStudy Objectives
Primary Objectives
Secondary Objectives
Study Centers
These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.This study has 67 locations
Good Hope Hospital
Birmingham, United KingdomBirmingham Heartlands Hospital
Birmingham, United KingdomBlackpool Victoria Hospital
Blackpool, United Kingdom