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Rituximab Combined With Chemotherapy in Burkitt's Lymphoma

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Burkitt's Lymphoma
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT00388193
Lead Sponsor
PETHEMA Foundation
Brief Summary

The purpose of this clinical trial is to prove the efficacy of the following new regimen treatment:

* Administration of anti-CD20 (Rituximab) combined with chemotherapy.

* Combined treatment with high doses of methotrexate and high doses of cytarabine with conventional cytostatics (block C)

* Prophylactic administration of G-CSF after all chemotherapy cycles

* local irradiation after 6 cycle if CNS was affected or if there are residual tumour

Detailed Description

Clinical Trial with a pharmaceutical speciality in new conditions to use.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
20
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients diagnosed with mature LLA-B cell (LLA-L3)
  • Patients diagnosed with Burkitt´s and Burkitt´s Like Lymphoma
  • Patients 15 years old or up
  • Written Informed Consent signed
Exclusion Criteria
  • Serious complications related with LAL3/LB or Secondary illness:

Serious complications, uncontrollable, for example, sepsis, pneumonia with hypoxia, shock, haemorrhage at diagnosis.

  • Renal failure unconditional for the Lymphoma/Leukemia
  • Heart failure or serious liver.
  • Pulmonary obstructive disease or serious restrictive that not allow to treat the patient with intensive chemotherapy.
  • Secondary Lymphoma after chemotherapy or previous radiotherapy or second malignant tumour.
  • Known hypersensitivity to any foreign protein.
  • Previous treatment with cytostatics of the LLA-B or Burkitt´s Lymphoma (exception: administration on short time of glucocorticoids ≤ 7 days, one administration of vincristine or cyclophosphamide, one cycle of CHOP, urgent administration of the another cytostatics).
  • With another malignant tumour in the last 5 year.
  • Women in fertile age must give positive in the pregnancy test or nursing mother.
  • Mental disability or emotional or psychiatric significant disorder were the patient can't understand nor cooperate with treatment.
  • Patients is enrolled in another clinical research study.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
1RITUXIMAB-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Determinate the efficacy of the administration of anti-CD20 (RITUXIMAB) combined with chemotherapy.1 year
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Combined treatment with high doses of methotrexate and high doses of cytarabine with conventional cytostatics (block C)1 year
Prophylactic administration of G-CSF after all chemotherapy cycles1 year
local irradiation after 6 cycle if CNS was affected or if there are residual tumour1 year

Trial Locations

Locations (15)

Hospital General de Alicante

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Alicante, Spain

Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca

🇪🇸

Salamanca, Spain

Hospital Juan Canalejo

🇪🇸

La Coruña, Spain

Hospital Doce de Octubre

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Hospital Clínico San Carlos de Madrid

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Hospital general de Jerez de la Frontera

🇪🇸

Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

Hospital Txagorritxu

🇪🇸

Vitoria, Spain

Hospital "Santa Creu i Sant Pau"

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital Clínico y Provincial de Barcelona

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Complejo Hospitalario de Cáceres

🇪🇸

Cáceres, Spain

Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío

🇪🇸

Sevilla, Spain

Hospital Son Dureta

🇪🇸

Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Hospital La Fe

🇪🇸

Valencia, Spain

Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer, Murcia

🇪🇸

Murcia, Spain

Hospital Carlos Haya

🇪🇸

Málaga, Spain

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