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Quality of Life on Elderly Patients with Low Grade Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Recruiting
Conditions
Low Grade Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Adult
Registration Number
NCT05524298
Lead Sponsor
Fondazione Italiana Linfomi - ETS
Brief Summary

Aims of this study are to describe the variation of QoL (Quality of Life) during the clinical management of low-grade lymphoma in elderly subjects and to identify the most important factors at diagnosis and during treatment with an impact on QoL (Quality of Life).

Detailed Description

This is a prospective, multicenter, non-interventional study aiming at investigating on the changes in QoL (Quality of Life) during the clinical management of low-grade lymphoma in elderly subjects and to possibly identify the most important factors at diagnosis and during treatment with an impact on QoL (Quality of Life).

The study plans to enroll 150 patients with a local histologically confirmed diagnosis of indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma fulfilling all the inclusion/exclusion criteria who provide written informed consent will be included in the study. Any type of treatment is allowed by the study (immunotherapy, immunochemotherapy at full or reduced dose, radiotherapy).

All patients must undergo Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) before starting any protocol treatment.

Baseline, post-treatment and follow-up instrumental assessments and response evaluation is done as part of the routine clinical management for patients with indolent NHL (Non Hodgkin Lymphoma) . Response evaluation and all other assessments planned for the EOT (end of treatment) should be planned also in case of early withdrawal, according to clinical practice.

HRQoL (Health-related Quality of Life) evaluation will be done at time of informed consent form signature prior to treatment start, at the end of the treatment (ranging from 1 month to 6 months according to the duration of the treatment) and after 1 year from the start of the therapy.

QoL (quality of life) assessment includes all scales of the EORTC-QLQ-C30 (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of life Questionnaire-Core 30) and the FACT-Lym-LymS (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Lymphoma - lymphoma-specific symptoms questionnaire).

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
150
Inclusion Criteria
  • Local histological diagnosis of indolent B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma: follicular lymphoma, marginal zone lymphoma (nodal, MALT (Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue), splenic), lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/ Waldenström macroglobulinemia)
  • Age ≥ 70 years
  • Patient candidates to receive treatment for lymphoma
  • Patient previously untreated for lymphoma
  • Evaluation of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment at baseline
  • Ability to provide informed consent: subject understands and voluntarily signs an informed consent form approved by an IEC (Independent Ethics Committee), prior to registration into the study

Note: Patient treated in the context of a clinical trial is admitted

Exclusion Criteria
  • none

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
QoL (quality of life) scores at baseline - EORTC-QLQ-C30The endpoint wil be evaluated at the baseline.

Quality of life is measured with the EORTC-QLQ-C30 (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer-Quality of life Questionnaire-Core 30) questionnaire)

QoL (quality of life) scores variations after 1 year from the start of therapy - FACT-Lym-LymSThe endpoint will be evaluated after 1 year from the start of therapy (up to 30 months)

Quality of life is measured with FACT-Lym-LymS (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Lymphoma- lymphoma-specific symptoms questionnaire)

QoL (quality of life) scores variations at the end of treatment - EORTC-QLQ-C30The endpoint will be evaluated from the beginning of the study to the end of therapy (up to 18 months)

Quality of life is measured with the EORTC-QLQ-C30 (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer-Quality of life Questionnaire-Core 30)

QoL (quality of life) scores variations after 1 year from the start of therapy - EORTC-QLQ-C30The endpoint will be evaluated after 1 year from the start of therapy (up to 30 months)

Quality of life is measured with the EORTC-QLQ-C30 (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer-Quality of life Questionnaire-Core 30) and FACT-Lym-LymS (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Lymphoma- lymphoma-specific symptoms questionnaire)

QoL (quality of life) scores at baseline - FACT-Lym-LymSThe endpoint wil be evaluated at the baseline.

Quality of life is measured with the FACT-Lym-LymS (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Lymphoma- lymphoma-specific symptoms)

QoL (quality of life) scores variations at the end of treatment - FACT-Lym-LymSThe endpoint will be evaluated from the beginning of the study to the end of therapy (up to 18 months)

Quality of life is measured with the FACT-Lym-LymS (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Lymphoma- lymphoma-specific symptoms questionnaire)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Progression-Free Survival (PFS)The endpoint will be evaluated from the beginning to the end of the study (up to 30 months)

Progression-Free Survival is defined as the time between the date of registration and the date of disease progression, relapse or death from any cause.

Event-Free Survival (EFS)The endpoint will be evaluated from the beginning to the end of the study (up to 30 months)

Event-Free Survival is defined as the time from start of treatment to disease progression, death or discontinuation of treatment for any reason (e.g. toxicity, patient preference), or initiation of a new treatment without document progression.

Overall Response Rate (ORR)The endpoint will be evaluated from the beginning to the end of the study (up to 30 months)

Overall response rate is defined as the proportion of patients who have a complete response (CR), or partial response (PR) or stable disease (SD) to therapy.Overall Response Rate (ORR) will be defined according to the Lugano 2014 criteria.

Registration of safetyThe endpoint will be evaluated from the beginning to the end of the study (up to 30 months)

Safety is defined as incidence, nature, and severity of adverse events graded according to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE), current version.

Overall Survival (OS)The endpoint will be evaluated from the beginning to the end of the study (up to 30 months)

Overall survival, the percentage of patients alive, is defined as the time between the date of registration and the date of death from any cause.

Trial Locations

Locations (19)

S.C. Ematologia - A.O. SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo

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Alessandria, Italy

Clinica di Ematologia - A.O.U. Ospedali Riuniti

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Ancona, Italy

Divisione di Oncologia e dei Tumori immuno-correlati - IRCCS Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano

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Aviano, Italy

U.O.C. Ematologia - IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II

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Bari, Italy

Ematologia - ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia

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Brescia, Italy

Ematologia - Ospedale di Castelfranco Veneto

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Castelfranco Veneto, Italy

U.O.C. di Ematologia - Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico - Rodolico S. Marco

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Catania, Italy

Unità funzionale di Ematologia - Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi

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Firenze, Italy

S.C. Ematologia - Azienda Ospedali Riuniti Papardo-Piemonte

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Messina, Italy

Unitа Linfomi - Dipartimento Oncoematologia, Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele

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Milano, Italy

S.C. Ematologia - ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda

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Milano, Italy

Ematologia - A.O.U. Policlinico Giaccone

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Palermo, Italy

Divisione di Ematologia - A.O. Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia-Cervello

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Palermo, Italy

U.O. Ematologia - Ospedale Guglielmo da Saliceto

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Piacenza, Italy

Ematologia - Azienda Unitа Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS - Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova

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Reggio Emilia, Italy

U.O. di Ematologia - Ospedale degli Infermi di Rimini

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Rimini, Italy

Ematologia,Trapianto cellule staminali, Medicina Trasfusionale e Terapia cellulare -Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico

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Roma, Italy

U.O.C. Ematologia - A.O.U. Senese

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Siena, Italy

U.O.C. Ematologia - Ospedale di Circolo

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Varese, Italy

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