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Clinical Trials/EUCTR2007-007587-21-CZ
EUCTR2007-007587-21-CZActive, not recruitingPhase 1

Phase III trial of combined immunochemotherapy with Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide and Rituximab (FCR) versus Bendamustine and Rituximab (BR) in patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia - CLL10

GCLLSG - Dept. of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Cologne0 sites550 target enrollmentStarted: August 10, 2010Last updated:
Conditions
Drugs

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Phase 1
Status
Active, not recruiting
Sponsor
Enrollment
550

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1. 18 years of age or older.
  • 2. Confirmed diagnosis of B-CLL.
  • 3. Stage Binet C or stage Binet B and A requiring treatment. Requiring treatment is defined as:
  • a) Binet stage B or Binet A plus at least one of the following symptoms:
  • - B-Symptoms (night sweats, weight loss >= 10% within the previous 6 months, fevers > 38°C or 100.4°F for >= 2 weeks without evidence of infection) or constitutional symptoms (fatigue)
  • - progressive lymphocytosis (lymphocytosis is defined as peripheral lymphocyte count > 5 x 10.9 (increase > 50% over a 2-month period or doubling of peripheral lymphocyte count < 6 months)
  • - evidence of progressive marrow failure as manifested by the development / worsening of anemia and/or thrombocytopenia
  • - massive, progressive or painful splenomegaly or hypersplenism
  • - massive lymph nodes or lymph node clusters (> 10 cm in longest diameter) or progressive or symptomatic lymphadenopathy
  • b) Binet stage A with severe B-Symptoms (night sweats, weight loss >=10% within the previous 6 months, fevers > 38°C or 100.4°F for ³ 2 weeks without evidence of infection).
  • 4. World Health Organization performance status of 0-2.
  • 5. Life expectancy> 6 months.
  • 6. Adequate liver function as indicated by a total bilirubin, AST, and ALT =2 the institutional ULN value, unless directly attributable to the patient’s tumor.
  • 7. Willingness of fertile Male and female patients to use an highlyeffective contraceptive method with a Pearl-Index < 1 (such as implants, injectables, oral contraceptives in combincation with an other contraceptive method, some IUDs, sexual abstinence or vasectomised partner) while on study treatment and for a minimum of six months following study therapy
  • 8. Signed, written informed consent.
  • 9. Patient is a) male b) female and ³ 2 years after the onset of menopause c) female and < 2 years after the onset of menopause and has a negative serum pregnancy test one week prior treatment.
  • 10. Negative serological Hepatitis B test, negative testing of Hepatitis C RNA, negative HIV test within 6 weeks prior to registration.
  • Are the trial subjects under 18? no
  • Number of subjects for this age range:
  • F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
  • F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 20
  • F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
  • F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 10

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1. CIRS-Score > 6 or a single score of 4 for one organ category
  • 2. Patients with a 17p deletion detected by FISH (these patients will be treated within the CLL2O or CLL2L protocol of the GCLLSG)
  • 3. Creatinine clearance <70ml/min calculated according to the modified formula of Cockcroft and Gault or directly measured after 24h-urine collection. Creatinine clearance is to be calculated only in patients with serum creatinine > and = 1,1 mg/dl.
  • 4. Any prior chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy and/or immunotherapy, except for prednisolone treatment administered due to very high lymphocyte counts immediately before first FCR or BR treatment.
  • 5. Patients who have progressed with more aggressive B-cell cancers such as Richter’s syndrome.
  • 6. Active secondary malignancy requiring treatment (except basal cell carcinoma or malignant tumour curatively treated by surgery).
  • 7. History of anaphylaxis following exposure to monoclonal antibodies or any of the study drugs.
  • 8. Active bacterial, viral or fungal infection.
  • 9. Medical condition requiring prolonged use of oral corticosteroids (> 1 month).
  • 10. Cerebral dysfunction, legal incapacity.
  • 11. Pregnant or nursing women, fertile men or women of childbearing potential not using adequate contraception.
  • 12. Any circumstance at the time of study entry that would preclude completion of the study or the required follow-up.
  • 13. Participation in any other clinical trial

Investigators

Sponsor
GCLLSG - Dept. of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Cologne

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