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Combination Chemotherapy Plus Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation With or Without Rituximab in Treating Patients With Relapsed Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Lymphoma
Registration Number
NCT00005589
Lead Sponsor
EBMT Solid Tumors Working Party
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more cancer cells. Monoclonal antibodies such as rituximab can locate cancer cells and either kill them or deliver cancer-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. It is not yet known if combination chemotherapy plus peripheral stem cell transplantation is more effective with or without rituximab for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying giving combination chemotherapy and peripheral stem cell transplantation together with rituximab to see how well it works compared to combination chemotherapy and peripheral stem cell transplantation alone in treating patients with relapsed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the effects of in vivo rituximab purging and maintenance on progression-free survival in patients with relapsed or resistant follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma undergoing high-dose chemotherapy.

* Determine the effects of this regimen on response rate and overall survival in this patient population.

* Determine the effects of in vivo purging with rituximab on molecular remission rates in the hematopoietic product and the patients.

* Determine the safety of rituximab in the transplant setting.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, open-label, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to type of remission (complete vs good partial) and which remission (second vs third). Patients are randomized to one of four treatment arms.

All patients receive induction chemotherapy comprising cyclophosphamide IV over 3-4 hours on day 0 or a standard induction chemotherapy regimen. Filgrastim (G-CSF) is administered subcutaneously daily beginning on day 1.

Patients are then randomized to receive either in vivo rituximab purging or no purging following restaging after completion of induction. For those patients receiving purging (arms I and II), rituximab is administered IV once weekly for 4 weeks.

Peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) are collected between days 8 and 12 post induction chemotherapy. Within 4 weeks of PBSC collection, patients receive carmustine IV over 2 hours on day -6, etoposide IV over 2 hours on days -5 to -2, cytarabine IV over 5 minutes twice daily on days -5 to -2, and melphalan IV over 10-15 minutes on day -1. (Alternatively, high dose cyclophosphamide and total body irradiation beginning 2-4 weeks after cyclophosphamide or standard induction chemotherapy priming is also allowed.) PBSC are reinfused on day 0.

Patients are further randomized to receive either rituximab maintenance or observation only. For those patients receiving maintenance (arms I and III), rituximab is administered IV once every 2 months for 4 doses beginning 30 days after PBSC reinfusion.

Patients are followed at 30 days, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after PBSC transplant, every 6 months for 2 years, and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 460 patients (115 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 5 years.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
460
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to disease progression
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Molecular remission rates
Safety
Response rate and survival

Trial Locations

Locations (131)

Universitaetsklinikum Goettingen

🇩🇪

Goettingen, Germany

Institut Jules Bordet

🇧🇪

Brussels, Belgium

U.Z. Gasthuisberg

🇧🇪

Leuven, Belgium

Royal Melbourne Hospital

🇦🇺

Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Academisch Ziekenhuis der Vrije Universiteit Brussel

🇧🇪

Brussels, Belgium

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

🇦🇺

Woodville, South Australia, Australia

CHU de Grenoble - Hopital de la Tronche

🇫🇷

Grenoble, France

Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud

🇫🇷

Pierre Benite, France

Centre Regional Francois Baclesse

🇫🇷

Caen, France

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Bretonneau de Tours

🇫🇷

Tours, France

Polyclinique Saint Jean

🇫🇷

Melun, France

Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen Middelheim

🇧🇪

Antwerpen, Belgium

Polyclinique Du Parc

🇫🇷

Caen, France

Medical University Hospital Homburg

🇩🇪

Homburg, Germany

Hospital Cuidad de Jaen

🇪🇸

Jaen, Spain

Waikato Hospital

🇳🇿

Hamilton, New Zealand

Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Hospital Universitario San Carlos

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

DIAKO Ev. Diakonie Krankenhaus gGmbH

🇩🇪

Bremen, Germany

Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre - General Campus

🇨🇦

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Royal Perth Hospital

🇦🇺

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Allgemeines Krankenhaus - Universitatskliniken

🇦🇹

Vienna, Austria

CHR Hotel Dieu

🇫🇷

Nantes, France

Centre Leon Berard

🇫🇷

Lyon, France

Klinikum Augsburg

🇩🇪

Augsburg, Germany

Universitaetsklinikum des Saarlandes

🇩🇪

Homburg, Germany

Hospital Universitario Puerta Del Mar

🇪🇸

Cadiz, Spain

Hopital Saint-Louis

🇫🇷

Paris, France

Southwest German Cancer Center at Eberhard-Karls-University

🇩🇪

Tuebingen, Germany

Asklepios Klinik St. Georg

🇩🇪

Hamburg, Germany

Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire d'Angers

🇫🇷

Angers, France

Stoke Mandeville Hospital

🇬🇧

Aylesbury-Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

K. Dluski Hospital-Medical Academy

🇵🇱

Wroclaw, Poland

UniversitaetsSpital Zuerich

🇨🇭

Zurich, Switzerland

Hospital de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin

🇪🇸

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Royal Bournemouth Hospital

🇬🇧

Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom

Hospital Virgen de la Vega

🇪🇸

Salamanca, Spain

Hospital General - Alicante

🇪🇸

Alicante, Spain

Kantonsspital Bruderholz

🇨🇭

Bruderholz, Switzerland

Karolinska University Hospital - Huddinge

🇸🇪

Stockholm, Sweden

Chaim Sheba Medical Center

🇮🇱

Tel Hashomer, Israel

Hospital Virgen de las Nieves

🇪🇸

Granada, Spain

Royal United Hospital

🇬🇧

Bath, England, United Kingdom

Hospital Juan Canalejo

🇪🇸

La Coruna, Spain

Klinikum Oldenburg

🇩🇪

Oldenburg, Germany

Auckland City Hospital

🇳🇿

Auckland, New Zealand

Hospital de la Princesa

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Ibn-i Sina Hospital

🇹🇷

Ankara, Turkey

Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla

🇪🇸

Santander, Spain

Hospital Universidad Virgen Del Rocio

🇪🇸

Sevilla, Spain

Hospital Son Dureta

🇪🇸

Palma De Mallorca, Spain

Hospital Universitario de Getafe

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Hull Royal Infirmary

🇬🇧

Hull, England, United Kingdom

Liverpool University Hospital

🇬🇧

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Hospital Ramon y Cajal

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Clinical Trials and Research Unit of the University of Leeds

🇬🇧

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Hospital Clinico Universitario Lozano Blesa

🇪🇸

Zaragoza, Spain

Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital

🇬🇧

Exeter, England, United Kingdom

Kettering General Hosptial

🇬🇧

Kettering, Northants, England, United Kingdom

St. Thomas' Hospital

🇬🇧

London, England, United Kingdom

Fremantle Hospital

🇦🇺

Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Oxford Radcliffe Hospital

🇬🇧

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

St. Georges, University of London

🇬🇧

London, England, United Kingdom

Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre

🇬🇧

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Saint Bartholomew's Hospital

🇬🇧

London, England, United Kingdom

Huddersfield Royal Infirmary

🇬🇧

Huddersfield, West Yorks, England, United Kingdom

Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust

🇬🇧

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Cancer Research Centre at Weston Park Hospital

🇬🇧

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

🇬🇧

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Middlesex Hospital

🇬🇧

London, England, United Kingdom

Leicester Royal Infirmary

🇬🇧

Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Pinderfields Hospital NHS Trust

🇬🇧

Wakefield, Scotland, United Kingdom

Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust

🇬🇧

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Sandwell General Hospital

🇬🇧

West Bromwich, England, United Kingdom

Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology at Belfast City Hospital

🇬🇧

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Royal Infirmary - Castle

🇬🇧

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Rotherham District General Hospital - NHS Trust

🇬🇧

Rotherham, England, United Kingdom

Hillingdon Hospital

🇬🇧

Uxbridge, England, United Kingdom

Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - Surrey

🇬🇧

Sutton, England, United Kingdom

Staffordshire General Hospital

🇬🇧

Stafford, England, United Kingdom

Aalborg Hospital

🇩🇰

Aalborg, Denmark

Rigshospitalet - Copenhagen University Hospital

🇩🇰

Copenhagen, Denmark

Odense University Hospital

🇩🇰

Odense, Denmark

CHU Pitie-Salpetriere

🇫🇷

Paris, France

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes

🇫🇷

Rennes, France

Institut Gustave Roussy

🇫🇷

Villejuif, France

Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias

🇪🇸

Oviedo, Spain

Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia

🇪🇸

Valencia, Spain

Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet

🇪🇸

Zaragoza, Spain

Complexo Hospitalario Xeral de Vigo

🇪🇸

Vigo Pontevedra, Spain

Hospital de Cruces

🇪🇸

Barakaldo Bilbao, Spain

H. Hartziekenhuis - Roeselaere.

🇧🇪

Roeselaere, Belgium

Westmead Institute for Cancer Research at Westmead Hospital

🇦🇺

Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney Cancer Centre at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

🇦🇺

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

🇦🇺

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

CHU Liege - Domaine Universitaire du Sart Tilman

🇧🇪

Liege, Belgium

Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent

🇧🇪

Ghent, Belgium

University Hospital Kralovske Vinohr

🇨🇿

Prague, Czech Republic

Tom Baker Cancer Centre - Calgary

🇨🇦

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Centre Regional de Lutte Contre le Cancer - Centre Val d'Aurelle

🇫🇷

Montpellier, France

Centre Henri Becquerel

🇫🇷

Rouen, France

Klinikum Nuernberg - Klinikum Nord

🇩🇪

Nuernberg, Germany

Canterbury Health Laboratories

🇳🇿

Christchurch, New Zealand

Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology

🇵🇱

Warsaw, Poland

Instituto Portugues de Oncologia de Francisco Gentil - Centro Regional de Oncologia de Lisboa, S.A.

🇵🇹

Lisboa, Portugal

Centro Medico Teknon

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital Clinic de Barcelona

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital de la Santa Cruz i Sant Pau

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital San Pedro de Alcantara

🇪🇸

Caceres, Spain

Hospital General de Castellon

🇪🇸

Castellon, Spain

Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca

🇪🇸

El Palmar, Spain

Hospital de Galdakao

🇪🇸

Galdakao Vizcaya, Spain

Hospital General Universitario Morales Meseguer

🇪🇸

Murcia, Spain

Hospital Mutua de Terrassa

🇪🇸

Terrassa, Spain

Unidad De Oncol/Hemat. Hospital

🇪🇸

Valencia, Spain

University Hospital - Salamanca

🇪🇸

Salamanca, Spain

Clinique Sainte Elisabeth

🇬🇧

London, England, United Kingdom

University College Hospital - London

🇬🇧

London, England, United Kingdom

Princess Margaret Hospital

🇬🇧

Swindon, England, United Kingdom

Ysbyty Gwynedd

🇬🇧

Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

🇬🇧

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Singleton Hospital of the Swansea NHS Trust

🇬🇧

Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

Prince Philip Hospital

🇬🇧

Dyfed, Wales, United Kingdom

Royal Adelaide Hospital Cancer Centre

🇦🇺

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Clinique Universitaire De Mont-Godinne

🇧🇪

Mont-Godinne Yvoir, Belgium

Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals NHS Trust

🇬🇧

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

James Paget Hospital

🇬🇧

Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

Pontefract General Infirmary

🇬🇧

Pontefract West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Great Western Hospital

🇬🇧

Swindon, England, United Kingdom

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