Status:

COMPLETED

Rituximab and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Older Patients With Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Lead Sponsor:

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Ortho Biotech, Inc.

Conditions:

Lymphoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

61+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: 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 o...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the clinical response rate in older patients with previously untreated aggressive diffuse large B-cell stage II-IV lymphoma treated with rituximab, cyclophosphamide, ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
  • Stage II, III, or IV disease
  • Previously untreated disease
  • Measurable or evaluable disease
  • No primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma or follicular B-cell lymphoma
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • 61 and over
  • Performance status
  • Zubrod 0-2
  • Life expectancy
  • Not specified
  • Hematopoietic
  • Absolute neutrophil count \> 1,000/mm\^3\*
  • Platelet count \> 100,000/mm\^3\* NOTE: \* Unless due to lymphoma-related hypersplenism or bone marrow infiltration
  • Hepatic
  • Bilirubin \< 2 mg/dL
  • Hepatitis B surface antigen negative
  • Hepatitis B core antibody negative
  • Hepatitis C Virus antibody negative
  • Renal
  • Creatinine \< 2 mg/dL
  • Cardiovascular
  • left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ 50% by echocardiogram or ple gated acquisition (MUGA) scan
  • No uncontrolled hypertension or cardiac symptoms
  • Cardiologist consultation required for patients with stage A cardiac failure or any of the following known heart diseases:
  • Diastolic dysfunction
  • Prior coronary artery bypass graft
  • Prior percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
  • Prior stent insertion
  • Prior radiotherapy to the chest
  • No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
  • No New York Heart Association class II-IV heart failure
  • No uncontrolled angina
  • No severe uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias
  • No clinically significant pericardial disease
  • No acute ischemic or active conduction system abnormality by electrocardiogram (EKG)
  • Other
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No psychiatric illness that would preclude study compliance or giving informed consent
  • No other major life-threatening illness that would preclude study treatment
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • Not specified
  • Chemotherapy
  • Not specified
  • Endocrine therapy
  • Not specified
  • Radiotherapy
  • See Cardiovascular
  • Surgery
  • See Cardiovascular

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    September 1 2005

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    September 1 2014

    Estimated Enrollment :

    80 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00101010

    Start Date

    September 1 2005

    End Date

    September 1 2014

    Last Update

    October 19 2020

    Active Locations (7)

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    Hembree Mercy Cancer Center at St. Edward Mercy Medical Center

    Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States, 72913

    2

    CCOP - Grand Rapids

    Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49503

    3

    CCOP - Kalamazoo

    Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, 49007-3731

    4

    Cancer Research for the Ozarks

    Springfield, Missouri, United States, 65804