Status:

COMPLETED

LINFOTARGAM: Treatment With Chemotherapy Plus Rituximab and Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in Patients With Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma and Infection With the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Lead Sponsor:

PETHEMA Foundation

Conditions:

HIV Infections

Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Main objective: * To evaluate the applicability of the treatment: 1. To evaluate the treatment toxicity according to the Common Terminology Criteria (CTC) version 3.0 of the National Cancer Instit...

Detailed Description

This is a clinical trial with a pharmaceutical drug used in the same conditions of authorization.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with HIV infection diagnosed with DLBCL in any stage (I-IV according to the Ann Arbor classification) not previously treated for the lymphoma.
  • Patients with CD20-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
  • Aged from 18 to 70 years old
  • Any score of International Prognostic Index. (It is also applicable in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma \[NHL\] infected with HIV.)
  • ECOG performance status 0 to 3
  • Written informed consent
  • Absolute neutrophil count \> 1.5 x 10\^9/L.
  • Absence of synchronic or non-synchronic neoplasia with the exception of non-melanoma skin tumors or in situ cervical carcinoma.
  • CD4+ lymphocyte count \> 100/µL

Exclusion

  • Patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma previously treated.
  • Patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma.
  • Patients with Burkitt or Burkitt-like NHL.
  • CD4+ lymphocyte count \< 100/µL
  • Opportunistic infections or other AIDS-related neoplasias in activity.
  • Active drug-addiction.
  • Pregnant or lactating women or adults of fertile age who do not use an effective contraceptive method.
  • Patients with serious altered renal function (creatinine \> 2.5 x upper limit of normal \[ULN\]) or hepatic \[bilirubin, ALT or AST \> 2.5 x ULN\], except if the investigators suspect that they are caused by the disease.
  • Cardiac insufficiency with ejection fraction \< 40%
  • Patients with serious psychiatric diseases that can interfere with their capacity to understand the study (including alcoholism or active drug-addiction).
  • ECOG \> 3
  • Patients with a known hypersensitivity to murine proteins or any other component of the study drugs.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

November 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

50 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00466258

Start Date

October 1 2006

End Date

November 1 2009

Last Update

November 25 2009

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H. Son Llatzer

Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

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Germans Trias i Pujol

Badalona, Barcelona, Spain

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H. Clínic i Provincial, Barcelona

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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H. Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain