Status:

UNKNOWN

Intergroup Randomized Trial for Children or Adolescents With B-Cell Non Hodgkin Lymphoma or B-Acute Leukemia: Rituximab Evaluation in High Risk Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Gustave Roussy, Cancer Campus, Grand Paris

Collaborating Sponsors:

Children's Oncology Group

Conditions:

B-cell Non Hodgkin Lymphoma

Mature B-cell Leukemia Burkitt-type

Eligibility:

All Genders

6-17 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The aim of the trial is to test whether adding 6 injections of rituximab to standard "Lymphome malin B" LMB chemotherapy regimen improves the Event Free Survival (EFS) compared with LMB chemotherapy a...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Histologically or cytologically proven B-cell malignancies, either Burkitt lymphoma or B-AL (=Burkitt leukaemia = L3-AL) or diffuse large B-cell NHL or aggressive mature B-cell NHL non other specified or specifiable.
  • Stage III with elevated LDH level ("B-high"), \[LDH \> twice the institutional upper limit of the adult normal values (\> Nx2)\] or any stage IV or B-AL.
  • 6 months to less than 18 years of age at the time of consent.
  • Males and females of reproductive potential must agree to use an effective contraceptive method during the treatment, and after the end of treatment: during twelve months for women, taking into account the characteristics of rituximab and during five months for men, taking into account the characteristics of methotrexate.
  • Complete initial work-up within 8 days prior to treatment that allows definite staging.
  • Able to comply with scheduled follow-up and with management of toxicity.
  • Signed informed consent from patients and/or their parents or legal guardians

Exclusion

  • Follicular lymphoma, MALT and nodular marginal zone are not included into this therapeutic study
  • Patients with congenital immunodeficiency, chromosomal breakage syndrome, prior organ transplantation, previous malignancy of any type, or known positive HIV serology.
  • Evidence of pregnancy or lactation period.
  • There will be no exclusion criteria based on organ function.
  • Past or current anti-cancer treatment except corticosteroids during less than one week.
  • Tumor cell negative for CD20
  • Prior exposure to rituximab.
  • Severe active viral infection, especially hepatitis B.
  • Hepatitis B carrier status history of HBV or positive serology.
  • Participation in another investigational drug clinical trial.
  • Patients who, for any reason, are not able to comply with the national legislation.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

482 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01516580

Start Date

December 1 2011

End Date

December 1 2021

Last Update

June 14 2017

Active Locations (10)

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1

University Hospitals Leuven

Leuven, Belgium, 3000

2

Children Oncology Group Operations centres

Monrovia, Canada

3

The University of Hong Kong (Clinical Trials Centre)

Hong Kong, China

4

Institut de Cancérologie Gustave roussy

Villejuif, France, 94805