Rituximab Plus Fludarabine in Treating Patients With Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia

NCT ID: NCT00020800

Last Updated: 2013-01-08

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

7 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2001-09-30

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies such as rituximab can locate cancer cells and either kill them or deliver cancer-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different way to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining monoclonal antibody therapy with chemotherapy may kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of rituximab plus fludarabine in treating patients who have Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the objective response and time to treatment failure in patients with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia treated with rituximab and fludarabine.
* Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.
* Determine if molecular remissions are achievable in patients attaining a clinical complete response when treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive rituximab IV over 3-6 hours once weekly on weeks 1-4, 17, 18, 30, and 31 and fludarabine IV over 10-30 minutes once daily for 5 days on weeks 5, 9, 13, 19, 23, and 27.

Patients are followed at least every 2 months for 2 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 40 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Lymphoma

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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rituximab

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

fludarabine phosphate

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Diagnosis of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia
* CD20 positive by bone marrow immunohistochemistry or flow cytometry
* Presence of monoclonal paraprotein
* IgM level at least 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN)

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* Over 18

Performance status:

* ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

* At least 6 months

Hematopoietic:

* Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1,000/mm\^3
* Platelet count greater than 25,000/mm\^3

Hepatic:

* Bilirubin less than 2.5 times ULN
* SGOT less than 2.5 times ULN

Renal:

* Creatinine less than 2.5 mg/dL

Other:

* Not pregnant or nursing
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 6 months after study
* No serious comorbid disease
* No uncontrolled bacterial, fungal, or viral infection
* No other active malignancy

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

* No prior rituximab
* No prior nucleoside analogue therapy

Chemotherapy:

* At least 30 days since prior chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

* At least 30 days since prior steroid therapy
* No concurrent corticosteroids

Radiotherapy:

* At least 30 days since prior radiotherapy

Surgery:

* Not specified

Other:

* No more than 2 prior courses of therapy
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Christos E. Emmanouilides, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Locations

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Arizona Cancer Center

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Site Status

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status

Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Site Status

Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Site Status

Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Site Status

Tuft-New England Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Long Island Jewish Medical Center

New Hyde Park, New York, United States

Site Status

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Barrett Cancer Center

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Cross Cancer Institute

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Site Status

Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Huddinge University Hospital

Stockholm, , Sweden

Site Status

Saint Bartholomew's Hospital

London, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United States Canada Sweden United Kingdom

References

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Treon SP, Branagan AR, Ioakimidis L, Soumerai JD, Patterson CJ, Turnbull B, Wasi P, Emmanouilides C, Frankel SR, Lister A, Morel P, Matous J, Gregory SA, Kimby E. Long-term outcomes to fludarabine and rituximab in Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia. Blood. 2009 Apr 16;113(16):3673-8. doi: 10.1182/blood-2008-09-177329. Epub 2008 Nov 17.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19015393 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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UCLA-0101063

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NCI-G01-1960

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000068714

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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