Combination Chemotherapy and Rituximab in Treating Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) That Did Not Respond to Fludarabine, CLL With Autoimmune Haemolytic Anemia (AIHA) or Richter's Transformation (RT)

Sponsor
German CLL Study Group
Study ID
NCT00309881
Phase
PHASE2
Status
Completed

Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • rituximab — BIOLOGICAL
  • cyclophosphamide — DRUG
  • doxorubicin hydrochloride — DRUG
  • prednisone — DRUG
  • vincristine sulfate — DRUG

Study Details

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. 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 or carry cancer-killing substances to them. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) together with rituximab may kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving combination chemotherapy together with rituximab works in treating patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) that has not responded to fludarabine (closed to entry as of 10/2006), CLL with autoimmune hemolytic anemia, or Richter transformation.

Key Dates

First listed
Apr 3, 2006
Start date
Apr 30, 2003
Status verified
Sep 2016
Primary completion
Mar 31, 2006
Completion
Mar 31, 2011

Study Design

Enrollment
75 participants (estimated)
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Primary Outcome Measure

Rate of remission

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