Status:

COMPLETED

Combination Chemotherapy and Rituximab in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Burkitt's Lymphoma or Leukemia

Lead Sponsor:

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Leukemia

Lymphoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

30-120 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

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. Giving more than one drug (combination ...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the overall response rate, 1-year event-free survival, and overall survival of adult patients with newly diagnosed Burkitt or atypical Burkitt lymphoma or leukemia tr...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed diagnosis of 1 of the following:
  • Classic, sporadic Burkitt's lymphoma
  • Burkitt's leukemia (FAB L3 acute lymphoblastic leukemia)
  • Atypical Burkitt/Burkitt's-like lymphoma or leukemia, defined by the following criteria:
  • Characteristic morphologic features
  • High proliferative index AND Ki-67 ≥ 85%
  • Any stage allowed
  • Newly diagnosed or untreated disease
  • Steroids allowed
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • 30 and over
  • Performance status
  • Not specified
  • Life expectancy
  • Not specified
  • Renal
  • No known irreversible renal dysfunction that would preclude treatment with high-dose cyclophosphamide
  • Cardiovascular
  • No known significant cardiac dysfunction that would preclude treatment with high-dose cyclophosphamide
  • Other
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • No known HIV positivity
  • No other malignancy within the past 3 years except basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • Not specified
  • Chemotherapy
  • No prior chemotherapy for lymphoma
  • A maximum of 2 prior doses of intrathecal chemotherapy are allowed
  • Endocrine therapy
  • Not specified
  • Radiotherapy
  • No prior radiation therapy for lymphoma
  • Surgery
  • Prior complete or incomplete surgical resection of lymphoma allowed

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    July 1 2005

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    August 1 2013

    Estimated Enrollment :

    23 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00133991

    Start Date

    July 1 2005

    End Date

    August 1 2013

    Last Update

    September 17 2018

    Active Locations (2)

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    Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

    Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231-2410

    2

    Drexel University College of Medicine - Center City Hahnemann Campus

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19102