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Chronic Lymphocytic LeukemiaPhase 2NCT00758693

Frontline Treatment With Bendamustine in Combination With Rituximab in Adults Age 65 or Older With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)

A Phase 2 study testing Bendamustine and Rituximab in people with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, run by University of Kentucky at 1 site in United States.

Withdrawn

Withdrawn. The study stopped before anyone enrolled.

Official record
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Trial summary

Many chemotherapy combinations may be used to treat patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Although there are many options, a single, best option is not agreed upon by most cancer specialists. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 65 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
What is being tested?
Bendamustine and Rituximab
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
0 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Oct 2008to Jul 2010
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 65 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
  • A minimum of any one of the following disease-related symptoms must be present:
  • Weight loss ≥10% within the previous 6 months.
  • Extreme fatigue (ie, ECOG PS 2; cannot work or unable to perform usual activities).
  • Fevers of greater than 100.5"F for ≥ 2 weeks without evidence of infection.
  • Night sweats without evidence of infection. or
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  • Evidence of progressive marrow failure as manifested by the development of, or worsening of, anemia and/or thrombocytopenia or
  • Autoimmune anemia and/or thrombocytopenia poorly responsive to corticosteroid therapy or
  • Massive (ie, >6 cm below the left costal margin) or progressive splenomegaly or
  • Massive nodes or clusters (ie, > 10 cm in longest diameter) or progressive lymphadenopathy or
  • Progressive lymphocytosis with an increase of >50% over a 2-month period, or an anticipated doubling time of less than 6 months but
  • Marked hypogammaglobulinemia or the development of a monoclonal protein in the absence of any of the above criteria for active disease is not sufficient for protocol therapy
  • No prior therapy for CLL is allowed. Participants may have taken corticosteroids previously but must be ≥ 28 days from last dose prior to enrolment.
  • Age >65 years.
  • Life expectancy of greater than 1 year.
  • ECOG performance status better than or equal 2.
  • Patients must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below:
  • total bilirubin within normal institutional limits unless resulting from documented hemolysis
  • AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) <2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
  • creatinine within normal institutional limits OR
  • creatinine clearance >60 mL/min/1.73 m2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.

Who cannot join

  • Patients who have had previous chemotherapy or radiotherapy for the treatment of CLL.
  • Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents.
  • Patients with known brain involvement should be excluded from this clinical trial because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and other adverse events.
  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to bendamustine or rituximab.
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  • HIV-positive patients are ineligible because these patients are at increased risk of lethal infections when treated with marrow-suppressive therapy.
  • Patients with a known history of viral hepatitis, with the exception of Hepatitis A that has recovered.
  • Patients who require concomitant treatment with CYP1A2 inhibitors including: Cimetidine, Ciprofloxacin, Fluvoxamine, Ticlopidine.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • University of Kentucky

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40536

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About this study

Official title: Frontline Treatment With Bendamustine in Combination With Rituximab in Adults Age 65 or Older With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: A Phase II Study

Many chemotherapy combinations may be used to treat patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Although there are many options, a single, best option is not agreed upon by most cancer specialists. Bendamustine, a medicine recently approved for use in the United States, has been used in combination with rituximab in previous studies to treat patients whose CLL has returned after previous standard treatments. The purpose of this study is to determine whether bendamustine with rituximab is effective for the initial treatment of CLL for patients aged 65 and older.

Being tested
Bendamustine, Rituximab
Keywords
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Bendamustine, Treanda, Rituximab, Rituxan
Medical subject headings
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • BendamustineDrug

    Also called Treanda

    Bendamustine 100 mg/m2 intravenously on days 1 and 2 on a 28-day cycle for 6 cycles

  • RituximabDrug

    Also called Rituxan

    Rituximab 500 mg/m2 on a 28-day cycle for 6 cycles

Study groups in NCT00758693
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
1ExperimentalBendamustine + Rituximab
Receives: Drug: Bendamustine; Drug: Rituximab

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Determine the response rate

    Measured: Defined by the 1996 NCI sponsored working group guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of CLL

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Describe the toxicity rates and severities

    Measured: Up to 2 years after enrollment

  2. Describe the quality of life participants experience while receiving this combination therapy

    Measured: Up to 2 years after enrollment

  3. Determine the health utility scores of participants while receiving this combination therapy

    Measured: Up to 2 years after enrollment

  4. Conduct exploratory analyses of associations between clinical responses and protein expression and phosphorylation using novel flow cytometry methods

    Measured: Pre and Post treatment

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted25 Sep 2008 (estimated)
  2. Study startOct 2008
  3. Primary completionJul 2010
  4. Study completionJul 2010

Why it stopped: Funding was withdrawn due to insufficient accrual

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
0 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00758693
Sponsor's protocol ID
08-LEUK-07-MCC/CI
Status last verified
Sep 2011
First submitted
19 Sep 2008
Last updated
11 Jan 2012
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Bendamustine and Rituximab in people with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, run by University of Kentucky at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 22 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Jan 2012. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Determine the response rate (time frame: Defined by the 1996 NCI sponsored working group guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of CLL). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 11 Jan 2012.

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