Rituximab Combined With Chemotherapy in Burkitt's Lymphoma
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00388193 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : October 16, 2006
Last Update Posted : October 28, 2014
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The purpose of this clinical trial is to prove the efficacy of the following new regimen treatment:
- Administration of anti-CD20 (Rituximab) combined with chemotherapy.
- Combined treatment with high doses of methotrexate and high doses of cytarabine with conventional cytostatics (block C)
- Prophylactic administration of G-CSF after all chemotherapy cycles
- local irradiation after 6 cycle if CNS was affected or if there are residual tumour
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Burkitt's Lymphoma | Drug: RITUXIMAB | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 20 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Burkimab:Study Multicenter of Optimization of the Treatment of LLA-B and the Burkitt's Lymphoma in Adult Patients (From 15 Years Old) |
Study Start Date : | August 2006 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2013 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2013 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: 1 |
Drug: RITUXIMAB
375 mg/m2/d day 1 |
- Determinate the efficacy of the administration of anti-CD20 (RITUXIMAB) combined with chemotherapy. [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- Combined treatment with high doses of methotrexate and high doses of cytarabine with conventional cytostatics (block C) [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- Prophylactic administration of G-CSF after all chemotherapy cycles [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- local irradiation after 6 cycle if CNS was affected or if there are residual tumour [ Time Frame: 1 year ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 15 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients diagnosed with mature LLA-B cell (LLA-L3)
- Patients diagnosed with Burkitt´s and Burkitt´s Like Lymphoma
- Patients 15 years old or up
- Written Informed Consent signed
Exclusion Criteria:
- Serious complications related with LAL3/LB or Secondary illness:
Serious complications, uncontrollable, for example, sepsis, pneumonia with hypoxia, shock, haemorrhage at diagnosis.
- Renal failure unconditional for the Lymphoma/Leukemia
- Heart failure or serious liver.
- Pulmonary obstructive disease or serious restrictive that not allow to treat the patient with intensive chemotherapy.
- Secondary Lymphoma after chemotherapy or previous radiotherapy or second malignant tumour.
- Known hypersensitivity to any foreign protein.
- Previous treatment with cytostatics of the LLA-B or Burkitt´s Lymphoma (exception: administration on short time of glucocorticoids ≤ 7 days, one administration of vincristine or cyclophosphamide, one cycle of CHOP, urgent administration of the another cytostatics).
- With another malignant tumour in the last 5 year.
- Women in fertile age must give positive in the pregnancy test or nursing mother.
- Mental disability or emotional or psychiatric significant disorder were the patient can't understand nor cooperate with treatment.
- Patients is enrolled in another clinical research study.

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00388193
Spain | |
Hospital General de Alicante | |
Alicante, Spain | |
Hospital "Santa Creu i Sant Pau" | |
Barcelona, Spain | |
Hospital Clínico y Provincial de Barcelona | |
Barcelona, Spain | |
Complejo Hospitalario de Cáceres | |
Cáceres, Spain | |
Hospital general de Jerez de la Frontera | |
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain | |
Hospital Juan Canalejo | |
La Coruña, Spain | |
Hospital Clínico San Carlos de Madrid | |
Madrid, Spain | |
Hospital Doce de Octubre | |
Madrid, Spain | |
Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer, Murcia | |
Murcia, Spain | |
Hospital Carlos Haya | |
Málaga, Spain | |
Hospital Son Dureta | |
Palma de Mallorca, Spain | |
Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca | |
Salamanca, Spain | |
Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío | |
Sevilla, Spain | |
Hospital La Fe | |
Valencia, Spain | |
Hospital Txagorritxu | |
Vitoria, Spain |
Study Chair: | Ribera Josep Mª, Dr | Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital |
Publications:
Responsible Party: | PETHEMA Foundation |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00388193 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
2005-001067-64 |
First Posted: | October 16, 2006 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 28, 2014 |
Last Verified: | February 2013 |
ALL (L3) BURKITT's LYMPHOMA RITUXIMAB |
Burkitt Lymphoma Lymphoma Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Lymphoproliferative Disorders Lymphatic Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders Immune System Diseases Leukemia, Lymphoid Leukemia Epstein-Barr Virus Infections |
Herpesviridae Infections DNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases Tumor Virus Infections Lymphoma, B-Cell Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Rituximab Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological Antineoplastic Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Antirheumatic Agents |