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Fludarabine or Observation in Treating Patients With Stage 0, Stage I, or Stage II Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified December 2007 by National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Recruitment status was  Active, not recruiting
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00262782
First received: December 6, 2005
Last updated: July 23, 2008
Last verified: December 2007
History of Changes
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as fludarabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Sometimes, the cancer may not need treatment until it progresses. In this case, observation may be sufficient. It is not yet known whether fludarabine is more effective than observation in treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying fludarabine to see how well it works compared to observation only in treating patients with stage 0, stage I, or stage II B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia.


Condition Intervention Phase
Leukemia
 Drug: fludarabine phosphate
 Phase 3

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Prognostic Factors and Risk-Adapted Therapy in Patients With Early Stage Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Resource links provided by NLM:

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Study Start Date: April 1997
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Identify prognostic factors that predict a short survival in patients with stage 0-II B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia treated with fludarabine or observation only.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized study. Patients are stratified according to risk (high risk vs low risk). Patients in the low-risk group undergo observation only. Patients in the high-risk group are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

  • Arm I: Patients receive fludarabine.
  • Arm II: Patients undergo observation only.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 880 patients will be accrued for this study.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years to 65 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Confirmed diagnosis of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia

    • Rai stage 0-II (Binet stage A) disease

  • Meets 1 of the following criteria:

    • High-risk disease, as defined by the following:

      • Serum thymidine kinase level > 7.0 U/L
      • Elevated β2-microglobulin level
      • Presence of non-nodular bone marrow infiltration
      • Short lymphocyte doubling time

    • Low-risk disease

      • Meets none of the criteria (as listed above) for high-risk disease

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Performance status

  • Not specified

Life expectancy

  • More than 6 months

Hematopoietic

  • No autoimmune hemolytic anemia
  • No thrombocytopenia

Hepatic

  • Not specified

Renal

  • Not specified

Other

  • No severe organ dysfunction
  • No other prior or concurrent malignancy

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Chemotherapy

  • No prior chemotherapy
  • No other concurrent chemotherapy
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00262782

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Sponsors and Collaborators
German CLL Study Group
Investigators
Study Chair: Michael Hallek, MD Medizinische Universitaetsklinik I at the University of Cologne
  More Information

Additional Information:
Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Publications:
Bergmann MA, Eichhorst BF, Busch R, et al.: Early and risk-adapted therapy with fludarabine in high-risk Binet stage A CLL patients prolongs progression free survival but not overall survival: results of the CLL1 protocol of the German CLL Study Group (GCLLSG). [Abstract] Blood 110 (11): A-2038, 2007.
Bergmann MA, Eichhorst BF, Busch R, et al.: Prospective evaluation of prognostic parameters in early stage chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL): results of the CLL1-protocol of the German CLL Study Group (GCLLSG). [Abstract] Blood 110 (11): A-625, 2007.

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00262782     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: CDR0000455035, GCLLSG-CLL1, EU-20548, GCLLSG-138, MEDAC-GCLLSG-CLL1
Study First Received: December 6, 2005
Last Updated: July 23, 2008
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia
stage 0 chronic lymphocytic leukemia
stage I chronic lymphocytic leukemia
stage II chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Leukemia
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell
Leukemia, Lymphoid
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms
Leukemia, B-Cell
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Fludarabine
Fludarabine monophosphate
 Vidarabine
Antineoplastic Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Pharmacologic Actions
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Antimetabolites
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents

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