Rituximab, Rasburicase, and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients With Newly Diagnosed Advanced B-Cell Leukemia or Lymphoma
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00057811 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : April 9, 2003
Results First Posted : August 22, 2014
Last Update Posted : September 19, 2014
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Childhood Burkitt Lymphoma Childhood Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma Childhood Immunoblastic Large Cell Lymphoma Stage I Childhood Large Cell Lymphoma Stage I Childhood Small Noncleaved Cell Lymphoma Stage II Childhood Large Cell Lymphoma Stage II Childhood Small Noncleaved Cell Lymphoma Stage III Childhood Large Cell Lymphoma Stage III Childhood Small Noncleaved Cell Lymphoma Stage IV Childhood Large Cell Lymphoma Stage IV Childhood Small Noncleaved Cell Lymphoma Untreated Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Drug: doxorubicin hydrochloride Drug: cyclophosphamide Drug: methotrexate Drug: rasburicase Drug: leucovorin calcium Drug: prednisone Drug: methylprednisolone Biological: filgrastim Biological: rituximab Drug: cytarabine Drug: etoposide Drug: vincristine sulfate Drug: hydrocortisone sodium succinate Other: laboratory biomarker analysis | Phase 2 |

Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 97 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Pilot Study To Determine The Toxicity Of The Addition Of Rituximab To The Induction And Consolidation Phases And The Addition Of Rasburicase To The Reduction Phase In Children With Newly Diagnosed Advanced B-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Treated With LMB/FAB Therapy |
Study Start Date : | June 2004 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 2009 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | July 2014 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Group B (chemotherapy, protective therapy, monoclonal antib.)
Therapies given IV, IT, orally, or SC. Please see treatment outline. See Detailed Description.
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Drug: doxorubicin hydrochloride
Given IV, IT, or orally
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Drug: cyclophosphamide Given IV
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Drug: methotrexate Given IV or IT
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Drug: rasburicase Given IV
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Drug: leucovorin calcium Given IV or orally
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Drug: prednisone Given IV or orally
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Drug: methylprednisolone Given IV or orally
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Biological: filgrastim Given subcutaneously
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Biological: rituximab Given IV
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Drug: cytarabine Given IT
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Drug: vincristine sulfate Given IV
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Drug: hydrocortisone sodium succinate Given IT
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Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Correlative studies |
Experimental: Group C (Chemotherapy, monoclonal antibody therapy)
Therapies given IV, IT, orally, or subcutaneously (same as FAB B with the addition of etoposide and high-dose methotrexate). See Detailed Description.
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Drug: doxorubicin hydrochloride
Given IV, IT, or orally
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Drug: cyclophosphamide Given IV
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Drug: methotrexate Given IV or IT
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Drug: leucovorin calcium Given IV or orally
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Drug: prednisone Given IV or orally
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Drug: methylprednisolone Given IV or orally
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Biological: filgrastim Given subcutaneously
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Biological: rituximab Given IV
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Drug: cytarabine Given IT
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Drug: etoposide Given IV
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Drug: vincristine sulfate Given IV
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Drug: hydrocortisone sodium succinate Given IT
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Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Correlative studies |
- Grade ≥ 3 Stomatitis [ Time Frame: Up to 1 year ]The incidence of grade ≥ 3 stomatitis. Grade 3 stomatitis: Confluent ulcerations or pseudomembranes; bleeding with minor trauma. Grade 4 stomatitis: Tissue necrosis; Significant spontaneous bleeding; life-threatening consequences
- Response Rate [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Response includes both complete and partial responses. Per protocol, complete Response is defined as the complete disappearance of all clinical evidence of disease by physical examination, by imaging studies, by bone marrow biopsy (where indicated), by CNS evaluation (where indicated) and by biopsy where there is a residual abnormality on an imaging study. Bone marrow must contain <5% blasts. CSF WBC must be <5/μL with no blasts or lymphomatous cells present. Partial response is defined as: at least a 50% reduction in the size of all measurable tumor areas. Each site is to be defined by the product of the maximum length, width and depth (3 dimensions). No lesion may progress. No new lesion may appear. Bone marrow must contain <5% blasts. CSF WBC must be <5/μL with no blasts or lymphomatous cells present..
- Minimal Residual Disease [ Time Frame: Not Provided ]The presence or absence of tumor cells at the end of induction assessed by studying tissue and/or blood/marrow. Details of methods and criteria used can be found in Shiramizu at al. BJH 153:758-763, 2011 (full citation in the citation section).
- Toxic Death [ Time Frame: Up to 1 year ]Implementation of the toxic death rate stopping rule, a death must be possibly, probably or definitely attributable to Rituximab and/or chemotherapy to be considered a toxic death.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 1 Year to 29 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
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Newly diagnosed mature B-lineage (CD20-positive) leukemia or lymphoma by the REAL classification of 1 of the following subtypes:
- Diffuse large cell lymphoma
- Burkitt's lymphoma
- High-grade B-cell lymphoma (Burkitt-like)
- No B-cell anaplastic large cell Ki-1 positive lymphomas and B-lymphoblastic lymphomas
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One of the following FAB prognostic groups:
- Group B (intermediate risk)
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Group C (high risk)
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Bone marrow involvement with at least 25% blasts and/or CNS involvement meeting 1 or more of the following criteria:
- Any L3 blasts in cerebrospinal fluid
- Cranial nerve palsy (if not explained by extracranial tumor)
- Clinical spinal cord compression
- Isolated intracerebral mass
- Parameningeal extension (cranial and/or spinal)
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- Hepatitis B status known
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 6 months after study participation
- No known history of congenital immune deficiency and/or laboratory evidence of acquired immune deficiency
- No known G6PD deficiency (if receiving rasburicase)
- No prior malignancies treated with systemic chemotherapy with alkylator or anthracycline therapy
- No prior chemotherapy
- At least 1 week since prior steroids except emergency steroids initiated within 72 hours of study entry
- No prior radiotherapy except emergency radiotherapy initiated within 72 hours of study entry
- No concurrent radiotherapy
- No prior solid organ transplantation

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00057811
United States, California | |
Children's Oncology Group | |
Arcadia, California, United States, 91006-3776 |
Principal Investigator: | Mitchell Cairo, MD CCRP | Children's Oncology Group |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Children's Oncology Group |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00057811 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
ANHL01P1 NCI-2009-00405 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) ) COG-ANHL01P1 ( Other Identifier: Children's Oncology Group ) CDR0000271941 ( Other Identifier: Clinical Trials.gov ) U10CA098543 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | April 9, 2003 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | August 22, 2014 |
Last Update Posted: | September 19, 2014 |
Last Verified: | September 2014 |
Burkitt Lymphoma Lymphoma Leukemia Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Immunoblastic Plasmablastic Lymphoma Leukemia, B-Cell Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Lymphoproliferative Disorders Lymphatic Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders |
Immune System Diseases Leukemia, Lymphoid Lymphoma, B-Cell Epstein-Barr Virus Infections Herpesviridae Infections DNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases Infections Tumor Virus Infections Leucovorin Cytarabine Prednisone Methylprednisolone Methylprednisolone Acetate Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate |