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The purpose of this study is to determine the rate and duration of complete remission and molecular response in patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma, using a combined treatment with rituximab plus chemotherapy followed by in vivo purged peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) mobilization and autotransplant.


Clinical Trial Description

Autologous stem cell transplantation has been shown effective in the long-term control of follicular lymphoma. Lymphoma, however, can progress after high-dose treatments. Lymphoma cells have been proved to contaminate bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) collections and may contribute to relapse after autotransplant. The presence in peripheral blood and marrow of PCR-detectable cells bearing the bcl-2 rearrangement appeared to be a surrogate marker of disease and the achievement of a bcl-2 negative status is associated with a lower risk of recurrence. Several methods have been attempted to abolish graft contamination: in vitro treatment with cytotoxic agents, in vitro treatment with anti-B-cell monoclonal antibodies and complement, immunomagnetic beads, positive selection of CD34+ cells. All these techniques usually produce loss of cells, are time-consuming and expensive, and neoplastic depletion is often partial with residual polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-positive cells in the graft.

In the last years the chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody Rituximab has been shown to be an effective therapeutic option for low-grade lymphoma. Owing to the different mechanism of action, the synergism with cytotoxic agents, and the non-overlapping toxicity, Rituximab is an ideal drug for combination with chemotherapy. On this basis, Rituximab has been used during mobilisation procedures as a tool to obtain in vivo purging and collection of lymphoma-free progenitor cells. In addition, several studies have demonstrated that the efficiency of peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) harvested is not adversely affected by Rituximab and that engraftment and all parameters of hematopoietic recovery are not compromised. The incorporation of Rituximab into sequential high-dose therapy programs produced high rates of clinical and molecular remission in patients with indolent lymphoma, indicating that the antibody has an additive effect on chemotherapy. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment


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NCT number NCT00366275
Study type Interventional
Source IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo
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Status Completed
Phase Phase 2
Start date January 2002
Completion date September 2007

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