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The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of first-line, risk-stratified Rituximab-based Multicentric Castleman Disease (MCD) treatment in Malawi in a single-arm, phase II clinical trial. This study also aims to compare the cost-effectiveness of first-line Rituximab treatment for MCD in Malawi to chemotherapy.


Clinical Trial Description

This study aims to determine the safety and efficacy of first-line, risk-stratified rituximab-based MCD treatment in Malawi in a single-arm, phase II clinical trial. The investigators will enroll 27 subjects with newly diagnosed or previously treated MCD (who have not previously received rituximab) requiring treatment (B symptoms or hemoglobin <10 g/dL). Subjects will be treated with four weekly doses of rituximab. High-risk subjects (defined as patients with Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status >2 or hemoglobin <8 g/dL) will also receive etoposide chemotherapy. Subjects will be followed for one year for toxicity and two years for survival. The primary outcome will be safety, defined as the frequency of ≥Grade 3 treatment-related Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (AEs). Secondary outcomes will be event-free survival (death, progression, or development of NHL) and 1- and 2-year overall survival (OS). The investigators also aim to compare the cost-effectiveness of first-line rituximab treatment for MCD in Malawi to chemotherapy (using the investigators' historical controls). ;


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NCT number NCT04585893
Study type Interventional
Source UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Contact Matthew Painschab, MD
Phone 763 234 5055
Email matthew.painschab@unchealth.unc.edu
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 2
Start date June 22, 2021
Completion date August 2026

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