Rituximab, Fludarabine, and Cyclophosphamide or Observation Alone in Treating Patients With Stage 0, Stage I, or Stage II Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia focused on measuring stage 0 chronic lymphocytic leukemia, B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage I chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage II chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Established diagnosis of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia First diagnosis within 12 months before inclusion in study Previously untreated disease Binet stage A disease (Rai stage 0, I, or II) PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Life expectancy > 6 months ECOG performance status 0-2 Willingness to accept contraception (if randomized to arm I) for the duration of therapy and 12 months thereafter Negative serum pregnancy test All parameters for risk stratification (lymphocyte doubling time, cytogenetics, unmutated IgVH, and serum thymidine kinase level > 10) present PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: No prior chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or antibody treatment No other concurrent chemotherapy
Sites / Locations
- Universitaetsklinik fuer Innere Medizin I
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Amiens
- Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire d'Angers
- Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy
- Hopital Avicenne
- CHU de Caen
- CHR Clermont Ferrand, Hotel Dieu
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Henri Mondor
- CHU de Grenoble - Hopital de la Tronche
- Centre Jean Bernard
- Centre Hospital Universitaire Hop Huriez
- Hopital Edouard Herriot - Lyon
- Marseille Institute of Cancer - Institut J. Paoli and I. Calmettes
- Centre Hospitalier de Meaux
- CHR Hotel Dieu
- Hopital Saint-Louis
- CHU Pitie-Salpetriere
- Hopital Necker
- Hopital Haut Leveque
- Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud
- CHU Poitiers
- CHU - Robert Debre
- Centre Henri Becquerel
- Hopital Universitaire Hautepierre
- CHU de Toulouse, Hotel Dieu
- CHU de Nancy - Hopitaux de Brabois
- Praxis fuer Innere Medizin Haematologie und Internistische Onkologie
- Hamatologische/Onkologische Gemeinschaftspraxis - Augsburg
- Kreiskrankenhaus Aurich
- Klinikum am Bamberg
- Internistische Gemeinschaftspraxis - Berlin
- St. Hedwig Krankenhaus
- Internistische Gemeinschaftspraxis Betzdorf
- DIAKO Ev. Diakonie Krankenhaus gGmbH
- Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis at Facharzt fuer Innere Medizin
- Praxis Fuer Haematologie Internistische Onkologie
- Medizinische Universitaetsklinik I at the University of Cologne
- Universitaetsklinikum Duesseldorf
- Helios Klinikum Erfurt
- Onkologische Schwerpunkt Praxis
- St. Antonius Hospital
- Universitaetsklinikum Essen
- Internistische Gemeinschaftspraxis - Forchheim
- Klinikum Frankfurt (Oder) GmbH
- Internistische Gemeinschaftspraxis - Friedberg
- Klinikum Garmisch - Partenkirchen GmbH
- Internistische Praxisgemeinschaft
- Gemeinschaftspraxis Fuer Innere Medizin, Hematologie Und Onkologie
- Universitaetsklinikum Goettingen
- Klinik Fuer Innere Medizin, Hematology/Oncology, Ernst Moritz Armdt Universitaet
- Maria-Josef-Hospital Greven GmbH
- St. Marien Hospital - Katholisches Krankenhaus Hagen gGmbH
- Internistische Gemeinschaftspraxis - Halle
- Universitaetsklinikum Halle
- Krankenhaus Siloah - Medizinische Klinik II
- Praxis Dr. med Freddy Henne
- Universitatsklinikum Heidelberg
- Westpfalz-Klinikum GmbH
- Internistische Gemeinschaftspraxis - Kassel
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein - Kiel Campus
- Internistische Onkologische Praxis - Kronach
- Internistische Praxis - Landshut
- Caritas - Krakenhaus Lebach
- Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis - Leer
- Staedtisches Klinikum Magdeburg - Altstadt
- Gemeinschaftspraxis
- Klinikum Minden
- Haematologische Praxis - Moenchengladbach
- Munich Oncologic Practice at Elisenhof
- Klinikum Rechts Der Isar - Technische Universitaet Muenchen
- Hamatologie/Onkologie Praxisgemeinschaft - Muenchen
- Haematologische Schwerpunktpraxis
- Klinikum Schwaebisch Gmuend Stauferklinik
- Internistische Gemeinschaftspraxis - Offenbach
- Internistische Gemeinschaftspraxis - Oldenburg
- Internistische Schwerpunktpraxis
- Schwerpunktpraxis fuer Haematologie und Onkologie
- Diakonie - Krankenhaus
- St. Marien - Krankenhaus Siegen GMBH
- Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus
- Diakonie Klinikum Stuttgart
- Onkologische Gemeinschaftspraxis - Trier
- Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen
- Praxis fuer Haematologie und Onkologie
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Ulm at Universitaetsklinikum Ulm
- St. Marienhospital - Vechta
- Burkhard and Reimann Gemeinschaftspraxis
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
No Intervention
No Intervention
Cohort I (FCR)
Cohort II (W&W)
Cohort III (W&W)
Patients with 2 or more risk factors out of 4 (1. unfavorable molecular cytogenetics, 2. high serum thymidine kinase levels, 3. lymphocyte doubling time shorter than 12 months, 4. unmutated IgVH gene) who are randomized into cohort I receive Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide and Rituximab (FCR) chemoimmunotherapy.
Patients with 2 or more risk factors out of 4 (1. unfavorable molecular cytogenetics, 2. high serum thymidine kinase levels, 3. lymphocyte doubling time shorter than 12 months, 4. unmutated IgVH gene) who are randomized into cohort II receive no treatment at all (watch & wait).
Patients with less than 2 risk factors out of 4 (1. unfavorable molecular cytogenetics, 2. high serum thymidine kinase levels, 3. lymphocyte doubling time shorter than 12 months, 4. unmutated IgVH gene) are assigned directly to cohort III and receive no treatment at all (watch & wait).