Cladribine in Patients With Mantle Cell Lymphoma

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effects of cladribine in previously treated or untreated patients with mantle cell lymphoma.

Timeline

Start

1996-11

Primary completion

2005-04

Completion

2008-12

Publications

• Background Inwards DJ, Fishkin PA, Hillman DW, Brown DW, Ansell SM, Kurtin PJ, Fonseca R, Morton RF, Veeder MH, Witzig TE. Long-term results of the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma with cladribine (2-CDA) alone (95-80-53) or 2-CDA and rituximab (N0189) in the North Central Cancer Treatment Group. Cancer. 2008 Jul 1;113(1):108-16. doi: 10.1002/cncr.23537.
• Results Inwards D, Brown D, Fonseca R, et al.: NCCTG Phase II trial of 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine (2-CDA) as initial therapy for mantle cell lymphoma. A well-tolerated treatment with promising activity. Blood 94(10 suppl 1): A-2930, 660a, 1999.

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