Fludarabine, Rituximab, and Alemtuzumab in Treating Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Summary

This phase II trial is studying how well giving fludarabine together with rituximab followed by alemtuzumab works in treating patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Monoclonal antibodies, such as rituximab and alemtuzumab, can block cancer growth in different ways. Some block the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Others can find cancer cells and help kill them or carry cancer-killing substances to them. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as fludarabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving fludarabine together with rituximab followed by alemtuzumab may kill more cancer cells.

Timeline

Start

2004-10

Primary completion

2011-02

Completion

2011-02

Publications

• Jones JA, Ruppert AS, Zhao W, Lin TS, Rai K, Peterson B, Larson RA, Marcucci G, Heerema NA, Byrd JC. Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia with high-risk genomic features have inferior outcome on successive Cancer and Leukemia Group B trials with alemtuzumab consolidation: subgroup analysis from CALGB 19901 and CALGB 10101. Leuk Lymphoma. 2013 Dec;54(12):2654-9. doi: 10.3109/10428194.2013.788179. Epub 2013 May 9.

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Indications