Efficacy Study of Rituximab After ASCT in High-Risk Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Summary

Rituximab vs observation after high-dose consolidative first-line chemotherapy (HDC) with autologous stem cell transplantation in poor risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Timeline

Start

1999-10

Primary completion

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Completion

2005-08

Publications

• Background Haioun C, Lepage E, Gisselbrecht C, Salles G, Coiffier B, Brice P, Bosly A, Morel P, Nouvel C, Tilly H, Lederlin P, Sebban C, Briere J, Gaulard P, Reyes F. Survival benefit of high-dose therapy in poor-risk aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: final analysis of the prospective LNH87-2 protocol--a groupe d'Etude des lymphomes de l'Adulte study. J Clin Oncol. 2000 Aug;18(16):3025-30. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2000.18.16.3025.
• Background Coiffier B, Haioun C, Ketterer N, Engert A, Tilly H, Ma D, Johnson P, Lister A, Feuring-Buske M, Radford JA, Capdeville R, Diehl V, Reyes F. Rituximab (anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody) for the treatment of patients with relapsing or refractory aggressive lymphoma: a multicenter phase II study. Blood. 1998 Sep 15;92(6):1927-32.

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