Rituximab/Bendamustine + Rituximab/Cytarabine for Mantle Cell Lymphoma

Summary

Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is not curable with conventional therapy. This study sought to improve upon standard of care in newly diagnosed, untreated MCL patients who were transplant-eligible using drugs already established as active in MCL. The combination of Rituximab-Bendamustine followed by Rituximab-Cytarabine (RB/RC) was expected to maximize pre-ASCT complete response (CR) rate compared to historical rates approximating 55% with tolerable toxicity.

Timeline

Start

2012-08-16

Primary completion

2015-02

Completion

2030-04

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper 96% of patients achieved a CR/unconfirmed CR after treatment, meeting the primary objective. PMID 26729345 ↗

Publications

• Results Armand P, Redd R, Bsat J, Mayuram S, Giardino A, Fisher DC, LaCasce AS, Jacobson C, Davids MS, Brown JR, Weng L, Wilkins J, Faham M, Freedman AS, Joyce R, Jacobsen ED. A phase 2 study of Rituximab-Bendamustine and Rituximab-Cytarabine for transplant-eligible patients with mantle cell lymphoma. Br J Haematol. 2016 Apr;173(1):89-95. doi: 10.1111/bjh.13929. Epub 2016 Jan 5.
• Results Merryman RW, Edwin N, Redd R, Bsat J, Chase M, LaCasce A, Freedman A, Jacobson C, Fisher D, Ng S, Crombie J, Kim A, Odejide O, Davids MS, Brown JR, Jacene H, Cashen A, Bartlett NL, Mehta-Shah N, Ghobadi A, Kahl B, Joyce R, Armand P, Jacobsen E. Rituximab/bendamustine and rituximab/cytarabine induction therapy for transplant-eligible mantle cell lymphoma. Blood Adv. 2020 Mar 10;4(5):858-867. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2019001355.

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