Treatment for Advanced B-Cell Lymphoma

Summary

To safely reduce the burden of therapy in children, adolescents and young adults with mature B-NHL by reducing the number of intrathecal (IT) injections by the introduction of IT Liposomal Cytarabine (L-ARA-C, \[Depocyt®\]) and reducing the dose of anthracycline (doxorubicin) in good risk patients with the addition of rituximab to the FAB chemotherapy backbone (Immunochemotherapy).

Timeline

Start

2013-01

Primary completion

2020-06

Completion

2021-06

Publications

• Background Goldman S, Barth M, Shiramizu B, Shi Q, Hochberg J, Klejmont L, Harrison L, Basso J, Chu Y, Islam H, Gerard P, Agsalda-Garcia M, Shieh T, Oesterheld J, Heym K, Kirov I, Drachtman R, Harker-Murray P, Perkins S, Miles RR, Cairo M. A dose substitution of anthracycline intensity with dose-dense rituximab in children and adolescents with good-risk mature B-cell lymphoma. Leukemia. 2021 Oct;35(10):2994-2997. doi: 10.1038/s41375-021-01256-8. Epub 2021 May 3. No abstract available.

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Indications