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Azacitidine With Rituximab, Vincristine, and Cyclophosphamide in Refractory Lymphoma

Information source: University of Kentucky
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on October 04, 2010
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Condition(s) targeted: Lymphoma

Intervention: Azacitidine with rituximab, vincristine, and cyclophosphamide (Drug)

Phase: Phase 1

Status: Recruiting

Sponsored by: University of Kentucky

Overall contact:
John W Hayslip, M.D., MSCR, Phone: 859-323-8718, Email: jhays2@uky.edu

Summary

This is a phase I, prospective, open label, dose escalation study of azacitidine in combination with rituximab, vincristine, and cyclophosphamide for the treatment of refractory lymphoma. The investigators expect to enroll 12-24 patients in this trial over a 2 year accrual period.

Clinical Details

Official title: Azacitidine With Rituximab, Vincristine, and Cyclophosphamide in Refractory Lymphoma: A Phase I Trial

Study design: Allocation: Non-Randomized, Control: Uncontrolled, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Primary outcome: Determine the maximal tolerated dose (MTD) of azacitidine in combination with rituximab, vincristine, and cyclophosphamide in patients with lymphoma

Eligibility

Minimum age: 18 Years. Maximum age: N/A. Gender(s): Both.

Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patient or their authorized legally acceptable representative must consent to be in the study and must have signed and dated an approved consent form which conforms to federal and institutional guidelines.

2. Age ≥ 18 years and without a maximum age.

3. All patients of reproductive potential should not plan on conceiving children during the treatment program and must agree to use a medically accepted form of contraception.

4. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 2 weeks of beginning treatment.

5. Patients must have relapsed lymphoma.

6. ECOG performance status of 2 or better.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Pregnant or breast-feeding at the time of proposed study entry

2. Clinical AIDS or ARS or known positive HIV serology

3. History of malignant neoplasm, other than lymphoma, treated within two years prior to study entry (other than non-melanoma skin cancer or in situ cervical cancer) or where there is current evidence of recurrent or metastatic disease

4. Psychiatric or additive disorders that would preclude obtaining informed consent

5. Serum bilirubin > 1. 5 times the upper limit of the normal range for the laboratory (ULN). Higher levels are acceptable if these are attributed to active hemolysis

6. Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) (aspartate aminotransferase [AST]) or serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) levels > 2 times ULN

7. Serum creatinine levels > 1. 5 times ULN

8. Platelets < 75,000/mm3

9. Absolute neutrophil count < 1500/mm3

10. Active infection including viral hepatitis

11. Known or suspected hypersensitivity to mannitol, azacitidine, or rituximab

12. Grade 3 or 4 neuropathy

13. Advanced hepatic tumors

14. Uncompensated heart failure

Locations and Contacts

John W Hayslip, M.D., MSCR, Phone: 859-323-8718, Email: jhays2@uky.edu

University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536, United States; Recruiting
Additional Information

Starting date: May 2009
Last updated: September 13, 2010

Page last updated: October 04, 2010

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