E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
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MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 8.1 |
E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10061275 |
E.1.2 | Term | Mantle cell lymphoma |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | Yes |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
Primary objective • To evaluate the benefit of adding MabThera® (rituximab) to chemotherapy of MCL patients by measuring induction of response (CR(u), PR)
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
Secondary objectives
• To assess event driven survival endpoints (EFS, PFS) • To evaluate time to treatment failure (TTF) • To describe the safety and tolerability profile of MabThera® (rituximab) containing first line regimen in patients with MCL |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
1. Written and signed informed consent according to ICH/EU GCP and national/local regulations 2. Male or female patients 3. Age >18 years. 4. Histologically proven mantle cell lymphoma: MCL must be proven by a histological examination of representative material (e.g. lymph node or bone marrow) within 4 weeks before induction of treatment. Cyclin D1 posititivity or t(11;14)(q13;q32) is desirable but not essential for diagnosis. 5. Material (lymph node or bone marrow biopsy) must be available for possible farther review 6. Previously untreated disease at stage II, III and IV, requiring therapy 7. Life expectancy of at least 6 months 8. Pre-study performance status ECOG 0, 1 or 2 (see Appendix) 9. Women of childbearing potential must agree to follow accepted birth control methods during the trial 10. Men must agree to follow accepted birth control methods during the trial in order not to father a child
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1. Known hypersensitivity reaction to rituximab, known anti-murine antibody (HAMA) reactivity or known hypersensitivity to murine antibodies, or standard chemotherapy compounds or incorporated substances 2. Previous treatment with rituximab 3. Platelet count < 100 x 103 /mm3, WBC < 3.0 x 103 /mm3, unless clearly related to MCL bone marrow infiltration 4. Patients with stage I disease 5. Patients with central nervous system involvement 6. Patients with a history of autoimmune hemolytic anemia or autoimmune thrombocytopenia 7. Active malignancy other than MCL within 5 years before Day 1 of Cycle 1, with the exception of complete resection of basal cell carcinoma, sqamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or in situ malignancy
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
1. CR requires the following: • Complete disappearance of all detectable clinical and radiographic evidence of disease and disappearance of all disease-related symptoms if present before therapy, and normalization of those biochemical abnormalities definitely assignable to NHL. • All lymph nodes and nodal masses must have regressed to normal size (<1.5 cm in their greatest transverse diameter for nodes >1.5 cm before therapy). Previously involved nodes that were 1.1 to 1.5 cm in their greatest transverse diameter before treatment must have decreased to 1 cm in their greatest transverse diameter after treatment, or by more than 75% in the sum of the products of the greatest diameters (SPD). • The spleen, if considered to be enlarged before therapy based on a CT scan, must have regressed in size and must not be palpable on physical examination. However, no normal size can be specified because of the difficulties in accurately evaluating splenic and hepatic size. Any macroscopic nodules in any organs detectable on imaging techniques- attributed to be lymphoma-should no longer be present. Similarly, other organs considered to be enlarged before therapy due to involvement by lymphoma, such as liver and kidneys, must have decreased in size. • If the bone marrow was involved by lymphoma before treatment, the infiltrate must be cleared on repeated bone marrow biopsy of the same site. The sample in which this determination is made must be adequate (>20 mm biopsy core). Flow cytomtetric, molecular, or cytogenetic studies are not considered part of routine assessment to document persistent disease at the present time.
2. CR/unconfirmed (CRu) includes those patients who fulfill criteria 1 and 3 above, but with one or more of the following features:
• A residual lymph node mass greater than 1.5 cm greatest transverse diameter that has regressed by more than 75% in the SPD. Individual nodes that were previously confluent must have regressed by more than 75% in their SPD compared with the size of the original mass. • Indeterminate bone marrow (increased number or size of aggregates without cytological or architectural atypia). • If possible, for the confirmation of CR, PET-CT should be performed
3. PR requires the following:
• 50% decrease in SPD of the six largest dominant nodes or nodal masses. These nodes or masses should be selected according to the following features: • They should be clearly measurable in at least two perpendicular dimensions • They should be from as completed disparate regions of the body as possible, and • They should include mediastinal and retroperitoneal areas of disease whenever these sites are involved. • No increase in the size of the other nodes, liver or spleen. • Splenic and hepatic nodules must regress by at least 50% in the SPD. • With the exception of splenic and hepatic nodules, involvement of other organ is considered assessable and not measurable disease. • Bone marrow assessment is irrelevant for determination of a PR because it is assessable and not measurable disease, however, if positive, the cell type should be specified in the report and preferably confirmed by immunohistochemistry. • No new sites of disease. • Stable disease/No change (NC) is defined as less thank a PR (see above) but is not progressive disease (see below • Relapsed disease (RE) (after CR, Cru) requires the following: • Appearance of any new lesion or increase by ≥ 50% in the size of previously involved sites. • ≥ 50% increase in greatest diameter of any previously identified node greater than 1 cm in its short axis or in the SPD of more than one node.
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | No |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | No |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.1.2 | Open | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.1.7 | Other | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.2.3 | Other | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 9 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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Patients with documented disease progression any time during the treatment must be discontinued from study treatment. Patients interrupting treatment for tolerance or toxicity reasons will not be considered as patients with events unless their disease progresses or a new anti-lymphoma treatment is introduced.
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 5 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 6 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 0 |