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A trial comparing rituximab with `watch and wait' for advanced follicular lymphoma

Overview

Cancer types:

Blood cancers, Cell type, Low grade lymphoma, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial was comparing rituximab (Mabthera) with 'watch and wait' for people with follicular lymphoma who didn't have symptoms. This trial was supported by Cancer Research UK.

Recruitment start: 4 October 2004

Recruitment end: 1 May 2009

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Dr Kirit Ardeshna

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Lymphoma Association

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Roche

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUKE/03/016.

Last reviewed: 17 Dec 2010

CRUK internal database number: 385

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