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A trial of chemotherapy with or without rituximab for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

Overview

Cancer types:

Blood cancers, Chronic leukaemia, Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), Leukaemia

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial was to see if adding rituximab (Mabthera) to fludarabine, cyclophosphamide and mitoxantrone chemotherapy helped to improve treatment outcome for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.

Recruitment start: 1 July 2005

Recruitment end: 10 January 2007

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

Professor Peter Hillmen

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

National Institute for Health Research Cancer Research Network (NCRN)

Roche

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUKE/04/018.

Last reviewed: 18 June 2012

CRUK internal database number: 545

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