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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN77275134
Date of registration: 28/02/2001
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
Public title: A study of radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy in primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma
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Date of first enrolment: 01/11/1988
Target sample size: 90
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN77275134
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised controlled trial (Treatment)  
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name: Sally    Stenning
Address:  MRC Clinical Trials Unit 222 Euston Road NW1 2DA London United Kingdom
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Email: ss@ctu.mrc.ac.uk
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Pathologically proven primary cerebral lymphoma
2. Aged 18-75
3. No previous radiotherapy or chemotherapy
4. Adequate neurological, physical and mental function

Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration

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Gender: Not Specified
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cancer
Cancer
Lymphoma
Intervention(s)
Group 1: radiotherapy alone (54 Gy total dose in 27 fractions)
Group 2: radiotherapy as above, followed after 4 weeks by six cycles of CHOP chemotherapy given at 3-week intervals (cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m^2 iv, adriamycin 50 mg/m^2 iv, vincristine 1.4 mg/m^2 iv (max 2 mg) and prednisolone (20 mg po tds for 5 days)
Primary Outcome(s)
Survival.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Event-free survival.
Secondary ID(s)
BR06
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
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