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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01148446
Date of registration: 21/06/2010
Primary sponsor: Fondazione Italiana Linfomi ONLUS
Public title: R-CHOP Versus R-mini-CEOP in Elderly Patients(>65)With DLBCL ANZINTER3
Scientific title: A Randomized Phase III Randomized Study to Compare R-CHOP Versus R-mini-CEOP in Elderly Patients (>65 Years) With Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL)
Date of first enrolment: January 2003
Target sample size: 226
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01148446
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Italy
Contacts
Name:   Francesco Merli, MD
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Affiliation:  U.O.A. di Ematologia Azienda Ospedale S. Maria Nuova
Name:   Marilena Bertini, MD
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Affiliation:  U.O.A. di Ematologia Ospedale Molinette
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with untreated DLBCL aged 66 to 80 years without major accompanying diseases
and considered as "non frail".

2. Patients were classified as "non frail" (fit) if they had

- ADL (Activity of Daily Living) score of 6

- less than three grade 3 Cumulative Illness Rating Score for Geriatrics
(CIRS-G) co-morbidities and no grade 4 co-morbidities

- absence of geriatric syndrome

3. Patients HIV negativity;

4. Concurrent malignancy;

5. Written Informed Consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

- All other patients were classified as "unfit", and were excluded from randomization



Age minimum: 66 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL)
Elderly Patients (>65 Years)
Intervention(s)
Drug: Cyclophosphamide
Drug: Doxorubicin
Drug: Epirubicin
Drug: G-CSF
Drug: Prednisone
Drug: Rituximab
Drug: Vinblastine
Drug: Vincristine
Primary Outcome(s)
Event Free Survival (EFS) [Time Frame: 2 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Complete Remission (CR) rate [Time Frame: 2 years]
Disease Free Survival (DFS) [Time Frame: 2 years]
Multidimensional Evaluation Scale for the definition of "frail" and "non frail" patients [Time Frame: 2 years]
Secondary ID(s)
IIL ANZINTER3
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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