Clinical trial NCT00003764: Fludarabine With or Without Cyclophosphamide in Treating Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Official title: Phase III Randomized Trial of Fludarabine and Cyclophosphamide Versus Fludarabine for Previously Untreated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE3
Conditions: Leukemia
Keywords: stage 0 chronic lymphocytic leukemia
stage I chronic lymphocytic leukemia
stage II chronic lymphocytic leukemia
stage III chronic lymphocytic leukemia
stage IV chronic lymphocytic leukemia
B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Lead sponsor: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
Sponsor class: NETWORK
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
name: Cancer and Leukemia Group B
name: SWOG Cancer Research Network
First posted: 2003-01-27
Enrollment: 280
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 120
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more cancer cells. It is not yet known whether combining cyclophosphamide with fludarabine is more effective than fludarabine alone in treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to study the effectiveness of fludarabine with or without cyclophosphamide in treating patients who have chronic lymphocytic leukemia that has not been treated previously.

Detailed description: OBJECTIVES:

* Compare the efficacy of fludarabine with or without cyclophosphamide in terms of complete remission rate and overall survival in patients with previously untreated B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
* Compare the toxicities of these 2 regimens in this patient population.
* Determine whether the expression of proteins specifically implicated in the regulation of DNA damage induced apoptosis of lymphoid cells (i.e., p53; mdm2; GST; Bcl-2; Mcl-1; Bax; p27; and caspase-3) correlates with response to chemotherapy in these patients.
* Determine whether there is a relationship between clinical response or resistance and differential expression of genes in the CLL cells either at initiation of therapy or following relapse and progression.
* Correlate mutations in immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region genes with clinical response or resistance in this patient population.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to stage of disease (O-II vs III-IV). Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive fludarabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1-5.
* Arm II: Patients receive fludarabine as in arm I plus cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on day 1.

Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months until disease progression.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 280 patients will be accrued for this study over 2 to 2.5 years.

Eligibility criteria: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) of any stage as defined by the following:

  * Peripheral blood absolute lymphocyte count greater than 5,000/mm\^3 within 14 days prior to study
  * Lymphocytes must be small to moderate size with no more than 55% prolymphocytes, atypical lymphocytes, or lymphoblasts morphologically
  * Phenotypically characterized as B-CLL
* Must have one of the following characteristics indicating need for chemotherapy:

  * Progressive marrow failure (hemoglobin less than 10 g/dL and/or platelet count less than 100,000/mm\^3)
  * Progressive lymphocytosis with an increase of more than 50% over a 2 month period or anticipated doubling time of less than 6 months
  * Massive (i.e., greater than 6 cm below left costal margin) or progressive splenomegaly
  * Massive nodes or clusters (i.e., greater than 10 cm in longest diameter) or progressive adenopathy
  * At least 10% weight loss within 6 months of study
  * Extreme fatigue
  * Fevers greater than 100.5 degrees F for 2 weeks without evidence of infection
  * Night sweats without evidence of infection
* No autoimmune anemia or autoimmune thrombocytopenia

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* 18 and over

Performance status:

* ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

* Not specified

Hematopoietic:

* See Disease Characteristics

Hepatic:

* Bilirubin no greater than 2 mg/dL unless secondary to tumor

Renal:

* Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL
* Creatinine clearance at least 40 mL/min if creatinine is greater than 1.5 mg/dL

Other:

* No other prior or concurrent malignancy within the past 2 years except basal cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
* No active infection requiring oral or intravenous antibiotics
* Not pregnant or nursing
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

* Not specified

Chemotherapy:

* No prior cytotoxic chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

* No prior steroid treatment for CLL

Radiotherapy:

* Not specified

Surgery:

* Not specified

Primary outcomes:
Secondary outcomes:
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city: Pittsburgh
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city: Pittsburgh
country: United States
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country: United States
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city: Memphis
country: United States
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city: Amarillo
country: United States
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city: Amarillo
country: United States
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state: Texas
city: Dallas
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dallas
state: Texas
city: Dallas
country: United States
facility: Medical City Dallas Hospital
state: Texas
city: Dallas
country: United States
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state: Texas
city: Fort Sam Houston
country: United States
facility: Brooke Army Medical Center
state: Texas
city: Galveston
country: United States
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state: Texas
city: Houston
country: United States
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state: Texas
city: Houston
country: United States
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state: Texas
city: San Antonio
country: United States
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state: Texas
city: San Antonio
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)
state: Texas
city: Temple
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple
state: Texas
city: Temple
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Scott and White Hospital
state: Texas
city: Salt Lake City
country: United States
facility: Huntsman Cancer Institute
state: Utah
city: Salt Lake City
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City
state: Utah
city: Bennington
country: United States
facility: Green Mountain Oncology Group
state: Vermont
city: Burlington
country: United States
facility: Vermont Cancer Center at University of Vermont
state: Vermont
city: White River Junction
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - White River Junction
state: Vermont
city: Charlottesville
country: United States
facility: Martha Jefferson Hospital
state: Virginia
city: Norfolk
country: United States
facility: Virginia Oncology Associates - Norfolk
state: Virginia
city: Richmond
country: United States
facility: MBCCOP - Massey Cancer Center
state: Virginia
city: Roanoke
country: United States
facility: Oncology and Hematology Associates of Southwest Virginia, Inc.
state: Virginia
city: Seattle
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center
state: Washington
city: Seattle
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle
state: Washington
city: Seattle
country: United States
facility: Puget Sound Oncology Consortium
state: Washington
city: Tacoma
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Northwest
state: Washington
city: Tacoma
country: United States
facility: Madigan Army Medical Center
state: Washington
city: Huntington
country: United States
facility: St. Mary's Medical Center
state: West Virginia
city: Green Bay
country: United States
facility: CCOP - St. Vincent Hospital Cancer Center, Green Bay
state: Wisconsin
city: Madison
country: United States
facility: University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: Wisconsin
city: Marshfield
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
state: Wisconsin
city: Rhinelander
country: United States
facility: Ministry Medical Group - Northern Region
state: Wisconsin
city: Montreal
country: Canada
facility: McGill University
state: Quebec
city: San Juan
country: Puerto Rico
facility: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Medical Sciences Campus
city: Pretoria
country: South Africa
facility: Pretoria Academic Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
name: Ian W. Flinn, MD, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
name: Michael R. Grever, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: The Cleveland Clinic
name: Mohamad A. Hussein, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
References:
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