New hope for lymphoma patients: drug combo shows promise in major trial

NCT ID NCT02947347

Summary

This study tested whether adding the drug ibrutinib to standard rituximab treatment works better than rituximab alone for people newly diagnosed with follicular lymphoma. Researchers enrolled 445 older adults or those with other health conditions to compare how long patients stayed cancer-free and how they responded to treatment. The goal was to control the cancer longer with the combination therapy while monitoring side effects.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda - Presidio Ospedaliero Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda

    Milan, Italy

  • AZ Nikolaas

    Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

  • AZ Sint-Jan Brugge Oostende AV

    Bruges, Belgium

  • Addenbrooke's Hospital

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

  • Andrew Love Cancer Center

    Geelong, Victoria, Australia

  • Assaf Harofe Medical Center

    Ẕerifin, Israel

  • Assuta Medical Center

    Tel Aviv, Israel

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino

    Turin, Piedmont, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino

    Torino, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Parma

    Parma, Italy

  • Azienda Sanitaria Ospedaliera S. Croce e Carle

    Cuneo, 12100, Italy

  • Azienda ospedaliera Universiataria Senese

    Siena, Tuscany, Italy

  • Barts and The London NHS Trust

    London, United Kingdom

  • Barzilai Medical Center

    Ashkelon, Israel

  • Bnei Zion Medical Center

    Haifa, Israel

  • CHRU de Poitiers La Miletrie

    Poitiers, Vienne, France

  • CHU Bordeaux

    Pessac, France

  • CHU de Limoges Hôpital Dupuytren

    Limoges, France

  • CHU de Liège

    Liège, Belgium

  • CHUM Notre Dame Hospital

    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • CIUSSS-de-l'Est-de-l'Île-de-Montréal

    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Centre Hospitalier de Perigueux

    Périgueux, 24019, France

  • Centre Hospitalier de Valence

    Valence, Drôme, France

  • Centro Di Riferimento Oncologico

    Aviano, Italy

  • Centro Hospitalar de São João, E.P.E.

    Porto, 4200-319, Portugal

  • Centro Hospitalar do Porto - Hospital de Santo António

    Porto, Portugal

  • Centrum Onkologii Ziemi Lubelskiej

    Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland

  • Chang Gung Medical Foundation Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

  • Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying

    Liuying, Taiwan

  • City Hospital #31

    Saint Petersburg, Russia

  • City of Hope

    Duarte, California, 91010, United States

  • Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

    Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium

  • Copernicus PL Sp. z o.o. Wojewodzkie Centrum Onkologii

    Gdansk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

  • Debreceni Egyetem Klinikai Kozpont

    Debrecen, Hungary

  • Derriford Hospital

    Plymouth, United Kingdom

  • ETZ-Elisabeth

    Tilburg, Netherlands

  • Ege Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi

    Bornova, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Erciyes Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi

    Kayseri, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Fakultni nemocnice Hradec Kralove

    Hradec Králové, Czechia

  • Fakultni nemocnice Kralovske Vinohrady

    Prague, Czechia

  • Fakultni nemocnice Ostrava

    Ostrava, Czechia

  • Fakultni nemocnice v Motole

    Prague, Czechia

  • Farmacia Polo Ematologico Policlinico Umberto I

    Roma, Italy

  • Florida Cancer Affiliates

    Ocala, Florida, 34471, United States

  • Gasthuis Zusters Antwerpen

    Wilrijk, Belgium

  • Gazi Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi

    Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Gelre Ziekenhuizen

    Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands

  • Goldschmidt Cancer Center

    Jefferson City, Missouri, 65109, United States

  • Greenville Health System

    Greenville, South Carolina, 29605, United States

  • Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute

    Newark, Delaware, 19713, United States

  • Hospital Arnau de Vilanova

    Valencia, Spain

  • Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valladolid

    Valladolid, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol

    Barcelona, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro - CIOCC

    Madrid, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor

    Madrid, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario La Paz

    Madrid, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme

    Seville, Sevilla, Spain

  • Hospital Vall dHebron

    Barcelona, Spain

  • Hospital de Cabueñes

    Gijón, Principality of Asturias, Spain

  • Hospital del Mar

    Barcelona, Spain

  • Hôpital Civil

    Strasbourg, France

  • ICO L'Hospitalet

    Barcelona, Spain

  • Instituto Portugues de Oncologia Do Porto Francisco Gentil Epe

    Porto, Portugal

  • Istituto Europeo Di Oncologia

    Milan, Lombardy, Italy

  • Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo Per Lo Studio E La Cura Dei Tumori IRST

    Meldola, 47014, Italy

  • Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital

    Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

  • Kocaeli Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Arastirma ve Uygulama Hastanesi

    Kocaeli, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center

    Haifa, Israel

  • Laiko General Hospital of Athens

    Athens, Attica, Greece

  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

    Leeds, United Kingdom

  • Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum

    Leiden, Netherlands

  • MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Maasstad Ziekenhuis

    Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

  • Malopolskie Centrum Medyczne

    Krakow, Poland

  • Mater Misericordiae Health Services

    South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

  • Medical Oncology Associates

    Spokane, Washington, 99208, United States

  • Mersin Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi

    Gaziantep, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Monash Medical Centre Clayton Campus

    Clayton, Victoria, Australia

  • Moncton Hospital

    Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

  • Namik Kemal Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi

    Tekirdağ, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    Taipei, Taiwan

  • Nizhegorodskaya Regional Clinical Hospital n.a. Semashko

    Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

  • Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

    Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom

  • North-West Federal Medical Research Center n.a. V.A. Almazov

    Saint Petersburg, Russia

  • Norton Cancer Institute

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States

  • OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Beaverton Clinic

    Beaverton, Oregon, 97006, United States

  • Oncology and Hematology Associates of Southwest Virginia (Blacksburg)

    Blacksburg, Virginia, 24060, United States

  • Ondokuz Mayis Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi

    Samsun, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Országos Onkológiai Intézet

    Budapest, Hungary

  • Ospedale Infermi di Rimini

    Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

  • Ospedale Policlinico San Martino

    Genoa, Liguria, Italy

  • Petz Aladár Megyei Oktató Kórház

    Győr, Hungary

  • Policlinico Universitario Campus Biomedico di Roma

    Roma, Italy

  • Pécsi Tudományegyetem

    Pécs, Hungary

  • Rabin Medical Center Beilinson Campus

    Petah Tikva, Israel

  • Regional Clinical Hospital

    Krasnoyarsk, Russia

  • Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    Reading, United Kingdom

  • Royal Cornwall Hospital - Hospital Treliske

    Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3LJ, United Kingdom

  • Royal Hobart Hospital

    Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

  • Rush University Medical Center

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States

  • Russian Oncology Research Center n a N N Blokhin

    Moscow, Russia

  • SCRI Florida Cancer Specialists North

    St. Petersburg, Florida, 33709, United States

  • SCRI Florida Cancer Specialists South

    Fort Myers, Florida, 33916, United States

  • SCRI Tennessee Oncology Chattanooga

    Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37404-1108, United States

  • SCRI Tennessee Oncology Nashville

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States

  • SCRI The Center For Cancer and Blood Disorders

    Fort Worth, Texas, 76104, United States

  • Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny Nr 1 we Wroclawiu

    Wroclaw, Poland

  • San Raffaele Scientific Institute

    Milan, Italy

  • Sansum Clinic

    Santa Barbara, California, 93105, United States

  • Somogy Megyei Kaposi Mór Oktató Kórház

    Kaposvár, Somogy County, 7400, Hungary

  • Southeast Nebraska Cancer Center

    Lincoln, Nebraska, 68510, United States

  • Southern Cancer Center

    Mobile, Alabama, 36526, United States

  • Swedish Cancer Institute

    Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States

  • Szpitale Pomorskie Sp. z o. o.

    Gdynia, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

  • Taipei Veterans General Hospital

    Taipei, Taiwan

  • Texas Oncology (Medical City)

    Dallas, Texas, 75230, United States

  • Texas Oncology (Tyler)

    Tyler, Texas, 75702, United States

  • Texas Oncology-Dallas Presbyterian Hospital

    Dallas, Texas, 75231, United States

  • The Canberra Hospital

    Garran, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

  • UCLA Hematology/Oncology

    Santa Monica, California, 90095, United States

  • UZ Gent

    Ghent, Belgium

  • Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos SA

    Matosinhos Municipality, Portugal

  • Uniklinikum Salzburg

    Salzburg, Austria

  • University General Hospital of Larissa

    Larissa, Greece

  • University General Hospital of Patras

    Pátrai, Achaïa, Greece

  • Universitätsklinikum Innsbruck

    Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria

  • W VA University Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center

    Morgantown, West Virginia, 26506, United States

  • ZNA Stuivenberg

    Antwerp, Belgium

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