New combo therapy aims to boost survival in kids with aggressive lymphoma
NCT ID NCT02405676
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether adding four doses of rituximab to an intensified chemotherapy regimen improves outcomes for children and teens with advanced B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma or B-cell acute leukemia. About 200 participants in China will receive the new treatment, and researchers will compare their event-free survival to a previous study. The goal is to find a more effective way to control these aggressive cancers.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Rituximab (a targeted antibody) plus chemotherapy drugs (prednisone, vincristine, cyclophosphamide, cytarabine, doxorubicin, ifosfamide, etoposide, methotrexate)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a more effective treatment regimen for children with advanced B-cell lymphoma or leukemia, improving their chances of staying cancer-free.
- What could go wrong
- This is a Phase 2/3 trial, so results are not yet confirmed. The stronger chemotherapy may cause more side effects, and the benefit of adding rituximab is still being tested.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2/3
Runs two stages together: whether the treatment works, then large-scale confirmation.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2015
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A research network
The lead sponsor is a research network or cooperative group.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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Up to 16 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Histology or cytologically confirmed matureB-cell NHL/AL(Burkitt, DLBCL, PMLBL,or aggressive mature B-cell NHL non other specified or specifiable) * Able to comply with scheduled follow-up and with management of toxicity * Signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Follicular lymphoma, MALT and nodular marginal zone are not included into this therapeutic study * Patients with congenital immunodeficiency, chromosomal breakage syndrome, prior organ transplantation, previous malignancy of any type, or known positive HIV serology. * -Evidence of pregnancy or lactation period. * Past or current anti-cancer treatment except corticosteroids during less than one week. Exclusion criteria related to rituximab: * Tumor cell negative for CD20. * Prior exposure to rituximab. * Hepatitis B carrier status history of HBV or positive serology.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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