New Pill-and-Antibody combo may replace chemo for common lymphoma
NCT ID NCT01650701
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a combination of two drugs (rituximab and lenalidomide) works better than standard chemotherapy plus rituximab for people with untreated follicular lymphoma, a slow-growing blood cancer. About 1,030 adults with advanced disease who needed treatment took part. The goal was to see if the new combo could control the disease longer and improve response rates without the side effects of chemo.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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1,030 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2012
- Finished
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Apr 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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18 years and older
- 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: * Histologically confirmed CD20+ follicular lymphoma grade 1, 2 or 3a * Have no prior systemic treatment for lymphoma. * Must be in need of treatment * Bi-dimensionally measurable disease with at least one mass lesion \> 2 cm that was not previously irradiated. * Stage II, III or IV disease. * Must be ≥ 18 years and sign an informed consent. * Performance status ≤ 2 on the ECOG scale. * Adequate hematological function (unless abnormalities are related to lymphoma infiltration of the bone marrow) * Willing to follow pregnancy precautions Exclusion Criteria: * Clinical evidence of transformed lymphoma by investigator assessment or Grade 3b follicular lymphoma. * Patients taking corticosteroids during the last 4 weeks, unless administered at a dose equivalent to \< 10 mg/day prednisone (over these 4 weeks). * Major surgery (excluding lymph node biopsy) within 28 days prior to signing informed consent. * Known Seropositive for or active viral infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV)or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). * Life expectancy \< 6 months. * Known sensitivity or allergy to murine products. * Prior history of malignancies, other than follicular lymphoma, unless the patient has been free of the disease for ≥ 10 years. * Prior use of lenalidomide. * Neuropathy \> Grade 1. * Presence or history of CNS involvement by lymphoma. * Patients who are at a high risk for a thromboembolic event and are not willing to take venous thromboembolic (VTE) prophylaxis. * serum aspartate transaminase (AST/SGOT) or alanine transaminase (ALT/SGPT) \> 3x upper limit of normal (ULN), except in patients with documented liver or pancreatic involvement by lymphoma * total bilirubin \> 2.0 mg/dl (34 µmol/L) except in cases of Gilberts Syndrome and documented liver involvement by lymphoma * creatinine clearance of \< 30 mL/min * Pregnant or lactating females. * Any condition, including the presence of laboratory abnormalities, which places the patient at unacceptable risk if he/she were to participate in the study, or which confounds the ability to interpret data from the study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Atlantic Health Sciences Corp - Saint John Regional Hospital
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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BCCA - Vancouver Cancer Centre
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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CHU Claude Huriez
Lille, France
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CHU Mont-Godinne
Yvoir, Belgium
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CHUM Hopital Notre-Dame
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Concord Repatriation General Hospital
Concord, New South Wales, Australia
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Cross Cancer Institute
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Fraser Valley Cancer Centre
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia
Valencia, Spain
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Hospital Clínico de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
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Hospital Costa del Sol
Marbella, Spain
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Hospital Ramon y Cajal
Madrid, Spain
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Hospital Son Llatzer
Palma, Mallorca, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Mutua de Terrassa
Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Vall d´Hebron
Barcelona, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de Canarias
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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Hospital Virgen del Rocio
Seville, Andaloucia, Spain
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Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Barcelona, Spain
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Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jesus, CHU de Quebec
Québec, Quebec, Canada
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Institut Català d'Oncologia de Girona (ICO Girona)
Girona, Spain
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Instituto Português Oncologia
Lisbon, Portugal
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LMU Munchën - Klinikum Grosshadern
München, Germany
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McGill University Department of Oncology
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Medizinische Klinik der Universität Tübingen
Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
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Moncton Hospital
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
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Nepean Hospital
Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
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Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi
Bologna, Italy
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Sant'Andrea Hospital
Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Saskatoon Cancer Centre
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Tom Baker Cancer Centre
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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UHN-Princess Margaret Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Uniklinik Köln
Cologne, Nordrhein, Germany
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Wollongong Hospital
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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