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A Randomized Phase III Trial of Consolidation with Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Followed by Maintenance Rituximab vs. Maintenance Rituximab Alone for Patients with Mantle Cell Lymphoma In Minimal Residual Disease-Negative First Complete Remission.

Primary Objective:
To compare overall survival in MCL patients in MRD-negative first complete remission (CR) who undergo auto-HCT followed by maintenance rituximab vs. maintenance rituximab alone (without autoHCT).

Secondary Objectives:
1.To compare progression-free survival in MCL patients in MRD negative CR who undergo auto-HCT followed by maintenance rituximab vs. maintenance rituximab alone.

2. To define the overall survival and progression-free survival at 2 and 5 years of chemosensitive but MRD-positive CR patients who undergo auto-HCT followed by 3 years of maintenance rituximab.

3. To define the overall survival and progression-free survival at 2 and 5 years of chemosensitive but MRD-positive PR patients who undergo auto-HCT followed by 3 years of maintenance rituximab.

4. To define the overall survival and progression-free survival at 2 and 5 years of MRD-negative PR patients who undergo auto-HCT followed by 3 years of maintenance rituximab.

5. To define the overall survival and progression-free survival at 2 and 5 years of MRD-indeterminate patients who undergo auto-HCT followed by 3 years of maintenance rituximab.

6. To describe the rate of complications (serious infection, hospitalization, need for intravenous immune globulin) in MCL patients undergoing maintenance rituximab following auto-HCT.

7. To determine the prognostic impact of MRD status at day 100, in MCL patients who were MRD-positive (including MRD-positive CR and MRD-positive PR) prior to auto-HCT.

Protocol Number: 011813
Phase: Phase III
Applicable Disease Sites: Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Drugs Involved: RITUXIMAB
Scope: National
Therapies Involved: Immunotherapy
Participating Institutions:
  • Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
    • Principal Investigator
      • Matthew Matasar
Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

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