Treatment of advanced, relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) with fludarabine, miroxantrone and cyclophosphamide combination therapy with or without granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF)

ISRCTN	ISRCTN31486124
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN31486124
Secondary identifying numbers	CLL6 protocol

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Prof Michael Hallek
Scientific

Kerpenerstr. 62
Cologne
50924
Germany

Phone	+49 221 478 4400
Email	michael.hallek@uk-koeln.de

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Not specified
Study type	Treatment
Scientific title
Study hypothesis	The prophylactic administration of G-CSF prevents the incidence of infections during relapse chemotherapy in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Condition	Relapsed B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL)
Intervention	Fludarabine 25 mg/m^2 day 1-3, mitoxantrone 8 mg/m^2 day 1, cyclophosphamide 200 mg/m^2 day 1-3, repeated every 28 days, maximum 6 courses. Arm A with G-CSF: 5 µg/kg bodyweight/day subcutaneously (sc) beginning on day +6 until neutrophil recovery above 1500/µl. Arm B without G-CSF.
Intervention type	Drug
Pharmaceutical study type(s)
Phase	Not Specified
Drug / device / biological / vaccine name(s)	Fludarabine, miroxantrone, cyclophosphamide and G-CSF
Primary outcome measure	1. Incidence of severe and life threatening infections 2. Incidence of severe side effects 3. Remission rate
Secondary outcome measures	1. Overall survival 2. Progression free survival 3. Quality of remission
Overall study start date	06/08/1999
Overall study end date	30/09/2004

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Lower age limit	18 Years
Upper age limit	70 Years
Sex	Both
Target number of participants	165
Participant inclusion criteria	1. B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) 2. Binet stage C, Binet stage B with treatment indication 3. Maximum of 3 previous treatment regimen 4. Age 18-70 years 5. Life expectancy more than 6 months 6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0-3 7. Normal cardiac function 8. Signed inform consent
Participant exclusion criteria	1. Severe organ dysfunction 2. Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia (AIHA) 3. More than 3 chemotherapy regimens 4. Concomitant or previous neoplasm 5. Non-response to previous treatment with Fludarabine + Cyclophosphamide, Fludarabine + Mitoxantrone, Fludarabine + Epirubicine
Recruitment start date	06/08/1999
Recruitment end date	30/09/2004

Kerpenerstr. 62

Cologne
50924
Germany

German CLL Study Group (GCLLSG) (Germany)
Research organisation

Herderstr. 52-54
Cologne
50931
Germany

Industry

Amgen (USA)
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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
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