Eligibility Module

Eligibility Module

The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.

Eligibility Module path is as follows:

Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module

Eligibility Module


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NCT ID: NCT00281918
Eligibility Criteria: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Diagnosed B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) defined by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Working Group criteria * Meets 1 of the following criteria: * Binet stage C disease * Binet stage B disease AND ≥ 1 of the following signs or symptoms\*: * B symptoms (night sweats, weight loss ≥ 10% within the previous 6 months, fevers \> 38°C or 100.4°F for ≥ 2 weeks without evidence of infection), or constitutional symptoms (fatigue) * Continuous progression (doubling of peripheral lymphocyte count within the past 6 months and absolute lymphocyte count \> 50 G/I) * Evidence of progressive marrow failure as manifested by the development/worsening of anemia and/or thrombocytopenia * Massive, progressive or painful splenomegaly or hypersplenism * Massive lymph nodes or lymph node clusters (\> 10 cm in longest diameter), danger of organ complications through large lymphoma (e.g., vascular compression or tracheal narrowing), or progressive lymphadenopathy * Occurrence of symptomatic hyperviscosity problems at leukocyte counts \> 200 G/I (symptomatic leukostasis) NOTE: \* Marked hypogammaglobulinemia or the development of a monoclonal protein in the absence of any of the above criteria for active disease is not sufficient for eligibility * No Binet stage A disease * No transformation to an aggressive B-cell malignancy (e.g., diffuse large cell lymphoma, Richter's syndrome, or prolymphocytic leukemia) PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1 * Cumulative Illness Rating Scale (CIRS) score \> 6 * Life expectancy \> 6 months * Bilirubin ≤ 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN) * Alkaline phosphatase and transaminases ≤ 2 times ULN * Creatinine clearance ≥ 70 mL/min * Not pregnant or nursing * Negative pregnancy test * Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 2 months after study treatment * No known hypersensitivity with anaphylactic reaction to humanized monoclonal antibodies or any of the study drugs * No cerebral dysfunction that precludes chemotherapy * No active bacterial, viral, or fungal infection * No clinically significant autoimmune cytopenia or Coombs-positive hemolytic anemia * No other active malignancy requiring concurrent treatment except basal cell carcinoma or tumors treated curatively by surgery * No medical or psychological condition that would preclude study therapy * No concurrent disease that requires prolonged (\> 1 month) therapy involving glucocorticoids PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * No previous treatment of CLL by chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or immunotherapy
Healthy Volunteers: False
Sex: ALL
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Study: NCT00281918
Study Brief:
Protocol Section: NCT00281918