Tag: follicular lymphoma

REDLAMP 5: Rituximab vs. Watch & Wait Approach in Patients with Advanced Follicular Lymphoma

Conventional therapy for patients with advanced stage, low tumor burden follicular lymphoma can include watchful waiting until the disease progresses. In this video Dr. Kelly Trevino explains the findings of a study in Lancet Oncology that assessed the difference in quality of life for patients who used rituximab to delay chemotherapy treatment and those patients who took the watchful wait approach.

Previous #REDLAMP entries can be viewed on our Youtube channel.

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REDLAMP 2: Disease Characteristics, Treatment Patterns, Prognosis, Outcomes, and Lymphoma-Related Mortality in Elderly Follicular Lymphoma

In a recent publication from the British Journal of Haematology researchers sought to better understand how patients over the age of 80 should be treated when they are diagnosed with follicular lymphoma. Dr. John Leonard discusses the implications of several of this study’s findings. Researchers found that while elderly follicular lymphoma patients were treated less aggressively, the majority of patients lived through the course of the study, with only a minority of those who died, dying from follicular lymphoma.

You can follow Lymphoma Program Director John Leonard @JohnPLeonardMD.

The previous entry can be viewed here.

We encourage you to follow the Lymphoma Program on Twitter, Youtube, and Facebook where we will highlight new videos are about research publications as they are released. We also welcome your feedback, suggestions and questions about this project. If you have other questions about our lymphoma program or clinical trials or would like to see one of our lymphoma specialists, please contact us at 646-962-2074.

New Clinical Trial: Phase 3 Study of Ibrutinib in Combination with Either Bendamustine and Rituximab or R-CHOP in Subjects with Previously Treated Indolent Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

The Weill Cornell Lymphoma Program has recently opened a new clinical trial for men and women with follicular and marginal zone lymphoma. The study sponsor is Janssen Research & Development LLC., and the principal investigator at Weill Cornell is Peter Martin, M.D.. For more information about the study, please call Amelyn Rodgriguez, RN at (212) 746-1362 or e-mail Amelyn at amr2017@med.cornell.edu.

Key Eligibility

  • Open to men and women age 18 and older.
  • Follicular or Marginal Zone, non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
  • Relapsed or Refractory after receiving at least one prior chemotherapy regimen.
  • At least one site of measurable disease.
  • Detailed eligibility reviewed when you contact the study team.

Study Details 

This clinical trial is for men and women with follicular or marginal zone lymphoma who have been previously treated.

The purpose of this study is to compare whether adding ibrutinib to the standard chemotherapy options for this population bendamustine/rituximab (BR) or R-CHOP result in a longer progression-free survival than BR or R-CHOP alone.

The type of chemotherapy received will be dependent on refractory versus relapsed disease, type of indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and number of prior lines of therapy.

All participants will be randomized in a one to one ratio to receive the study drug, ibrutinib, or placebo.

Randomization arms: This study is comparing BR or R-CHOP in combination with ibrutinib or placebo. This is a double blind study so neither the patient or the physician will know if you’re receiving the study medication, ibrutinib or placebo. Placebo is a blank pill that will look similar to ibrutinib but contains no medicine. The physicians will decide whether patients will receive BR or R-CHOP chemotherapy depending on prior treatments.

Patients will receive the standard 6 cycles of BR or R-CHOP and will continue taking ibrutinib or placebo as long as they are responding to therapy and not experiencing unacceptable side effects.