Overview

Chlorambucil Compared With Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Stage III or Stage IV Follicular Lymphoma

Status:
Unknown status

Trial end date:
1969-12-31

Target enrollment:

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Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage cancer cells. It is not yet known if chlorambucil is more effective than radiation therapy in treating follicular lymphoma. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of chlorambucil with that of radiation therapy in treating patients who have stage III or stage IV follicular lymphoma that has not been previously treated.

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Commissie Voor Klinisch Toegepast Onderzoek

Collaborator:

European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC

Treatments:

Chlorambucil