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Lead
Grupo Español de Linfomas y Transplante Autólogo de Médula Ósea
Age
18–84
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Histologically proven diagnosis of CD20-positive marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of MALT type arisen at any extranodal site (WHO classification)
2. Any stage (Ann Arbor I-IV)
3. The novo disease en any extranodal site. For primary gastric or cutaneous lymphoma, local/specific previous treatment is accepted, just following the below criteria:
1. Cutaneous lymphoma: recurrent lymphoma after local therapy
2. Gastric lymphoma:
b1. H. pylori-negative cases, either de novo (non pre-treated) or at relapse following local therapy (i.e., surgery, radiotherapy or antibiotics).
b2. H. pylori-positive cases at diagnosis, who failed antibiotic therapy, including patients with: clinical (endoscopic) and histological evidence of disease progression at any time post H. pylori eradication; stable disease with persistent lymphoma at 1 year post H. pylori eradication; relapse (without H. pylori re-infection), after a remission; patients who failed either first line antibiotics or further local treatment (surgery or radiotherapy)
4. No evidence of histologic transformation to a high grade lymphoma
5. Measurable or evaluable disease
6. Age \>18 and \<85
7. ECOG performance status 0-2
8. Life expectancy of at least 1 year
9. Written informed consent given according to national/local regulations
You may not be if
1. Prior chemotherapy or prior immunotherapy with any anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody
2. Prior radiotherapy in the last 6 weeks
3. Corticosteroids during the last 28 days, unless prednisone chronically administered at a dose \<20 mg/day for indications other than lymphoma or lymphoma-related symptoms
4. Major impairment of renal function (serum creatinine \> 2,5 x upper normal) or liver function (ASAT/ALAT \<2,5 x upper normal, total bilirubin \<2,5x upper normal), unless due to lymphoma involvement.
5. Impairment of bone marrow function (WBC \<3.0x109/L, ANC \<1.5x109/L, PLT \<100x109/L), unless due to lymphoma involvement
6. Evidence of clinically significant cardiac, neurological or metabolic disease, unless due to lymphoma involvement
7. Evidence of symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) disease
8. Active HBV and/or HCV infection
9. Known HIV infection
10. Prior diagnosis of neoplasm within 5 years, except cervical intraepithelial neoplasia type 1 (CIN1) or localized non-melanomatous skin cancer
11. Any psychiatric disease potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule
12. Potential to attend regular visits to the hospital, on an outpatient regimen
13. Hypersensibility to any compound of the study medication.
14. Non appropriate contraceptive method in women of childbearing potential or men
15. Treatment with any drug under research within 30 days previous to start the study medication.
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