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Rituximab purging and/or maintenance in patients undergoing autologous transplantation for relapsed follicular lymphoma: a prospective randomized trial from the lymphoma working party of the European group for blood and marrow transplantation

Ruth Pettengell, Norbert Schmitz, Christian Gisselbrecht, Graeme Smith, William N Patton, Bernd Metzner, Dolores Caballero, Herve Tilly, Jan A Walewski, Isabelle Bence-Bruckler, Bik To, Christian H Geisler, Rik Schots, Eva Kimby, Christian J Taverna, Tomás Kozák, Peter Dreger, Ruzena Uddin, Carmen Ruiz de Elvira, Anthony H Goldstone

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    Abstract

    The objective of this randomized trial was to assess the efficacy and safety of rituximab as in vivo purging before transplantation and as maintenance treatment immediately after high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem-cell transplantation (HDC-ASCT) in patients with relapsed follicular lymphoma (FL).
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalJournal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
    Volume31
    Issue number13
    Pages (from-to)1624-30
    Number of pages7
    ISSN0732-183X
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2013

    Keywords

    • Adult
    • Aged
    • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
    • Antineoplastic Agents
    • Bone Marrow Purging
    • Combined Modality Therapy
    • Female
    • Humans
    • Lymphoma, Follicular
    • Male
    • Middle Aged
    • Prospective Studies
    • Recurrence
    • Salvage Therapy
    • Stem Cell Transplantation
    • Transplantation, Autologous

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