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Follicular Lymphoma

Research results from Kings College update knowledge of follicular lymphoma

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, November 20th, 2008

" To compare the long-term outcome of patients with previously untreated follicular lymphoma (FL) needing therapy, after treatment with cyclophosphamide, vincristine and prednisone (CVP) versus CVP plus rituximab (R-CVP) and to evaluate the predictive value of known prognostic factors after treatment with R-CVP. Patients and Methods Patients with previously untreated CD20-positive stage III/ IV FL were randomly assigned to eight cycles of R-CVP (n = 159) or CVP alone (n = 162)," researchers in London, the United Kingdom report.

"The median follow-up period was 53 months. The primary end point-time to treatment failure (TTF), which included patients without a response...

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