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Trial reportHaematologica2017

Efficacy and safety of subcutaneous and intravenous rituximab plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone in first-line diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: the randomized MabEase study.

Pieternella Lugtenburg, Irit Avivi, Henriette Berenschot, Osman Ilhan, Jean Pierre Marolleau, Arnon Nagler, Antonio Rueda, Monica Tani, Mehmet Turgut, Stuart Osborne and 2 more

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIIMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Haematologica, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Pieternella LugtenburgDepartment of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands p.lugtenburg@erasmusmc.nl.
Irit AviviThe Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Henriette BerenschotDepartment of Hematology, Alberts Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, the Netherlands.
Osman IlhanDepartment of Hematology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Turkey.
Jean Pierre MarolleauUnit of Hematology, University Hospital of Amiens, France.
Arnon NaglerDivision of Hematology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Antonio RuedaÁrea de Oncología. Unidad de Oncología Médica, E.P. Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Spain.
Monica TaniHematology Unit, Santa Maria Delle Croci Hospital, Ravenna, Italy.
Mehmet TurgutHematology Department, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
Stuart OsbornePDMA Operations (Biometrics), F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland.
Rodney SmithPharma Development Oncology, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland.
Michael PfreundschuhDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital of Saarland, Homburg, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intravenous rituximab plus chemotherapy is standard treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. A subcutaneous formulation of rituximab is expected to simplify and shorten drug preparation and administration, and to reduce treatment burden. MabEase (

Indexed as

Administration, IntravenousAdultAgedAntibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-DerivedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCyclophosphamideDoxorubicinFemaleHumansInfusions, SubcutaneousLymphoma, Large B-Cell, DiffuseMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPatient SatisfactionPrednisoneAntibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-DerivedCyclophosphamideDoxorubicinPrednisoneR-CHOP protocolRituximabVincristine

Identifiers

PMID28935843
PMCPMC5664395

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