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Chemotherapy and Rituximab With or Without Total-Body Irradiation and Peripheral Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Lymphoma

This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.

Sponsors and Collaborators: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00039195
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Monoclonal antibodies such as rituximab can locate cancer cells and either kill them or deliver cancer-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Combining chemotherapy with monoclonal antibody therapy, total-body irradiation, and peripheral stem cell transplant may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving chemotherapy with rituximab followed by combination chemotherapy with or without rituximab, total-body irradiation, and peripheral stem cell transplant works in treating patients with lymphoma.


Condition Intervention Phase
Lymphoma
Drug: carboplatin
Drug: cyclophosphamide
Drug: doxorubicin hydrochloride
Drug: etoposide
Drug: filgrastim
Drug: ifosfamide
Drug: prednisone
Drug: rituximab
Drug: vincristine sulfate
Procedure: peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
Procedure: radiation therapy
Phase II

MedlinePlus related topics:   Cancer    Lymphoma   

ChemIDplus related topics:   Doxorubicin    Doxorubicin hydrochloride    Ifosfamide    Etoposide    Filgrastim    Cyclophosphamide    Carboplatin    Prednisone    Vincristine sulfate    Vincristine    Rituximab    Etoposide phosphate   

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:   Interventional
Study Design:   Treatment
Official Title:   Risk-Adapted Therapy for Patients With Untreated Age-Adjusted International Prognostic Index II or III Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma

Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Complete remission rate [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment:   98
Study Start Date:   November 2006

Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the complete remission rate in patients with low-intermediate-, high-intermediate-, or high-risk, CD20-positive, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma treated with induction chemotherapy and rituximab followed by consolidation chemotherapy with or without rituximab, total body irradiation, and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.
  • Evaluate positron emission tomography imaging for risk stratification of aggressive lymphoma by biopsy confirmation of residual lesions at interim restaging in patients treated with these regimens.
  • Determine the safety and toxicity of these regimens in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to risk (low-intermediate vs high-intermediate or high).

Patients receive induction chemotherapy comprising cyclophosphamide IV, doxorubicin IV over 15 minutes, and vincristine IV over 1-2 minutes on day 1; oral prednisone once daily on days 1-5; and filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously (SC) once daily on days 7-11 or PEG-filgrastim once at least 24 hours after infusion. Patients also receive rituximab IV 2-3 days apart for a total of 2 doses during the week prior to the first course of chemotherapy and on day 1 of courses 2-4 of chemotherapy. Treatment repeats every 14 days for a total of 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After the completion of induction chemotherapy, patients undergo CT scan and positron emission tomography (PET) scanning. If the PET scan is positive in one or more nodal sites, a repeat biopsy is performed. Patients with a negative PET scan OR a negative repeat biopsy (including no evidence of lymphoma on repeat bone marrow biopsy) are assigned to receive regimen A for consolidation therapy. Patients with a positive repeat biopsy are assigned to receive regimen B for consolidation therapy.

  • Regimen A: Patients receive consolidation chemotherapy comprising etoposide IV over 1 hour on days 1-3, ifosfamide IV continuously over 24 hours on day 2, carboplatin IV on day 2, and G-CSF SC once daily on days 5-12 or PEG-filgrastim once at least 24 hours after infusion. Treatment repeats every 14 days for a total of 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
  • Regimen B: Patients receive consolidation chemotherapy as in regimen A for 3 courses. Patients also receive rituximab IV on days -3 to -1 of course 3 of chemotherapy. Patients undergo leukapheresis at the completion of course 3 (G-CSF continues from day 5 until the end of leukapheresis). After completion of leukapheresis, patients begin a regimen of high-dose chemoradiotherapy comprising either total body irradiation twice daily on days -10 to -7 and ifosfamide IV over 1 hour and etoposide IV continuously on days -6 to -2 or BEAM chemotherapy comprising carmustine, etoposide, cytarabine, and melphalan. Autologous peripheral blood stem cells (APBSC) are reinfused on day 0. Patients also receive G-CSF SC daily beginning on day 5 and continuing until blood counts recover. Beginning on day 42 post-APBSC, if blood counts have recovered, patients receive rituximab IV once weekly for 4 weeks. Rituximab is repeated beginning on day 180 in the absence of disease progression.

Patients who receive consolidation therapy on regimen A are followed at 4-6 weeks after chemotherapy and patients who receive consolidation therapy on regimen B are followed at 90-120 days after transplantation. All patients are followed closely for 5 years and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 40-98 patients will be accrued for this study within 4 years.

  Eligibility
Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years to 64 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed aggressive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
  • CD20-positive disease
  • Age-adjusted International Prognostic Index II or III defined by the presence of at least 1 of the following:

    • Karnofsky performance status 10-70%
    • Lactate dehydrogenase greater than 200 U/L
    • Stage III or IV disease
  • Positron emission tomography avid measurable disease
  • No CNS involvement

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 to 64

Performance status:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1,000/mm^3
  • Platelet count greater than 50,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin less than 2.0 mg/dL unless history of Gilbert's disease or pattern consistent with Gilbert's disease
  • Hepatitis B surface antigen and hepatitis C antibody negative
  • No chronic, active, or persistent hepatitis

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL OR
  • Creatinine clearance greater than 60 mL/min
  • No chronic renal insufficiency

Cardiovascular:

  • Ejection fraction at least 50% by echocardiogram or MUGA scan
  • No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
  • No unstable angina
  • No cardiac arrhythmias except chronic atrial fibrillation

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective barrier contraception
  • HIV negative
  • No other medical illness that would preclude study
  • No uncontrolled infection
  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except curatively treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • No prior biologic therapy for malignancy

Chemotherapy:

  • No prior chemotherapy for malignancy

Endocrine therapy:

  • Prior steroids allowed if received no more than 1 week of therapy

Radiotherapy:

  • No prior radiotherapy for malignancy

Surgery:

  • No prior surgery for malignancy

Other:

  • No other prior therapy for malignancy
  Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00039195

Locations
United States, New York
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center    
      New York, New York, United States, 10021

Sponsors and Collaborators
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators
Study Chair:     Craig Moskowitz, MD     Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center    
  More Information

Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site
 

Study ID Numbers:   CDR0000069362, MSKCC-01142, NCI-G02-2069
First Received:   June 6, 2002
Last Updated:   August 23, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:   NCT00039195
Health Authority:   United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
stage I adult diffuse large cell lymphoma  
stage III adult diffuse large cell lymphoma  
stage IV adult diffuse large cell lymphoma  
contiguous stage II adult diffuse large cell lymphoma  
noncontiguous stage II adult diffuse large cell lymphoma  

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Prednisone
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Rituximab
Vincristine
Carboplatin
Cyclophosphamide
Etoposide phosphate
Doxorubicin
Lymphoma, B-Cell
Lymphoma, large-cell
Lymphatic Diseases
Ifosfamide
B-cell lymphomas
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Etoposide
Lymphoma
Isophosphamide mustard

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Immune System Diseases
Immunologic Factors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Antimitotic Agents
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Hormones
Glucocorticoids
Immunosuppressive Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Neoplasms
Therapeutic Uses
Tubulin Modulators
Myeloablative Agonists
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
Antirheumatic Agents
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Alkylating Agents

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