Bortezomib and Fludarabine With or Without Rituximab in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Indolent Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma or Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of bortezomib when given together with fludarabine with or without rituximab in treating patients with relapsed or refractory indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Bortezomib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking the enzymes necessary for cancer cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as fludarabine, work in different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Monoclonal antibodies, such as rituximab, can block cancer growth in different ways. Some block the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Others find cancer cells and help kill them or carry cancer-killing substances to them. Giving bortezomib together with fludarabine with or without rituximab may kill more cancer cells.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Bortezomib; Fludarabine; Fludarabine phosphate; Rituximab; Vidarabine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) OR indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) of any of the following subtypes:

• Follicular lymphoma:

• Grade I follicular small cleaved cell;

• Grade II follicular mixed cell;

• Grade II follicular large cell;

• Diffuse small cleaved cell;

• Small lymphocytic lymphoma;

• Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia)

• AND

• Extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue [MALT] lymphoma);

• Nodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (monocytoid B-cell lymphoma);

• Splenic marginal zone lymphoma (splenic lymphoma with villous lymphocytes);

• Mantle cell lymphoma:

• No blastic phase mantle cell lymphoma

• Relapsed or refractory, progressive disease:

• First, second, or third relapse

• Measurable disease, meeting 1 of the following criteria:

• At least 1 unidimensionally measurable lesion at least 20 mm by conventional techniques OR at least 10 mm by spiral CT scan (for NHL patients);

• OR:

• Lymphocytosis > 50,000/mm3 OR evidence of progressive bone marrow infiltration failure (e.g., hemoglobin 10 g/dL) OR thrombocytopenia (i.e., platelet count < 100,000/mm3) with > 30% infiltration of bone marrow by leukemia (for CLL patients)

• No measurable lymphadenopathy (for CLL and Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia patients)

• No evidence of CNS lymphoma

• Performance status:

• ECOG 0-2

• Life expectancy:

• More than 12 weeks

• No history of uncontrolled orthostatic hypotension

• No symptomatic congestive heart failure

• No unstable angina pectoris

• No cardiac arrhythmia

• Not pregnant or nursing

• Negative pregnancy test

• Fertile patients must use effective contraception

• HIV negative

• No uncontrolled concurrent illness

• No grade 2 or greater neuropathy

• No history of allergy or anaphylaxis to mannitol, bortezomib, fludarabine, or boron

• No ongoing or active infection

• No psychiatric illness or social situation that would preclude study compliance

• At least 4 weeks since prior monoclonal antibody (MoAB) therapy:

• Patients who have received MoAB therapy within the past 3 months must have documented disease progression since receiving this therapy

• No prior allogeneic stem cell transplantation

• More than 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy

• Prior fludarabine allowed

• At least 1 week since prior steroids

• At least 3 months since prior radio-immunotherapy

• More than 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy

• No prior bortezomib

• Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm3

• Platelet count at least 75,000/mm3 (greater than 50,000/mm3 if lymphomatous bone marrow involvement is present)

• Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL

• AST/ALT no greater than 4 times normal

• Creatinine clearance greater than 40 mL/min

• No other concurrent investigational agents or treatments for the malignancy

• No brain metastases

• OR:

Quantitation of IgM paraprotein (for Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia patients)