Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Acute B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia or Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2003-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy in treating patients who have acute B-lymphoblastic leukemia or recurrent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Treatments: Asparaginase; Cortisol succinate; Cyclophosphamide; Cytarabine; Daunorubicin; Dexamethasone; Etoposide; Hydrocortisone; Hydrocortisone 17-butyrate 21-propionate; Hydrocortisone acetate; Hydrocortisone hemisuccinate; Leucovorin; Levoleucovorin; Methotrexate; Methylprednisolone; Methylprednisolone acetate; Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate; Prednisolone; Prednisolone acetate; Prednisolone hemisuccinate; Prednisolone phosphate; Thiotepa; Vincristine

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Newly diagnosed undifferentiated nonlymphoblastic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (Burkitt's or non-Burkitt's) Newly diagnosed large cell lymphoma with CNS involvement Recurrent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma L-3 and B-cell leukemia included At least 1 of the following required: LDH at least 500 IU/liter (old method) or 2,000 IU/liter (new method) Bone marrow involvement (greater than 5% lymphoblasts) CNS involvement (lymphoblasts on CSF cytospin or intracranial mass on CT or MRI scan)

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Any age Performance status: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Prior therapy allowed for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma No prior therapy for all other diseases