Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation Plus Combination Chemotherapy and Monoclonal Antibody Therapy in Treating Patients With Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2002-12-01
• 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 chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more cancer cells. Monoclonal antibodies can locate cancer cells and either kill them or deliver cancer-killing substances to them without harming normal cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of peripheral stem cell transplantation plus combination chemotherapy and rituximab in treating patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Maryland; University of Maryland, Baltimore
• Collaborator: University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center
• Treatments: Carmustine; Cyclophosphamide; Dexamethasone; Etoposide; Gemcitabine; Melphalan; Paclitaxel; Rituximab; Sargramostim

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed intermediate or high grade B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that meets one of the following criteria: - Relapsed or progressed following at least 1 course of standard therapy - Developed from a low grade lymphoma regardless of remission status - In first complete response with 3 or more of the following pretreatment criteria met at the time of original diagnosis: Stage III/IV disease Two or more extranodal sites of disease Lactate dehydrogenase greater than 1.2 times normal Performance status 2-4 (at time of diagnosis) Dimension of the largest tumor at least 10 cm No myelodysplasia A new classification scheme for adult non-Hodgkin's lymphoma has been adopted by PDQ. The terminology of "indolent" or "aggressive" lymphoma will replace the former terminology of "low", "intermediate", or "high" grade lymphoma. However, this protocol uses the former terminology.

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 to 75 Performance status: See Disease Characteristics ECOG 0-2 (ECOG 3-4 acceptable if based solely on pain) Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: CD34 cells at least 1,000/g Hepatic: See Disease Characteristics Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL Transaminases no greater than 4 times upper limit of normal No active chronic hepatitis or liver cirrhosis Renal: Creatinine no greater than 3.0 mg/dL Cardiovascular: No evidence for clinically significant functional impairment Left ventricular ejection fraction at least 45% Patients with lower ejection fractions may be included if a formal cardiological evaluation reveals no evidence for clinically significant functional impairment Pulmonary: FEV1, FVC, and DLCO at least 50% of predicted If unable to complete pulmonary function tests due to bone pain or fracture, must have a high resolution CT scan of the chest and acceptable blood arterial gases defined as PO2 greater than 70 Other: HIV negative No active infection that is unresponsive to intravenous antibiotics Not pregnant or nursing Effective contraception required of all fertile patients

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: See Disease Characteristics