S0019 Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Rituximab in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2006-11-01
• 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. Monoclonal antibodies such as rituximab can locate cancer cells and either kill them or deliver cancer-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. It is not yet known whether combination chemotherapy is more effective with or without rituximab for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy with or without rituximab in treating patients who have relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Southwest Oncology Group
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Carboplatin; Etoposide; Etoposide phosphate; Ifosfamide; Isophosphamide mustard; Lenograstim; Rituximab

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that has failed prior combination chemotherapy with an anthracycline-containing regimen Eligible histologies: Diffuse large cell Small non-cleaved cell/Burkitt's lymphoma No lymphoblastic or mantle cell lymphoma First relapse or primary refractory disease Ineligible for or refused treatment with salvage chemotherapy followed by high-dose therapy and autologous stem cell rescue Documented CD20 antigen expression Measurable disease No clinical evidence of CNS involvement by lymphoma

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Over 18 Performance status: Zubrod 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2 times upper limit of normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL OR Creatinine clearance greater than 60 mL/min Other: HIV negative Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception No other malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: See Disease Characteristics No prior rituximab Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified Other: Recovered from toxic effects of all prior therapy No other concurrent therapy unless disease progression occurs