S9911, Combination Chemotherapy Plus Monoclonal Antibody Therapy in Treating Patients With Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• 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. 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 combination chemotherapy followed by monoclonal antibody therapy in treating patients who have newly diagnosed follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Southwest Oncology Group
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Antibodies; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Cyclophosphamide; Doxorubicin; Iodine; Iodine-131 anti-B1 antibody; Liposomal doxorubicin; Prednisone; Tositumomab I-131; Vincristine

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma No prior treatment Bulky stage II, stage III, or stage IV Must express cluster of differentiation antigen 20 (CD20) antigen Bidimensionally measurable disease No Central Nervous System (CNS) involvement

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: SWOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Granulocyte count at least 1500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified Cardiovascular: No arrhythmias (except sinus arrhythmia or infrequent premature ventricular contractions) No history of impaired cardiac status (severe coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy, congestive heart failure, or serious arrhythmia Ejection fraction at least normal Other: HIV negative No prior malignancy within past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix No pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No prior monoclonal antibodies Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy for lymphoma Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior radiotherapy for lymphoma Surgery: Not specified