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Phase I/II Study of High Dose Chemoradiotherapy With HLA Identical Related Bone Marrow or Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Rescue in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, or Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

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Alternate Title

Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy Plus Bone Marrow or Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory T-cell Lymphoma, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, or Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Basic Trial Information

Phase
Type
Status
Age
Sponsor
Protocol IDs

Phase II, Phase I


Treatment


Completed


Over 15 to physiologic age 60


NCI


NU-95H4T
NCI-G00-1692, NCT00004907

Objectives

  1. Determine the toxicity of an intensive program of chemoradiotherapy followed by HLA identical related bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in patients with relapsed or refractory cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
  2. Determine the response rate and disease free survival in patients treated with this regimen.

Entry Criteria

Disease Characteristics:

  • Histologically proven relapsed or refractory cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the following types:
    • Diffuse small lymphocytic/marginal zone
    • Grade I follicular small cleaved cell
    • Grade II follicular mixed cell
    • Diffuse small cleaved cell
    • Grade III follicular large cell
    • Diffuse mixed cell
    • Diffuse large cell
    • Immunoblastic large cell


  • HLA identical related donor available
    • Phenotypically HLA identical, MLC nonstimulatory donor eligible if no HLA identical related donor is available


  • Relapse following autologous bone marrow transplantation allowed if an HLA identical related donor is available


  • Eligible for total body irradiation


  • No active uncontrolled CNS disease


 [Note: 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.]

Prior/Concurrent Therapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Patient Characteristics:

Age:

  • Over 15 to physiologic age 60

Performance status:

  • ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Not specified

Hepatic:

  • Not specified

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL

Cardiovascular:

  • No congestive heart failure
  • No myocardial infarction within the past 3 months
  • No significant arrhythmia requiring medication
  • Resting LVEF normal

Pulmonary:

  • No significant nonneoplastic pulmonary disease (e.g., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) that would preclude therapy with cytotoxic drugs
  • DLCO at least 50% of predicted* OR
  • FEV1 and/or FVC at least 50% of predicted*

 [Note: * Unless due to lymphoma, including Hodgkin's lymphoma]

Other:

  • Not pregnant
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • No active serious medical condition that would preclude aggressive cytotoxic chemotherapy
  • HIV negative and no clinical evidence of AIDS

Expected Enrollment

Not specified

Outline

HLA identical related donors undergo harvest of bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC).

Patients are assigned to one of two treatment groups based on prior radiation to abdomen or mediastinum:

  • Group A (prior radiation no greater than 2,000 cGy): Patients with complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) after completion of chemotherapy receive cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on days -6 and -5, followed by total body irradiation twice daily on days -4 to -1. Patients with minimal response after completion of chemotherapy receive cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on days -8 and -7, followed by etoposide IV over 30 hours beginning on day -6, followed by total body irradiation twice daily on days -4 to -1.


  • Group B (prior radiation greater than 2,000 cGy): Patients with CR or PR after completion of chemotherapy receive oral busulfan every 6 hours on days -7 to -4, followed by cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on days -3 and -2. Patients with minimal response after completion of chemotherapy receive oral busulfan every 6 hours on days -9 to -6, followed by cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on days -5 and -4, followed by etoposide IV over 30 hours beginning on day -3.


  • Both groups: Bone marrow or PBSC are reinfused on day 0. Patients with bulky nodal disease (greater than 5 cm) may undergo involved field radiotherapy two weeks before transplantation.


Patients are followed every month for 1 year.

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University

Leo Gordon, MD, Protocol chair
Ph: 312-695-4546
Email: l-gordon@northwestern.edu

Registry Information
Official Title High-Dose Chemoradiotherapy with Stem Cell Allogeneic Cellular Rescue in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Hematologic Malignancy - A Phase I/II Study
Trial Start Date 1999-10-28
Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00004907
Date Submitted to PDQ 2000-01-13
Information Last Verified 2004-11-08
NCI Grant/Contract Number P30-CA60553

Note: The purpose of most clinical trials listed in this database is to test new cancer treatments, or new methods of diagnosing, screening, or preventing cancer. Because all potentially harmful side effects are not known before a trial is conducted, dose and schedule modifications may be required for participants if they develop side effects from the treatment or test. The therapy or test described in this clinical trial is intended for use by clinical oncologists in carefully structured settings, and may not prove to be more effective than standard treatment. A responsible investigator associated with this clinical trial should be consulted before using this protocol.

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