Status:

COMPLETED

Rituximab in Addition to Autologous Transplantation With BEAM for Patients With Lymphoid Malignancies

Lead Sponsor:

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Conditions:

Lymphoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 80 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Cohort 1: Patients who are less than or equal to 65 years of age. 1\. To determine the disease-free survival (DFS) in the 2 arms (standard dose versus high dose rituximab) Cohort 2: Patients who are...

Detailed Description

Carmustine, cytarabine, etoposide, melphalan, and rituximab are all standard chemotherapy drugs. If you are found to be eligible to take part in this study, you will be randomly assigned (as in the t...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with histologically proven diffuse large B-cell (CD20 positive) or transformed follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, that have relapsed after conventional chemotherapy and are not eligible for protocols of higher priority
  • Patients must have chemosensitive disease to salvage chemotherapy and less than 5% bone marrow involvement with lymphoma by gross pathologic examination
  • Age less than or equal to 80 years. There is no lower age limit for this study.
  • Zubrod performance status of less than 2
  • Negative pregnancy test in patients with child bearing potential
  • Must be willing to sign informed consent
  • Should be seronegative for HIV, hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis C antibody.

Exclusion

  • Patients with known active CNS disease are excluded. Patients with prior history of CNS disease should have a negative MRI of the brain (and/or spine if indicated) and negative CSF cytology within 4 weeks of enrollment into the study.
  • Less than 3 weeks from last cytotoxic chemotherapy
  • Serum bilirubin \> 1.5 mg/dl
  • Serum transaminases \> 2X/ULN
  • Serum creatinine \> 1.6 mg/dl
  • Failure to collect more than 3 x 1,000,000 CD34+ stem cells/kg body weight
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction of \< 40%, unless cleared by cardiology
  • Corrected DLCO of \< 50%
  • Patients who are on anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

93 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00472056

Start Date

March 1 2005

End Date

June 1 2012

Last Update

March 15 2016

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UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030