Combination Chemotherapy and Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Older Patients With Refractory or Relapsed Intermediate-Grade Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Lymphoma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Lymphoma focused on measuring recurrent grade 3 follicular lymphoma, recurrent adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma, recurrent adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma, recurrent adult diffuse large cell lymphoma, recurrent adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma, anaplastic large cell lymphoma
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Primary refractory intermediate grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) OR Untreated relapsed intermediate grade NHL with no more than 1 extranodal site of disease Biopsy proven relapse of diffuse large cell, diffuse mixed cell, diffuse small cleaved cell (excluding mantle cell lymphoma), follicular large cell, anaplastic large cell or immunoblastic NHL in recently attained complete response patients PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 60 and over Performance status: Karnofsky at least 80% Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL unless there is a history of Gilbert's disease Renal: No history of chronic renal insufficiency Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL or if greater than 1.5 mg/dL, then creatinine clearance must be at least 60 mL/min Cardiovascular: No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months No unstable angina or cardiac arrhythmias other than chronic atrial fibrillation Normal cardiac function required; MUGA scan or stress ECG ejection fraction at least 50% without significant wall motion abnormalities Pulmonary: Adequate pulmonary function defined as DLCO at least 50% of predicted value when corrected for patients hemoglobin and alveolar ventilation Other: No medical illness unrelated to intermediate grade Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma No uncontrolled infection No history of malignancy other than curatively treated cutaneous basal cell carcinoma; carcinoma in situ of the cervix; axillary node negative breast cancer without prior chemotherapy and disease free for more than 2 years; or prostate cancer with surgery alone and disease free for more than 2 years No lymphoblastic lymphoma, small noncleaved cell lymphoma, CNS lymphoma or CNS relapse of lymphoma Not HIV, HBV, and HCV positive PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Concurrent enrollment in MSKCC protocol 96-17a allowed Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No more than 2 prior chemotherapy regimens Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified
Sites / Locations
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center