Bortezomib, Ifosfamide, Carboplatin, and Etoposide, With or Without Rituximab, in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory AIDS-Related Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Lymphoma

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Lymphoma focused on measuring AIDS-related diffuse large cell lymphoma, AIDS-related diffuse mixed cell lymphoma, AIDS-related diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma, AIDS-related immunoblastic large cell lymphoma, AIDS-related lymphoblastic lymphoma, AIDS-related peripheral/systemic lymphoma, AIDS-related primary CNS lymphoma, AIDS-related small noncleaved cell lymphoma
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Histologically or cytologically confirmed relapsed or refractory HIV-associated non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)
- Must have histologic or cytologic documentation of prior AIDS-associated NHL (i.e., at time of diagnosis) for clinically relapsed and/or refractory disease for which biopsy is not feasible
 - Must have documented HIV seropositivity
 - Must have documentation of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)- and/or human herpes virus-8 (HHV-8)- positive infection within the lymphoma (i.e., LMP-1, LANA expression, or positive Epstein-Barr-encoded RNAs [EBERs])
 
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Inclusion criteria:
- ECOG performance status (PS) 0-2 OR Karnofsky PS 50-100%
 - Life expectancy > 2 months
 - ANC ≥ 1,000/mm³* (growth factor support allowed)
 - Hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 g/dL* (growth factor support allowed)
 - Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³
 - Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 mg/dL
 - AST/ALT ≤ 2.5 times institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
 - Serum creatinine ≤ ULN
 - Creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min
 - Negative pregnancy test
 - Not pregnant or nursing
 - Fertile patients must use effective contraception NOTE: *Patients with lymphomatous involvement of the bone unable to meet hematologic criteria are allowed
 
Exclusion criteria:
- Peripheral neuropathy ≥ grade 2
 Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, any of the following:
Ongoing or active infection
- Opportunistic infections controlled by antimicrobial or suppressive therapy allowed, unless the investigator judges the infection likely to become life-threatening in the setting of multi-agent chemotherapy
 
- Symptomatic congestive heart failure
 - Unstable angina pectoris
 - NYHA class III or IV heat failure
 - Myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
 - Uncontrolled angina
 - Severe uncontrolled ventricular or other cardiac arrhythmias
 - Acute ischemia or active conduction system abnormalities by ECG
 - Serious psychiatric or medical illness, that would interfere with study compliance
 
- Social situations that would interfere with study compliance
 Acute active HIV-associated opportunistic infection requiring antibiotic treatment
- Mycobacterium avium or candidiasis allowed unless concurrent therapy with moderate-to-strong CYP3A4 inducers or inhibitors is required
 - Chronic myelosuppressive agent therapy allowed provided hematologic criteria are met
 
- Hypersensitivity to compounds of similar chemical or biological composition to bortezomib, boron, mannitol, ifosfamide, carboplatin, or etoposide
 - Concurrent malignancy except carcinoma in situ of the cervix, in situ anal cancer, nonmetastatic nonmelanoma skin cancer, or Kaposi's sarcoma not requiring systemic chemotherapy
 Active hepatitis B infection (hepatitis B surface antigen-positive), unless 1 of the following criteria are met:
- Able to start dual anti-hepatitis B adefovir and telbivudine therapy prior to study
 - Receiving dual anti-hepatitis B therapy for at least 12 weeks prior to study with either agent active against HIV (i.e., entecavir, tenofovir, lamivudine, or emtricitabine)
 
- Concurrent grapefruit juice/fruit or green tea
 
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- See Disease Characteristics
 - Recovered from prior adverse effects due to agents administered more than 3 weeks earlier
 - Glucocorticoid therapy within the past 3 weeks allowed
 - More than 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy
 - More than 2 weeks since prior radiotherapy
 - More than 14 days since prior and no other concurrent investigational agents (other than bortezomib)
 - No concurrent moderate-to-strong CYP3A4 inducers or inhibitors other than protease inhibitors
 - Concurrent stable (at least 12 weeks) antiretroviral regimen allowed
 
Sites / Locations
- Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center
 - USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
 - UCLA Clinical AIDS Research and Education (CARE) Center
 - University of California at Davis Center for Aids Research and Education Services
 - University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center - Miami
 - Emory Winship Cancer Institute
 - Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
 - Northwestern Cancer Center
 - Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
 - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
 - Montefiore Medical Center
 - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
 - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
 - Pennsylvania Oncology Hematology Associates, Incorporated - Philadelphia
 - Thomas Street Health Center
 - Baylor College of Medicine
 - Virginia Mason Medical Center
 
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
CD20+ Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
CD20- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Part A: Velcade Day 1 and Day 8, with inter-subject dose escalation over four dose levels: 0.7 mg/m2, 1 mg/m2, 1.3 mg/m2 and 1.5 mg/m2. Dexamethasone 20 mg IV and etoposide 100 mg/m2 IV Days 8-10, carboplatin dosed to AUC=5 (maximum 750 mg) IV and ifosfamide 5000 mg/m2 mixed with an equal amount of Mesna on Day 9 of a 28-day cycle. Part B: Velcade on Days 1 and 8, dexamethasone 20 mg IV Days 1-3 and Day 8; etoposide 100 mg/m2 IV on Days 1-3; carboplatin dosed to AUC=5 (maximum 750 mg) IV on Day 2; ifosfamide 5000 mg/m2 mixed with an equal amount of Mesna and administered as a continuous IV infusion over 24 hours on Day 2, rituximab 375mg/m2 on Day 1 of a 21-day cycle.
Part A: Velcade Day 1 and Day 8, with inter-subject dose escalation over four dose levels: 0.7 mg/m2, 1 mg/m2, 1.3 mg/m2 and 1.5 mg/m2. Dexamethasone 20 mg IV and etoposide 100 mg/m2 IV Days 8-10, carboplatin dosed to AUC=5 (maximum 750 mg) IV and ifosfamide 5000 mg/m2 mixed with an equal amount of Mesna on Day 9 of a 28-day cycle. Part B: Velcade on Days 1 and 8, dexamethasone 20 mg IV Days 1-3 and Day 8; etoposide 100 mg/m2 IV on Days 1-3; carboplatin dosed to AUC=5 (maximum 750 mg) IV on Day 2; ifosfamide 5000 mg/m2 mixed with an equal amount of Mesna and administered as a continuous IV infusion over 24 hours on Day 2, 21-day cycle.