Rituximab, Combination Chemotherapy, and Yttrium Y 90 Ibritumomab Tiuxetan in Treating Patients With Relapsed Follicular Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Lymphoma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Lymphoma focused on measuring recurrent grade 1 follicular lymphoma, recurrent grade 2 follicular lymphoma, recurrent grade 3 follicular lymphoma, contiguous stage II grade 1 follicular lymphoma, contiguous stage II grade 2 follicular lymphoma, contiguous stage II grade 3 follicular lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II grade 1 follicular lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II grade 2 follicular lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II grade 3 follicular lymphoma, stage III grade 1 follicular lymphoma, stage III grade 2 follicular lymphoma, stage III grade 3 follicular lymphoma, stage IV grade 1 follicular lymphoma, stage IV grade 2 follicular lymphoma, stage IV grade 3 follicular lymphoma
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Histologically confirmed grade 1, 2, or 3 follicular non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Stage II, III, or IV disease (according to the Ann Arbor staging system)
- CD20-positive disease
- Initial disease bulk ≤ 10 cm
In first or second relapse after prior treatment with a rituximab-containing chemotherapy regimen (R-chemo) or chemotherapy alone
Relapse must have occurred ≥ 6 months after completion of R-chemo
- Relapse that occurred < 6 months after completion of chemotherapy alone allowed
Has at least one of the following symptoms requiring initiation of treatment:
- Nodal mass > 5 cm in its greater diameter
- B symptoms
- Elevated serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) or β2-microglobulin
- Involvement of ≥ 3 nodal sites (each with a diameter > 3 cm)
- Symptomatic splenic enlargement
- Compressive syndrome
- No primary refractory disease
- No large pleural or peritoneal effusions
- No CNS disease
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- ECOG performance status 0-2
- Life expectancy ≥ 6 months
- Absolute granulocyte count ≥ 1,500/mm³
- Platelet count ≥ 1,000/mm³
- Serum creatinine < 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Total bilirubin < 1.5 times ULN
- AST < 5 times ULN
- No active obstructive hydronephrosis
- No evidence of active infection requiring IV antibiotics
- No advanced heart disease or other serious illness that would preclude study evaluation
- No known HIV infection
- No human anti-mouse antibody (HAMA) reactivity
- No known hypersensitivity to murine antibodies or proteins
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 12 months after completion of study treatment
- No other prior malignancy, except for adequately treated skin cancer, cervical cancer in situ, or other cancer for which the patient has been disease-free for 5 years
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- See Disease Characteristics
- At least 4 weeks since prior investigational drugs and recovered
- No prior radioimmunotherapy
Sites / Locations
- Christie Hospital
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre at Mount Vernon Hospital
- Dorset Cancer Centre
- Southampton General Hospital
- Saint Bartholomew's Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
single group