Autologous and Allogeneic Transplant for Relapsed Lymphoma
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Hodgkins Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma focused on measuring Autologous Stem Cell Transplant, Cord Blood Transplant, Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant, Relapsed Lymphoma
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Patient must have adequate organ function as below
Adequate renal function defined as:
- Serum creatinine less than or equal to 2.0 x normal, or
- Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 40 ml/min/m2 or >60 ml/min/1.73 m2 or an equivalent GFR as determined by the institutional normal range
Adequate liver function defined as:
- Total bilirubin <2.0 x normal; or
- Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) (aspartate aminotransferase (AST)) or serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SPGT) (alanine aminotransferase (ALT)) <5.0 x normal
Adequate cardiac function defined as:
- Shortening fraction of >27% by echocardiogram, or
- Ejection fraction of >47% by radionuclide angiogram or echocardiogram
Adequate pulmonary function defined as:
- Diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLCO) >50% by pulmonary function test for autologous transplant
- DLCO > 40% by pulmonary function test for reduced intensity allogeneic transplant
- For children who are uncooperative, no evidence of dyspnea at rest, no exercise intolerance, and a pulse oximetry >94% in room air.
Disease Status (Eligibility)
Patients with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma with either of the following:
- Primary induction failure (failure to achieve initial CR) who have a partial response (PR) or stable disease (SD) with reinduction chemotherapy. *All patients are required to have a biopsy regardless of positron emission tomography (PET)/Gallium results.
- Patients with 1st PR, 2nd CR, 2nd PR, or 2nd SD following reinduction chemotherapy
- Patients with 3rd CR, 3rd PR, 3rd SD following reinduction chemotherapy
Patients with Hodgkin's Disease with either of the following:
- Primary induction failure (failure to achieve initial CR) and/or primary refractory disease.
First relapse
- Early relapse (within 12 months off therapy) (excluding those who received no therapy or radiation therapy only for initial therapy)
- Late relapse (greater than 12 months off therapy). Only patients with recurrent Stage III or IV disease and/or those with B symptoms at relapse (all other late relapses are excluded).
- Second relapse.
- Third relapse.
- Patients must achieve a CR, PR or SD after reinduction chemotherapy.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with NHL or HD with 4th or greater CR, PR, and/or SD
- Patients with progressive disease (PD) unresponsive to reinduction chemo, radio, or immunotherapy
- Hodgkin's Disease in late relapse (other than those discussed above).
- Patients with post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease following a solid organ transplantation or AIDS associated NHL
- Patients who don't have an eligible donor
- Women who are pregnant
Sites / Locations
- Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago
- Hackensack University Medical Center
- Columbia University Medical Center
- New York Medical College
- Duke University
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Arm A - Family Donor
Arm B - Unrelated Cord Blood or Adult
Fludarabine and Busulfan: Patients who have a matched family (allogeneic) donor will go on to receive non-ablative therapy, followed by an infusion of donor stem cells; this is called an allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplant. The non-ablative therapy will be busulfan and fludarabine, Usually large (myeloablative) doses of these drugs are used for an allogeneic transplant. However, in this study lower doses (non-ablative) of chemotherapy will be given. In patients who still have evidence of disease after allogeneic transplant, additional donor immune cells (donor lymphocyte infusion) (DLI) will be given twice to further treat the lymphoma.
Fludarabine, Busulfan and ATG: For patients who don't have a matched family donor, a cord blood search and unrelated adult search will be done at all of the cord blood banks and adult donor registries in the world. If a closely matched cord blood donor or unrelated adult donor is found, non-ablative chemotherapy with busulfan, fludarabine and antithymocyte globulin (ATG) followed by the infusion of matched unrelated cord blood cells or adult donor stem cells or bone marrow to restore the bone marrow will be given.