Veltuzumab and Milatuzumab in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Lymphoma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Lymphoma focused on measuring recurrent mantle cell lymphoma, recurrent grade 1 follicular lymphoma, recurrent grade 2 follicular lymphoma, recurrent grade 3 follicular lymphoma, MALT lymphoma, nodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma, splenic marginal zone lymphoma, recurrent marginal zone lymphoma, Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Histologically confirmed B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), including any of the following:
- Marginal zone lymphoma
- Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma)
- Follicular lymphoma
- Mantle cell lymphoma
- Relapsed or refractory disease after ≥ 1 prior therapy
- Patients with rituximab-refractory disease (defined as having less than a partial response to the prior rituximab-containing regimen) or rituximab-sensitive disease (defined as having a complete response or partial response to the last rituximab-containing regimen [provided it has been ≥ 3 months since the last dose of rituximab]) are eligible.
- Age >18 years.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)performance status 0-2.
Patients must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below:
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1000/μL
- Platelets ≥ 75,000/μL
- Total bilirubin ≤ 2.0 X institutional upper limit of normal
- AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) ≤ 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
- Creatinine ≤ 2.0 mg/dL
- Patients who have relapsed after stem cell transplant are eligible for this trial.
- Patients with active Hepatitis B infection are not eligible.
- Non-pregnant and non-nursing. Women of child bearing potential and men must agree to use contraception prior to study entry and for duration of study participation.
- Must possess the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
Phase II
-Must have measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension >10 mm or in the case of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, the presence of an IgM paraprotein level 2x the upper limit of normal.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Must be recovered from all toxicities from prior therapy or radiation (excluding alopecia).
- No known CNS lymphoma.
- History of documented human anti-globulin antibodies.
- No uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations.
- HIV-positive patients.
- Pregnant women.
- Patients with secondary malignancies with exception of non-melanomatous skin cancers.
Sites / Locations
- Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Phase I
Phase II
Phase I portion of the study, a standard 3+3 dose escalation schema will be followed. Patients will receive veltuzumab IV weekly on day 1 for 4 doses and milatuzumab weekly on for 4 total doses during induction therapy. Induction therapy will be defined as the first 4 weeks of study therapy. During week 1 of induction therapy, patients will receive veltuzumab alone on day 1 and milatuzumab alone on day 2 to prevent overlapping infusion reactions. Starting week 2, veltuzumab will be given on day 1 and milatuzumab will be given on day 4.
Patients will receive veltuzumab IV weekly for 4 doses and milatuzumab IV weekly on day 2 of week 1 and on day 4 of weeks 2-4 for 4 total doses during induction therapy. Patients may continue on therapy to receive extended induction therapy provided they do not experience significant toxicity or rapid disease progression during the initial 4 week induction.