Autologous Followed by Non-myeloablative Allogeneic Transplantation for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

This is an interventional treatment trial for Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Read More

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 18 to 70 years.
• Histologically proven non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Relapse after achieving initial remission or failure to achieve initial remission.
• KPS > 70%
• Matched related or unrelated donor identified and available. Donor must be a complete match or have only a single allele mismatch.
• Recent Bone marrow biopsy and cytogenetic analysis
• Patients must have a pretreatment serum bilirubin < 2 x the institutional ULN, a serum creatinine < 2 x the institutional ULN and measured or estimated creatinine clearance > 50 cc/min by the following formula (all tests must be performed within 28 days prior to mobilization ): Estimated Creatinine Clearance = (140 age) X WT(kg) X 0.85 if female 72 X serum creatinine(mg/dl).
• Patients must have an EKG within 42 days prior to registration that shows no significant abnormalities that are suggestive of active cardiac disease.
• Patients must have an echocardiogram or MUGA scan within 42 days of registration. If the ejection fraction is < 40%, the patient will not be eligible. If the ejection fraction is 40-50%, patients must have an exercise echocardiogram or dobutamine-echo with a normal response to exercise.
• Patients must have a corrected diffusion capacity > 50% prior to the autologous transplant and > 40% prior to the allogeneic transplant.
• Patients with known allergy to etoposide or a history of Grade 3 hemorrhagic cystitis with cyclophosphamide are not eligible.
• Patients must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and must sign and give written informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant or breast-feeding women are ineligible due to the known birth defects association with the treatments used in this study.
• Patients known to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive are ineligible because the concern for opportunistic infection and hematologic reserve are considered to be significantly greater in this population.
• Patients with prior maligancies diagnosed > 5 years ago without evidence of disease are eligible. Patients with a prior malignancy treated < 5 years ago but have a life expectancy of > 5 years for that malignancy are eligible.
• Patients with uncontrolled infection.
• No prior autologous or allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation.

Donor Selection/Evaluation:

• Related or unrelated HLA identical donors who are in good health and have no contra-indication to donation.
• No contra-indication for the donor to collection by apheresis of mononuclear cells mobilized by G-CSF at a dose of 16 µg/kg of body weight.
• Virology testing including CMV, HIV, EBV, HTLV, RPR, Hepatitis A, B and C will be performed within 30 days of donation.
• No prior malignancy is allowed except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer or other cancer for which the donor has been disease-free for five years