Combination Chemotherapy Plus Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation With or Without Rituximab in Treating Patients With Relapsed Non-Hodgkin's 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
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Relapsed or resistant follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) No evidence of transformation to high grade or diffuse large B-cell NHL CD20 positive with no evidence of transformation Achievement of complete remission (CR) or very good partial remission (VGPR) following reinduction chemotherapy with any standard regimen Includes patients who fail to respond to first-line chemotherapy but who achieve CR or VGPR after proceeding directly to second-line chemotherapy Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm^3 after induction chemotherapy and before randomization No CNS involvement PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: WHO 0-1 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: See Disease Characteristics Hepatic: Bilirubin normal ALT no greater than 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN) Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2 times ULN Hepatitis B negative Hepatitis C negative Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2 times ULN BUN no greater than 2 times ULN Cardiovascular: No inadequate cardiac function Pulmonary: No inadequate pulmonary function Other: Not pregnant or nursing HIV negative No other uncontrolled serious medical conditions No other malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmelanoma skin tumors or carcinoma in situ of the cervix PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: More than 12 months since prior CD20 therapy, including rituximab No prior peripheral blood stem cell transplantation Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics No more than 3 prior chemotherapy regimens for NHL Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior radiotherapy to greater than 30% of bone marrow Surgery: Not specified
Sites / Locations
- Sydney Cancer Centre at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- Westmead Institute for Cancer Research at Westmead Hospital
- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
- Royal Adelaide Hospital Cancer Centre
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Royal Melbourne Hospital
- Fremantle Hospital
- Royal Perth Hospital
- Allgemeines Krankenhaus - Universitatskliniken
- Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen Middelheim
- Institut Jules Bordet
- Academisch Ziekenhuis der Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
- U.Z. Gasthuisberg
- CHU Liege - Domaine Universitaire du Sart Tilman
- Clinique Universitaire De Mont-Godinne
- H. Hartziekenhuis - Roeselaere.
- Tom Baker Cancer Centre - Calgary
- Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre - General Campus
- University Hospital Kralovske Vinohr
- Aalborg Hospital
- Rigshospitalet - Copenhagen University Hospital
- Odense University Hospital
- Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire d'Angers
- Polyclinique Du Parc
- Centre Regional Francois Baclesse
- CHU de Grenoble - Hopital de la Tronche
- Centre Leon Berard
- Polyclinique Saint Jean
- Centre Regional de Lutte Contre le Cancer - Centre Val d'Aurelle
- CHR Hotel Dieu
- Hopital Saint-Louis
- CHU Pitie-Salpetriere
- Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes
- Centre Henri Becquerel
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Bretonneau de Tours
- Institut Gustave Roussy
- Klinikum Augsburg
- DIAKO Ev. Diakonie Krankenhaus gGmbH
- Universitaetsklinikum Goettingen
- Asklepios Klinik St. Georg
- Medical University Hospital Homburg
- Universitaetsklinikum des Saarlandes
- Klinikum Nuernberg - Klinikum Nord
- Klinikum Oldenburg
- Southwest German Cancer Center at Eberhard-Karls-University
- Chaim Sheba Medical Center
- Auckland City Hospital
- Canterbury Health Laboratories
- Waikato Hospital
- Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology
- K. Dluski Hospital-Medical Academy
- Instituto Portugues de Oncologia de Francisco Gentil - Centro Regional de Oncologia de Lisboa, S.A.
- Hospital General - Alicante
- Hospital de Cruces
- Centro Medico Teknon
- Hospital de la Santa Cruz i Sant Pau
- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
- Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol
- Hospital San Pedro de Alcantara
- Hospital Universitario Puerta Del Mar
- Hospital General de Castellon
- Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca
- Hospital de Galdakao
- Hospital Virgen de las Nieves
- Hospital Cuidad de Jaen
- Hospital Juan Canalejo
- Hospital de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin
- Hospital de la Princesa
- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon
- Hospital Ramon y Cajal
- Hospital Universitario San Carlos
- Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
- Hospital Universitario de Getafe
- Hospital General Universitario Morales Meseguer
- Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias
- Hospital Son Dureta
- Hospital Virgen de la Vega
- University Hospital - Salamanca
- Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla
- Hospital Universidad Virgen Del Rocio
- Hospital Mutua de Terrassa
- Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia
- Unidad De Oncol/Hemat. Hospital
- Complexo Hospitalario Xeral de Vigo
- Hospital Clinico Universitario Lozano Blesa
- Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet
- Karolinska University Hospital - Huddinge
- Kantonsspital Bruderholz
- UniversitaetsSpital Zuerich
- Ibn-i Sina Hospital
- Stoke Mandeville Hospital
- Royal United Hospital
- Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital
- Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre
- Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital
- Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
- Hull Royal Infirmary
- Kettering General Hosptial
- Clinical Trials and Research Unit of the University of Leeds
- Leicester Royal Infirmary
- Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals NHS Trust
- Liverpool University Hospital
- Saint Bartholomew's Hospital
- St. Thomas' Hospital
- Clinique Sainte Elisabeth
- St. Georges, University of London
- University College Hospital - London
- Middlesex Hospital
- James Paget Hospital
- Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust
- Oxford Radcliffe Hospital
- Pontefract General Infirmary
- Rotherham District General Hospital - NHS Trust
- Cancer Research Centre at Weston Park Hospital
- Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust
- Staffordshire General Hospital
- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - Surrey
- Great Western Hospital
- Princess Margaret Hospital
- Hillingdon Hospital
- Sandwell General Hospital
- Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology at Belfast City Hospital
- Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
- Royal Infirmary - Castle
- Pinderfields Hospital NHS Trust
- Ysbyty Gwynedd
- Prince Philip Hospital
- Singleton Hospital of the Swansea NHS Trust