Monoclonal Antibody Therapy in Treating Patients With Follicular or Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Lymphoma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Lymphoma focused on measuring stage I mantle cell lymphoma, contiguous stage II mantle cell lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II mantle cell lymphoma, stage III mantle cell lymphoma, stage IV mantle cell lymphoma, recurrent mantle cell lymphoma
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven CD20 positive follicular (closed to accrual 9/18/00) or mantle cell lymphoma Untreated "de novo" disease OR Chemotherapy resistant disease OR Relapsing disease Bidimensionally measurable disease No symptomatic CNS disease PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: At least 3 months Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN) No hepatitis B or C Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2 times ULN Cardiovascular: Ejection fraction at least 50% Other: Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception No active opportunistic infections HIV negative No prior malignancy within 5 years except adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix or localized nonmelanoma skin cancer PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No prior antibody based therapy Chemotherapy: At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy (at least 6 weeks since nitrosoureas) and recovered No concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: At least 4 weeks since prior corticosteroids, unless chronic dose no greater than 20 mg/day for nonlymphoma related condition No other concurrent corticosteroids Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified
Sites / Locations
- Kantonspital Aarau
- Office of Walter Weber-Stadelman
- University Hospital
- Ospedale San Giovanni
- Inselspital, Bern
- Hopital Cantonal Universitaire de Geneva
- Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana
- Burgerspital, Solothurn
- City Hospital Triemli
- Klinik Hirslanden