Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation to Prevent Neutropenia in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for Relapsed or Refractory Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Lymphoma, Neutropenia
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Lymphoma focused on measuring neutropenia, recurrent grade 1 follicular lymphoma, recurrent grade 2 follicular lymphoma, recurrent grade 3 follicular lymphoma, recurrent adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma, recurrent adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma, recurrent adult diffuse large cell lymphoma, recurrent adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma, recurrent adult lymphoblastic lymphoma, recurrent adult Burkitt lymphoma, recurrent mantle cell lymphoma, recurrent marginal zone lymphoma, recurrent small lymphocytic lymphoma, extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue, nodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma, splenic marginal zone lymphoma
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Scheduled to undergo high-dose chemotherapy (carmustine, etoposide, cytarabine, and melphalan) with autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cell transplantation No metastatic disease involving the bone marrow PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 17 to 65 Performance status: ECOG 0 or 1 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1,500/mm^3 Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm^3 Hepatic: No active hepatitis B or C Bilirubin less than 2.5 times normal* SGOT or SGPT less than 2.5 times normal* Alkaline phosphatase less than 2.5 times normal NOTE: * Unless Gilbert's syndrome present Renal: Creatinine clearance greater than 50 mL/min Cardiovascular: Cardiac ejection fraction normal Pulmonary: DLCO at least 50% predicted FEV_1 and FVC at least 75% predicted Other: HIV negative Not pregnant Negative pregnancy test No non-neoplastic disease that would preclude intensive chemotherapy PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: See Disease Characteristics Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior external beam radiotherapy to more than 25% of the active bone marrow Surgery: Not specified
Sites / Locations
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University