Active clinical trials for "Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin"

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage cancer cells. Bone marrow transplantation may allow doctors to give higher doses of radiation therapy and chemotherapy and kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of high-dose etoposide and cyclophosphamide plus total-body irradiation followed by bone marrow transplantation in treating patients who have relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Evaluation of the efficacy, tolerance, quality of life and cost effectiveness of the association of Oxaliplatin, Gemcitabine, Rituximab and Dexamethasone for treatment of patients with refractory or relapsing non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

This is a prospective multicenter phase II pilot trial designed with the purpose of dose finding to evaluate the efficacy and safety of treatment with Lenalidomide plus R-CHOP21 (LR-CHOP21) for elderly patients with untreated Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL).

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and tolerability of delivering a full dose, on time schedule of dose-dense CDOP-R (cyclophosphamide, doxil, vincristine, prednisone, and rituximab) in NHL.

This study investigates toxicity and efficacy of 2 x R-DHAP followed by High dose chemotherapy R-TEC and autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with relapsed or refractory aggressive Non- Hodgkins's Lymphoma.

The primary objective of this Phase 3 study is to definitively confirm the safety and efficacy of BiovaxId, an autologous tumor derived immunoglobulin idiotype vaccine, as measured by a significant prolongation of the period of disease free survival when administered to patients with indolent follicular Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL) during their first complete remission.

The purpose of this study is to find answers to the following questions: What is the largest dose of AQ4N that can be given safely one time every three weeks for 24 weeks? What are the side effects of AQ4N when given according to this schedule? How much AQ4N is in the blood at certain times after administration and how does the body get rid of the drug? Will AQ4N help treat lymphoid cancer?

The first objective of this study is to confirm the results of complete remission of low-grade gastric MALT lymphoma stage IE & II1E after H. pylori eradication on a larger number of patients (HELYX Part I). If there is no response to the antibiotic therapy, the role of radiotherapy on the course of gastric MALT lymphoma will be investigated as a consecutive therapeutic option for patients that are H. pylori- negative, t(11;18)-positive or failure candidates after eradication therapy. Furthermore, the method of radiation, and the radiation dose will be investigated and standardized. HELYX PART II is therefore a randomized equivalent study comparing the standard dose of 36Gy vs. a reduced dose of 25.2Gy locoregional. Additional molecular genetic analysis will be performed to try to understand pathogenetic mechanisms of lymphomagenesis.

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Monoclonal antibodies such as rituximab can locate tumor cells and either kill them or deliver tumor-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Combining monoclonal antibody therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known if combination chemotherapy plus filgrastim is more effective with or without rituximab in treating non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to determine the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy plus filgrastim with or without rituximab in treating older patients who have non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies such as epratuzumab can locate tumor cells and either kill them or deliver tumor-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. PURPOSE: Phase III trial to determine the effectiveness of epratuzumab in treating patients who have low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that has not responded to chemotherapy or rituximab.