Active clinical trials for "Lymphoma"

Open-label Phase 1 sequential dose-escalation study of 10 increasing doses (3 to 6 patients each)to determine and characterize the DLTs and MTD of gemcitabine HCl oral formulation (D07001-F4). Patients will be assigned to receive oral D07001-F4 on Days 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, and 12 of 4 21-day cycles each to further characterize safety and tolerability.

The study seeks to provide long-term follow-up and/or to offer continued maintenance thalidomide (THALOMID) therapy to those patients enrolled in 20030165. Patients will be followed until withdrawal of consent, or death.

This pilot clinical trial studies Salvia hispanica seed in reducing the risk of returning disease (recurrence) in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Functional foods, such as Salvia hispanica seed, has health benefits beyond basic nutrition by reducing disease risk and promoting optimal health. Salvia hispanica seed contains essential poly-unsaturated fatty acids, including omega 3 alpha linoleic acid and omega 6 linoleic acid; it also contains high levels of antioxidants and dietary soluble fiber. Salvia hispanica seed may raise omega-3 levels in the blood and/or change the bacterial populations that live in the digestive system and reduce the risk of disease recurrence in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

RATIONALE: A Web site for stem cell transplant health information and support may be effective in helping parents improve their health-related knowledge, skills, and quality of life, which may also improve their children's quality of life. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying a Web-based stem cell transplant support system to see how well it works compared with standard care in families of young patients undergoing a stem cell transplant.

RATIONALE: Visiting patients at home to teach them about self care after a stem cell transplant may be more effective than standard therapy in improving quality of life. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying home visits to see how well they work compared with standard therapy in treating patients undergoing donor stem cell transplant for hematologic cancer.

This is a multi-center, Phase I study of a new investigational drug, VTX-2337, that may stimulate the immune system to help fight cancer. The purpose of the study is to assess the safety of the investigational drug and to identify the highest dose that is well-tolerated. The pharmacology of VTX-2337 will also be evaluated.

RATIONALE: Giving low doses of chemotherapy, monoclonal antibodies, and radiation therapy before a donor peripheral blood stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer cells. It may also stop the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells. The donated stem cells may replace the patient's immune cells and help destroy any remaining cancer cells (graft-versus-tumor effect). Sometimes the transplanted cells from a donor can also make an immune response against the body's normal cells. Giving tacrolimus, sirolimus, and antithymocyte globulin before and after transplant may stop this from happening. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying the side effects of giving sirolimus together with tacrolimus and antithymocyte globulin and to see how well it works in preventing graft-versus-host disease in patients with hematologic cancer who are undergoing donor stem cell transplant.

The purpose of this study is to establish a model which can predict the treatment outcome and the risk of treatment-related morbidity in patients with lymphoma.

RATIONALE: Beclomethasone dipropionate may be effective in preventing acute graft-versus-host disease in patients undergoing a stem cell transplant for hematologic cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying how well beclomethasone dipropionate works in preventing acute graft-versus-host disease in patients undergoing a donor stem cell transplant for hematologic cancer.

Cytogenetic Analysis of Bone Marrow Specimen Prior to High Dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma or Hodgkin's Disease