Active clinical trials for "Lymphoma"

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of DDGP regiment (gemcitabine，pegaspargase,cisplatin,dexamethasone) for patients with newly diagnosed stage I/II Natural Killer (NK)/T Cell Lymphoma.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of DDGP regiment (gemcitabine，pegaspargase,cisplatin,dexamethasone) for patients with stage Ⅲ/Ⅳ Natural Killer (NK)/T Cell Lymphoma.

RATIONALE: Giving chemotherapy before a peripheral blood stem cell transplant stops the growth of cancer cells by stopping them from dividing or by killing them. After treatment, stem cells are collected from the patient's blood and stored. More chemotherapy is given to prepare the bone marrow for the stem cell transplant. The stem cells are then returned to the patient to replace the blood-forming cells that were destroyed by the chemotherapy. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying high-dose chemotherapy given together with peripheral blood stem cell transplant in treating patients with intestinal T-cell lymphoma.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether combined chemotherapy [rituximab plus high dosage methotrexate (max. 2 cycles) followed by arabinoside/thiotepa (max. 2 cycles) followed by high dosage carmustin/thiotepa] followed by peripheral blood stem cell transplantation is effective in the treatment of cerebral Non Hodgkin lymphoma [PCNSL].

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as rituximab, can block cancer growth in different ways. Some find cancer cells and kill them or carry cancer-killing substances to them. Others interfere with the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Vaccines made from a person's cancer cells may help the body build an effective immune response to kill cancer cells. Colony-stimulating factors, such as GM-CSF, may increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood. Giving rituximab together with vaccine therapy and GM-CSF may kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving rituximab together with vaccine therapy and GM-CSF works in treating patients with indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

RATIONALE: Pemetrexed disodium may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well pemetrexed disodium works in treating patients with recurrent malignant gliomas, primary CNS lymphoma, or brain metastases.

The role of angiogenesis has been less clear in lymphoma than in solid tumors, in part related to the heterogeneity of disease and technical issues. In addition to vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) effects on angiogenesis and the integrity of tumor vasculature, autocrine VEGF-receptor (VEGF-R)-mediated signaling may play a role in lymphoma. Microvessel density, a measure of angiogenesis, is highest in peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCL), followed by diffuse large B-cell (DLBCL) and intra-follicular follicular lymphoma (FL).

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Monoclonal antibodies, such as rituximab, can block cancer cell growth in different ways. Some block the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Others find cancer cells and help kill them or carry cell-killing substances to them. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) together with rituximab may kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving combination chemotherapy together with rituximab works in treating patients with diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood in the laboratory from patients with cancer may help doctors learn more about nausea and vomiting caused by cancer treatment. PURPOSE: This laboratory study is looking at blood samples from patients with cancer who were treated on a clinical trial to control nausea and vomiting during donor stem cell transplant.

This is a multicenter study phase II, open-label for cardiopathic patients affected by Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma diffuse large B cell CD20 + grade IIIb follicular. The purpose is to study the feasibility of R-COMP in this cohort of patients.