Active clinical trials for "Lymphoma"

CLAG-M is an active, well tolerated regimen in acute myelogenous leukemia. Each of the agents is active in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) as well. The current trial will determine the efficacy of the regimen in patients with relapsed ALL.

RATIONALE: Giving chemotherapy and monoclonal antibody therapy before a donor stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer cells. It also helps stop the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells. When the healthy stem cells from a donor are infused into the patient they may help the patient's bone marrow make stem cells, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying donor stem cell transplant in treating patients with mantle cell lymphoma.

This study is designed to test the non-inferiority of the experimental arm compared to the standard arm in terms of Progression free survival (PFS).

RATIONALE: Giving chemotherapy, such as fludarabine, busulfan, and cyclophosphamide, together with antithymocyte globulin before a donor stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer and abnormal cells. Giving chemotherapy before or after transplant also stops 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 and abnormal 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 cyclosporine and mycophenolate mofetil after the transplant may stop this from happening. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well stem cell transplant works in treating patients with hematological cancer or other disorders.

Objective: The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of R-mabHDI in patients with late stage, widespread stage and recurrent Lymphocytic Predominant Hodgkin's Lymphoma. The hypothesis is that the combination of R-mabHDI with the standard ABVD therapy in patients with late stage (Stage III and Stage IV) and recurrent stage Lymphocytic Predominant Hodgkin's Lymphoma will have a favorable outcome on the response and progress free survival. The study is also aimed at evaluating the safety of R-mabHDI . The aim of the study is to test this hypothesis by evaluating the clinical outcome in 1200 patients receiving combination of R-mabHDI once a week for 8 weeks and ABVD therapy every other week for 12 treatments.

Patients with cutaneous T cell lymphoma experience refractory and progressive disease despite current treatment, necessitating chronic disease management. In addition, there needs to be greater emphasis on combination treatment, which correlates with increased response rate, more rapid onset of response, and decreased side effect profile compared to monotherapy. The goal for the use of Lenalidomide as an adjuvant treatment in patients with refractory cutaneous T cell lymphoma is to increase response rates, maintain a durable long-term response, relieve associated symptoms, and minimize toxic side effects.

This is an open-label trial investigating the efficacy of temsirolimus in recurrent or refractory primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) after initial chemotherapy with a high-dose methotrexate containing regimen. 37 patients are planned to be treated with weekly infusions of 25mg Temsirolimus (first 3 patients) or 75mg Temsirolimus (all other patients) up to a maximum of 12 months. The trial is designed in two stages, if less than one of the first 12 patients responds to treatment, the trial is stopped. In addition to efficacy, safety and penetration of temsirolimus into the cerebrospinal fluid will be investigated.

RATIONALE: Valproic acid may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. It may also help cancer cells become more like normal cells, and grow and spread more slowly. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well valproic acid works in treating patients with previously treated non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, or chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as alemtuzumab, can block cancer 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 cancer-killing substances to them. 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 growing. Giving alemtuzumab together with combination chemotherapy may kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of alemtuzumab when given together with combination chemotherapy and to see how well it works in treating patients with stage I , stage II , stage III, or stage IV peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as rituximab, can block cancer 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 cancer-killing substances to them. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin hydrochloride, vincristine sulfate, and prednisone, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Colony-stimulating factors, such as GM-CSF, may cause the body to make more blood cells and help it recover from the side effects of rituximab and combination chemotherapy. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving GM-CSF together with rituximab and combination chemotherapy works in treating patients with previously untreated advanced follicular non-Hodgkin lymphoma.