Active clinical trials for "Lymphoma"

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether a semi-quantitative interpretation using the liver SUVmax as reference can better interpret 18F- FDG PET/CT and predict disease progression during chemotherapy or survival in NK/T-cell lymphoma.

This is an observational study aimed to analyze the effectiveness of treatment of patients with newly dg. mantle cell lymphoma not eligible for high-dose therapy and autologous stem cell transplantation. Scheme of treatment: alternating cycles of R-CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, hydroxydaunomycin, oncovin, prednison) and R-AraC (rituximab, cytarabin): R-CHOP / R-AraC / R-CHOP / R-AraC / R-CHOP / R-AraC. The study was proposed based on the previously published data in the younger patients, which demonstrated improved outcome after implementation of Ara-C into induction.

The primary objective is to evaluate the safety profile and tolerability of rituximab in combination with different chemotherapy regimens.

This research is being done to determine whether viral thymidine kinase (TK) expression in Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) virus-associated tumors is sufficient to image.

RATIONALE: Collecting and storing samples of blood from patients with cancer to test in the laboratory may help the study of cancer in the future. PURPOSE: This research study is collecting and storing blood samples from patients with previously untreated non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Fatigue is one of the most prevalent symptoms endorsed by cancer survivors, particularly those treated for breast cancer or Hodgkin lymphoma. Despite the tremendous implications such work has for effective interventions, little is known about the underlying pathophysiology of fatigue, association with medical co-morbidities and factors that may help predict those to be at highest risk. The proposed research will utilize Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center REACH for Survivorship Program together with the investigators Hematologic Malignancies Program. In adolescent and young adults (AYA), ages 18 - 39 the investigators will address the following: Primary Aims Aim 1: Assess the prevalence and severity of fatigue and its impact on functional outcomes Aim 2: Determine host, disease and treatment-related risk factors for fatigue Secondary Aims Aim 1: Evaluate the association between levels of proinflammatory cytokine activity and fatigue Aim 2: Evaluate the association between fatigue and self reported fatigue in AYA Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) survivors. Hypotheses: Fatigue is more prevalent and severe among AYA HL patients and survivors, compared to general population and will be associated with impaired functional outcome. Risk factors for fatigue include higher disease stage, B symptoms and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate at diagnosis, dose density of chemotherapy and higher doses and more expanded fields of radiotherapy. Risk of fatigue is associated with long-term cardiopulmonary and endocrine complications. Levels of specified proinflammatory cytokines are associated with increased fatigue.

The F2-study is a complement of the previous studies of the Follicular Lymphoma Prognostic Factors Project which permitted the development of the Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index (FLIPI). The F2-study is designed as a prospective collection of information potentially useful to predict the prognosis of newly diagnosed Follicular Lymphoma patients, and its purposes are to validate the FLIPI and to verify whether a prognostic collection of data would allow the development of a more accurate prognostic index.

This observational study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of MabThera/Rituxan (rituximab) plus chemotherapy as first-line treatment in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) or follicular lymphoma (FL). Data will be collected from each patient during the 6 months of induction treatment and for up to 3 years of follow-up.

Patients who are newly diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma will undergo disease staging at diagnosis and initial treatment response assessment. At each time point (initial staging and treatment response assessment) in addition to standard imaging investigations (PET CT, Chest CT, anatomical MRI of the abdomen and pelvis and abdominal USS), patients will undergo an extended MRI scan.

The aims and objectives of this research are to identify chronic health conditions, psychological disease, quality of life issues, and patient preferences for survivorship care in patients who have survived aggressive lymphoma. Subjects will be asked to participate in an oral interview with the primary investigator, either in-person or over the telephone. It is estimated that the survey will take about an hour.