Status:

COMPLETED

Gemcitabine, Cisplatin, and Dexamethasone in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Lead Sponsor:

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Lymphoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as gemcitabine, cisplatin, and dexamethasone, work in different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: * Determine the response rate and maximum response in patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma treated with gemcitabine, cisplatin, and dexamethasone. * Determine time to p...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Diagnosis of Hodgkin's lymphoma
  • Measurable disease by radiological or clinical findings
  • Failed at least 1, but no more than 2, prior standard chemotherapy regimens
  • High-dose chemotherapy administered after a chemotherapy course is considered 2 courses
  • No evidence of CNS disease
  • No history of myelodysplastic syndromes
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • Over 18
  • Performance status
  • ECOG 0-2
  • Life expectancy
  • Not specified
  • Hematopoietic
  • WBC \> 2,000/mm\^3
  • Absolute neutrophil count \> 1,500/mm\^3
  • Platelet count \> 75,000/mm\^3
  • Hemoglobin \> 8.0 g/dL
  • Hepatic
  • Bilirubin \< 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST and ALT \< 5 times ULN
  • Renal
  • Creatinine \< 1.5 times ULN
  • Other
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 3 months after study participation
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • Not specified
  • Chemotherapy
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No prior gemcitabine
  • More than 6 months since prior high-dose chemotherapy
  • Endocrine therapy
  • Not specified
  • Radiotherapy
  • Not specified
  • Surgery
  • Not specified

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    June 1 2003

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    Estimated Enrollment :

    1 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00090909

    Start Date

    June 1 2003

    Last Update

    January 8 2013

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    Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA

    Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095-1678