Status:

TERMINATED

Vaccine Therapy and GM-CSF in Treating Patients With Progressive Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Lead Sponsor:

Favrille

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Lymphoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Vaccines made from a person's cancer cells may make the body build an effective immune response to kill cancer cells. Colony-stimulating factors, such as GM-CSF, may increase the number of ...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Provide treatment with autologous immunoglobulin idiotype-KLH conjugate vaccine (FavId)™ and sargramostim (GM-CSF) to patients with progressive grade 1, 2, or 3 follicular B-ce...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed follicular B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL)
  • Grade 1, 2, or 3
  • Progressive disease AND did not receive autologous immunoglobulin idiotype-KLH conjugate vaccine (FavId™) while enrolled on protocol FAV-ID-06
  • Meets 1 of the following criteria:
  • Received salvage therapy after completion of protocol FAV-ID-06
  • At least 4 weeks, but no more than 4 months, since prior salvage therapy
  • Did not receive salvage therapy after completion of protocol FAV-ID-06
  • At least 4 weeks, but no more than 4 months, since completion of prior treatment on protocol FAV-ID-06
  • No history of CNS lymphoma OR meningeal lymphomatosis
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • 18 and over
  • Performance status
  • ECOG 0-2
  • Life expectancy
  • Not specified
  • Hematopoietic
  • Not specified
  • Hepatic
  • Not specified
  • Renal
  • Not specified
  • Cardiovascular
  • No history of congestive heart failure
  • Pulmonary
  • No history of compromised pulmonary function
  • Other
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • HIV negative
  • No active bacterial, viral, or fungal infection
  • No psychiatric disorder
  • No other serious nonmalignant disease that would preclude study participation
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No prior allogeneic transplantation\*
  • No prior rituximab regimen\* other than that administered on protocol FAV-ID-06 (rituximab 375 mg/m\^2 IV weekly for 4 weeks)
  • Chemotherapy
  • No prior purine analogues\* (e.g., fludarabine or cladribine)
  • Endocrine therapy
  • No prior or concurrent steroids (e.g., steroid doses in excess of daily replacement)
  • Radiotherapy
  • Not specified
  • Surgery
  • Not specified
  • Other
  • Recovered from prior salvage therapy
  • No prior or concurrent immunosuppressive therapy
  • No prior investigational agents\*
  • No other concurrent antilymphoma therapy NOTE: \*As salvage therapy administered between completion of protocol FAV-ID-06 and enrollment onto this study

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    September 1 2004

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    Estimated Enrollment :

    238 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00104819

    Start Date

    September 1 2004

    Last Update

    August 2 2013

    Active Locations (51)

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    UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294

    2

    Tower Cancer Research Foundation

    Beverly Hills, California, United States, 90211

    3

    Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center

    La Jolla, California, United States, 92093-0960

    4

    Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California, United States, 90048