Status:

COMPLETED

Denileukin Diftitox in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Non-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: Biological therapies, such as denileukin diftitox, may be able to carry cancer-killing substances directly to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how wel...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the efficacy of denileukin diftitox, in terms of objective response and time to progression, in patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. S...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) of 1 of the following subtypes:
  • Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
  • Follicular lymphoma (grades 1-3)
  • Small lymphocytic lymphoma
  • Transformed B-cell lymphoma
  • Relapsed or refractory disease
  • Disease failed to respond to or progressed after ≥ 2 prior treatment regimens (e.g., high-dose therapy \[HDT\] with stem cell transplantation \[SCT\]\*) NOTE: \*Patients who have received HDT with SCT are considered to have diminished bone marrow reserve
  • Diminished bone marrow reserve AND/OR mild to moderate cytopenia, meeting 1 of the following criteria:
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,000/mm\^3 but \< 1,500/mm\^3 (growth factor independent)
  • WBC ≥ 2,000/mm\^3 but \< 4,000/mm\^3 (growth factor independent)
  • Platelet count ≥ 40,000/mm\^3 (25,000/mm\^3 if thrombocytopenia is secondary to marrow involvement by lymphoma) but \< 150,000/mm\^3 (platelet transfusion independent)
  • At least 1 bidimensionally measurable lymph node or tumor mass ≥ 4 cm
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • 18 and over
  • Performance status
  • ECOG 0-2
  • Life expectancy
  • At least 16 weeks
  • Hematopoietic
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Hepatic
  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST and ALT ≤ 2 times ULN
  • Albumin ≥ 3.0 g/dL
  • No history of veno-occlusive disease of the liver
  • No chronic hepatitis
  • Renal
  • Creatinine \< 2 times ULN
  • Cardiovascular
  • No congestive heart failure
  • No New York Heart Association class III-IV cardiac disease
  • No ventricular tachycardia
  • No fibrillation
  • No myocardial infarction within the past 12 months
  • Other
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No known HIV positivity
  • No active GVHD ≥ grade 2 within the past 6 months
  • No other serious medical illness or active infection that would preclude study participation
  • No known hypersensitivity to denileukin diftitox or any of its components (e.g., diphtheria toxin, interleukin-2, or their excipients)
  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except successfully treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix or basal cell carcinoma
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 6 months since prior allogeneic SCT
  • No concurrent immunotherapy
  • Chemotherapy
  • No concurrent chemotherapy
  • Endocrine therapy
  • No concurrent anticancer hormonal therapy
  • No concurrent corticosteroids for the treatment of NHL
  • Concurrent corticosteroids allowed for the following conditions:
  • Tapering doses of corticosteroids for resolving graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)
  • Low-dose maintenance corticosteroids for the treatment of an autoimmune disorder
  • Corticosteroids as premedication prior to denileukin diftitox administration or as transient treatment for hypersensitivity reactions
  • Radiotherapy
  • More than 4 weeks since prior and no concurrent radiotherapy
  • No prior radiotherapy to the only site of evaluable disease unless disease progression has occurred at that site
  • Surgery
  • Not specified
  • Other
  • At least 3 weeks since prior antilymphoma therapy
  • More than 4 weeks since prior and no other concurrent experimental therapy, including approved drugs tested in an investigational setting

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    December 1 2004

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    November 1 2008

    Estimated Enrollment :

    50 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00138164

    Start Date

    December 1 2004

    End Date

    November 1 2008

    Last Update

    May 30 2013

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    Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA

    Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095-1781