pet study in patients with non-hodgkin lymphoma

Conditions: Lymphoma

Summary: rationale: diagnostic procedures, such as fluorine 18-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (pet) scans, may help doctors predict a patient's response to treatment and help plan the best treatment. purpose: this phase i trial is studying fluorine 18-fludeoxyglucose pet scan to see how well it predicts outcomes in patients who have undergone high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant for non-hodgkin lymphoma.

objectives: * to determine if a fluorine 18-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scan, performed as early as day 30 after high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation, may be useful in identifying patients with non-hodgkin lymphoma who may benefit from early interventions, including reduced intensity stem cell transplantation or additional therapy, to preempt disease relapse and improve overall survival. outline: conventional imaging, biopsy, and clinical examination findings are reviewed to determine patient clinical outcome (e.g., complete remission, disease progression/relapse, or death related to the primary disease).

Eligibility criteria:
inclusion criteria: disease characteristics: * diagnosis of non-hodgkin lymphoma * has undergone high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation at vanderbilt university between march 1997 and august 2005 * has undergone fluorine 18-fludeoxyglucose pet within 70 days prior to and/or at approximately 30 days and 100 days after high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation exclusion criteria: patient characteristics: * not specified prior concurrent therapy: * see disease characteristics

Keywords: stage iii adult burkitt lymphoma stage iii adult diffuse large cell lymphoma stage iii adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma stage iii adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma stage iii adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma stage iii adult lymphoblastic lymphoma stage iii grade 1 follicular lymphoma stage iii grade 2 follicular lymphoma stage iii grade 3 follicular lymphoma stage iii mantle cell lymphoma stage iii marginal zone lymphoma stage iii small lymphocytic lymphoma stage iv adult burkitt lymphoma stage iv adult diffuse large cell lymphoma stage iv adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma stage iv adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma stage iv adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma stage iv adult lymphoblastic lymphoma stage iv grade 1 follicular lymphoma stage iv grade 2 follicular lymphoma stage iv grade 3 follicular lymphoma stage iv mantle cell lymphoma stage iv marginal zone lymphoma stage iv small lymphocytic lymphoma recurrent adult burkitt lymphoma recurrent adult diffuse large cell lymphoma recurrent adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma recurrent adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma recurrent adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma recurrent adult lymphoblastic lymphoma recurrent childhood large cell lymphoma recurrent childhood lymphoblastic lymphoma recurrent childhood small noncleaved cell lymphoma recurrent cutaneous t-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma recurrent grade 1 follicular lymphoma recurrent grade 2 follicular lymphoma recurrent grade 3 follicular lymphoma recurrent mantle cell lymphoma recurrent marginal zone lymphoma recurrent small lymphocytic lymphoma recurrent mycosis fungoides/sezary syndrome nodal marginal zone b-cell lymphoma splenic marginal zone lymphoma nc stage ii adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma nc stage ii adult lymphoblastic lymphoma nc stage ii grade 1 follicular lymphoma nc stage ii grade 2 follicular lymphoma nc stage ii grade 3 follicular lymphoma nc stage ii mantle cell lymphoma nc stage ii marginal zone lymphoma nc stage ii small lymphocytic lymphoma