Clinical trial NCT00054639: Oblimersen Sodium and Rituximab in Treating Patients With Recurrent B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Official title: A Phase II Study of G3139 (Bcl-2 Antisense) And Rituximab in Patients With Recurrent B-cell Non-Hodgkinâs Lymphomas
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Cutaneous B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Extranodal Marginal Zone B-cell Lymphoma of Mucosa-associated Lymphoid Tissue
Intraocular Lymphoma
Nodal Marginal Zone B-cell 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 Grade III Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis
Recurrent Adult Immunoblastic Large Cell Lymphoma
Recurrent Adult Lymphoblastic 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
Small Intestine Lymphoma
Splenic Marginal Zone Lymphoma
Testicular Lymphoma
Waldenström Macroglobulinemia
Lead sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Sponsor class: NIH
First posted: 2003-02-06
Enrollment: 48
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if the combination of oblimersen sodium and rituximab can help to shrink or slow the growth of the tumor in patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma who have not responded to earlier treatment. Oblimersen Sodium is an investigational drug. The safety of this combination treatment will also be studied

Detailed description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the therapeutic efficacy and toxicity of G3139 (oblimersen sodium) and Rituximab in patients with recurrent B-cell NHL.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the effect of G3139 and Rituximab on the level of Bcl-2 expression.

II. The secondary objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of G3139 and Rituximab on Bcl-2 protein gene expression.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive oblimersen sodium intravenously (IV) continuously on days 1-7, 15-21, and 29-35 and rituximab IV over 4-6 hours on days 3, 8, 15, 22, 29, and 36. Patients achieving stable disease or objective response may receive one additional course of treatment.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Must have recurrent B-cell NHL and measurable disease
* No anti-lymphoma therapy within the past 4 weeks
* Must have a good performance status (less than or equal to 2 Zubrod, greater than or equal to 60 Karnofsky)
* Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) greater than or equal to 1,000
* Platelets greater than or equal to 75,000
* Hemoglobin greater than or equal to 10 g/dL
* Bilirubin less than or equal to 1.5 mg/dL
* Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT), serum glutamic pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) less than or equal to 2 times upper limit of laboratory normals
* Alkaline phosphatase less than or equal to 2 times upper limit of laboratory normals
* Serum creatinine less than or equal to 1.8 mg/dL
* Must sign a consent form, and must have a life expectancy of greater than 12 weeks
* No more than 3 prior chemotherapy regimens
* Patients who are either Rituximab naive, have previously responded to Rituximab, or are refractory to Rituximab used alone or in combination with chemotherapy

Exclusion Criteria:

* Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive
* Active infection or history of opportunistic infections
* Pregnant women and women of childbearing age who are not practicing adequate contraception; men who are not willing to use an effective method of contraception
* History of second cancer (except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer or other cancer for which the patient has been disease-free for 5 or more years)
* Active autoimmune disease
* Other significant medical diseases
* Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
* Prior exposure to G3139

Primary outcomes:
measure: Number of Patients With Objective Response
timeFrame: 2 months following study treatment
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Houston
country: United States
facility: M D Anderson Cancer Center
state: Texas
Study officials:
affiliation: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
name: Barbara Pro
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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