Conditions: B-cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Extranodal Marginal Zone B-cell Lymphoma of Mucosa-associated Lymphoid Tissue Malignant Neoplasm 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 Immunoblastic Large Cell Lymphoma Recurrent Adult Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Recurrent Grade 1 Follicular Lymphoma Recurrent Grade 2 Follicular Lymphoma Recurrent Grade 3 Follicular Lymphoma Recurrent Marginal Zone Lymphoma Recurrent Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Splenic Marginal Zone Lymphoma Waldenström Macroglobulinemia
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 89
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as CCI-779, work in different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. This phase II trial is studying how well CCI-779 works in treating patients with recurrent or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Detailed description:
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Determine the complete and partial response rate in patients with recurrent or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or chronic lymphocytic leukemia treated with CCI-779.

II. Determine the toxicity and safety of this drug in these patients. III. Correlate the degree of activation of P13/AKT/mTOR pathway and levels of CDK inhibitors with response in patients treated with this drug.

IV. Correlate CCI-779 induced inactivation of mTOR with response in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to disease (aggressive lymphoma \[group A\] vs follicular lymphoma \[group B\] vs small lymphocytic lymphoma or chronic lymphocytic leukemia \[group C\]).

Patients receive CCI-779 IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, 15, and 22. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed every 8 weeks.

Arms:
arm 1: Patients receive CCI-779 IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, 15, and 22. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed every 8 weeks.

Interventions: intervention 1: temsirolimus
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: None

Protocol document: