Conditions: Lymphoma
Keywords: contiguous stage II adult diffuse large cell lymphoma noncontiguous stage II adult diffuse large cell lymphoma stage III adult diffuse large cell lymphoma stage IV adult diffuse large cell lymphoma
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 100
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as rituximab, can block cancer growth in different ways. Some block the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Others find cancer cells and help kill them or carry cancer-killing substances to them. Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving rituximab together with combination chemotherapy may kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving rituximab together with combination chemotherapy works in treating patients with stage II, stage III, or stage IV diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Detailed description:
OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Determine the 2-year progression-free survival (PFS) rate after treatment with rituximab, ifosfamide, carboplatin, and etoposide (R-ICE) in patients with bulky stage II or stage III or IV diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma who remain positron emission tomography (PET)-positive after 3 courses of rituximab, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, doxorubicin hydrochloride, and prednisone.

Secondary

* Determine the proportion of mid-treatment PET-positive patients who become PET-negative after 4 courses of R-ICE.
* Determine the PFS of mid-treatment PET-negative patients treated with these regimens.
* Determine the overall survival of patients treated with these regimens.
* Determine the toxicity of these regimens in these patients.

OUTLINE:

* Rituximab and Combination Chemotherapy (R-CHOP: R= Rituximab, C= Cyclophosphamide, H= Doxorubicin Hydrochloride (Hydroxydaunomycin), O= Vincristine Sulfate (Oncovin), P= Prednisone): Patients receive rituximab IV, cyclophosphamide IV, doxorubicin hydrochloride IV, and vincristine IV on day 1, and oral prednisone once daily on days 1-5. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo fludeoxyglucose F18 positron emission tomography (PET) scanning and conventional restaging during course 3. Based on the PET results, patients are assigned to 1 of 2 treatment groups.

  * Group I (PET negative): Patients receive 2 more courses of R-CHOP as above in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
  * Group II (PET positive): Patients receive Rituximab 375 mg/m2 IV Day 1, Ifosfamide 5000 mg/m2 IV over 24 hours Day 2, Carboplatin AUC 5 (max: 800 mg) IV Day 2, Etoposide 100 mg/m2 IV Days 1, 2, 3 (R-ICE), Mesna 5000 mg/m2 IV over 24 hours Day 2, and Filgrastim 5 mcg/kg/day subcutaneous (SC) Day 4 until absolute neutrophil count (ANC) recovery every 14 days for 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for 10 years from the date of study entry.

ACCRUAL: A total of 100 patients were accrued for this study.

Arms:
arm 1: Patients receive rituximab IV, cyclophosphamide IV, doxorubicin hydrochloride IV, and vincristine IV on day 1, and oral prednisone once daily on days 1-5. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. arm 2: Patients receive R-ICE comprising rituximab IV on day 1, ifosfamide IV continuously over 24 hours and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 2, and etoposide IV over 2 hours on days 1-3. Patients also receive filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously once daily starting on day 4 and continuing until blood counts recover. Treatment repeats every 14 days for 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Interventions: intervention 1: filgrastim intervention 2: rituximab intervention 3: carboplatin intervention 4: cyclophosphamide intervention 5: doxorubicin hydrochloride intervention 6: etoposide intervention 7: ifosfamide intervention 8: prednisone intervention 9: vincristine
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Given subcutaneously or intravenous bolus. intervention 2: Given IV intervention 3: Given IV intervention 4: Given IV intervention 5: Given IV intervention 6: Given IV intervention 7: Given IV intervention 8: Taken orally intervention 9: Given IV

Protocol document: