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Interleukin-12 in Treating Patients With Previously Treated Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma or Hodgkin's Disease

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Recurrent Adult Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma
Recurrent Adult Diffuse Small Cleaved Cell Lymphoma
Recurrent Adult Diffuse Mixed Cell Lymphoma
Recurrent Grade 1 Follicular Lymphoma
Recurrent Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Extranodal Marginal Zone B-cell Lymphoma of Mucosa-associated Lymphoid Tissue
Nodal Marginal Zone B-cell Lymphoma
Recurrent Adult Hodgkin Lymphoma
Recurrent Adult Immunoblastic Large Cell Lymphoma
Recurrent Cutaneous T-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Registration Number
NCT00003210
Lead Sponsor
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Brief Summary

Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of interleukin-12 in treating patients with previously treated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or Hodgkin's disease. Interleukin-12 may kill tumor cells by stopping blood flow to the tumor and by stimulating a person's white blood cells to kill lymphoma cells.

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Determine the response rate of interleukin-12 in previously treated patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or Hodgkin's disease.

II. To determine the in vivo regulatory effect of interleukin-12 on Fas lingand (FasL) expression on patients' peripheral blood lymphocytes.

OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to disease characteristics: low grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (follicular small cleaved, follicular mixed, small lymphocytic, and variants) versus intermediate grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (follicular large, diffuse large, diffuse mixed, immunoblastic, peripheral T-cell, and mantle cell) versus Hodgkin's disease.

Patients receive interleukin-12 subcutaneously twice a week. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 36-105 patients will be accrued for this study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
105
Inclusion Criteria
  • Previously treated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (all histologies except lymphoblastic and Burkitt's lymphoma) or Hodgkin's disease
  • Maximum of 4 previous treatment regimens
  • Measurable disease
  • No CNS involvement
  • Performance status - Zubrod 0-1
  • Performance status - Karnofsky 80-100%
  • At least 12 weeks
  • Platelet count at least 75,000/mm^3
  • Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1500/mm^3
  • Lymphocyte count greater than 500/mm^3
  • Hemoglobin at least 8.0 g/dL
  • Bilirubin less than 1.5 mg/dL
  • SGOT/SGPT less than 2 times normal
  • Creatinine no greater than 1.6 mg/dL
  • Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min
  • No severe cardiovascular disease including active ischemic heart disease, congestive heart failure, or major arrhythmias
  • No severe pulmonary disease including dyspnea with moderate to severe exertion
  • HIV negative
  • No active infection
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use adequate contraception
  • No clinically significant autoimmune disease (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis)
  • No clinically significant gastrointestinal bleeding or uncontrolled peptic ulcer
  • No prior allogeneic bone marrow or stem cell transplant
  • At least 3 weeks since prior biologic therapy for lymphoma
  • At least 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy for lymphoma
  • No concurrent steroid therapy
  • At least 3 weeks since prior endocrine therapy for lymphoma
  • At least 3 weeks since prior radiotherapy for lymphoma
  • At least 2 weeks since prior surgery
Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Response rateUp to 5 years

Simon's two-stage model will be used.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Toxicity as assessed by CTC version 2.0Up to 5 years after completion of study treatment

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

M D Anderson Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Houston, Texas, United States

M D Anderson Cancer Center
🇺🇸Houston, Texas, United States

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