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Vaccine Therapy and Sargramostim Compared With Placebo and Sargramostim Following Rituximab in Treating Patients With Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Phase 3
Terminated
Conditions
Lymphoma
Registration Number
NCT00089115
Lead Sponsor
Favrille
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies such as rituximab can locate cancer cells and either kill them or deliver cancer-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Vaccines made from a person's cancer cells may make the body build an immune response to kill cancer cells. Colony-stimulating factors such as GM-CSF increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow and peripheral blood. It is not yet known whether combining rituximab and GM-CSF with vaccine therapy may cause a stronger immune response and kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying giving rituximab and GM-CSF together with vaccine therapy and comparing it to giving rituximab and GM-CSF alone in treating patients with newly diagnosed, relapsed, or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Compare time to disease progression in patients with grade 1, 2, or 3 follicular B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma who respond (i.e., complete or partial response, or stable disease) to treatment with rituximab and are then treated with sargramostim (GM-CSF) with vs without autologous immunoglobulin idiotype-KLH conjugate vaccine.

Secondary

* Compare response rate improvement in patients treated with these regimens.

* Compare overall complete response rate in patients treated with these regimens.

* Compare duration of response in patients treated with these regimens.

* Determine the safety of these regimens in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to prior treatment (yes vs no) and response to rituximab during study (complete response \[CR\] or partial response \[PR\] vs stable disease \[SD\]).

All patients receive rituximab IV once weekly for 4 weeks. Five weeks after the last dose of rituximab, patients are assessed for response. Patients with progressive disease are removed from the study and do not undergo randomization. Patients with a CR, PR, or SD are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive autologous immunoglobulin idiotype-KLH conjugate vaccine subcutaneously (SC) on day 1. Patients also receive sargramostim (GM-CSF) SC on days 1-4.

* Arm II: Patients receive placebo SC on day 1. Patients also receive GM-CSF SC on days 1-4.

In both arms, treatment repeats monthly for 6 months in the absence of unacceptable toxicity or clinically significant progressive disease. After the first 6 months, patients with a CR, PR, or SD may continue to receive treatment (per treatment arm as above) every 2 months for 1 year (total of 6 doses) and then every 3 months thereafter in the absence of disease progression.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months until disease progression.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 342 evaluable patients (171 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 18 months.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
TERMINATED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to progression after 248 patients have progressed
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Response rate improvement after 248 patients have progressed
Overall complete response rate by modified Cheson Criteria after 248 patients have progressed
Duration of response by modified Cheson Criteria after 248 patients have progressed
Safety by Common Toxicity Criteria (CTC) after 248 patients have progressed

Trial Locations

Locations (60)

Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Alabama at Birmingham

🇺🇸

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Mayo Clinic Scottsdale

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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Tower Cancer Research Foundation

🇺🇸

Beverly Hills, California, United States

Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center

🇺🇸

La Jolla, California, United States

Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

🇺🇸

Los Angeles, California, United States

USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital

🇺🇸

Los Angeles, California, United States

Hoag Cancer Center at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

🇺🇸

Newport Beach, California, United States

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego

🇺🇸

San Diego, California, United States

Sharp Memorial Hospital Cancer Center

🇺🇸

San Diego, California, United States

UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

San Francisco, California, United States

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Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Alabama at Birmingham
🇺🇸Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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