Title

Melphalan, Yttrium Y 90 Ibritumomab Tiuxetan, and Rituximab Followed by Autologous Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Older Patients With Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma That Has Relapsed or Not Responded to Previous Treatment
Ibritumomab Tiuxetan and High-Dose Melphalan as Conditioning Regimen Before Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Elderly Patients With Lymphoma in Relapse or Resistant to Chemotherapy. A Multicenter Phase I Trial
  • Phase

    Phase 1
  • Study Type

    Interventional
  • Status

    Completed No Results Posted
  • Study Participants

    20
RATIONALE: Giving chemotherapy drugs, such as melphalan, before an autologous stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Also, monoclonal antibodies, such as yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan and rituximab, can find cancer cells and carry cancer-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Chemotherapy and monoclonal antibody therapy also prepares the patient's bone marrow for the stem cell transplant. Giving colony-stimulating factors, such as G-CSF, and vinorelbine helps stem cells move from the bone marrow to the blood so they can be collected and stored. The stem cells are returned to the patient to replace the blood-forming cells that were destroyed by the chemotherapy and monoclonal antibody therapy.

PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of melphalan when given together with yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan and rituximab followed by autologous stem cell transplant in treating older patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that has relapsed or not responded to previous treatment.
OBJECTIVES:

Determine the maximum tolerated dose of high-dose melphalan when given together with yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan and rituximab as a conditioning regimen followed by vinorelbine ditartrate- and filgrastim (G-CSF)-mobilized autologous stem cell transplantation in elderly patients with relapsed or refractory CD20-positive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Evaluate the feasibility and safety of this regimen in these patients.
Determine the feasibility of stem cell mobilization with vinorelbine ditartrate in patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter, dose-escalation study of high-dose melphalan.

Stem cell harvest and mobilization: Patients receive vinorelbine ditartrate IV on day -36 and filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously (SC) twice daily on days -33 to -29. Patients undergo peripheral blood stem cell harvest on days -29 to -26.
Radioimmunotherapy: Patients receive rituximab IV. Within 4 hours after completion of rituximab, patients receive indium In 111 ibritumomab tiuxetan (imaging dose) IV over 10 minutes on day -25. Patients undergo assessment of biodistribution, imaging, and dosimetry on days -25, -22, and optionally on day -20. Patients with acceptable biodistribution of indium In 111 ibritumomab tiuxetan receive rituximab IV followed by yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan (therapeutic dose) IV over 10 minutes on day -18.
High-dose chemotherapy: Patients receive high-dose melphalan IV on day -1. Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of high-dose melphalan until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.
Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT): Patients undergo ASCT on day 0. Patients receive G-CSF SC beginning on day 5 and continuing until blood counts recover.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed for 100 days.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 24 patients will be accrued for this study.
Study Started
Oct 31
2006
Primary Completion
Dec 31
2012
Study Completion
May 31
2013
Last Update
May 15
2019

Drug ibritumomab tiuxetan

185 MBq (5mCi) of 111In-Zevalin will be used for radioimaging. and the dose is 14.8 MBq/kg (0.4 mCi/kg) total body weight of 90Y-Zevalin (max. 1184 MBq or 32 mCi at patients > 80kg) for imaging.

  • Other names: ZEVALIN

Drug rituximab

250 mg/m2

  • Other names: MabThera

Drug melphalan

Dose level 1: 100 mg/m2 Dose level 2: 140 mg/m2 Dose level 3: 170 mg/m2 Dose level 4: 200 mg/m2

  • Other names: Alkeran

Drug vinorelbine tartrate / G-CSF

on day 1: 35 mg/m2 day 4-8 (longer if required) G-CSF 5 μg/kg s.c. morning and 5 μg/kg s.c. evening for at least 5 days

  • Other names: Navelbine

Procedure autologous hematopoietic stem cell harvesting and transplantation

Optimal mobilization usually takes place on day 8. A minimum of 2.5x106 CD34+ cells/kg should be collected (optimal 5x106 CD34+ cells/kg). If not enough CD34+ cells can be collected on day 8, it is recommended to continue with G-CSF until a sufficient collection (a minimum of 2.5x106 CD34+ cells/kg) can be obtained. Stem cells will be reinfused approximately 24 hours after the melphalan administration. The infusion will be performed with a minimum of 2.5x106 CD34+ cells/kg body weight according to local guidelines. G-CSF (5 μg/kg/d) will be given from day 5 and continued until neutrophils > 0.5x109/l for at least 2 consecutive days.

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

Histologically confirmed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of any type
CD20-positive disease
Achieved partial or complete response to salvage treatment for relapse or refractory disease within the past 10 weeks
Must have an indication for autologous stem cell transplantation
Bone marrow infiltration < 25%
No evidence of CNS involvement

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

WHO performance status 0-1
Bilirubin ≤ 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2 times ULN
AST ≤ 2 times ULN
Creatinine clearance > 50 mL/min

No clinically significant cardiac disease, including any of the following:

Unstable angina pectoris
Significant arrhythmia
Myocardial infarction within the past 3 months
LVEF > 50%
No clinically significant urinary tract obstruction
No clinically significant pulmonary disease
No serious underlying medical condition that would preclude study participation
No other malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmelanoma skin cancer or adequately treated in situ cervical cancer

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

See Disease Characteristics
At least 30 days since prior participation in another clinical trial
No prior stem cell transplantation
No prior radiolabeled antibodies, including for induction of disease remission
No prior radiotherapy to ≥ 25% of the bone marrow
No concurrent radiotherapy
No other concurrent anticancer drugs
No other concurrent investigational drugs
No Results Posted