Pilot Protocol for the Treatment of Patients With Small Non-Cleaved and Diffuse Large Cell Lymphomas
Major improvements in the treatment of childhood non-lymphoblastic lymphomas have taken
place in the last ten years. Though the survival rate in low risk patients (i.e., those
with stage I & II disease and serum LDH of less than 350 IU/dL) was as high as 90% with the
previous Pediatric Branch protocol, only 32% of patients in the high risk group achieved
long term remission. The present protocol is designed to improve survival in the high risk
group by using alternating non-cross resistant drug regimens. We plan to determine whether
using granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in this group would increase
dose-intensity and ameliorate myelotoxicity. We also plan to study the effect on survival
of decreasing the duration of treatment to three months from the present year-long therapy
in low-risk patients.
Interventional
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Primary Purpose: Treatment
United States: Federal Government
890041
NCT00001237
March 1989
April 2000
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National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Bethesda, Maryland 20892 |