Randomised Controlled Trial of CID versus CD for Induction of Remission in Low Grade Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Randomised Controlled Assessment of Interferon as Maintenance Treatment after Remission Induction

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Randomised Controlled Trial ◽  
Hodgkin’S Lymphoma ◽  
Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Hodgkin's Lymphoma ◽  
Remission Induction ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Non Hodgkin’S Lymphoma ◽  
Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma ◽  
Randomised Controlled

Maintenance of remission with human recombinant interferon alfa-2a in patients with stages III and IV low-grade malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Lymphoma Cooperative Group.

1998 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Hagenbeek ◽  
P Carde ◽  
J H Meerwaldt ◽  
R Somers ◽  
J Thomas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Overall Survival ◽  
Hodgkin’S Lymphoma ◽  
Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Interferon Alfa ◽  
Hodgkin's Lymphoma ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Significant Activity ◽  
European Organization ◽  
Non Hodgkin’S Lymphoma ◽  
Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma

PURPOSE Interferon alfa has shown significant activity in patients with low-grade malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). In 1985, we initiated a prospective randomized study in which the potential benefit of interferon alfa given as maintenance treatment was investigated after tumor load reduction was achieved with chemoradiotherapy in patients with advanced low-grade malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS The study involved 347 patients with stage III or IV disease, 315 satisfying the eligibility criteria. All were treated with a regimen of cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and prednisone (CVP) given every 3 weeks for eight cycles. Thereafter, patients were eligible for iceberg irradiation. Finally, all patients were completely restaged, and responding and stable-disease patients were then randomized, 122 to interferon alfa-2a maintenance, 3 million U three times weekly for 1 year; and 120 to no further treatment. RESULTS Seventy-nine percent of the patients response to CVP, ie, 45% complete remissions (CR) and 34% partial remissions (PR). In the group of randomized patients, the response rate after CVP plus or minus radiotherapy was 90%. As compared with control patients, patients in the interferon (IFN) maintenance group had a tendency toward a prolonged time to progression (TTP) (median, 132 v 87 weeks; P = .054, adjusted for response to CVP). However, overall survival was similar in both groups. Interferon was well tolerated. The median dose of IFN actually received corresponded to 90% of the planned cumulative dose. The treatment had to be stopped because of toxicity in 16 patients (15% of the patients in whom IFN was started). CONCLUSION Interferon maintenance treatment in the phase of minimal residual disease of patients with advanced low-grade malignant NHL increased TTP at the borderline of statistical significance, without remarkable toxicity. However, overall survival was not influenced.

scholarly journals Fludarabine: An active agent in the treatment of previously-treated and untreated low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

1993 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 575-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.L. Zinzani ◽  
F. Lauria ◽  
D. Rondelli ◽  
D. Benfenati ◽  
D. Raspadori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hodgkin’S Lymphoma ◽  
Active Agent ◽  
Hodgkin's Lymphoma ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Non Hodgkin’S Lymphoma ◽  
Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma ◽  
Previously Treated

Concomitant Primary Low Grade Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma of the Spleen and Breast Carcinoma

1992 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudole Weide ◽  
Christian Görg ◽  
Karl-Heinz Pflüger ◽  
Annette Ramaswamy ◽  
Armin Steinmetz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Carcinoma ◽  
Hodgkin’S Lymphoma ◽  
Hodgkin's Lymphoma ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Non Hodgkin’S Lymphoma ◽  
Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Coherent view of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

1995 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 2656-2675 ◽  
Author(s):  
A C Aisenberg
Keyword(s):  
Hodgkin’S Lymphoma ◽  
Large Cell ◽  
Hodgkin's Lymphoma ◽  
Malignant Neoplasms ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Cell Leukemia Virus Type ◽  
Microscopic Appearance ◽  
Non Hodgkin’S Lymphoma ◽  
Incidence And Mortality ◽  
Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma

PURPOSE Even though non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is already sixth in incidence and mortality among malignant neoplasms (and the incidence was increasing at a rate of 3% to 4% per year before the advent of AIDS epidemic-associated lymphomas), most physicians and many oncologists find the disorder arcane. The problem lies in the complexity of human lymphoma, which encompasses more than a dozen neoplasms of the lymphoid system. The goal of this review is to provide user-friendly access to the condition. METHODS The variety of inputs required for a subdivision of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that is useful to clinicians includes lymphocyte lineage and sublineage based on microscopic appearance and immunophenotype, clinical behavior manifest in survival and early dissemination, and analysis of molecular genetic and cytogenetic abnormalities, which reflect pathogenic oncogene derangements. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) are important in certain uncommon lymphomas. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION The subtypes of primary B-lineage nodal lymphoma include low-grade (small lymphocytic, lymphoplasmacytic-lymphoplasmacytoid, follicular small cleaved cell, and follicular mixed small cleaved and large cell), intermediate-grade (follicular large cell, diffuse small cleaved or mixed, and intermediate lymphocytic), and high-grade (diffuse large cell, immunoblastic, and small noncleaved cell) neoplasms. The less common lymphomas of T lineage and lymphomas that arise in extranodal sites are placed in separate subdivisions. This subdivision serves as a guide to prognosis and treatment.

Rituximab Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibody Therapy in Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: Safety and Efficacy of Re-Treatment

2000 ◽  
Vol 18 (17) ◽  
pp. 3135-3143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Davis ◽  
Antonio J. Grillo-López ◽  
Christine A. White ◽  
Peter McLaughlin ◽  
Myron S. Czuczman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Monoclonal Antibody ◽  
Hodgkin’S Lymphoma ◽  
Hodgkin's Lymphoma ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Phase Iii Trial ◽  
Safety And Efficacy ◽  
Non Hodgkin’S Lymphoma ◽  
Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma ◽  
Anti Cd20

PURPOSE: This phase II trial investigated the safety and efficacy of re-treatment with rituximab, a chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, in patients with low-grade or follicular non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma who relapsed after a response to rituximab therapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Fifty-eight patients were enrolled onto this study, and two were re-treated within the study. Patients received an intravenous infusion of 375 mg/m2 of rituximab weekly for 4 weeks. All patients had at least two prior therapies and had received at least one prior course of rituximab, with a median interval of 14.5 months between rituximab courses. RESULTS: Most adverse experiences (AEs) were transient grade 1 or 2 events occurring during the treatment period. Clinically significant myelosuppression was not observed; hematologic toxicity was generally mild and reversible. No patient developed human antichimeric antibodies after treatment. The type, frequency, and severity of AEs in this study were not apparently different from those reported in the phase III trial of rituximab. The overall response rate in 57 assessable patients was 40% (11% complete response and 30% partial responses). Median time to progression (TTP) in responders and median duration of response (DR) have not been reached, but Kaplan-Meier estimated medians are 17.8 months (range, 5.4+ to 26.6 months) and 16.3 months (range, 3.7+ to 25.1 months), respectively. These estimated medians are longer than the medians achieved in the patients’ prior course of rituximab (TTP and DR of 12.4 and 9.8 months, respectively, P > .1) and in a previously reported phase III trial (TTP in responders and DR of 13.2 and 11.6 months, respectively). Responses are ongoing in seven of 23 responders. CONCLUSION: In this re-treatment population, safety and efficacy were not apparently different from those after initial rituximab exposure.

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