Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With HIV-Related Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy in treating patients with HIV-related non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that has relapsed or has not responded to chemotherapy.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Centro di Riferimento Oncologico - Aviano
• Treatments: Cyclophosphamide; Didanosine; Doxorubicin; Etoposide; Liposomal doxorubicin; Mitoxantrone; Prednimustine; Zidovudine

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at first presentation No documented CNS involvement (i.e., primary CNS or meningeal lymphoma) Positive serologic test for HIV antibodies required No opportunistic infection unless effectively treated Disease relapsed, refractory, or unresponsive to first-line chemotherapy No more than 1 prior combination chemotherapy regimen Chemotherapy consisted of cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (CHOP) or a CHOP-like regimen, ACVBP, or other similar regimen

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-3 Life expectancy: At least 1 month Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 5 times normal OR Transaminases less than 5 times normal Renal: Creatinine less than 2 mg/dL

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: See Disease Characteristics