Follicular lymphoma has historically been considered an incurable lymphoma. By combining multiple effective treatments, the investigators believe that prolonged disease-free survival is achievable in this disease. The investigators goal is to have at least 60-70% of our patients in first continuous complete remission 15 years from initiation of treatment.
Patients will receive six cycles of combination chemotherapy, C-MOPP-R, typically through a subcutaneous PORT. This combination chemotherapy will last six months. After the last dose of chemotherapy, patients will have a 2 month treatment holiday prior to undergoing stem cell mobilization from peripheral blood with subcutaneous injections of neupogen and mozobil. Patients then receive Zevalin radioimmunotherapy, and this is followed after recovery of blood counts, typically 3 months later, by an autologous stem cell transplant.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
29
Intravenous cyclophosphamide, rituximab, and vincristine day 1 and 8 of 28 day cycles for 6 cycles total. Oral prednisone and procarbazine day 1-14 of every 28 day cycle. Yttrium ibritumomab tiuxetan intravenous injection. Autologous stem cell transplant with intravenous BEAM (BCNU or carmustine, etoposide, ara-C or cytarabine, melphalan) chemotherapy conditioning.
Saint Louis University Cancer Center
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Disease-free survival percentage(intention to treat)
Time frame: 5 years
Incidence of second malignancies
Time frame: 5 years
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