Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Intermediate-Grade or High-Grade Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining doxorubicin and topotecan in treating patients who have relapsed or refractory intermediate-grade or high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Timeline

Start

2000-07

Primary completion

2006-08

Completion

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Publications

• Results Smith SM, Johnson JL, Niedzwiecki D, Eder JP, Canellos G, Cheson BD, Bartlett NL; Cancer and Leukemia Group B. Sequential doxorubicin and topotecan in relapsed/refractory aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: results of CALGB 59906. Leuk Lymphoma. 2006 Aug;47(8):1511-7. doi: 10.1080/10428190600581385.
• Results Smith SM, Johnson JL, Niedzwiecki D, et al.: Sequential topoisomerase I (topo I) and topoisomerase II (topo II) inhibitors in relapsed/refractory aggressive NHL: results of CALGB 59906, a phase II study of doxorubicin and topotecan. [Abstract] Blood 104 (11): A-2500, 2004.

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