Rituximab and Denileukin Diftitox in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Stage III or Stage IV Follicular B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Summary

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as rituximab, can block cancer growth in different ways. Some block the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Others find cancer cells and help kill them or carry cancer-killing substances to them. Combinations of biological substances in denileukin diftitox may be able to carry cancer-killing substances directly to cancer cells. Giving rituximab together with denileukin diftitox may kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving rituximab together with denileukin diftitox works in treating patients with previously untreated stage III or stage IV follicular B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Timeline

Start

2008-04

Primary completion

2010-10

Completion

2011-03

Publications

• Results Ansell SM, Tang H, Kurtin PJ, Koenig PA, Nowakowski GS, Nikcevich DA, Nelson GD, Yang Z, Grote DM, Ziesmer SC, Silberstein PT, Erlichman C, Witzig TE. Denileukin diftitox in combination with rituximab for previously untreated follicular B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Leukemia. 2012 May;26(5):1046-52. doi: 10.1038/leu.2011.297. Epub 2011 Oct 21.

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