Rituximab in Treating Patients Undergoing Donor Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant for Relapsed or Refractory B-cell Lymphoma

Summary

This phase II trial studies giving rituximab before and after a donor peripheral blood stem cell transplant in patients with B-cell lymphoma that does not respond to treatment (refractory) or has come back after a period of improvement (relapsed). Monoclonal antibodies, such as rituximab, can interfere with the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Giving rituximab before and after a donor peripheral blood stem cell transplant may help stop cancer from coming back and may help keep the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells.

Timeline

Start

2009-02

Primary completion

2015-03

Completion

2015-03-26

Publications

• Shadman M, Maloney DG, Storer B, Sandmaier BM, Chauncey TR, Smedegaard Andersen N, Niederwieser D, Shizuru J, Bruno B, Pulsipher MA, Maziarz RT, Agura ED, Hari P, Langston AA, Maris MB, McSweeney PA, Storb R, Sorror ML. Rituximab-based allogeneic transplant for chronic lymphocytic leukemia with comparison to historical experience. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2020 Jan;55(1):172-181. doi: 10.1038/s41409-019-0660-8. Epub 2019 Sep 3.

Drugs

Indications