Official Title: A Phase I Trial Of Rituximab And Interleukin-2
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2013-06
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: Monoclonal antibodies such as rituximab can locate cancer cells and either kill them or deliver cancer-killing substances to them without harming normal cells Interleukin-2 may stimulate a persons white blood cells to kill cancer cells Combining rituximab with interleukin-2 may kill more cancer cells Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of rituximab plus interleukin-2 in treating patients who have hematologic cancer
Detailed Description: OBJECTIVES Determine the dose-limiting toxicity of rituximab followed by low-dose and intermediate-dose pulse interleukin-2 IL-2 in patients with CD20-positive B-cell lymphoid malignancy
Determine the maximum tolerated dose of intermediate-dose pulse IL-2 in this patient population
Determine the pharmacokinetics of this regimen in these patients
OUTLINE This is a dose-escalation study of intermediate-dose pulse aldesleukin
Patients receive rituximab IV on days 1 8 15 and 22 Patients then receive low-dose aldesleukin subcutaneously SC on days 29-39 43-53 57-67 and 71-81 and intermediate-dose aldesleukin SC on days 40-42 54-56 68-70 and 82-84 Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of intermediate-dose pulse aldesleukin until the maximum tolerated dose MTD is reached The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which at least 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity
Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year
PROJECTED ACCRUAL A total of 3-30 patients will be accrued for this study within 1 year