A Pilot Study of Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation (PBSCT) After Preparative Therapy Consisting of Cyclophosphamide, BCNU, and Etoposide (CBV) for Recurrent and Primarily Refractory Hodgkin's and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
A Pilot Study of Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation (PBSCT) After Preparative Therapy Consisting of Cyclophosphamide, BCNU, and Etoposide (CBV) for Recurrent and Primarily Refractory Hodgkin's and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow doctors to give higher doses of chemotherapy and kill more cancer cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy followed by peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating children who have recurrent or refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
OBJECTIVES:
OUTLINE: Patients receive 2 courses of reinduction chemotherapy followed by bone marrow biopsy and aspirate prior to peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) harvest. If marrow involvement is still present at harvest, then 2 additional courses of induction chemotherapy are given.
The PBSC transplantation preparative regimen should begin within 2 weeks of completing reinduction therapy course, consisting of the following:
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 30 patients will be accrued in each subgroup.
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Histologically confirmed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in first relapse or refractory after primary induction therapy
Histologically confirmed Hodgkin's lymphoma in first relapse after chemotherapy with more than one nodal region involved at relapse or refractory after primary induction therapy (i.e., failed to achieve remission at the conclusion of standard induction chemotherapy)
CSF or bone marrow involvement at time of study entry is allowed
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age:
Performance status:
Life expectancy:
Hematopoietic:
Hepatic:
Renal:
Cardiovascular:
Pulmonary:
Other:
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy:
Chemotherapy:
Endocrine therapy:
Radiotherapy:
Surgery:
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