A Phase II Study of Sequential Doxorubicin and Topotecan (Dox/Topo) in Relapsed or Refractory Intermediate- or High-Grade Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL)
A Phase II Study of Sequential Doxorubicin and Topotecan (Dox/Topo) in Relapsed or Refractory Intermediate- or High-Grade Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL)
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.
OBJECTIVES:
OUTLINE: Patients receive doxorubicin IV over 5-10 minutes on day 1 and topotecan IV over 30 minutes on days 3-5. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression.
Patients are followed every 6 months for 2 years and annually for the next 3 years.
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Histologically confirmed recurrent or refractory non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of one of the following subtypes:
Bidimensionally measurable disease NOTE: A new classification scheme for adult non-Hodgkin's lymphoma has been adopted by PDQ. The terminology of "indolent" or "aggressive" lymphoma will replace the former terminology of "low", "intermediate", or "high" grade lymphoma. However, this protocol uses the former terminology.
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age:
Performance status:
Life expectancy:
Hematopoietic:
Hepatic:
Renal:
Cardiovascular:
Other:
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy:
Chemotherapy:
Endocrine therapy:
Radiotherapy:
Surgery:
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