Umbilical Cord Blood NK Cells, Rituximab, High-Dose Chemotherapy, and Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Participants With Recurrent or Refractory B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Lymphoma, Lymphoma
Therapuetic Areas:Oncology
Healthy:No
Age Range:15 - 70
Updated:12/27/2018
Start Date:October 10, 2017
End Date:March 31, 2020
Contact:Yago Nieto
Email:ynieto@mdanderson.org
Phone:713-792-8750

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Immunotherapy With Ex Vivo-Expanded Cord Blood-Derived NK Cells Combined With Rituximab High-Dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Stem Cell Transplant for B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

This phase II trial studies the side effects of cord blood-derived expanded allogeneic
natural killer cells (umbilical cord blood natural killer [NK] cells), rituximab, high-dose
chemotherapy, and stem cell transplant in treating participants with B-cell non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma that has come back or that does not respond to treatment. Immune system cells, such
as cord blood-derived expanded allogeneic natural killer cells, are made by the body to
attack foreign or cancerous cells. Monoclonal antibodies, such as rituximab, may interfere
with the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as
carmustine, cytarabine, etoposide, lenalidomide, melphalan, and rituximab, work in different
ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from
dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. A stem cell transplant using stem cells from
the patient or a donor may be able to replace blood-forming cells that were destroyed by
chemotherapy used to kill cancer cells. The donated stem cells may also replace the patient's
immune cells and help destroy any remaining cancer cells. Giving cord blood-derived expanded
allogeneic natural killer cells, rituximab, high-dose chemotherapy, and stem cell transplant
may work better in treating participants with recurrent or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To establish the safety of this treatment by determining its treatment-related mortality
(TRM) within 30 days.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To estimate the relapse-free survival (RFS). II. To estimate the overall survival (OS).
III. To quantify duration of infused allogeneic umbilical cord blood (UCB)-derived natural
killer (NK) cells in the recipient.

OUTLINE:

PREPARATIVE REGIMEN: Participants receive carmustine intravenously (IV) over 2 hours on day
-12, etoposide IV twice daily (BID) over 3 hours on days -11 to -8, cytarabine IV BID over 1
hour on days -11 to -8, melphalan IV over 30 minutes on day -7, and lenalidomide orally (PO)
once daily (QD) on days -7 to -2 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable
toxicity. Participants who are CD20+ also receive rituximab IV over 3 hours on days -13 and
-7.

NK-CELL INFUSION: Participants receive cord blood-derived expanded allogeneic NK cells IV
over 1 hour on day -5 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

STEM CELL TRANSPLANT: Participants undergo stem cell transplant IV over 30-60 minutes on day
0 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

POST-TRANSPLANT: Participants receive filgrastim subcutaneously (SC) QD beginning on day +5.
Treatment continues until white blood cell count recovers in the absence of disease
progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, participants are followed up at 30, 100, and 180 days.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients with B-cell lymphoma who are candidates to autologous stem-cell
transplantation:

- Primary refractory or relapsed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in response to
salvage treatment

- Primary refractory or relapsed follicular lymphoma or other indolent B-cell
histology in response to salvage treatment

- Chemosensitive mantle-cell lymphoma in first or later line of treatment

- Adequate renal function, as defined by estimated serum creatinine clearance >= 60
ml/min and a normal serum creatinine for age

- Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) and/or serum glutamate pyruvate
transaminase (SGPT) =< 3 x upper limit of normal (ULN)

- Total bilirubin and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) =< 2 x ULN or =< 3 x ULN for Gilbert's
disease

- Adequate pulmonary function with forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), forced
vital capacity (FVC) and diffusion lung capacity (DLCO) (corrected for hemoglobin
[Hgb]) >= 50% of the predicted value

- Adequate cardiac function with left ventricular ejection fraction >= 40%. No
uncontrolled arrhythmias or symptomatic cardiac disease

- Performance status < 2 (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group [ECOG])

- Negative beta human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) in woman with child-bearing potential

Exclusion Criteria:

- Primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma

- Grade >= 3 non-hematologic toxicity from prior therapy that has not resolved to =<
grade (G) 1

- Prior whole brain irradiation

- Active hepatitis B, either active carrier (hepatitis B surface antigen positive [HBsAg
+]) or viremic (hepatitis B virus [HBV] deoxyribonucleic acid [DNA] >= 10,000
copies/mL, or >= 2,000 IU/mL)

- Evidence of either cirrhosis or stage 3-4 liver fibrosis in patients with chronic
hepatitis C or positive hepatitis C serology

- Active infection requiring parenteral antibiotics

- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection

- Radiation therapy in the month prior to enroll

- Breastfeeding females
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