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Lead
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
With
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the toxicity and maximum tolerated dose of interleukin-2 following allogeneic T-cell depleted bone marrow transplant in patients with hematologic malignancies at high risk of relapse. II. Determine the optimal dose of interleukin-2 in this regimen which will result in maximal natural killer cell and lymphokine activated killer cell activity in vitro.
OUTLINE: This is a dose escalation study. Patients receive CD34+ stem cell augmented donor bone marrow on day 0 on another protocol. Patients then receive interleukin-2 (IL-2) subcutaneously on day 30. Treatment continues for 12 weeks in the absence of dose limiting toxicity. Cohorts of 4 patients receive escalating doses of IL-2 until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose prior to that which causes at least grade 3 toxicity.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 18-24 patients will be accrued for this study within 12-18 months.
Age
0–65
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Any of the following diagnoses eligible: Acute myelogenous leukemia beyond first complete remission Acute lymphoblastic leukemia Chemotherapy resistant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Chemotherapy resistant Hodgkin's disease Multiple myeloma Primary refractory acute leukemia Secondary leukemia Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia No chronic myelogenous leukemia, aplastic anemia, or myelofibrosis HLA identical related donor required
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 0.5 to 65 Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: See Disease Characterisitics Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 2.5 mg/dL (unless Gilbert's syndrome present) Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2 mg/dL Cardiovascular: No active congestive heart failure, arrhythmia, or angina pectoris No myocardial infarction within past 12 months Pulmonary: No requirement for oxygen Other: Afebrile for greater than 48 hours No active, serious infection (e.g., sepsis, mucormycosis, or uncontrolled aspergillosis) No debilitating medical or psychiatric illness that would preclude compliance Not pregnant Fertile patients must use effective contraception
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No prior bone marrow transplant Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Endocrine therapy: No concurrent corticosteroids Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified
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