Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 18, Issue 17
(September), 2000: 3135-3143
© 2000 American Society for Clinical Oncology
Rituximab Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibody Therapy in Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma: Safety and Efficacy of Re-Treatment
By Thomas A. Davis,
Antonio J. Grillo-López,
Christine A. White,
Peter McLaughlin,
Myron S. Czuczman,
Brian K. Link,
David G. Maloney,
Robin L. Weaver,
Jay Rosenberg,
Ronald Levy
From the Stanford University, Stanford; IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corp, San Diego, CA; University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Roswell Park Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.
Address reprint requests to Thomas Davis, MD, EPN715, 6130 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852; email davist{at}ctep.nci.nih.gov
PURPOSE: This phase II trial investigated the safety and efficacy of re-treatment with rituximab, a chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, in patients with low-grade or follicular non-Hodgkins lymphoma who relapsed after a response to rituximab therapy.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: Fifty-eight patients were enrolled onto this study, and two were re-treated within the study. Patients received an intravenous infusion of 375 mg/m2 of rituximab weekly for 4 weeks. All patients had at least two prior therapies and had received at least one prior course of rituximab, with a median interval of 14.5 months between rituximab courses.
RESULTS: Most adverse experiences (AEs) were transient grade 1 or 2 events occurring during the treatment period. Clinically significant myelosuppression was not observed; hematologic toxicity was generally mild and reversible. No patient developed human antichimeric antibodies after treatment. The type, frequency, and severity of AEs in this study were not apparently different from those reported in the phase III trial of rituximab. The overall response rate in 57 assessable patients was 40% (11% complete response and 30% partial responses). Median time to progression (TTP) in responders and median duration of response (DR) have not been reached, but Kaplan-Meier estimated medians are 17.8 months (range, 5.4+ to 26.6 months) and 16.3 months (range, 3.7+ to 25.1 months), respectively. These estimated medians are longer than the medians achieved in the patients prior course of rituximab (TTP and DR of 12.4 and 9.8 months, respectively, P > .1) and in a previously reported phase III trial (TTP in responders and DR of 13.2 and 11.6 months, respectively). Responses are ongoing in seven of 23 responders.
CONCLUSION: In this re-treatment population, safety and efficacy were not apparently different from those after initial rituximab exposure.
T.A.D. was a Lymphoma Research Foundation Fellow and, subsequently, a Clinical Associate Physician with the General Clinical Research Centers. R.L. is an American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor.

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P. Andreone, A. Gramenzi, S. Lorenzini, M. Biselli, C. Cursaro, S. Pileri, and M. Bernardi
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Arch Intern Med,
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P. Ruggenenti, C. Chiurchiu, V. Brusegan, M. Abbate, A. Perna, C. Filippi, and G. Remuzzi
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J. Mangel, R. Buckstein, K. Imrie, D. Spaner, E. Franssen, P. Pavlin, A. Boudreau, N. Pennell, D. Combs, and N. L. Berinstein
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J. Boye, T. Elter, and A. Engert
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J. O. Armitage, P. P. Carbone, J. M. Connors, A. Levine, J. M. Bennett, and S. Kroll
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U. Rehwald, H. Schulz, M. Reiser, M. Sieber, J. O. Staak, F. Morschhauser, C. Driessen, T. Rudiger, K. Muller-Hermelink, V. Diehl, et al.
Treatment of relapsed CD20+ Hodgkin lymphoma with the monoclonal antibody rituximab is effective and well tolerated: results of a phase 2 trial of the German Hodgkin Lymphoma Study Group
Blood,
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J. D. Hainsworth, S. Litchy, H. A. Burris III, D. C. Scullin Jr, S. W. Corso, D. A. Yardley, L. Morrissey, and F. A. Greco
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H. Ben-Bassat, Z. Hartzstark, R. Levitzki, B. Y. Klein, Z. Shlomai, A. Gazit, and A. Levitzki
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T. E. Witzig, I. W. Flinn, L. I. Gordon, C. Emmanouilides, M. S. Czuczman, M. N. Saleh, L. Cripe, G. Wiseman, T. Olejnik, P. S. Multani, et al.
Treatment With Ibritumomab Tiuxetan Radioimmunotherapy in Patients With Rituximab-Refractory Follicular Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
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A. Rambaldi, M. Lazzari, C. Manzoni, E. Carlotti, L. Arcaini, M. Baccarani, T. Barbui, C. Bernasconi, G. Dastoli, G. Fuga, et al.
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S. Harig, M. Witzens, A. M. Krackhardt, A. Trojan, P. Barrett, R. Broderick, A. J. Zauls, and J. G. Gribben
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B. D. Cheson
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O. W. Press, J. P. Leonard, B. Coiffier, R. Levy, and J. Timmerman
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J. D. Hainsworth
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