Donor White Blood Cell Infusions and Interleukin-2 in Treating Patients Who Are Undergoing an Autologous Stem Cell Transplant for Relapsed Advanced Lymphoid Cancer

Completed · Phase 1/Phase 2

Conditions studied: Graft Versus Host Disease, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm

In brief

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as melphalan, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. An autologous stem cell transplant using the patient's stem cells may be able to replace blood-forming cells that were destroyed by chemotherapy. Giving white blood cells from a donor may help the patient's body destroy any remaining cancer cells. Interleukin-2 may stimulate the white blood cells to kill cancer cells. PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects of donor white blood cell infusions and interleukin-2 and to see how well they work in treating patients who are undergoing an autologous stem cell transplant for relapsed advanced lymphoid cancer.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00248430
Run by
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
People needed
20
Starts
2003-08-01
Expected to finish
2007-07-01
Last updated by the study team
2010-09-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 69. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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