Combination of Rituximab and NK Immunotherapy for B Lymphoma

Fuda Cancer Hospital, Guangzhou

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2; Phase 1

Conditions: B-cell Lymphoma Recurrent

Treatments: Drug: Rituximab; Biological: NK immunotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02843061

NK-Rituximab

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is the safety and efficacy of Rituximab plus NK immunotherapy to recurrent B lymphoma.

Full description

By enrolling patients with B lymphoma adapted to enrolled criteria, this study will document for the first time the safety and the short and long term efficacy of the combined therapy using Rituximab and natural killer (NK) cells.

The safety will be evaluated by statistics of adverse reactions. The efficacy will be evaluated according to local relief degree, progress free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS).

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All standard therapies have failed according to NCCN guidelines or the patient refuses standard therapies after cancer recurrence
• Body tumor 1-6, the maximum tumor length < 5 cm
• KPS ≥ 70, lifespan > 6 months
• Platelet count ≥ 80×109/L，white blood cell count ≥ 3×109/L, neutrophil count ≥ 2×109/L, hemoglobin ≥ 80 g/L

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with cardiac pacemaker
• Patients with brain metastasis
• Patients with grade 3 hypertension or diabetic complication, severe cardiac and pulmonary dysfunction

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Rituximab and NK immunotherapy

Experimental group

Description:

In this group, the patients will receive regular Rituximab treatment accompanied with multiple NK immunotherapy. The check indexes are CT scan and blood tests (including tumor markers, lymphocyte subsets and circulating tumor cell).

Treatment:

Biological: NK immunotherapy

Drug: Rituximab

Rituximab

Active Comparator group

Description:

In this group, the patients will receive regular Rituximab to decrease tumor burden. The check indexes are CT scan and blood tests (including tumor markers, lymphocyte subsets and circulating tumor cell).

Treatment:

Drug: Rituximab