Mantle Cell Lymphoma clinical trials at UCSD

This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and best dose of gene therapy in treating patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related lymphoma that did not respond to therapy or came back after an original response receiving stem cell transplant. In gene therapy, small stretches of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) called "anti-HIV genes" are introduced into the stem cells in the laboratory to make the gene therapy product used in this study. The type of anti-HIV genes and therapy in this study may make the patient's immune cells more resistant to HIV-1 and prevent new immune cells from getting infected with HIV-1.

This phase III trial studies rituximab after stem cell transplant and to see how well it works compared with rituximab alone in treating patients with in minimal residual disease-negative mantle cell lymphoma in first complete remission. Immunotherapy with rituximab, may induce changes in body's immune system and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving chemotherapy before a stem cell transplant helps kill any cancer cells that are in the body and helps make room in the patient's bone marrow for new blood-forming cells (stem cells) to grow. After treatment, stem cells are collected from the patient's blood and stored. More chemotherapy is then given to prepare the bone marrow for the stem cell transplant. The stem cells are then returned to the patient to replace the blood-forming cells that were destroyed by the chemotherapy. Giving rituximab with or without stem cell transplant may work better in treating patients with mantle cell lymphoma.

This study looks at how often atrial fibrillation (AF), an irregular heart rhythm, occurs in people with certain blood cancers who are starting a type of cancer medicine called a Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTKI). Researchers will follow 400 people starting BTKI therapy and compare them to 100 people with similar blood cancers who are not taking a BTKI. Participants will wear a smartwatch and, later, a heart monitor patch to check for AF and other irregular heart rhythms over 12 months. The study will also look at whether AF affects cancer treatment, such as needing to pause, lower the dose, or stop the BTKI, and whether it leads to other health problems such as bleeding, stroke, or heart-related hospital visits.