| Inclusion Criteria: | 1) Patients must have pathological confirmation of Hodgkin's Lymphoma (nodular sclerosis, mixed cellularity, or lymphocyte-rich classical HL).
2) Patients must have measurable disease using the Cheson criteria with at least one lesion >/= 2.0 cm using conventional technique or >/= 1.0 cm with spiral CT scan in a single dimension.
3) Patients must have evidence of progressive disease following at least one prior line of combination chemotherapy. Patients must have failed, refused, or otherwise not be a candidate for a stem cell transplant.
4) Patient's last dose of chemo-, immuno-, biological, or investigational therapy must be >/= 14 days prior to administration of GX15-070MS. Acute toxicities from prior therapy must have resolved to </= Grade 1.
5) Patients must be >/= 18 years of age.
6) Patients must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status 0-1.
7) Patients must have normal organ function as defined below: a) Total bilirubin: </= 2 mg/dL unless resulting from hemolysis; b) AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT): </= 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal; c) Creatinine: within normal institutional limits OR d) Calculated creatinine clearance: >/= 50 mL/min/1.73 m^2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal; e) Baseline hematological parameters: no restrictions.
8) Women of child-bearing potential must have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test result prior to study entry. In addition, because of the potential for unknown risks to an unborn child that could result from exposure to GX15-070MS, women of child-bearing potential and men with partners of child-bearing potential must agree to abstain from sexual activity that would result in pregnancy for the duration of study participation.
9) Patients must be willing to submit to blood sampling for the planned PK and PD analyses.
10) Patients must have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent form. |