| Exclusion Criteria: | 1) The subject has transformed, discordant or composite lymphoma
2) The subject has received therapy for lymphoma within 21 days prior to the first dose of YM155 (6 weeks for nitrosureas or mitomycin).
3) Within 4 weeks of the screening FDG-PET scan, the subject has had the following: Radiation therapy, Surgical procedures (except biopsies and central catheter / port placement), and Active infection (bloodstream or deep tissue)
4) The subject has inadequate marrow, hepatic and/or renal function at the Baseline Visit as noted by the following parameters: Serum creatinine >/= 1.5 x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) or calculated serum creatinine clearance < 60 mL/min, Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) </= 750/mm^3 , Platelet </= 50,000/mm^3, and Alanine Transaminase (ALT) and Aspartate Transaminase (AST) >/= 2.5 x ULN; >/= 5 x ULN if secondary to liver metastases
5) The subject received > 3 prior treatment regimens. The following should be considered when determining the number of prior treatment regimens: Any planned maintenance therapy should be considered as part of the previous treatment regimen, Any preparative treatment (salvage chemotherapy, high-dose chemotherapy, radiation therapy, etc.) should be included with the autologous BMT or autologous PBSCT as one treatment regimen.
6) The subject has received prior allogeneic BMT or allogeneic PBSCT.
7) The subject has been previously treated with YM155.
8) The subject has received other investigational therapy or procedures within 28 days prior to the first study drug administration.
9) The subject has known Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), hepatitis B surface antigen, or hepatitis C antibody.
10) The subject has a history of other malignancy requiring treatment within 2 years prior to the first dose of YM155, except for treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or in situ cervical cancer.
11) The subject has significant and/or uncontrolled cardiac, renal, hepatic, or other systemic disorders or significant psychological conditions that in the Investigator's judgment would jeopardize subject enrollment or compliance to the study procedures. |