Safety Study to Evaluate Induction and Consolidation Treatment in Patients With Mantle Cell Lymphoma (LCM-04-02)

"Study Design~The present study will be split into two cohorts:~1. Patients younger than 60 years who will receive 8 chemotherapy cycles~2. Patients older than 60 years who will receive 6 chemotherapy cycles~The induction schema summarises as follows :~Anti-CD20/Hyper -CVAD chemotherapy will be alternated with anti-CD20 +MTX/Ara-C chemotherapy twice. Afterward, response will be evaluated, followed by, either, four cycles further patients younger than 60 years who will obtain a CR or PR, or 2 cycles patients older than 60 y. (see figure 1 and flow chart).~Consolidation treatment will consist in a single dose of Y90-Ibritumomab -Tiuxetan (Zevalin) \[0.4 mCi/Kg b.w or 0.3 mCi/kg if platelets \< 100,000/µl\] will be administered 8 to 12 weeks after last chemotherapy."