Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate the safety and feasibility of using a novel lymphoma deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) vaccine encoding macrophage inflammatory protein 3 alpha (MIP3a)-fused lymphoma idiotype in single chain format. II. To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of the vaccine. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess the immunogenicity of the vaccine to generate tumor-specific cellular and humoral immune responses. OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study. Patients receive autologous lymphoma immunoglobulin-derived single-chain variable fragment (scFV)-chemokine DNA vaccine intradermally (ID) at 0, 4, and 8 weeks. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 4 weeks, and then every 6 months for 1 year.