Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Radiation Therapy and Peripheral Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Children With Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Conditions
- Lymphoma
- Registration Number
- NCT00025064
- Lead Sponsor
- Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
- Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Peripheral stem cell transplant may be able to replace immune cells that were destroyed by chemotherapy.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well combination chemotherapy regimens with or without radiation therapy or peripheral stem cell transplant works in treating children with Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES:
* Determine whether the current survival figures are maintained and long-term sequelae of treatment are minimized in children or adolescents with stage I-III Hodgkin's lymphoma after receiving the following regimen, which reduces exposure to chemotherapy and radiotherapy: chlorambucil, vinblastine, prednisolone, and procarbazine (ChIVPP) and doxorubicin, bleomycin, vincristine, and dacarbazine (ABVD) with etoposide, prednisolone, ifosfamide, and cisplatin (EPIC), radiotherapy, high-dose melphalan, and/or autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (APBSCT).
* Determine whether the survival figures are improved in children or adolescents with stage IV Hodgkin's lymphoma or inadequate response to initial therapy after receiving ChIVPP and ABVD with EPIC, radiotherapy, high-dose melphalan, and APBSCT.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are assigned to 1 of 3 treatment groups based on disease status.
* Group 1 (stage I disease): All patients with mixed cellularity and younger patients with any subtype are assigned to subgroup A. Older patients without mixed cellularity are assigned to subgroup A or B based on the decision of the physicians and patients/parents. Subgroup A: Patients receive 2 courses of the hybrid regimen. One course of the hybrid regimen comprises regimen ChIVPP followed by regimen ABVD. Regimen ChIVPP comprises vinblastine IV on days 1 and 8 and oral chlorambucil, oral procarbazine, and oral prednisolone (PRDL) daily on days 1-14. Regimen ABVD comprises doxorubicin IV over 6 hours, bleomycin IV over 15-30 minutes, vincristine IV, and dacarbazine IV over 15 minutes on days 1 and 14. Patients with relapsed disease receive etoposide IV over 1 hour on days 1-4, oral PRDL and ifosfamide IV over 1 hour on days 1-5, and cisplatin IV over 24 hours on day 10 (EPIC). Treatment with EPIC continues every 3 weeks for a total of 6 courses. Patients then undergo radiotherapy. Patients with poor response after radiotherapy receive consolidation with high-dose melphalan (L-PAM) IV over 30-90 minutes, followed at least 12 hours later by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (APBSCT) (if there is no bone marrow involvement at the time of relapse). Subgroup B: Patients not in subgroup A may either receive chemotherapy as outlined or radiotherapy depending on clinician and patient discussion. Patients with relapsed disease after radiotherapy receive 3 courses of the hybrid regimen. If relapse occurs outside the initial radiotherapy field, then further radiotherapy is administered.
* Group 2 (stage II or III disease): Patients receive 3 courses of the hybrid regimen. Patients with relapsed disease receive 4 courses of EPIC. Patients with complete remission (CR) or good partial remission (GPR) after the fourth course of EPIC receive 2 additional courses of EPIC followed by radiotherapy. Patients without CR or GPR after the fourth course of EPIC undergo radiotherapy followed by L-PAM and APBSCT as in group 1, subgroup A.
* Group 3 (stage IV or inadequate response to initial therapy): Patients receive 2 courses the hybrid regimen. Patients with CR or GPR after the second course of ABVD are assigned to subgroup C. Patients without CR or GPR after the second course of ABVD are assigned to subgroup D. Subgroup C: Patients receive 2 additional courses of the hybrid regimen. Patients with relapsed disease after the fourth course of ABVD receive 4 courses of EPIC followed by radiotherapy, L-PAM, and APBSCT as in group 1, subgroup A. Subgroup D: Patients receive 4 courses of EPIC followed by radiotherapy, L-PAM, and APBSCT as in group 1, subgroup A.
Patients are followed every 2 months for 1 year, every 3 months for 2 years, and then every 6 months thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 260 patients (75 with stage I disease, 150 with stage II or III disease, and 35 with stage IV disease) will be accrued for this study within 5 years.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 260
Not provided
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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Trial Locations
- Locations (20)
Birmingham Children's Hospital
🇬🇧Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Addenbrooke's Hospital at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
🇬🇧Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital
🇬🇧Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Leicester Royal Infirmary
🇬🇧Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Saint Bartholomew's Hospital
🇬🇧London, England, United Kingdom
Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey
🇬🇧Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Queen's Medical Centre
🇬🇧Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Oxford Radcliffe Hospital
🇬🇧Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Southampton General Hospital
🇬🇧Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Royal Hospital for Sick Children
🇬🇧Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children
🇬🇧Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
🇬🇧Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
🇬🇧Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
🇬🇧Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - Surrey
🇬🇧Sutton, England, United Kingdom
Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children
🇮🇪Dublin, Ireland
Children's Hospital - Sheffield
🇬🇧Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
🇬🇧London, England, United Kingdom
Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust
🇬🇧Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Meyerstein Institute of Oncology at University College of London Hospitals
🇬🇧London, England, United Kingdom