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Combination Chemotherapy and/or Radiation Therapy in Treating Young Patients With Hodgkin's Lymphoma

The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified December 2006 by National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Recruitment status was  Active, not recruiting
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00417014
First received: December 27, 2006
Last updated: November 2, 2010
Last verified: December 2006
History of Changes
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as chlorambucil, vinblastine, procarbazine, and prednisolone, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill cancer cells. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) together with radiation therapy may kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well giving combination chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy works in treating young patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma.


Condition Intervention
Lymphoma
 Drug: chlorambucil
Drug: prednisolone
Drug: procarbazine hydrochloride
Drug: vinblastine sulfate
Radiation: radiation therapy

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Hodgkins Disease Study

Resource links provided by NLM:

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Estimated Enrollment: 358
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Establish a uniform practice for the management of children with Hodgkin's lymphoma.
  • Document the long-term side effects of such management.
  • Establish whether or not children can be safely managed without staging laparotomy and splenectomy.
  • Establish whether or not chlorambucil, vinblastine, procarbazine hydrochloride, and prednisolone (CLVPP) is an effective alternative to mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine hydrochloride, and prednisone (MOPP) chemotherapy.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are assigned to 1 of 3 treatment regimens according to disease stage and presence of bulky mediastinal disease.

  • Involved-field radiotherapy (for patients with stage IA [nodal] disease): Patients undergo involved-field radiotherapy 5 days a week for 4 weeks.
  • CLVPP chemotherapy (for patients with all other stages of disease AND no bulky mediastinal disease): Patients receive CLVPP chemotherapy comprising oral chlorambucil, oral procarbazine hydrochloride, and oral prednisolone on days 1-14 and vinblastine IV on days 1 and 8. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 8 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
  • CLVPP chemotherapy and radiotherapy (for patients with all other stages of disease AND bulky mediastinal disease): Patients receive CLVPP chemotherapy as above. Patients then undergo radiotherapy to the mediastinum beginning 2 weeks after completing the last course of CLVPP chemotherapy.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 358 patients were accrued for this study.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   up to 14 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Biopsy proven Hodgkin's lymphoma

    • Any stage allowed

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • Not specified
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00417014

Sponsors and Collaborators
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Investigators
Study Chair: John Martin, MD Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey
Investigator: A. Barratt, MD Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
  More Information

Additional Information:
Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

No publications provided

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00417014     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: CDR0000454559, CCLG-HD-8201, EU-20585
Study First Received: December 27, 2006
Last Updated: November 2, 2010
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
stage I childhood Hodgkin lymphoma
stage II childhood Hodgkin lymphoma
stage III childhood Hodgkin lymphoma
stage IV childhood Hodgkin lymphoma
recurrent/refractory childhood Hodgkin lymphoma

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hodgkin Disease
Lymphoma
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Chlorambucil
Prednisolone
Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate
Procarbazine
Vinblastine
Methylprednisolone acetate
Prednisolone acetate
 Methylprednisolone
Prednisolone hemisuccinate
Prednisolone phosphate
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
Alkylating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Pharmacologic Actions
Antineoplastic Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Glucocorticoids
Hormones
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal

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