Overview

Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Advanced Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
1969-12-31
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more cancer cells. It is not yet known which combination chemotherapy regimen is more effective in treating patients who have advanced Hodgkin's lymphoma. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of two different combination chemotherapy regimens in treating patients who have advanced Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Phase:
Phase 3
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre at Mount Vernon Hospital
Treatments:
Bleomycin
Dacarbazine
Doxorubicin
Etoposide
Liposomal doxorubicin
Mechlorethamine
Prednisone
Vinblastine
Vincristine