Overview

HD12 for Advanced Stages

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
1969-12-31
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
This study is designed to test (1) whether the BEACOPP dosage can be reduced to baseline in the last 4 cycles without loss of effectiveness, and (2) whether consolidating irradiation is necessary following effective chemotherapy.
Phase:
Phase 3
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
University of Cologne
Treatments:
Bleomycin
Cyclophosphamide
Doxorubicin
Etoposide
Liposomal doxorubicin
Prednisone
Procarbazine
Vincristine
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Hodgkin´s lymphoma (histologically proven)

- CS(PS) IIB with one or both of the risk factors:

1. bulky mediastinal mass (> 1/3 of maximum transverse thorax diameter)

2. extranodal involvement

- CS(PS) III, IV

- written informaed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Leukocytes <3000/microl

- Platelets <100000/microl

- Hodgkin´s Disease as "composite lymphoma"

- Activity index (WHO) < grade 2